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R.C. Sproul's 'Truths We Confess' is a clear and practical exposition of the Westminster Confession of Faith. He walks through each chapter in simple language and shows how the historic Reformed faith is faithful to Scripture and vital for today.
R.C. Sproul's 'Who Is Jesus?' answers the most important question in history. He shows from the Bible that Jesus is fully God and fully man, and why his life, death and resurrection matter for every person.
Milton Friedman's 'Capitalism and Freedom' shows that economic freedom is vital for political freedom. He argues free markets and small government lead to greater liberty and prosperity.
Chris Voss's 'Never Split the Difference' reveals FBI hostage negotiation tactics for everyday use. It teaches why you should never compromise in the middle and how to use empathy to achieve stronger results.
Allie Beth Stuckey's 'You're Not Enough (And That's Okay)' says self-love culture is toxic. She argues we are not enough alone, but God is, and we find freedom in Christ instead of ourselves.
Nuremberg (2025), directed by James Vanderbilt, tells the story of the Nuremberg trials through the eyes of a US Army psychiatrist. Rami Malek plays Douglas Kelley, who must assess the minds of top Nazi leaders to see if they can stand trial.
Allie Beth Stuckey's 'Toxic Empathy' argues that progressives manipulate Christian compassion through empathy on issues like abortion, gender, and immigration, calling for truth-based responses.
Comer, a pastor who faced burnout himself, looks at Jesus’ calm way of living as the answer. He explains how hurry kills joy, harms relationships, and blocks spiritual growth in a world full of phones and busy plans.
Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl follows Nick Dunne, who reports his wife Amy missing on their fifth wedding anniversary. As police investigate, clues point to Nick as a suspect, while Amy’s diary reveals a troubled marriage.
John MacArthur’s Standing Strong is a thorough biblical manual on spiritual warfare for every Christian. Drawing primarily from Ephesians 6:10–18...
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby follows mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby through the eyes of his neighbor, Nick Carraway, during the roaring summer of 1922 on Long Island.
Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick follows Ishmael, a sailor who joins the whaling ship Pequod under the command of the monomaniacal Captain Ahab.
Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea follows Santiago, an aging Cuban fisherman who has gone 84 days without a catch.
Norman L. Geisler and Frank Turek’s I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist builds a step-by-step case for Christianity using reason, science, and history.
Bonhoeffer (2024), directed by Todd Komarnicki, tells the life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German pastor and thinker who fought the Nazi regime from within. Jonas Dassler plays Bonhoeffer with calm fire, deep thought, and growing resolve.
Irena's Vow (2023), directed by Louise Archambault, tells the true story of Irena Gut Opdyke, a Polish woman who hid Jewish people during World War II.
Anna Lembke’s Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence explores how modern life’s easy access to pleasures, like social media, drugs, or food, drives addiction by overloading our brain’s dopamine system.
Dan Brown’s The Secret of Secrets sends Harvard symbolist Robert Langdon to Prague for a lecture by his partner, Katherine Solomon, a noetic scientist on the verge of publishing a groundbreaking book on human consciousness.
Ben Shapiro’s The Authoritarian Moment claims that left-wing groups have seized control of major American bodies such as media, schools, and big tech firms.
Ben Shapiro’s Porn Generation: How Social Liberalism Is Corrupting Our Future examines how permissive attitudes toward sex, driven by media, Hollywood, and the internet, are harming young people.
Solomon Northup’s 12 Years a Slave tells the true story of a free black man from New York who was kidnapped in 1841 and sold into slavery in Louisiana.
Elizabeth Warren and Amelia Warren Tyagi's The Two-Income Trap explains why many middle-class families with two incomes still face financial ruin. It shows how rising costs in housing, education, and health care trap families in debt.
In Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff’s book, The Coddling of the American Mind, they delve into social psychology and argue that well-meaning efforts to protect young Americans from harm have actually created a culture of fragility, polarisation, and intellectual weakness.
The Amateur (2025), directed by James Hawes, follows a CIA cryptographer who goes rogue after his wife is killed in a terrorist attack. Rami Malek plays Charlie Heller, a quiet analyst with no field training who blackmails the agency into sending him overseas to find the men responsible.
In The Righteous Mind, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt dives into the complexities of why people hold such strong moral and political beliefs. He suggests that our moral judgments are more intuitive than logical, and introduces the idea of “moral foundations” that influence our perspectives.