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Few men in history have shaken the foundations of a nation like John Knox. This legendary man of God was a fiery preacher, fearless reformer, and unwavering champion of Protestantism. Knox defied kings and queens to reshape the spiritual and political landscape of Scotland. He was so powerful in prayer, that Mary, Queen of Scots famously said, “I fear the prayers of John Knox more than all the assembled armies of Europe.

In this bold, momentous work, the Pope—in his first book written as Benedict XVI—seeks to salvage the person of Jesus from recent ‘popular' depictions and to restore Jesus' true identity as discovered in the Gospels. Through his brilliance as a theologian and his personal conviction as a believer, the Pope shares a rich, compelling, flesh-and-blood portrait of Jesus and incites us to encounter, face to face, the central figure of the Christian faith.

35 Wives opens with 37-year-old Mormon prophet Joseph Smith marrying 14-year-old Helen Mar Kimball. Was it a sacred ceremony? Or was it the rape of a vulnerable girl by a predatory prophet under cover of religious sponsorship? For 120 years, Mormon apologists have argued it was holy matrimony. Telling Helen and her sisters’ stories, 35 Wives is the counter thrust to the Church’s sacred mendacity. Was Joseph a saint or a sinner? Written from an energetic outsider’s POV, 35 Wives is a naturalistic dissection of Joseph and the Church’s truth claims for a skeptical general audience.

In "The Gift of With," Janelle McGuckin invites listeners on an intimate journey of faith, resilience, and profound transformation. Through deeply personal stories, Janelle shares how she discovered the treasures of living a "with-God" life, even in the midst of struggles, uncertainties, and heartache. From navigating the trials of a cancer diagnosis to uncovering unexpected moments of divine presence on an oceanfront bench, Janelle’s honest reflections remind us that God is always near, offering love and hope in every season of life.

Layered with physical, emotional, and relational tension, Through Blurred Vision brings forth the life of a young man that was given a diagnosis that appears in 0.0001% of births. As a result, Kurt Pangborn’s life was encompassed in darkness. Yet despite the daunting realty of this diagnosis’ limitations, Pangborn sought the true light of life in his darkness, and found a message that extends past human reason. Kurt Pangborn’s Through Blurred Vision inspires listeners to turn their pain into praise and apply the “Three P’s” of higher living.

Can four words change a life? On a rainy autumn day, four words changed the life of a young cardiology nurse. Four little words hurled across a dimly lit exam room struck fear in a mother’s heart. “You are legally blind.” Anita’s journey through blindness began with the devastating diagnosis of retinitis pigmentosa, an untreatable, degenerative retinal disease. At the age of 33, she was forced to face not only vision loss, but also the loss of driving, her nursing career, and even her independence. Anita was convinced that life was over.

Rarely has a book had such an impact on so many of us here at Ignatius Press. It is one of the most powerful and moving books we have come across. If you can only buy one book this season, this must be the one. Here is the astonishing true story of the harrowing experiences of a young German seminarian drafted into Hitler’s dreaded SS at the onset of World War II.

St. Malachy of Armagh lived in an age of turmoil, yet his life radiated holiness, reform, and unwavering devotion. Composed by his cherished friend, St. Bernard of Clairvaux, this compelling biography chronicles Malachy's extraordinary journey from his humble beginnings in Ireland to his apostolic labors, miracles, and untimely death at Clairvaux.

Alle 18.05 dell'8 maggio 2025, al secondo giorno di Conclave e dopo sole quattro votazioni, dal comignolo della cappella Sistina si è levata la tradizionale fumata bianca che annuncia al mondo l'elezione di un nuovo pontefice. In piazza San Pietro, decine di migliaia di persone si sono immediatamente radunate in attesa di sapere chi fosse stato scelto dal Collegio dei cardinali. E quando l'antica formula latina Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum: habemus papam!

Elisabeth Elliot, beloved Christian author of Let Me Be a Woman and A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael, shares the story of five missionaries who were brutally killed in Ecuador—one of whom was her husband, Jim Elliot.

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Acreditar na nossa capacidade de entender o mundo e de escolher um caminho próprio traz certo conforto. Mas é muito comum que as coisas não saiam como queremos — na verdade, isso quase nunca acontece. Então o que pode nos ajudar diante do inesperado? O que pode aliviar o sofrimento nos tempos difíceis? Foi em busca dessas respostas que Björn Natthiko Lindeblad decidiu abraçar as incertezas. Aos 26 anos, ele cumpria todos os requisitos de uma pessoa bem-sucedida. Porém, algo o incomodava, e ele resolveu seguir sua voz interior...

Prem Pradhan was a Hindu. And he was a soldier. A Gurkha in the British Royal Air Force, then commander of a tank regiment in the Indian Army. But God had other plans for his life. It wasn’t that long ago that Nepal had few known Christians. Today? Over one million. Prem Pradhan is an important part of the reason. Prem answered God’s call to take the gospel back to his home country in 1954.

Chi era Enzo Piccinini, medico chirurgo tragicamente scomparso in un incidente stradale nel maggio 1999, amico di don Luigi Giussani e instancabile educatore? A rispondere, a 25 anni dalla morte, è Pier Paolo Bellini, amico e compagno di strada del medico reggiano, insieme a Chiara Piccinini, una delle figlie di Enzo, dando voce all'uomo, alle sue opere e alle parole che hanno segnato la vita di molti.

«L'amicizia di Gesù ci ricorda che Dio mette una virgola dove noi credevamo possibile solo un punto finale.» L'amicizia è uno dei valori più importanti per ognuno di noi, ma anche un aspetto della vita così naturale, e a volte dato per scontato, che raramente ci fermiamo a riflettere su cosa significhi davvero la parola "amico". Se ci pensiamo, l'amico è chi cammina sempre al nostro fianco, anche se separato da migliaia di chilometri o da decine di anni di distanza: nell'amicizia, il lontano e la distanza sono dimensioni del tutto relative.

Throughout his life, Michael Harding has lived with a sense of emptiness - through faith, marriage, fatherhood and his career as a writer, a pervading sense of darkness and unease remained. When he was 58, he became physically ill and found himself in the grip of a deep melancholy.

Pest, Leid und Tod und die Folgen des Dreißigjährigen Kriegs überschatteten sein Leben und dennoch schrieb er hoffnungsvolle und dankbare Lieder wie "Befiehl du deine Wege" oder "Ich singe dir mit Herz und Mund", die seinen starken, lebendigen Glauben widerspiegeln: Paul Gerhardt. In seinen Gedichten voller bildhafter Sprache, Schlichtheit und tiefen Gefühlen zeigt sich die Hoffnung auf Gott, der zwar Leid im Leben zulässt, jedoch letztlich die Erlösung schenkt. Paul Gerhardts Leben und lebendiger Glaube werden mit zahlreichen Liedern voller Trost, Ermutigung und Hoffnung spannend und atmosphärisch gestaltet erzählt.

When the oldest of Kate Braestrup's four children was 10 years old, her husband, a Maine state trooper, was killed in a car accident. Stunned and grieving, she decided to pursue her husband's dream of becoming a Unitarian minister. She eventually began working with the Maine Game Warden Service, which conducts the state's search-and-rescue operations when people go missing in the wilderness.

Als erste Frau wurde die Schottin Mary Slessor (1848-1915) auf einer schottischen Banknote abgebildet. Das bemerkenswerte Leben der Pioniermissionarin an der Sklavenküste Westafrikas stand immer in Gefahr, von wilden Tieren, kriegerischen Stämmen und von Kannibalen angegriffen zu werden. Mary Slessor respektierte die Traditionen der einheimischen Stämme, kämpfte aber auch gegen barbarische Praktiken, wie Menschenopfer, an. Im Vertrauen auf Gottes Hilfe setzte sie sich für die Rechte der Frauen ein, förderte den Bau von Krankenhäusern und die Impfung gegen die tödlichen Pocken.

Wir brauchen keinen großen Glauben, sondern Glauben an einen großen Gott. Das bekannte Zitat stammt von Hudson Taylor, dem ersten Missionar, der in das Innere China vorstieß, um den Chinesen Gottes Wort zu bringen. Durch seine Bereitschaft, auf vieles zu verzichten und Gott grenzenlos zu vertrauen, konnte er in seiner 51-jährigen Tätigkeit eine erfolgreiche Arbeit im "verbotenen Land" aufbauen und gründete die China-Inland-Mission. Eine Ermutigung und Herausforderung, ganz aus Gottes Hand zu leben!