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From the host of NPR affiliate's Forum with Michael Krasny comes a compendium of Jewish jokes that packs the punches with hilarious riff after riff and also offers a window into Jewish culture.

Shannon Bream examines the lives of biblical women to see how God's plans can turn our worlds upside down.

What you believe is powerful, and the most essential belief is what you believe about Jesus. Joyce Meyer presents forty reflections on the Bible's truths about Jesus, providing a path to a closer walk with him.

Scholar John Dominic Crossan explores the Christian culture wars--the debates over church and state--from a biblical perspective, exploring the earliest tensions evident in the New Testament, and offering a way forward for Christians today.

Elisabeth Elliot candidly shares with you her love story with Jim Elliot as evidence that she has been there. Through letters, diary entries, and memories, she shares the temptations, difficulties, victories, and sacrifices of two young people whose commitment to Christ took priority over their love for each other. These revealing personal glimpses, combined with relevant biblical teaching, will remind you that only by putting your human passion and desire through His fire can God purify your love.

Albert Tate shares nine letters that educate, enlighten, and reimagine discipleship in a way that flips the Christian church on its head.

No book in the Bible is so filled with joy as Philippians. It also contains a wealth of great themes. This commentary covers most of the major doctrines of the Christian faith and is at the same time extremely practical.

This commentary combines careful scholarship and clear communication in a verse-by-verse reading of Psalms 1-41. Boice relates the text's concerns to Christianity and the world in which we live.

Each moment that you're given is a precious gift from God. Joyce Meyer encourages us to take a look at ourselves and the importance of being thankful.

Educated meets The Vow in this story of liberation and self-empowerment-an inspiring and stranger-than-fiction memoir of growing up in and breaking free from the Children of God, an oppressive, extremist religious cult. Faith Jones was raised to be part of an elite army preparing for the End Times. Growing up on an isolated farm in Macau, she prayed for hours every day and read letters of prophecy written by her grandfather, the founder of the Children of God. Tens of thousands of members strong, the cult followers looked to Faith's grandfather as their guiding light.