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Make Peace With Anyone: Breakthrough Strategies to Quickly End Any Conflict, Feud, or Estrangement 14 reviews David J. Lieberman
St. Martin's Griffin, 2003
Make Peace with Anyone :Breakthrough Strategies to Quickly End Any Conflict, Feud, or Estrangement
+ Make peace with everyone + Excellent and amazingly easy to put into practice. + Psychological tips that works!!!
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Preaching That Speaks to Women 2 reviews Alice P. Matthews
Baker Academic, 2003
Helping Pastors Minister the Word to BOTH Genders
+ Balanced and informative
Although Amazon presents this book as written by Haddon Robinson, don't believe it! Robinson wrote only the introduction. The book was written by Alice Matthews, a respeced Christian woman of God who has been associated with Radio Bible Class, for example.
Alice Matthews fills a void among ...
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Restoring the Jewishness of the Gospel: A Message for Christians 13 reviews David H. Stern
Messianic Jewish Resources International, 1988
To repair what has been broken
+ It's a Great read + A Hopeful Restoration + Going back to where this started
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Bowling Alone : The Collapse and Revival of American Community 81 reviews Robert D. Putnam
Simon & Schuster, 2001
A Lonelier Crowd
+ Remembering De Tocqueville
Robert D. Putnam's BOWLING ALONE provides what is, arguably, the most robust scientific treatment in a single volume of the conversation about friendship and its benefits begun by Aristotle nearly twenty-four centuries ago, a conversation about what has now come to be called "social capital" :
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Living Together: A Guide to Counseling Unmarried Couples 1 review Jeff VanGoethem
Kregel Academic & Professional, 2004
A Must for Pastors and Leaders; Scriptural and Helpful
Pastors are sometimes stressed out about what to do with couples who want to marry but are already living together (or cohabiting couples who attend our churches).
We end up with internal conflicts: on the one hand, we want to be gracious; on the other, we want to be true to God's Word. On the ...
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A History of the American People 188 reviews Paul M. Johnson
Harper Perennial, 1999
A broad, and different, perspective on American history
+ Well Worth the Time + If you only read one American History Book + A Great Read + Excellent perspective
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Fit Bodies Fat Minds: Why Evangelicals Don't Think and What to Do About It (Hourglass Books) 14 reviews Os Guinness
Baker Books, 1994
Guinness pulls no punches with this one!
+ The sin of thoughtlessness + Not just for people with religious beliefs + Moss-backed fundamentalist
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Come, Let Us Reason: An Introduction to Logical Thinking 18 reviews Norman L. Geisler, Ronald M. Brooks
Baker Academic, 1990
Great Intro to Logical Thinking from Christian Perspective
+ Highly Technical, For Serious Learners Only + Bud-wiser + Really thorough but accessible. + One of Only Two
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The Overspent American: Why We Want What We Don't Need 68 reviews Juliet B. Schor
Harper Paperbacks, 1999
Enlightening
+ Consumption über alles... + Are You Upscaling? + A quick and interesting perusal of our dire straits
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Intellectuals 98 reviews Paul M. Johnson
Harper Perennial, 1990
Intellectual Idiocy?
+ Fun and Educational Too + Not to be taken all that seriously, but still makes a serious point!
Paul Johnson, a Catholic Journalist and social commentator (in many ways a current version of G.K. Chesterton) sets out in this book to explode the aura of worship and respectability which seems to surround many secular intellectuals.
Johnson argues that while people have complained about ...
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The Pocket Guide to Making Successful Small Talk : How to Talk to Anyone Anytime Anywhere About Anything 13 reviews Bernardo J. Carducci
Pocket Guide Company, 1999
try it you'll like it!
great information - works like a charm with a little practice!
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Hating America: The New World Sport 100 reviews John Gibson
William Morrow, 2004
The truth hurts...
+ Fun, easy read!
...for those whose hatred and envy of America pours from every column they write and every protest they attend.
John Gibson makes references to several countries in this book, which while basically an extended op ed piece, as most op ed pieces do, it brings facts together to present an opinion. ...
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The Pleasures of God: Meditations on God's Delight in Being God 37 reviews John Piper
Multnomah Books, 2000
Life transforming insights
+ A Good One + Spiritual Food For The Hungry Soul + A good introduction to Reformed Theology + Essential Piper
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The New Brain: How the Modern Age Is Rewiring Your Mind 20 reviews Richard Restak
Rodale Books, 2003
Great Examples
+ Interesting Perspective on New Findings and the Effects of Technology + Easy to Understand for Non-Science Types Like Me + Good but basic overview of brain research
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Still Bored in a Culture of Entertainment: Rediscovering Passion and Wonder 6 reviews Richard Winter
InterVarsity Press, 2002
Fine Analysis of Boredom Hit from Many Angles
+ Good Book + Boredom: diagnosed and treated + Insightful analysis of our daily search for stimulation
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How To Start A Conversation And Make Friends 34 reviews Don Gabor
Fireside, 2001
This is the best book of its type - and I've read them all!
+ Helpful Book + Great Primer + Very Helpful!!!
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Showing the Spirit: A Theological Exposition of 1 Corinthians, 12-14 8 reviews D. A. Carson
Baker Academic, 1996
Definitive Works Grapples with Spiritual Gifts
+ Great insights into New Testament spiritual gifts teaching + Thorough and useful + Thorough and useful + Excellent book on these 'charismatic' passages
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The Overspent American: Why We Want What We Don't Need 68 reviews Juliet B. Schor
Harper Paperbacks, 1999
Enlightening
+ Consumption über alles... + Are You Upscaling? + A quick and interesting perusal of our dire straits
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Still Bored in a Culture of Entertainment: Rediscovering Passion and Wonder 6 reviews Richard Winter
InterVarsity Press, 2002
Fine Analysis of Boredom Hit from Many Angles
+ Good Book + Boredom: diagnosed and treated + Insightful analysis of our daily search for stimulation
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Come, Let Us Reason: An Introduction to Logical Thinking 18 reviews Norman L. Geisler, Ronald M. Brooks
Baker Academic, 1990
Great Intro to Logical Thinking from Christian Perspective
+ Highly Technical, For Serious Learners Only + Bud-wiser + Really thorough but accessible. + One of Only Two
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