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Tricia Goyer, Sarah Sundin and Cara Putman, authors of Where Treetops Glisten, are in a special Veterans Day post on Lifeways Shelf Life blog. Each author shares a personal story about the inspiration behind Where Treetops Glisten, a collection of three stories of Christmas romance during World War II. Go here to read how veterans influenced their writing and more.
Jonathan Merritt of Religion News Service talks with Randy Alcorn, author of hand in Hand about one of the mostly hotly debated topics in the Christian church: God’s sovereignty vs. meaningful human choice. In a Q&A article, Merritt asks why Alcorn believes the traditional approach to the debate isnt working, what hes saying thats new, and whether he agrees with John Piper that God is responsible for fatalilty-inducing natural disasters. Click here to see the answers to those questions and more.
The Women of Christmas is much more than a pretty hardcover gift book with gold embossed lettering. Its also a Bible study filled with substance and heart, designed to encourage you in Christ. Since it does not require a lot of homework, it is the perfect study to prepare you for the season to come. Use it for individual study or in a group. Liz Curtis Higgs offers a FREE GUIDE full of helpful tips and ideas.
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Speaking at the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission’s National Conference about his own experience of becoming a Christian as a same-sex attracted man, Moody Bible Professor Christopher Yuan and author of Out of A Far Country, urged Christian parents to love their lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transsexual children and lead them back to the Gospel.
“Parents, love your LGBT or same-sex attracted children and point them to a life of costly discipleship following Jesus,” states Yuan.
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The Crown Publishing Group announced several important changes about the WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group today. WaterBrook Multnomah President and Publisher Steve Cobb is set to retire in March 2015 after 18 years with the company. Alex Field will join WaterBrook Multnomah as Vice President, Publisher starting Dec. 1, 2014. Field most recently has been the VP, Publisher for David C Cook.
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Steve Cobb Retirement Annoucement
Alex Field, New President of WaterBrook Multnomah, Announcement
How Will God Make Himself Known to You?
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How do we have a relationship with a God we cant see? There must be more to the Christian life than silence, and more to God than a vacant stare.
Divine Applause weaves together biblical insights and personal stories that illustrate the surprising ways God connects with us. Let Jeff Anderson show you how to use your spiritual senses to experience God.
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Kanae Vujicic on the First Time She Saw Nick and Feeling “The Spark.”
Click here to download an excerpt from Love Without Limits.
“There was definitely a spark and a strong attraction from the first moments I locked eyes with Nick… Nick tells everyone that when he was speaking that day back in 2010, he looked out into the crowd, locked eyes with me, and had to force himself to look away.”
Kanae had experienced relationships based on superficial attraction, but she longed to find a mate with strong character and faitha man who would be a godly husband and father. When Nick and Kanae met in the most amazing way, they realized that Godthe ultimate Matchmaker– had used [ … ]
Nick Vujicic shares about dating Kanae and how they each felt from his book Love Without Limits.
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Despite my optimism about other parts of life, I decided that love in this world had limits after all. Id become convinced that no woman would want to marry such an obviously imperfect man as me .
Later, when Nick realized that God had a purpose for him, his life took on new meaning. But after a long-term relationship ended in heartache, would he ever find someone to marry? In this excerpt from their new book, Love Without Limits, Nick shares how insecurities can make or break a relationship.
