What is joy? What isn't joy? And most important, how can we experience it? After all, isn't that what we long for---something that goes beyond a smiley face and takes hold of the fullness Jesus promised his followers? C. S. Lewis said he was 'surprised by joy,' but the reality is that most Christians today are just plain confused by it. While paying lip service to joy, we replace it in favor of a cheap substitute---happiness. In The Myth of Happiness, Rich Wagner dispels our misconceptions and reveals the true nature of biblical joy. He wrestles honestly with the tough questions many of us wonder but haven't known how to ask. Is joy anything more than a plastic smile? Can we experience joy while battling fear and uncertainty? Are Christians honestly expected to 'count it all joy,' rejoicing in the midst of turmoil and tragedy? Can real joy possibly live up to the hype? Joy transforms. It's God's most tangible gift available to believers this side of heaven. Wagner debunks the myth of happiness and helps us receive the unquenchable joy Christ promises.

The Myth of Happiness: Discovering a Joy You Never Thought Possible

Wagner, Rich

Religion & Spirituality

Zondervan

Your career is compelling. Your ministry at church is God's calling. But do you realize how these outside activities capture your heart and steal your time and energy from your family? Adventure becomes what you want to do, while family is what you are supposed to do. Now author Rich Wagner offers a bold alternative. In this personal and revealing book, the author challenges Christian men to harness their career ambitions and limit their ministries while their children are at home. Wagner shows how the pull of business success and the call to church ministries are compelling--even seductive. But if you allow your heart to be captured by career and church, you put your kid's spiritual lives at risk. Far too many Christian children grow up with the vision of a loving Father in heaven, but live with the reality of an earthly father who seems more devoted to outside interests than he is to them. As a result, many children in Christian families today drift away from their faith as they become adults. Wagner reveals how accepting his challenge will not only result in spiritually healthy kids, but also give you the true adventure for which every Christian man yearns.

The Expeditionary Man: The Adventure a Man Wants, the Leader His Family Needs

The finely aged history of Philadelphia brewing has been fermenting since before the crack appeared in the Liberty Bell. By the time thirsty immigrants made the city the birthplace of the American lager in the nineteenth century, Philadelphia was already on the leading edge of the country's brewing technology and production. Today, the City of Brotherly Love continues to foster that enterprising spirit of innovation with an enviable community of bold new brewers, beer aficionados and brewing festivals. Pennsylvania brewery historian Rich Wagner takes readers on a satisfying journey from the earliest ale brewers and the heyday of lager beer through the dismally dry years of Prohibition and into the current craft-brewing renaissance to discover and celebrate the untapped history of Philadelphia beer.

Philadelphia Beer: A Heady History of Brewing in the Cradle of Liberty

Business & Money

Biography & History

History Press Library Editions

Philadelphia Beer: A Heady History of Brewing in the Cradle of Liberty (American Palate)

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

The History Press

It may be strikingly beautiful—but does it also strike? And if it does, what should you do? Potentially dangerous creatures crawl, scurry, and slither along the desert floor. Learn about their habitats, reproduction cycles, feeding habits, and hiding spots. The Wagners tell you what to do if you are bitten, stung, or harmed by one of these potentially deadly creatures. Spectacularly illustrated and entertaining to read, Tread Lightly also provides information about venomous or poisonous animals, including rattlesnakes, scorpions, Gila monsters, tarantulas, and black widow and brown recluse spiders. 70 color photos.

Tread Lightly: Venomous and Poisonous Animals of the Southwest

Science & Math

Wagner, Margie

Biological Sciences

Rio Nuevo

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