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The revered author's classic work that examines the four types of human love: affection, friendship, erotic love, and the love of God.?
In this work Lewis examines four varieties of love, as approached from the Greek language: storge, the most basic form; philia, the rarest and perhaps most insightful; eros, passionate love; and agape, the love of God, the greatest and least selfish. ?Throughout this compassionate and reasoned
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Nelson Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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What happens when we stop avoiding difficult people and simply love everyone? In his wildly entertaining and inspiring follow-up to the New York Times bestselling phenomenon Love Does, Bob Goff takes readers on a life-altering journey into the secret of living without fear, care, constraint, or worry. The path toward the outsized, unfettered, liberated existence we all long for is found in a truth as simple to say as it is hard to do: love people,...
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Grupo Nelson
Pub. Date
2019.
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Español
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"¿Qué sucede cuando dejamos de preocuparnos por un mundo exigente lleno de personas problemáticas y, en cambio, simplemente empezamos a amarlas? En este nuevo libro, la continuación del fenómeno en ventas El amor hace, Bob Goff lleva a los lectores a un recorrido interesante, que transforma vidas; los transporta al secreto de una vida sin temores, limitaciones o preocupación. Escrito en torno a la divertidísima y perspicaz historia de Bob,...
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B&H Publishing Group
Pub. Date
c2014
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English
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With great clarity, Dr. Chapman shows how communication and intimacy are key points in developing a successful marriage by focusing on these principles: Lasting answers to marital growth are found in the Bible, Your relationship with God enhances your marriage relationship, Communication is the main way two become one in a marriage, and Biblical oneness involves sex, but also intellectual, spiritual,emotional, and social oneness.
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Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"In a messy world with messy relationships, perhaps the bravest thing we can do is to simply sit together. The team from (in)courage offers this hope-filled guide to loving others well in all circumstances by learning to show up, listen closely, and to love like Jesus in the midst of it all"--
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FaithWords
Pub. Date
2022.
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Español
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¿Cómo amas a las personas en tu vida que son difíciles de amar? Nunca podremos evitar que la gente diga o haga cosas que hieren nuestros sentimientos. Siempre tendremos oportunidades de ofendernos. Pero si hacemos las cosas a la manera de Dios, podemos optar por ahorrarnos mucha miseria y dificultades. Esto no significa que permitamos que la gente abuse de nosotros. No, hay un tiempo para confrontar a la gente y lidiar con las situaciones. Sin...
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Zondervan
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"For years, Christians have argued, debated, and fought one another while "speaking the truth in love," yet we are no closer to the grace-filled life Jesus modeled. Biblical scholar and popular podcast host of The Bible for Normal People, Jared Byas casts a new vision for the Christian life that's built not on certainty, but on the risk of love"--
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FaithWords
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"It is not an accident that racism is alive and well in the American church. Racism has, in fact, been taught within the church for so long most of us don't even recognize it anymore. Pastor Albert Tate, a charismatic speaker and rising leader within the megachurch world, guides readers in acknowledging this fact and reimagines discipleship by encouraging siblings in Christ to sit together in racial discomfort and examine the role they may play in...
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Tommy Nelson, an imprint of Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"A delightful call to live out the marvelous adventure of loving others, Everybody, Always for Kids draws kids into a collection of inspirational stories adapted from Bob Goff's New York Times bestseller Everybody, Always"-- provided by publisher.
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IVP, an imprint of InterVarsity Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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When Carolyn Weber moved to Oxford University to study, she didn't expect to find God there. But she did. As she grappled with her newest and most important relationship, she also found that there was another invitation: to think bigger about love. In this book we follow Weber through courtship and into marriage and parenthood. Now a literature professor, Weber reflects on her relationship with a sometimes-absent father and how that has shaped her....
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FaithWords
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"How do you love the people in your life who are hard to love? We're never going to be able to prevent people from saying or doing things that hurt our feelings. We will always have opportunities to get offended. But if we do things God's way, we can choose to save ourselves a lot of misery and hardship. This doesn't mean we allow people to abuse us. No, there is a time for confronting people and dealing with situations. However, the Bible commands...
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