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"If you long to be free from the overwhelming and exhausting prison of people pleasing, When Making Others Happy Is Making You Miserable is the book for you. Bestselling author and recovering people pleaser Karen Ehman offers stories and practical tools to help you quit the pleasing game and reclaim your peace and purpose for good"--
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Let's face it. Some people just don't listen, don't care, and aren't willing to compromise. And you probably work with some of them. The incomprehensible supervisor. The person in the next office who chats more than works. The customer who, by the way, isn't always right. For all those co-workers who drive you crazy, there's a solution. The bestselling author of Living Successfully with Screwed-Up People turns her insightful eye to the workplace,...
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Perhaps no one in this generation has had a more profound influence upon our intellectual and spiritual lives than Dr. M. Scott Peck. His first book, The Road Less Traveled, published over fifteen years ago, continues to reach an ever-growing audience, with sales of more than five million copies and translation into more than twenty languages. Now, with the long-awaited publication of Further Along the Road Less Traveled, listeners can continue the...
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Unfortunately, the world is full of screwed-up people. But the good news, says author Elizabeth Brown, is that your world no longer has to revolve around them. This book shows readers how to: stop the power of whatever is eating them alive; productively respond when confronted; remain poised and in control when everyone around them loses it; win fairly in unfair battles; let go of what has been, or what they wish would be, and live triumphantly now....
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"How can we share ourselves if we don't know ourselves? In How We Relate, Enneagram coach and host of The EnneaCast podcast Jesse Eubanks invites you to discover who you are by interacting with the Enneagram through the gospel story to grow in your self-awareness, improve your relationships, and encounter Jesus"--
"An Enneagram book like no other, How We Relate helps you discover how God speaks into your unique personality and life story to make...
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Introducing the Church Questions Series from 9Marks
How should Christians respond when they disagree on political issues?
Many new believers have questions about what it means to live as a Christian in the context of a local church, and pastors are looking for resources to pass along to their congregations to help them think biblically about the Christian life. 9Marks Church Questions is a series that seeks to provide ordinary Christians with sound...
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"A pastor with an unforgettable inside story shows evangelicals how to nurture healthy, respectful, and biblically informed relationships with people in the LGBT community"--
Kaltenbach was raised by LGBT parents, marched in gay pride parades as a youngster, and experienced firsthand the hatred and bitterness of some Christians toward his family. When he became a Christian-- and a pastor-- he had to face this issue with courage and grace. Here,...
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Imagine . . . an interconnected group of people who entrust themselves to each other. You can speak of your pain, and someone responds with compassion and prayer. You can speak of your joys, and someone rejoices with you. You can ask for help with sinful struggles, and someone prays with you.
The goal of this book is that these meaningful relationships will become a natural part of daily life in your church. With short chapters and discussion questions...
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Everyone craves approval, but there is a difference between being someone other people like and being defined by what others think. When our people pleasing becomes an addiction, it's time to take a closer look at who we are trying to please and why. "Like Me or Not" offers sound, biblical strategies to overcome approval addiction. Inviting us on her own recovery journey, Dawn Owens provides thoughtful and practical tools we can use as we navigate...
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Bible teacher Kelly Needham debunks our world's constricted, small view of friendship and casts a richer, more life-giving, biblical vision for friendship as God meant it to be.
As the family unit grows more unstable and the average age of marriage increases, a shift is taking place in our culture: for many people, friends now play the role of family. And just as with family relationships, our friendships often don't turn out quite as we envisioned...
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You've read John Maxwell's best-selling Winning with People, and now you're ready for some specific action steps to build on the knowledge you gained. 25 Ways to Win With People has just what you need! This complementary companion to the full-sized book is ideal for a quick refresher course on interpersonal relationships. A small sampling of the twenty-five specific actions readers can take to build positive, healthy relationships includes: Complimenting...
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Too many of us have invested ourselves into relationships that left us deeply wounded. We've been abandoned or taken advantage of, and left with little to show for what we've given. We've lost our sense of security and personal value in the process. And what's worse, we tend to either repeat the same mistakes of judgment over and over . . . Or else lock the doors of our hearts entirely and throw away the key. Why do we choose the wrong people to get...
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"Two friends on opposite sides of the aisle provide a practical guide to grace-filled political conversation while challenging readers to put relationship before policy and understanding before argument. More than ever, politics seems driven by conflict and anger. People sitting together in pews every Sunday have started to feel like strangers, loved ones at the dinner table like enemies. Sarah Stewart Holland and Beth Silvers say there is a better...
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Does your church make you uncomfortable? It's easy to dream about the "perfect-church--a church that sings just the right songs set to just the right music before the pastor preaches just the right sermon to a room filled with just the right mix of people who happen to agree with you on just about everything. Chances are your church doesn't quite look like that. But what if instead of searching for a church that makes us comfortable, we learned to...
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"Why is it so challenging to create and keep meaningful friendships? Amanda Anderson provides the wise and witty answers, giving practical advice and sharing personal stories to guide us toward the kinds of friendships we long for. Blending faith-based insights and psychological truths, All My Friends Have Issues is a liberating guide to finding and becoming an authentic and encouraging friend. "Anderson becomes the friend we've always needed and,...
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In the past, church leaders have turned to small groups or other kinds of discipleship programs to encourage spiritual growth in their churches. Yet despite good intentions, the deeper spiritual life and transformation they had hoped for remained elusive. STIR calls church leaders to reclaim an essential, biblical truth -- that the process of spiritual growth is more than a one-size-fits-all program, it happens best through intentional relationships...
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