Orem Library

Millions of people around the world have reported a near-death experience. Do they prove the existence of a loving God? Never in history, until now, have we been able to hear from so many people around the world who have been brought back from clinical death. Modern medical resuscitation and digital communication have revealed a goldmine of intriguing near-death experiences (NDEs) that show us the character of God. And for such a time as this, people...

Challenges the dominant habits and worldview that are present in our Internet consumption and shows how God's wisdom for our lives makes us more fully human in the face of dehumanizing technology.

Are you ready to live with more joy, less stress, and improve virtually every aspect of your life? What if a healthy, abundant, joyful, faith-filled life is within reach? What if you could increase your energy, vitality, and happiness, and stop dragging through the day, living discouraged and depressed, and settling for less than the life you want? In 15 Ways to Live Longer and Healthier, New York Times bestselling author Joel Osteen, with his trademark...

For readers who have mental health problems (or who have loved ones who do), Martin Luther on Mental Health: Practical Advice for Christians will provide assurance that God knows their suffering and loves them. Using references and examples from Martin Luther, as well as practical advice from leading mental health experts, readers of this book will learn that Jesus Christ has paid for their sins and has secured their salvation, that mental health...

How do we bring meaning to our work, instead of being defined by what we do? "Corporate mystic" Barry Rowan invites us to see our work as a chance to serve God by contributing to a better society. With forty short chapters, this book beckons us into a connection with God that will infuse our lives, our offices, and our world with meaning.

A New York Times bestselling historian of early Christianity takes on two of the most gripping questions of human existence: where did the ideas of heaven and hell come from, and why do they endure?

For millions of conservative Christians, America is their kingdom--a land set apart, a nation uniquely blessed, a people in special covenant with God. This love of country, however, has given way to right-wing nationalist fervor, a reckless blood-and-soil idolatry that trivializes the kingdom of Jesus Christ. Alberta retraces the arc of the modern evangelical movement, placing political and cultural inflection points in the context of church teachings...

In Living with Broken Glass, Shelly M. Rowlan shows us how to look for the little miracles in our lives, especially in dark times. Through her own experience dealing with the death of her son Brieson, Rowlan takes us through her journey of grief and sorrow, showing readers each small revelatory moment of healing. Accompanied by words from the scriptures and our modern Church leaders, this book is not only a beautiful story of finding the holy moments...

Here the reader will find the current Christian deconstruction movement set against the broad background of postmodernism and explained both in terms of contemporary idiom and issues and basic biblical foundations. . . . Alisa and Tim help the reader to deconstruct the deconstructionists and thus to respond to them, both with arguments and with pastoral love and sensitivity.

It's often undetected-but if you knew the damage it was causing, you'd do everything possible to root it out! Envy. It's insidious. Pervasive. Corrosive. In the age of materialism and social media, it's difficult not to feel the creep of this increasing and ever-present temptation. Pastor and teacher Mike Fabarez diagnoses the problem of this pervasive sin. He brings the reader to biblical stories with often-overlooked ties to envy that expose and...