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"A generation of American Christian girls was taught submitting to men is God's will. They should not question the men in their families or their pastors. They were told to remain sexually pure and trained to feel shame if a man was tempted. Some of these girls were abused and assaulted. Some made to shrink down so small they became a fraction of themselves. To question their leaders was to question God himself. All the while, their male leaders built...
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The Pandemic Pastor is a book that speaks to pastors, leaders and anyone who has and continues to navigate the pandemic by making strategic changes for your organization (culture, relevancy, communication, etc.) as well as care for your mental health.
The pandemic has shined a light on and in the local church. It has called into question the relevance of traditions and religious practices. As a result, pastors and other church leaders have also come...
5) Soon after
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When Pastors Willie Green and Vanessa Morton got married and moved to merge their churches, they never expected so much resistance. Now it seems someone is sending a strong message by setting fire to the Harvest Baptist Church building.
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Recounting her story of entering conservative Christianity, its limiting and oppressive views on womanhood and her own awakening to her true self, the ex-wife of Joshua Harris, the youth pastor who helped inspire a national purity movement, empowers women to reestablish connection with themselves, their inner wisdom and their purpose.
7) King: a life
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"The first full biography in decades, "King" mixes revelatory and exhaustive new research with brisk and accessible storytelling to forge the definitive life for our times"--
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"From the New York Times bestselling author of Boy Erased, an electrifying, deeply moving novel about the love story between two men in Puritan New England. Cana, Massachusetts: a utopian vision of 18th-century Puritan New England. To the outside world, Reverend Nathaniel Whitfield and his family stand as godly pillars of their small-town community, drawing Christians from across the New World into their fold. One such Christian, physician Arthur...
10) Lord of misrule
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A desperate search ensues when the young daughter of the town's minister goes missing.
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"Father Emil Kapaun, a humble priest, went far beyond the call of duty during World War II and the Korean War. Often found with the combat medics on the front lines, unarmed, ministering to the wounded, and known for his intense devotion to the soldiers whom he called "my boys," Kapaun became the most decorated chaplain in US military history, awarded a Medal of Honor, the Distinguished Service Cross and the Legion of Merit. But Father Kapaun's leadership,...
15) Eve's deception
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Meet Evie, a woman who has lost her faith due to the betrayal of the very church that was supposed to provide solace. She's been wronged, and now she's prepared to take matters into her own hands. When an opportunity arises for Evie to exact her revenge, she seizes it without hesitation. Tasked with seducing the charming and devout Assistant Pastor Adam Matthew, Evie sees this as her chance to bring down the congregation that once turned its back...
16) Three fires
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Reimaging the "Bonfire of the Vanities" through a series of fires lit throughout Florence at the end of the fifteenth century, this modern take on a fascinating historical story follows Girolamo Savonarola, a Dominican friar who, railing against the vice and avarice of the ruling Medici family, was instrumental in their removal from power.
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Alvin Miller Sr. dodged the bullet of destruction with the help of a seventh-grade teacher named Mrs. Rita M. Johnson. From age six to thirteen, the author engaged in a disturbing pattern of criminal behavior. Mrs. Johnson believed he had a bright future. She thought "the horse" could run for all the right reasons--instead of the wrong reasons that had been pushing him on. Like a good physician, Mrs. Johnson knew the horse was broken, but she strived...
18) He leadeth me
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The story of a priest captured by the Russian army during World War II, convicted of being a "Vatican spy," and sentenced to twenty-three years in Soviet prisons and labor camps in Siberia. -- Back cover.
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An American lawyer investigates the assassination of a cardinal in Rome to prove his brother, a priest, did not do it. In the process, Hollywood lawyer Harry Addison discovers a Vatican plot to convert China and restore the Holy Roman Empire. The discovery makes Addison a marked man.