The story is largely based on Lewis’s autobiography Surprised by Joy, and contains multiple discussions about faith, reasons for believing God, basic theism versus Christianity, and what it means to believe that Jesus was God.
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David Sheppard batting for the poor: the authorized biography of the celebrated cricketer and bishop
What an encouragement to read of David Sheppard and his commitment to the Lord and to the people of the inner city.
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Permission to be Black: My Journey with Jay-Z and Jesus
“I am surprised you are still alive.”
A.D. Thomason wasn’t expecting his therapist to say that. Coming from a large African-American family in Detroit, with an absent father and various other traumas, Thomason was very familiar with pain. Like many African-American men, he had been taught to keep all those things in, that “we don’t talk about these things.” With more therapy, he came to understand his own pain and find ways to heal from it. He describes what that journey looked like, and his discovery that he didn’t have to keep his problems bottled up or dissociate from his past by buying into a majority American culture ideal that denied his ethnic roots. As he tells his story, Thomason gives readers “Cheat Codes,” summarizing the lessons he learned that led to new freedom.
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Centered: Trading your plans for a life that matters
The author wants readers to know that God is calling each of us to make a difference in the world for Jesus’ sake.
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