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81) Black Robe
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Publisher description: In the rugged 17th century Canadian wilderness, Father Laforgue, a young and idealistic Jesuit priest, is assigned to go up river into the wilderness on a perilous journey to convert the Huron Indians. His Algonquin Indian guides nickname him "Black Robe." His young aide and translator, Daniel, falls in love with Annuka, the beautiful daughter of the Algonquin chief. Torn between his own desires and ideals of the priesthood,...
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When college-bound Sam Witwicky learns the truth about the ancient origins of the Transformers, he must accept his destiny and join Optimus Prime and Bumblebee in their epic battle against the Decepticons, who have returned stronger than ever with a plan to destroy the world.
83) Overrated: are we more in love with the idea of changing the world than actually changing the world?
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"Eugene Cho has a confession: 'I like to talk about changing the world but I don't really like to do what it takes.' If this is true of the man who founded the One Day's Wages global antipoverty movement, then what must it take to act on one's ideals? Cho does not doubt the sincerity of those who want to change the world. But he fears that today's wealth of resources and opportunities could be creating 'the most overrated generation in history. We...
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"The gospel of Jesus has not always been good news for Native Americans. But despite the far-reaching effects of colonialism, some Natives have forged culturally authentic ways to follow Jesus. In his final work, Richard Twiss surveys the complicated history of Christian missions among Indigenous peoples and voices a hopeful vision of contextual Native Christian faith"--Provided by publisher.
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MacGyver is a secret agent with a big difference. He is quiet, mild mannered, deeply principled and refuses to carry a gun on his missions. Lucky for him the last detail is unimportant, especially when compared to his astounding mind. Drawing on a vast practical knowledge of science, MacGyver is able to make use of any mundane materials around him to create unorthodox solutions to any problem he faces. The enemies of world peace and justice continually...
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Ash and Pikachu meet Lizabeth, a descendant of the People of the Water, and learn about their legend. They meet Jackie, a Pokémon Ranger on a secret mission to protect a Manaphy egg, also known as The Prince of the Sea, and find the Sea Temple as well. The Phantom plans to obtain the Sea Crown and take over the world, but he needs the Manaphy egg first. Now Lizabeth and Ash must help Jackie protect the egg and stop the nefarious pirate!
Pikachu's...
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Like many women in the Church, Joy Loewen didn't fully understand Muslim women or their roles in the Muslim culture and religion. In fact, she was afraid of them and not particularly interested in befriending them. But with prayer, wisdom, and a lot of love, Joy overcame these obstacles, found that she actually liked them, and that many of these women are irresistibly attracted to the love of Jesus. For the last thirty years she has used this knowledge...
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His Works volume 2. France and England in North America, pt. 2
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The second in Francis Parkman's fantastic series of histories of the European colonists, 'France and England in North America'. This volume looks at the 17th century French Jesuit missionaries in Canada, starting from their arrival in 1632.
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When Gumdrop and Vroomer, the latest members of the Plane Scout crew, are sent on a mission by Commander Gumdrop, they take off on the greatest adventure of their lives. As they fly high in the clouds, they meet a genius robot that helps them learn all there is to know about amazing planes!
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What does it mean to be a Jew? What practices are relevant? And is belief in God even necessary?
Answers to these and other questions reflect the amazing diversity within the Jewish community. However, one terrible fact-centuries of persecution in the name of Jesus Christ-has united this diverse community in one belief. Namely, that Jesus Christ is not the Jewish Messiah.
Moishe Rosen was born into this culture. No New Testament. No Christmas....
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"In 1576 a catastrophic epidemic devastated Indigenous Mexican communities and left the colonial church in ruins. With its horrific final symptom of hemorrhage from the nose, the unfamiliar disease, which the Nahua named cocoliztli, took almost two million lives. In the crisis and its immediate aftermath, Spanish missionaries and surviving pueblos de indios held radically different visions for the future of church in the Americas"--
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"What if a humanitarian to Haiti lived out 1 Corinthians 13:4-8--the Love Chapter--literally and found that being patient, kind, not envious, and not boastful is more challenging than she ever dreamed? In the tradition of A. J. Jacobs's "The Year of Living Biblically," Sorrelle's spiritual journey is at once awe-filled and sassy, personal and universal, and will make you see one of the Bible's most famous passages through fresh, new eyes"--
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Dark forces older than time itself are on the attack, hell-bent on stopping the dawn of a wondrous new green age. More shocking, Bender's in love with a married fembot and Leela's on the run from the Zapp Brannigan's law. Fry is the last hope of the universe and has been recruited for an ultra-top-secret mission.
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Few people would consider failure to be a gift from God. If you are trying to engergize and grow a ministry, however, embracing the lessons and, yess, the "gifts" of failure may be the best way to maintain a dynamic and encouraging place for people to seek the heart of God. Through personal stories of his own missteps and mistakes as the co-founder of Urban Village Church - As well as those of others working to plant and grow ministries - Christian...
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