Bookshelf

Cover	Publisher Description and Link to Christianbook.com Should You Want to Add These to Your Wishlist	~*~	Notes
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	The Power of a Praying Wife, Book and Study Guide		Join the online Bible Study with the Power of a Praying Wife
	By Harvest House Publishers
	This set includes Stormie Omartian’s bestselling The Power of a Praying Wife along with its companion 16-week prayer and study guide.
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	The Power of a Praying Parent, Book and Study Guide
	By Harvest House Publishers		Our next online Bible Study will focus on Powerful praying Parents
	This set includes Stormie Omartian’s bestselling The Power of a Praying Parent along with its companion prayer and study guide.

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	5 Conversations You Must Have with Your Daughter
	By Vicki Courtney / B & H Publishing Group		Currently reading with my 13 year old daughter
	In 5 Conversations You Must Have With Your Daughter, youth culture expert Vicki Courtney gives moms straight talk about keeping the lines of communication open and honest with their daughters from cradle to college. Vicki helps parents pinpoint and prepare the discussions that need to be ongoing so that girls will know the truth about life before they believe the culture’s lies. Conversation tips are grouped by age groupings: 5 and under, 6 to 11, and 12 and up. Paperback.		Currently reading with my 13 year old daughter
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	Feminine Appeal, Expanded Edition Seven Virtues of a Godly Wife and Mother
	By Carolyn Mahaney / Crossway Books & Bibles		Currently reading
	Do you long to grow as a wife and mother? Experience the transforming truths of Titus 2 with Mahaney as your guide! Providing the warm support of a good friend, she helps you become a blessing to your family by encouraging you to practice the seven virtues of a godly woman. Includes study questions. 188 pages, softcover from Crossway.		Currently reading
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	Covenant Marriage: Building Communication and Intimacy
	By Gary Chapman / B & H Publishing Group		Currently reading
	By Gary Chapman, top expert on marriage and relationships shares practical advice on strengthening the two most crucial aspects of your relationship: communication and intimacy. Learn how to develop a covenant marriage relationship that mirrors God’s commitment with His people		Currently reading
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	Radical Womanhood: Feminine Faith in a Feminist World
	By Carolyn McCulley / Moody Publishers		Fascinating book!
	A startling expose of feminism’s anti-God agenda. Presenting the pro-woman truth of Scripture consistent with traditional complementarian teaching, McCulley will help you come alive for God! Using personal testimonies, she encourages you to resist secular feminist lifestyles and model biblical womanhood for a postmodern generation. For new believers and longtime Christians! 208 pages, softcover from Moody.		Fascinating book!
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	The Total Money Makeover, Revised and Updated
	By Dave Ramsey / Thomas Nelson		Get DEBT FREE!
	Get through all the myths and misconceptions of obtaining wealth and financial stability. Dave Ramsey takes readers through a nuts and bolts tactic to getting rid of debt and finding financial well-being. Gain hope and expose the ruse of the “American dream.” Uncover the pitfalls of cash advances and even debt consolidation. It’s a must-have guidebook for any family wanting to stay financially fit. The success stories speak for themselves and you’ll be one of them with an approach that works every time.		Get DEBT FREE!
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	Answers for Preschoolers Curriculum Set
	By Answers In Genesis		Excellent curriculum that I am using with the boys at home
	Engaging, hands-on lessons will introduce children to the Bible, social studies, language arts, math, phonics, and science. Included are not only lots of fun activities, coloring pages, easy teacher-friendly ideas, and full-color illustrations galore, but also an affirmation of the truth of the Bible. Genesis is the foundation for helping children to know God’s love while exploring health & safety, music, arts & crafts, and physical education activities. KJV and NIV references used.This kit includes: Student Books 1 & 2 Teacher’s Guides 1 & 2 Resource Packet Sing Along Music CD		Excellent curriculum that I am using with the boys at home
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	The Five Love Languages
	By Gary Chapman / Moody Publishers		Read together with my husband. Fantastic book!
	Dr. Gary Chapman, Christian marriage counselor and author of The Five Love Languages, helps married couples deal with their unmet needs for love. Because a husband and wife often have different communication styles, it is common for a spouse to not feel or recognize the love given to them. In his bestselling book, The Five Love Languages, Dr. Chapman identifies and explains five unique communication methods – Quality Time, Words of Affirmation, Gifts, Acts of Service, and Physical Touch. Then he encourages couples to learn how to speak love in their spouse’s primary love language, not their own. Love is something you do for someone else, not yourself. Begin today. Includes a study guide; paperback.		Read together with my husband. Fantastic book!
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	Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats, Revised Second Edition
	By Sally Fallon / New Trends Publishing		Strongly recommended for anyone interested in a REAL FOOD diet
	This well-researched, thought-provoking guide to traditional foods contains a startling message: Animal fats and cholesterol are not villains but vital factors in the diet, necessary for normal growth, proper function of the brain and nervous system, protection from disease and optimum energy levels. Sally Fallon dispels the myths of the current low-fat fad in this practical, entertaining guide to a can-do diet that is both nutritious and delicious.Topics include the health benefits of traditional fats and oils (including butter and coconut oil); dangers of vegetarianism; problems with modern soy foods; health benefits of sauces and gravies; proper preparation of whole grain products; pros and cons of milk consumption; easy-to-prepare enzyme enriched condiments and beverages; and appropriate diets for babies and children.
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	The Maker’s Diet: The 40-day Health Experience That Will Change Your Life Forever
	By Jordan S. Rubin / Siloam		This diet DID change our lives
	After winning his battle with debilitating Crohn’s disease, Rubin has devoted his life to developing natural ways to overcome illness. Offering a new perspective on well-being, he examines historically healthy cultures; diet secrets and nutrition principles, including sources of whole foods that heal; and fitness protocols needed to restore and maintain strength and energy. 336 pages, softcover from Strang.		This diet DID change our lives
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	The Great Physician’s Rx for Health and Wellness: Seven Keys to Unlock Your Health Potential
	By Jordan Rubin & David M. Remedios M.D. / Thomas Nelson		An in-depth follow up to Maker’s Diet
	Now in paperback, The Great Physician’s Rx for Health & Wellness offers seven keys to unlocking your health potential along with a 50-day health plan. Author of the bestseller The Maker’s Diet and survivor of a debilitating disease, Jordan shares with readers the keys that brought him total recovery that are for anyone desiring to live an abundant life of health and wellness. Trade Paper.		An in-depth follow up to Maker’s Diet
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	What the Bible Says About Healthy Living: 3 Principles That Will Change Your Diet and Improve Your Health
	By Rex Russell, M.D. / Gospel Light		Levitical diet resource
	Learn how to make wise decisions regarding what you put in your mouth and lose weight naturally. In What The Bible Says About Healthy Living, Dr. Rex Russell combines biblical wisdom with modern-day science to create a foundational health plan that will put you on the path toward living a healthy lifestyle. Foreword by Dr. Jordan Rubin. Paperback.		Levitical diet resource
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	What the Bible Says About Healthy Living Cookbook
	By Hope Egan & Amy Cataldo with Forward by Rex Russell, M.D. / Heart of Wisdom
	“I am enthusiastic in my recommendation of the What the Bible Says about Healthy Living Cookbook. It is, in many ways, the long-awaited companion to my book, What the Bible Says about Healthy Living.” –Rex Russell, M.D. author of What the Bible Says About Healthy Living “These simple to prepare recipes should inspire anyone who wants to honor their body-God’s Temple-and feed their family from a biblical perspective.” –Jordan Rubin–author of The Maker’s Diet.		Levitical diet resource
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	What Would Jesus Eat? The Ultimate Program for Eating Well, Feeling Great, and Living Longer
	By Don Colbert, M.D. / Thomas Nelson		Levitical diet resource
	Makes a compelling case for Christians to use the blueprint of this appetizing spin on traditional faith-based diet books to develop a healthier lifestyle using foods available today. “If you truly want to follow Jesus in every area of your life, you cannot ignore your eating habits,” postulates Colbert. Examines America’s alarming addiction to fast food, explores Old Testament Jewish dietary laws, and takes a comprehensive look at foods mentioned in the Bible, from herbs to bread to meat. To this information Colbert adds a healthy serving of Scripture references, mixes in a few anecdotes, and finishes the book with an easy-to-follow weekly eating guide.		Levitical diet resource
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	The What Would Jesus Eat Cookbook
	By Don Colbert, M.D. / Thomas Nelson		Levitical diet resource
	In this book, you’ll discover an enormously effective – and delicious – way of eating based on biblical principles. You’ll find that you can lose weight , prevent disease, enjoy more balanced meals, and attain vibrant health by changing the way you eat. A companion to the bestselling What Would Jesus Eat?, this cookbook offers inspired ideas for good eating and good living.		Levitical diet resource
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	Faithful Fasting Recipes Even Daniel Might Like!
	By Errica L. Williams / Xulon Press		Currently reading and getting ready to share some of the wonderful recipes!
	The Daniel Fast, based on the meatless diet of Daniel and his companions found in Daniel 1:15-17 takes on many variations. In Faithful Fasting you’ll find recipes suitable for healthy living made without meat, white flour, and refined sugars. Most of the ingredients are common everyday items found in most grocery stores so that you don’t have to shop exclusively at a health food store. This countertop kitchen recipe book contains over 100 easy to prepare recipes. Included are beverages, fruit and vegetable dishes, salads, one dish meals, meatless protein dishes, slow cooker meals, and dessert alternatives. Paperback.
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	The Abs Diet for Women: The Six-Week Plan to Flatten Your Belly and Firm Up Your Body for Life
	By David Zinczenko and Ted Spiker/Rodale		Extremely informative. Really helped during pregnancy and nursing
	In survey after survey, men and women say that a flat abdomen is the ultimate symbol of sex appeal. And in study after study, researchers found that getting a firm belly is the single most significant step anyone can take to stay healthy for life. Now available in paperback, The Abs Diet for Women shows the most effective way to a flat belly, a firm body, and a much better life.
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	The Abs Diet for Women Workout, DVD
	By GT Media		The workout DVD companion to The Abs Diet for Women
	The Abs Diet for Women Workout is a comprehensive workout that will turn your body into a lean, mean fat-burning machine. This high-energy routine was designed to maximize fat-burning while minimizing your workout time. Jessica Smith will lead you through these calorie-blasting routines:		The workout DVD companion to The Abs Diet for Women

	Strength-training to build calorie torching lean muscles A cardio interval workout to burn calories Two ab routines designed to hit all 5 regions of your abdominal muscles Pilates to lengthen and tone Yoga to increase flexibility and relaxation Flatten your belly and firm up for life! 54 minutes
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	The Abs Diet: The Six-Week Plan to Flatten Your Stomach and Keep You Lean for Life
	By David Zinczenko and Ted Spiker/Rodale
	The book’s title is a bit misleading as only the final chapter deals solely with abs because probably a book simply titled “Sensible Eating” wouldn’t sell. The book loaded with rational recommendations for a realistic diet plan. Readers will control their weight in a healthy way, without counting calories, cutting entire food groups out, or supporting the beef futures market. Best of all, this book tells readers why it the diet works. You will increase your body’s metabolism, gain some muscle, and burn fat.		Explains an eating lifestyle, not a “diet”
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	Womanly Dominion: More Than a Gentle and Quiet Spirit
	By Mark Chanski / Calvary Press		Fascinating and deeply interesting read
	Christian woman take dominion! “Play your position!” is a call we may hear a coach yell at a soccer or football game. The meaning is: Do what you have been assigned to do, and do it well! Many Christian women have been told over the years that they must quietly stay under their parasols while their men go out and conquer the world. Is this what the Bible really teaches? Author and pastor, Mark Chanski, insists that the Bible tells us a different story. He insists that the Bible teaches a woman to take dominion of her God-assigned role as wife, mother and church helper. This is not in a feminist way, but in a God-glorifying way that speaks volumes of who she is and why God created her. Women should not think of themselves as victims, says the author, but as victors who conquer the realm that their Lord and Master, Jesus Christ has given them.		Fascinating and deeply interesting read
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	The Feminist Mistake: The Radical Impact of Feminism on Church and Culture
	By Mary Kassian / Crossway Books & Bibles		This one is on my reading list
	What is feminism and how has it affected modern culture? And more important: How does feminism fit with a biblical worldview? The Feminist Mistake will give you the tools you need to intelligently discuss the issue of feminism and to take part in the movement to turn society and the church back toward the biblical ideal.		This one is on my reading list
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	What Our Mothers Didn’t Tell Us I-II
	By Focus On The Family Radio Broadcast		On my audio “reading” list
	Many women long for marriage and children, but the feminist movement has convinced them to put off family life in favor of pursuing their careers. Author Danielle Crittenden challenges this feministic notion by arguing that a young woman who delays starting a family may jeopardize her chances of ever having one. Yvette Maher and Candice Watters join Crittenden to address the unintended consequences of delaying marriage in a fascinating discussion of Crittenden’s book, What Our Mothers Didn’t Tell Us: Why Happiness Eludes the Modern Woman.		On my audio “reading” list
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	Reforming Marriage
	By Douglas Wilson / Canon Press		On my reading list
	How would you describe the spiritual aroma of your home? The source of this aroma is the relationship between husband and wife. Many can fake an attempt at keeping God’s standards in some external way. What we cannot fake is the resulting, distinctive aroma of pleasure to God. Most marriage books address the mere externals of marriage, without seeking to understand the heart issues. Godly marriages proceed from an obedient heart, and the greatest desire of an obedient heart is the glory of God, not the happiness of the household.		On my reading list
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	Every Man’s Battle–Book and Workbook
	By Stephen Arterburn & Fred Stoeker / Random House, Inc		STRONGLY recommended
	Today’s media bombards men with tempting images, so it’s no wonder that “sexual addiction” is on the rise—even among Christians. Tackling the problem head-on, these liberating resources provide a relevant dose of self-discovery and Bible study, offering a practical battle plan for men—married or single—who desire to live by God’s standard. Two softcovers, from Waterbrook.		STRONGLY recommended
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	The Sexual Man
	By Dr. Archibald D. Hart / Thomas Nelson		Recommended Reading for Every Married Couple
	Written for both men and women, The Sexual Man is a summary of a study done by Dr. Archibald Hart which surveyed over 600 men regarding sexual issues. In sharing his findings, he addresses topics like the myths of male sexuality, how male and female sexuality differ and the role of sex in marriage. A must-have for those wanting to ensure healthy sexual development from boyhood to manhood.		Recommended Reading for Every Married Couple
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	Secrets of Eve
	By Dr. Archibald D. Hart, Dr. Catherine Hart Weber and Debra L. Taylor/ Word		Recommended Reading for Every Married Couple
	Written for both men and women, The Sexual Man is a summary of a study done by Dr. Archibald Hart which surveyed over 600 men regarding sexual issues. In sharing his findings, he addresses topics like the myths of male sexuality, how male and female sexuality differ and the role of sex in marriage. A must-have for those wanting to ensure healthy sexual development from boyhood to manhood.		Recommended Reading for Every Married Couple
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	Intended for Pleasure, Fourth Edition
	By Ed Wheat, M.D. & Gaye Wheat / Revell		Good guide
	The definitive Christian marriage guide is now even better! The Wheats combine biblical teaching on marriage with the latest medical information on sexuality. In this new edition, they include a must-read chapter on sexually transmitted diseases and a powerful call for abstinence outside marriage, as well as fidelity within marriage. New foreword by Dennis Rainey. 304 pages, hardcover from Revell.		Good guide
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	The Language of Sex: Experiencing the Beauty of Sexual Intimacy in Marriage
	By Dr. Gary Smalley & Ted Cunningham / Regal Books		Real instructive
	How can you and your spouse create the security and intimacy that beautiful sex needs to flourish? Smalley and Cunningham show you! Addressing five key questions couples ask, the authors explore the basics of sex; discuss the emotional, spiritual, and physical differences between men and women; and emphasize the importance of good communication. Hardcover.		Real instructive
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	The 5 Sex Needs of Men & Women: Discover the Secrets of Great Sex in a Godly Marriage
	By Gary Rosberg, Barbara Rosberg & Ginger Kolbaba / Tyndale House		Must Read
	Written as a follow-up to the Rosbergs’ best-selling 5 Love Needs of Men & Women, this straightforward and candid guide looks at the different emotional, spiritual, and physical requirements of husbands and wives in a Christ-based marriage. Learn how to open the lines of honest communication and experience sexual intimacy according to God’s design. Paperback.		Must Read
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	Love Life for Every Married Couple
	By Ed Wheat / Zondervan		Very good book
	Discover the joys of marriage with Wheat’s scriptural and practical counsel. Covering important topics like becoming best friends, the secrets of staying in love, and how to keep the fires of romance burning, this down-to-earth book helps you learn to communicate better and to understand each other’s sexual makeup.		Very good book
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	Crazy Good Sex
	By Dr. Les Parrott / Zondervan		A fun, informative read
	Men! How can you ignite passion’s flame in your marriage? In this practical, straight-talking guide, Parrott dispels myths and shares six secrets that will enhance intimacy between you and your wife. Discover how to stand firm against temptation, boost your confidence, and pave the way for a deeper level of sexual pleasure with your spouse. Hardcover.		A fun, informative read
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	Turn Up the Heat: A Couples’ Guide to Sexual Intimacy
	By Dr. Kevin Leman / Revell		A bit clinical but highly informative
	Sex within marriage is one of God’s greatest gifts. With his trademark humor and wit, Dr. Kevin Leman gives frank answers to the questions we all have about sex. Covering such topics as God’s original intentions for sex, body image, attraction, expectations, and sex drive, Turn Up the Heat is perfect for newlyweds or couples who have been married for years. Hardcover.		A bit clinical but highly informative
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	Sheet Music
	By Dr. Kevin Leman / Tyndale House		A holistic approach to sexuality includes health, life, and spiritual lessons
	You can make beautiful sexual music. In Sheet Music, psychologist and family expert Dr. Kevin Leman makes it clear: If you and your spouse work in tandem, you’ll create some of the most stunning sounds ever heard!All it takes is practice…and the right attitude, says Dr. Leman. Sex is about the quality of your entire love life, not just the alignment of your bodies. So if you’re willing to forge ahead for the sake of the best marriage you can imagine, this book is for you. It will expand and challenge your thinking, help you start your marriage off right, or go from humdrum to exciting if you’re already married.
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