The Corner
Calvary's Bookstore & Café
Current Bestsellers at the Corner
1. The Wisdom of Pixar: An Animated Look at Virtue by Robert Velarde
Insightfully exploring each of Pixar's movies and showing how they display the best of classic Christian virtues, Robert Velarde's book is a friendly companion for fans, parents and church leaders. Discover how the imagination of Pixar can awaken in you a Christian vision for a moral life and a better society.
2. Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God by Francis Chan
God is love. Crazy, relentless, all-powerful love. Have you ever wondered if we’re missing it? It’s crazy, if you think about it. The God of the universe—the Creator of nitrogen and pine needles, galaxies and E-minor—loves us with a radical, unconditional, self-sacrificing love.
3. Yeshua: A Guide to the Real Jesus and the Original Church by Ron Moseley
The early years of the Church were all Jewish. The original Church was patterned after the Jewish synagogue. Yeshua (Jesus) used numerous Jewish idioms in his teachings. Understand the Jewish roots of the Christian faith. and learn how Jewish customs and traditions informed the writers of the New Testament.
4. Son of Hamas: A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue, and Unthinkable Choices by Mosab Hassan Yousef
Mosab Yousef reveals new information about the world's most dangerous terrorist organization and unveils the truth about his own role, his agonizing separation from family and homeland, the dangerous decision to make his newfound faith public, and his belief that the Christian mandate to "love your enemies" is the only way to peace in the Middle East.
5. Why Johnny Can't Sing Hymns: How Pop Culture Rewrote the Hymnal by T. David Gordon
The musical culture we are immersed in has altered our ability to understand other genres of music - so much so that we find them strangely unhelpful. This means that worship has become a conflict area, rather than a source of unity. Dr. Gordon not only shows the problems, he also provides solutions - it's important, because how we sing affects how we live.
6. VeggieTales' Sweetpea Beauty: A Girl After God's Own Heart (dvd)
Sweetpea knows that true beauty is found on the inside---but just try telling that to insecure Queen Blueberry, who can't see past her own reflection in that deceitful magic mirror! When Sweetpea is banished to the dark forest, can a band of merry minstrels and seven snow peas save the day?
7. Coach Wooden One on One: Inspiring Conversations on Purpose, Passion and the Pursuit of Success by John Wooden and Jay Carty
This book of 60 daily readings is the result of one-on-one conversations between basketball’s legendary coach and teacher, John Wooden, and Jay Carty, former Laker and one-time Wooden assistant. Each of the two-page readings contains life wisdom from the Coach, application and reflection from Jay and a daily Scripture reading and prayer.
8. Choosing to See: A Journey of Struggle and Hope by Mary Beth Chapman
Grief is a journey many of us take at one time or another. For the Chapman family their journey began with the accidental death of their 5 year old daughter, Maria Sue, whom they adopted from China. In Choosing to SEE, Mary Beth Chapman shares her struggles with the tragic loss of Maria Sue, her journey to heal, and the unexpected path God has placed her on. "I've told my kids for years that God doesn't make mistakes," writes Mary Beth. "Would I believe it now, when my whole world as I knew it came to an end?"
9. The Coming Oil Storm by Ron Rhodes
Rhodes reveals how looming tensions over oil factor into end-time global alignments and how they may lead to a dramatic shift in the balance of power in the world. Much of the world's oil is in the custody of unstable and sometimes hostile regimes. Nations around the world are positioning themselves to protect their shrinking piece of the pie of dwindling oil reserves.
10. The Hole in Our Gospel by Richard Stearns
In The Hole in Our Gospel, Stearns explores Jesus' call to love our neighbors and shows you how to use your time, talents, and money to heal a broken world.