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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the closest thing we have to an autobiography, C. S. Lewis, an unfailingly honest and perceptive observer of self, here shares the story of his personal spiritual journey. With characteristic candor and insight, he describes how his "search for joy" led him from the conventional Christianity of his childhood to a youthful atheism, and finally back to an assured Christianity compatible with his formidable intellect. With no pretense, Lewis describes
...2) Surprised by truth: eleven converts give the biblical and historical reasons for becoming Catholic
Publisher
Basilica Press
Pub. Date
c1994
Language
English
Author
Publisher
WaterBrook Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In 2009, a sixteen-year-old girl made national news when she ran away from her Ohio home, claiming her father, an observant Muslim, had abused and threatened to kill her because of her Christian faith... Now, Rifqa Bary recounts in riveting detail the events leading up to her decision to leave home and the chain of events that thrust her into the national spotlight. --Publisher.
Author
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers, Inc
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
A former Palestinian sniper discusses his subsequent life in America, the religious experience which resulted in his conversion to Christianity, and his founding of a humanitarian organization which works toward a reconciliation between Palestinans and Jews.
Author
Publisher
Ignatius Press
Pub. Date
c2014
Language
English
Description
Jennifer Fulwiler told herself she was happy. Why wouldn't she be? She made good money as a programmer at a hot tech start-up, had just married a guy with a stack of Ivy League degrees, and lived in a twenty-first-floor condo where she could sip sauvignon blanc while watching the sun set behind the hills of Austin. Raised in a happy, atheist home, Jennifer had the freedom to think for herself and play by her own rules. Yet a creeping darkness followed...
Publisher
KSL Broadcasting Group
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
When three devout Amish families from the same congregation in Knox County, Ohio, chose to change faiths and be baptized members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the entire community was stunned. Occasionally individuals will choose to leave the Amish faith, but it is rare for an entire family to leave--and almost unheard of for three families to leave at the same time. After their baptisms, these three families were shunned by...
Author
Publisher
Tyndale Momentum
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
McDowell was born to an alcoholic father who showed him no love, who valued him only as a farmhand. His mother loved him but was unable to rescue him. When he cried out to God for help, even He seemed silent. How does a boy overcome such adversity to become one of the most impactful evangelists for Christ that the world has ever known?
Publisher
Vision Video
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Beautifully filmed in and around Oxford this engaging biopic follows the creator of The Chronicles of Narnia from the tragic death of his mother when he was just nine years old, through his strained relationship with his father, to the nightmare of the trenches of World War I to Oxford University, where friends like J.R.R. Tolkien challenged his unbelief.
Author
Publisher
Nelson Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
A follow-up to the Grammy Award-winning guitarist's best-selling Save Me From Myself traces the brutal, eye-opening eight years he spent as a single father between leaving and rejoining KoRn, describing how, in spite of a devout conversion to Christianity, he made unfortunate decisions that challenged his relationship with his daughter.
12) Final solution
Publisher
Crown Video [distributor]
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
The indoctrination of Garrit is complete. Under the eye of prominent members of the government and military, he develops a diabolical plan to rid South Africa of its "black danger". Then he meets two people who change his life: Celeste, an open-minded college student and Peter, a pastor who challengs Gerritt's prejudice. When he realizes that he is wrong, he seeks reconciliation between whites and blacks.
From one blood: "Meet Gerrit Wolfaardt (the...
14) Echoes
Author
Language
English
Description
ON the shores of Lake Geneva in 1915, the Jewish beauty Beata Wittgenstein falls in love with a Catholic French officer and marries him despite the wishes of her family, but when Hitler's terror arrives, Beata has to undertake a harrowing journey of survival.
15) Son of Hamas: A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue, and Unthinkable Choices
Author
Publisher
SaltRiver
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
The oldest son of Sheikh Hassan Yousef, a founding member of Hamas and its most popular leader, reveals new information about the world's most dangerous terrorist organization and unveils the truth about his own role, his agonizing separation from familyand homeland, the dangerous decision to make his newfound faith public, and his belief that the Christian mandate to "love your enemies" is the only way to peace in the Middle East.
16) To save a life
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
When his childhood best friend commits suicide, popular high school student Jake makes a decision that will affect him the rest of his life.
Author
Publisher
Convergent Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"The reason you love Jamie (or are about to) is because she says exactly what the rest of us are thinking, but we're too afraid to upset the apple cart. She is a voice for the outlier, and we're famished for what she has to say."-Jen Hatmaker, New York Times bestselling author of Of Mess and Moxie and For the Love Wildly popular blogger "Jamie the Very Worst Missionary" delivers a searing, offbeat, often hilarious memoir of spiritual disintegration...
Author
Publisher
Whitaker House
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
It's hard enough having a painful secret that you are terrified of sharing. It's even harder when you find yourself in the international limelight as the advocate wife of a Christian hero imprisoned for his faith. The worst part is fearing that, if you did share this secret, it might devastate the lives of your family and close friends, alienate tens of thousands of active supporters, and cause persecuted people around the world to become even more...
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