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Author
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Miriam and her people have prayed for deliverance from the cruel tyranny of Egypt for generations. She believes her brother is the long-awaited answer to their pleas. But how can the exiled prince-turned-shepherd Moses stand against the most powerful man in the world?"--
Miriam has always lived in her younger brother's shadow, thrust into the role of protector before Moses was even born. In her mind she knows she is serving both her God and her...
Author
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Outspoken and fearless, Deborah has faith in God but struggles to see the potential her own life holds. As an Israelite woman, she'll marry, have a family, and seek to teach her children about Adonai--and those tasks seem to be more than enough to occupy her time. But God has another plan for her. Israel has been under the near constant terror of Canaan's armies for twenty years, and now God has called Deborah to deliver her people from this oppression....
Author
Series
Daughters of the promised land volume 3
Publisher
Published by Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
When famine visits Bethlehem, Boaz holds out hope for rain while his relative Elimelech moves his wife Naomi and their sons to Moab. For a while, it appears the Lord is blessing Elimelech's family, and his sons marry two lovely Moabite women. But calamities strike, one after another, leaving Naomi alone in a foreign land with only her childless daughters-in-law for comfort. When news reaches Naomi that the famine in Bethlehem has lifted, only Ruth...
Author
Series
Publisher
Revell
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Readers often think of Job sitting on the ash heap, his life in shambles. But how did he get there? What was Job's life like before tragedy struck? What did he think as his world came crashing down around him? And what was life like after God restored his wealth, health, and family? Through painstaking research and a writer's creative mind, Mesu Andrews weaves an emotional and stirring account of this well-known story told through the eyes of the...
Author
Publisher
Moody Publishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
After losing her husband, Ruth leaves her home to follow her beloved mother-in-law, Naomi, to Israel, where she lives a life of hardship until the wealthy and honored owner of the field where she works begins to show her favor.
Author
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Purple . The foundation of an influential trade in a Roman world dominated by men. One woman rises up to take the reins of success in an incredible journey of courage, grit, and friendship. And along the way, she changes the world. But before she was Lydia, the seller of purple, she was simply a merchant's daughter who loved three things: her father, her ancestral home, and making dye. Then unbearable betrayal robs her of nearly everything. With only...
Author
Publisher
Crossway
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In this timely book, award-winning author Kevin DeYoung challenges each of us -- the skeptic and the seeker, the certain and the confused -- to take a humble look at God's Word regarding the issue of homosexuality. After examining key biblical passages in both the Old and New Testaments and the Bible's overarching teaching regarding sexuality, DeYoung responds to popular objections raised by Christians and non-Christians alike, making this an indispensable...
Author
Series
Publisher
Waterbrook Press
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Glen of Loch Trool. Spring 1808.
Davina McKie is a bonny lass of seventeen, as clever as they come and a gifted musician. Unable to speak since childhood, she is doted on by her belligerent younger brothers, Will and Sandy, who vow to protect their silent sister.
When the lads are forced to depart the glen, Jamie McKie intends to brighten his daughter’s summer by escorting Davina to the Isle of Arran. Her cousins make her
Author
Series
Treasures of the nile novel volume 2
Publisher
WaterBrook Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Fear is the most fertile ground for faith." "You will be called Anippe, daughter of the Nile. Do you like it?" Without waiting for a reply, she pulls me into her squishy, round tummy for a hug. I'm trying not to cry. Pharaoh's daughters don't cry. When we make our way down the tiled hall, I try to stop at ummi Kiya's chamber. I know her spirit has flown yet I long for one more moment. Amenia pushes me past so I keep walking and don't look back. Like...
Author
Publisher
Moody Publishers
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Striking beauty comes at a price. Rahab paid it when, at the age of fifteen, she was sold into prostitution by the one man she loved and trusted -- her father. With her keen mind and careful planning she turned heartache into success, achieving independence while still young. And she vowed to never again trust a man. Any man.
13) Delilah
Author
Series
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Life is not easy in Philistia, especially not for a woman and child alone. When beautiful, wounded Delilah finds herself begging for food to survive, she resolves that she will find a way to defeat all the men who have taken advantage of her. She will overcome the roadblocks life has set before her, and she will find riches and victory for herself. When she meets a legendary man called Samson, she senses that in him lies the means for her victory....
15) The lost years
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Mariah Lyons risks her life to solve the brutal murder of her father, Dr. Jonathan Lyons, a well-respected academic, who in a stroke of luck comes into the possession of an ancient and highly valuable parchment stolen from the Vatican in the 15th century.
Author
Publisher
Tyndale House
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
In this paradigm-shifting book, Nancy Guthrie gently invites readers to lean in along with her to hear Jesus speak understanding and insight into the lingering questions we all have about the hurts of life: What was God's involvement in this, and why did he let it happen? Why hasn't God answered my prayers for a miracle? Can I expect God to protect me? Does God even care? According to Nancy, this questioning is not a bad thing at all but instead an...
19) Esther's story
Author
Publisher
Morrow Junior
Pub. Date
c1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The beautiful young Esther has been chosen as queen by the king of Persia. Surrounded by servants, each day she wears gorgeous dresses and eats delicious foods in his luxurious court. Still, she remembers the promise made to her uncle when she was a child. She tells no one that she is Jewish. One day the prime minister, angry because Esther's uncle does not bow to him, arranges a decree ordering all Jews to be killed. Will Esther find the courage...
20) This I know
Author
Publisher
Swing High, LLC
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Jesus loves me, this I know, for the whole world tells me so. Have you noticed God's fingerprints in the world around us? The creation tells us about its Creator. His beauty in the trees. His power in the thunder. His eternity in the night sky. Join a family on an unforgettable road trip. Witness the wonder of God's world. And know just how much Jesus loves us."--Back cover.