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In his enduringly popular masterpiece The Screwtape Letters, C.S. Lewis re-imagines Hell as a gruesome bureaucracy. With spiritual insight and wry wit, Lewis suggests that demons, laboring in a vast enterprise, have horribly recognizable human attributes: competition, greed, and totalitarian punishment. Avoiding their own painful torture as well as a desire to dominate are what drive demons to torment their "patients." The style and unique dark humor...
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Center Street
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First edition.
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English
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Danny Hansen is a priest who lives by a law of love and compassion. It is powerful men and hypocrites who abide by legal law but eschew the law of love that most incense Danny. As an avenging angel, he believes it is his duty to show them the error of their ways, at any cost.
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Next to the Bible, The Pilgrim's Progress has probably been more widely read than any other book in the English language, and rightfully so. It is considered by many critics to be the greatest allegory in any language. And to think that it was written by a jailed tinker who received very little formal education! This classic allegory tells of a Christian's epic journey toward heaven and the many temptations and distractions he encounters along the...
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Master storyteller Philip Gulley returns to the winsome ways of Harmony, Indiana, the small Midwestern town that captured the hearts of readers in his acclaimed debut novel, Home to Harmony. Just Shy of Harmony follows the happenings of an eventful year spanning two Easters, in which Quaker pastor Sam Gardner and the members of his flock discover surprising answers to life's challenging mysteries.
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Harbinger volume 1
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FrontLine
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English
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"The Harbinger opens with the appearance of a man burdened with a message he has received from a mysterious figure called The Prophet. The Prophet has given him nine seals, each containing a message about America's future ... As the story unfolds, each revelation becomes a piece in a greater puzzle -- the ramifications of which will even alter the course of world history."--Publisher's website.
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Mesquite Springs volume 1
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Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
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English
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1850s. Ten years after her parents were killed, Evelyn Radcliffe is once more homeless: the orphanage where she worked has burned to the ground. Only she and a young orphan girl escaped. They flee to Mesquite Springs in the Texas Hill Country and find shelter in the home of Wyatt Clark, a horse rancher whose plans don't include a family of his owe. But trouble has followed her to Mesquite Springs. Can Wyatt keep Evelyn safe from the man who wants...
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Red gloves volume 3
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English
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The ritual is the same every December: 12 handmade paper ornaments and a small plastic Christmas tree. Twelve days for Sarah to remember her long-ago love. Twelve chances for Sarah to sing her song once more...
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Kregel Publications
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[Second edition].
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English
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A documentary historical novel that recounts the life of Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor of Judea, telling the story of his political career, and looking at his role and actions in the trial and crucifixion of Jesus.
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