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In You Are Never Alone, pastor and New York Times bestselling author Max Lucado will show you that you're stronger than you think because God is nearer than you know. You'll be comforted by the living, loving, miracle-working God who doesn't think twice about stepping into the thorny thickets of your world to lift you out.

Relates the author's efforts to eulogize a beloved rabbi who is near death, while at the same time befriending a Detroit pastor who gives spiritual guidance to the poor and homeless, and describes how observing these two different religious leaders rekindled his own faith.

"An award-winning author, pastor, and professor shows those experiencing doubt that there is a way to question your faith without losing it"-- Provided by publisher.

A teenage girl, Jenny, loses sight of the child she is babysitting while arguing with her boyfriend on the phone. A teenage guy, Dean, is frustrated by his failed attempts to find work while his father shows concern about his son's alcohol infused lifestyle. Misfortune leads these two confused young adults on a journey to find whether life would be better without God. A new book claiming God doesn't exist seems like the perfect read, but the author...

Inspired by the book of Job, Trust tells the story of Daniel Rainwater, an everyday guy whose life is falling apart. As his marriage to Sarah begins to crumble when he loses his job and thinking that life couldn't get any worse, it does. Bitter towards God and going nowhere fast, Daniel must learn to trust God again before he loses it all for good. For Sarah, as tensions in the marriage rise, she falls out of love. Only to be confronted with whether...

Acclaimed journalist Dennis Covington examines how faith and violence shape our world. In war zones witnessing widespread conflict, what makes life at all worth living? When chaos becomes a way of life in places where religion and violence intersect, what do people hold on to? If religious belief is, as Christopher Hitchens argues, the cause of wars and genocide, then is faith the cure? Dennis Covington pursued answers to these questions for years,...

"The author of How the Bible actually works and The Bible tells me so explains how our model of God and faith must evolve as our understanding of the world deepens--just as the Bible describes it should"--

"This book will provide you with the facts and understanding you need to respond to difficult questions biblically and stay rooted in your faith even when others seem to be abandoning theirs. We are living in unprecedented times when Christian leaders are renouncing their faith and large numbers of believers are falling away. Is this the final apostasy prophesied by Jesus and Paul? And can we do anything to help those struggling with their faith?...

The lives of four individuals unravel as they face a world of consequences thrust upon them as a product of their choices. Special features: interviews with cast and crew, blooper reel, and trailer.