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One decision can end everything...or lead to unlikely redemption. Millions watched the CBS 60 Minutes special on Jack Barsky in 2015. Now, in this fascinating memoir, the Soviet KGB agent tells his story of gut-wrenching choices, appalling betrayals, his turbulent inner world, and the secret life he lived for years without getting caught.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE ECPA BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD The author of Get Out of Your Head offers practical solutions for creating true community, the kind that’s crucial to our mental and spiritual health. “My dear friend Jennie Allen shows us how to make true emotional...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the author of Nobody’s Cuter than You and co-author (with her daughter, Caroline Shankle) of The Lion and the Bear comes a poignant, deeply personal story about trusting God to heal generational wounds so we can show up for our teenage girls. “Written with...

If you're a woman, chances are you know the cycle: You start the day already exhausted and end it defeated, all the while telling yourself things will get better if you can just power through this week. But then the weeks turn into months, and you start to believe you'll never be able to stop, slow down, or catch your breath. You wouldn't even know how if you tried. And yet God has made you for a life of abundance, not a life of exhaustion. It's time to quit the unsustainable pace and receive God's gift of realistic rest.

What does it mean to pursue an intimate relationship with God? Dr. Randy Clark examines how Jesus and the Scriptures—focusing on the book of John—demonstrate the vital relationship between intimacy, obedience, and the miraculous as a blueprint for all believers. Combining sound biblical...

Experience deep wholeness in your life that springs forth from the peace of God. We live in a fearful, anxiety-driven age where the problems and challenges of the world assault us from every direction and every media source, and they far exceed our abilities to respond to them. The sense of...

Lament is how we bring our sorrow to God - but it is a neglected dimension of the Christian life for many Christians today. We need to recover the practice of honest spiritual struggle that gives us permission to vocalize our pain and wrestle with our sorrow. Lament avoids trite answers and quick solutions, progressively moving us toward deeper worship and trust.

Author Kristin Elizabeth Couch invites you to explore the fruit of the Spirit through captivating stories of people she’s known: there’s a father who goes missing in a snowstorm; a boss who shouts like a drill sergeant; a neighbor with a refrigerator full of eggs; and Grandpa, who smells of Old Spice!

Come. Accept pastor Joshua Choonmin Kang's invitation to walk slowly, paying attention to God's work in you and around you, to walk intentionally, using spiritual disciplines to develop Christlike character, and to walk purposefully, experiencing deeper grace and vision. In this book you'll encounter fifty-two brief readings, ideal for weekly sabbath reflection or daily devotional use. They point to the path of peace in the midst of life's turmoil, to hope in the midst of brokenness.

Deep Discipleship equips churches to reclaim the responsibility of discipling people at any point on their journey.

A lifeline for those who desperately need it, this book helps listeners overcome despair, find hope, and spread that hope to an aching world.

Women and girls everywhere are being played, hungrily chasing after a brand of broken beauty that leaves us disconnected, damaged, and so desperate for acceptance that we fuel our own exploitation with our shame and money. In the midst of battling an eating disorder, Melissa Johnson, a marriage and family therapist, was given new eyes to see the widespread fallout of this ultimate deceit. With piercing insight and tender encouragement, Melissa helps women capture hope and freedom as she shows that true beauty is not impossible—it abounds all around us.

Our daily struggles often mask a difficult question - Where is God? With fresh biblical insight, beautiful language, and an eye toward the deep wonder of God's everyday presence, The Face of the Deep challenges listeners to experience the wild, joyful mystery of God’s Spirit moving in their lives. Fans of Eugene Peterson, Madeleine L'Engle, Ann Voskamp, and others will find a listening experience like few others. The Face of the Deep is rich in meaning, rooted in theology, fresh in content. This is a book to be heard again and again - a book to be lived.

Into the Deep is an invitation to dive headfirst into a life of courageous faith. With endearing warmth and authenticity, Lauren Gaskill shares how she and others have learned to swim with Jesus in the deep waters of life-facing challenges such as anxiety, depression, and chronic illness - only to discover a more authentic, enduring faith that cannot be shaken by circumstances.

In Dig Deep, J.C. Watts offers seven powerful maxims that have kept him grounded throughout his roller-coaster career from star college quarterback to U.S. Congressman. The first black Republican ever elected to a leadership position in Congress, Watts resisted the rat-race of Washington and eventually declined re-election. His seven simple principles are a blueprint for living a fulfilling and meaningful life without falling to the temptations of reckless ambition or indulgence.

What will you build your life on? With startling transparency, Joshua Harris shares how we can rediscover the relevance and power of Christian truth. This is book shows a young man who rose quickly to success in the Christian evangelical world before he realized his spirituality lacked a...

We’re meant to live in such ongoing satisfaction in Jesus and transformation by Jesus that others are drawn to him through us - and all without joining a convent, hauling our sleeping bags to church, or barricading ourselves in the bathroom with our Bibles and prayer journals. The truth is that we can invest in all those religious activities and still be God-starved refugees going through the motions unless we learn how to trust Jesus to do in us what God asks of us.

In Rome in A.D. 165, two men named Carpus and Papylus stood before the proconsul of Pergamum, charged with the crime of being Christians. Not even torture could make them deny Christ, so they were burned alive. Is my faithfulness as strong?

Theologian Richard Foster once said that superficiality is the "curse of our age". Of course, none of us set out to live a superficial, shallow life. Most of us yearn for the opposite - to live profound and significant lives. As Christians, we seek lives of that reflect the depth and breadth of our faith in Jesus Christ. During his personal quest for a more profound faith, Pastor Bryan Wilkerson discovered the book of 1 John to be a rich resource for living with depth.

Southern humorist Jane Jenkins Herlong brings joy and humor with her fifty unusual-but-true faith-filled stories of growing up in the South Carolina low country. Whether you love Southern ways of life or find their ways strange and amusing, you'll be entertained and inspired with warm Southern-fried humor and tried-and-true tips for attaining the best version of yourself.