Cheryl Scruggs, co-author with her husband Jeff of I Do Again: How We Found a Second Chance at Our Marriage–and You Can Too, guest-authored a series of seven articles for Focus on the Family called “Guarding Your Heart in Marriage.”
These articles draw from the author’s personal experience with an affair, divorce, and a powerful reconciliation.
Read the articles here:
- Overview
- Divorce Begins With Deception
- An Affair: ‘The Beginning of the End’
- The Truth About Divorce
- Putting Jesus First
- Our God of Second Chances
- Next Steps / Related Information
Tags: affair, Cheryl Scruggs, Divorce, Family, Focus on the Family, Forgiveness, guarding your heart, I Do Again, Jeff Scruggs, Marriage, non-fiction, Reconciliation, remarriage, second chances
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News You Don’t Want to Miss about New York Times Best-Selling author Cindy Woodsmall!
Cindy Woodsmall’s second novel in the Ada’s House series, The Bridge of Peace, is now on sale wherever books and e-books are sold! Download the first two chapters now by clicking here.
Cindy will be touring the South East this week with an 8-city tour. She’d love to meet you, snap a photo, and sign your copies of her books. You can view her tour schedule by clicking here.
To celebrate the release of The Bridge of Peace we’re giving away a trip for two Lancaster, Pennsylvania, the heart of Amish Country, just minutes away from numerous historic sites, Amish country farmlands, outlet shopping, and abundant antiquing. Click here for more details on how you can enter!
Tags: Amish, Amish Fiction, Hannah Lapp, Ohio, Old Order Amish, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Dutch, The Hope of Refuge, When the Heart Cries, When the Morning Comes, When the Soul Mends
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Don’t miss the LIVE web streaming presentation with LISA BEVERE—Wednesday, September 22 at 4:00pm (EST). Lisa will be discussing her new book, Lioness Arising and answering YOUR questions live. We hope to see you there! For more info and a full list of events similar to this one click here.
An article by Kerry Shook, co-author of Love at Last Sight, was published today on WashingtonPost.com. In the article, Shook calls for an August 25th Facebook fast, a one-day timeout for people to unplug and focus on connecting with others in reality, rather than virtually. Go here to read the article!
We are giving away copies of Sun Stand Still to the first 250 church leaders that request a copy here. No strings. No shipping. It’s totally free.
Books will be shipped sometime in late September, 2010 or early October, 2010 via USPS. This offer is valid only for church leaders within the United States. Only one review copy per church.
*Subject to change at any time by WaterBrook Multnomah. Questions? Email us at info@waterbrookmultnomah.com
Tags: Charlotte, David Platt, Elevation Church, First 250, Free Book, Joshuas Prayer, NC, Radical, Review Copy, Steven Furtick, Sun Stand Still
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Click here to read the first chapter of Lioness Arising!
Women, it’s time to awaken…to a life of fierce passion, to dangerous prayer stunning power and teamed purpose. Your response could very well change your world. God did not save you to tame you.
Click here to read the first chapter of Lioness Arising!
Click here to download the first session of this Bible study!
David was to be the future king of Israel. And yet, the journey to that goal was filled with dangers, delays, and difficulties. Just like David, every man has a dream of who he wants to become. But getting there is a different story. Hardships and losses can destroy the faith–and even the life–of a man. In this Bible study for men, learn to become one who knows how to embrace hardship and learn to mine it for God’s purposes to see his godly dreams come true.
Click here to download the first session of this Bible study!
Tags: Economy, Every Man Ministries, Every Man series, Every Man's Battle, Kenny Luck, King David, Lost Dreams, Men, Men's Bible Study, Men's Ministry, Stephen Arterburn, Tough Times
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In celebration of Cindy Woodsmall’s upcoming release, The Bridge of Peace we’re giving away a trip for two Lancaster, Pennsylvania, the heart of Amish Country, just minutes away from numerous historic sites, Amish country farmlands, outlet shopping, and abundant antiquing.
The winners will be awarded a trip for two for a three-day, two-night stay in a Lancaster Bed & Breakfast and a sight-seeing tour of the historic covered bridges in Lancaster County. Click here for complete sweepstakes rules, terms and conditions.
Click here to submit your entry. In the “contest code” field enter the code “AMISH”. Contest open from August 31 – December 31, 2010. All entries must be submitted by December 31, 2010 at 11:59 p.m. MST.
Radical, by David Platt, was featured on Compassion’s blog. Go here to read the review.