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How to Be a Christian and Still Be Sane
ISBN: 9780595417926 / Angielski / Miękka / 116 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Advance Praise for "How to Be a Christian and Still Be Sane" "A brisk, feisty, and appealing book . has a lively use of scripture, which is good and jolting, actually, in that it takes us off guard and suddenly plants us in truth." Dr. Thomas Howard, author of "Christ the Tiger," Chairman (ret.) and Professor, St. John's Seminary, Boston, Massachusetts "If you want a refreshing change from today's spirituality, this book combines psychological and spiritual wisdom that will protect you from many ills. Bob has an amazing ability to find fantastic Bible verses, short parables, and stories that...
Advance Praise for "How to Be a Christian and Still Be Sane" "A brisk, feisty, and appealing book . has a lively use of scripture, which is good and j...
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63,50 zł |
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The Amish: Why They Enchant Us
ISBN: 9780836192414 / Angielski / Miękka / 48 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. This concise and authoritative overview describes both the diversity and common practices of the Amish of North America as well as some of the changes underway in their communities. In a lively text, Donald B. Kraybill, a leading scholar of Amish culture explains many of their puzzling practices and shows how the Amish flourish in the midst of modern society.
This concise and authoritative overview describes both the diversity and common practices of the Amish of North America as well as some of the changes...
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37,49 zł |
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Rumspringa
ISBN: 9780865477421 / Angielski / Miękka / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. Rumspringa is Tom Shachtman's celebrated look at a littleknown Amish coming-of-age ritual, the rumspringa--the period of "running around" that begins for their youth at age sixteen. During this time, Amish youth are allowed to live outside the bounds of their faith, experimenting with alcohol, premarital sex, revealing clothes, telephones, drugs, and wild parties. By allowing such broad freedoms, their parents hope they will learn enough to help them make the most important decision of their lives--whether to be baptized as Christians, join the church, and forever give up... Rumspringa is Tom Shachtman's celebrated look at a littleknown Amish coming-of-age ritual, the rumspringa--the period of "running aro... |
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86,16 zł |
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The Amish Struggle with Modernity: Notes of a Prosewriter in a Visual Age
ISBN: 9780874516845 / Angielski / Miękka / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Throughout their history, the Amish communities of North America have tried to remain separate from the currents of progress that swirl in the larger society. The authors and others argue that although the nation's nearly 140,000 Amish continue to resist the influence of worldly institutions, the communities have nonetheless acquiesced to modernity in significant ways. Such change has not been easy and The Amish Struggle with Modernity examines on a national scale dilemmas that arise when a people devoted to plain living face the complexities of modern life.
Throughout their history, the Amish communities of North America have tried to remain separate from the currents of progress that swirl in the larger ...
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160,27 zł |
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20 Most Asked Questions about the Amish and Mennonites: People's Place Book No. 1
ISBN: 9781561481859 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. Twenty sensitive answers to the most common questions about the Amish and Mennonite peoples from two leading experts on these plain people. Authoritative, sympathetic, and thorough. Sensitively answers the most common inquiries about Amish and Mennonite peoples. Authoritative, sympathetic, and thorough, 20 Most Asked Questions looks at origins, dress, pacifism, education, weddings, funerals, and food, as well as many other facets of Amish and Mennonite life. This book has sold more than 450,000 copies. Twenty sensitive answers to the most common questions about the Amish and Mennonite peoples from two leading experts on these plain people. Autho... |
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33,43 zł |
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The Hidden Gospel of Matthew: Annotated & Explained
ISBN: 9781594730382 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. The previously untold story of Matthew's Gospel-brought to life for today's readers. Matthew's Gospel stands as the first book of the Christian Testament, visible to all the world for almost two thousand years. But there is something hidden in Matthew's Gospel. The document was not written at one time by one person-it is an edited document, bringing together different sources of tradition. The Hidden Gospel of Matthew: Annotated and Explained takes readers deep into the text to find the words and events that have the strongest connection to the historical Jesus. Ron Miller reveals the...
The previously untold story of Matthew's Gospel-brought to life for today's readers. Matthew's Gospel stands as the first book of the Christian Testam...
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69,91 zł |
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A Practical Guide for Successful Church Change
ISBN: 9780595505753 / Angielski / Miękka / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Church change is as inevitable as it is necessary. Pastors and church leaders can either embrace change to their benefit, or they can ignore it and watch as their church slowly becomes irrelevant. Pastors and church leaders have long needed a practical guide on how to recognize the need for change, how to plan for change, how to implement change, and how to sustain change. "A Practical Guide for Successful Church Change" provides just this. Pastors and church leaders will learn principles for recognizing, planning, implementing, and sustaining change. They will also learn how to cope with...
Church change is as inevitable as it is necessary. Pastors and church leaders can either embrace change to their benefit, or they can ignore it and wa...
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63,50 zł |
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All the Dots Connect : Revealing the Picture of God's Grace
ISBN: 9780595519095 / Angielski / Miękka / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. How you judge yourself is the same as how you judge others and is ultimately how you limit your relationship with God. Thoughout all of time, God has had one purpose. Everything that has happened, is happening or will happen is connected to God's ultimate goal. As you read this book you will discover that God's grace is a relationship that is not based on behavior. You will learn how to accept a relationship with God that is based on who He is and whom He created you to be. He is the One who offers position, purpose, place and provision. Our part is provide an acceptance or rejection to His...
How you judge yourself is the same as how you judge others and is ultimately how you limit your relationship with God. Thoughout all of time, God has ...
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63,50 zł |
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Teaching Spirits: Understanding Native American Religious Traditions
ISBN: 9780199739004 / Angielski / Miękka / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Teaching Spirits offers a thematic approach to Native American religious traditions. Within the great multiplicity of Native American cultures, Joseph Epes Brown has perceived certain common themes that resonate within many Native traditions. He demonstrates how themes within native traditions connect with each other, at the same time upholding the integrity of individual traditions. Brown illustrates each of these themes with in-depth explorations of specific native cultures including Lakota, Navajo, Apache, Koyukon, and Ojibwe. Brown demonstrates how Native American values provide...
Teaching Spirits offers a thematic approach to Native American religious traditions. Within the great multiplicity of Native American culture...
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184,05 zł |
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Amish Grace : How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy
ISBN: 9780470344040 / Angielski / Miękka / 267 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22-25 dni roboczych. Praise for Amish Grace "A story our polarized country needs to hear: It is still grace that saves."--Bill Moyers, Public Affairs Television "In a world where repaying evil with evil is almost second nature, the Amish remind us there's a better way. In plain and beautiful prose, Amish Grace recounts the Amish witness and connects it to the heart of their spirituality."--Sister Helen Prejean, author, Dead Man Walking "Faced with the notorious Amish aversion to publicity, reporter after reporter turned to the authors...to answer one question: How could the Nickel Mines... Praise for Amish Grace "A story our polarized country needs to hear: It is still grace that saves."--Bill Moyers, Public Affairs Television<... |
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66,11 zł |
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Surviving Off Off-Grid: Decolonizing the Industrial Mind
ISBN: 9780615447902 / Angielski / Miękka / 354 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. Western Society is in confusion, the industrial world is teetering on collapse, and it looks like things could get worse. Agrarian Blogger, historian, and "plain" preacher Michael Bunker has been living off of the grid for many years, and he has some advice for those living in the industrial/consumerist economy ...living an off off-grid life is achievable. It has been done for thousands of years, and it can be done today... It is quite possible that many people who have relied on a failing system for their means of survival will very soon find that they have made a mistake of historic...
Western Society is in confusion, the industrial world is teetering on collapse, and it looks like things could get worse. Agrarian Blogger, historian,...
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72,33 zł |
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Amish Dilemma : A Novel
ISBN: 9781926918679 / Angielski / Miękka / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. The Amish are peaceful, law-abiding people. They do not hold grudges and do not seek vengeance. Their strong belief in God prevents them from fighting or placing a lot of value on money or self-importance. The Amish are peaceful, law-abiding people. They do not hold grudges and do not seek vengeance. Their strong belief in God prevents them from fight... |
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97,85 zł |
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Amish Folk Tales and Other Stories of the Pennsylvania Dutch
ISBN: 9780764338090 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 25-30 dni roboczych. Get to know Lancaster Countys Amish through amusing and entertaining folk tales and legends. Seven stories highlight their traditions and customs and those of other Pennsylvania Dutch. A great souvenir for tourists, local residents, and historians.
Get to know Lancaster Countys Amish through amusing and entertaining folk tales and legends. Seven stories highlight their traditions and customs and ...
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101,90 zł |
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Seasons
ISBN: 9781461148678 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. |
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43,61 zł |
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Pastures of Faith: The Amish of Lancaster
ISBN: 9781475038392 / Angielski / Miękka / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. Daniel Lapp doesn't know what to make of the distant cousin from Ohio who is sent to live on his father's farm. But he does know that he isn't looking to settle down with anyone. He'd rather be left alone to work in the dairy barn and fields alongside his father. Yet, when Daniel begins to learn more about Rachel, he begins to see her in a different light and realizes that there is more to the quiet, stern cousin than meets the eye.
Daniel Lapp doesn't know what to make of the distant cousin from Ohio who is sent to live on his father's farm. But he does know that he isn't looking...
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47,86 zł |
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A Gift of Faith: An Amish Christmas Story
ISBN: 9781480186637 / Angielski / Miękka / 70 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. It's a warm summer evening when Jonas King, the bishop within his church district, finds himself faced with an enormous test of faith. For several months, he is left pondering his losses and how it fits into God's plan. How could God desert him when he has been such a pious follower of His Word? The community tries to help him through his trials but Jonas is resistant. It takes an amazing Christmas miracle to open his eyes to the every day nature of God's gifts to the world. Can his faith be saved in time?
It's a warm summer evening when Jonas King, the bishop within his church district, finds himself faced with an enormous test of faith. For several mon...
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24,45 zł |
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Evidences of Christianity
ISBN: 9781936830428 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. William Paley's classic defense of Christianity, "Evidences of Christianity," was sometimes required reading at universities throughout the 1800s. Even those who disputed Christianity were expected to interact with Paley's arguments. Ironically, while many people past and present believe that the evidence for Christianity is discredited, Paley's "Evidences" is as fresh as ever, because many people still find his arguments as compelling as ever. In fact, it could be said that the fact that Christianity's defenses do not need to be updated every century is testimony to the fact that it is in...
William Paley's classic defense of Christianity, "Evidences of Christianity," was sometimes required reading at universities throughout the 1800s. Eve...
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69,48 zł |
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An Autumn Wind in Walnut Creek: Amish Orchards
ISBN: 9781480048249 / Angielski / Miękka / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. Martha Yoder was chased away from her close-knit Amish community because of a hasty judgment handed down by the quilting group. Guilt of her misbehavior during one night of Rumspringa, in which she conceived her daughter, Alice, makes her let the kid rule her house. However, when one of the judges at the quilting group passes on, she wills Martha her apple orchard, but there is a catch: she has to deliver a basket of secrets to women in her former Amish community, some of which were those that judged her over eight years ago. While Martha struggles to deliver the notes, she must make friends...
Martha Yoder was chased away from her close-knit Amish community because of a hasty judgment handed down by the quilting group. Guilt of her misbehavi...
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43,56 zł |
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The Amish, Third Edition
ISBN: 9780836195620 / Angielski / Miękka / 55 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. With over 770,000 copies of sold since it was first published in 1952, this new edition of The Amish updates a classic resource with rich, full-color photos portraying Amish Life today. Hostetler's clear explanations of Amish lifestyle and beliefs are brought up to date by his daughter, Ann Hostetler, and Steven M Nolt, a history professor with expertise on the Amish.
Topics include Amish roots and values, worship, family and community, food and hospitality, bonnets and broadbrims, and many more.
With over 770,000 copies of sold since it was first published in 1952, this new edition of The Amish updates a classic resource with rich, full-color ...
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41,54 zł |
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The Hope Chest: The Amish of Ephrata: An Amish Novella on Morality
ISBN: 9781482507577 / Angielski / Miękka / 90 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. Book 3 of the The Amish of Ephrata Series. When an accident leave the local school without a teacher, the bishop asks Priscilla Smucker to fill in for the remainder of the school year. When the community begins to praise Priscilla for her teaching ability, she finds herself receiving unwanted attention from a small group of women. Once again, jealousy turns to bullying against not just Priscilla but Stephen Esh, too. Is it possible to handle such a situation and remain faithful to God's wish to "love thy neighbor"? This Amish novella is a perfect read for young adults and adult readers who...
Book 3 of the The Amish of Ephrata Series. When an accident leave the local school without a teacher, the bishop asks Priscilla Smucker to fill in for...
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24,45 zł |
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