CBN News: Pastor Tells Congregation to Get Packing
CBN News featured Kerry and Chris Shook, authors of Be the Message and founders of The Woodlands Church near Houston, for cutting church services in half recently so the congregation could participate in an effort to package up food items to be shipped to West Africa. The special Sunday packing session was a kick off to the nationwide Be the Message Sunday where churches around the country will shorten services on Sunday, November 16 to do service projects and be living examples of the Gospel in their communities. For more information or to sign up for Be the Message Sunday, visit Be the Message Sunday
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‘Be The Message’ Becomes New York Times Best-seller
Houston-based mega church pastors Kerry and Chris Shooks latest book , Be the Message: Taking Your Faith Beyond Words to a Life of Action (Sept. 9, 2014/WaterBrook Press), debuted at #18 on the Sept. 28, 2014, Advice, How-To, Misc., New York Times Best-seller list and appeared again at #12 on the Oct. 5, 2014, list. It also has become a Publishers Weekly and Los Angeles Times best-seller.
Be the Message encourages readers to move beyond sermons to take action in becoming the gospel in their homes, communities and the world. The Shooks new best-seller was born out of the authors fatigue with sermons and the desire to make Jesus real to those around them. Be the Message shares their personal journey as they have changed the way they think about the gospel and live it out. For more information, visit [ … ]
SNEAK PEEK: Heavens to Betsy by Beth Pattillo
Thankfully, its just not possible to keep a good woman down. For as Betsy ponders her love life and her vocational call, she finds that she just might reconcile her clerical robe with high heels and the right shade of lipstick, after all.
Read chapter 1 of Heavens to Betsy by Beth Pattillo!
Now a motion picture called Heavenly Match airing on October 12, 2014 at 7 PM (EST) on UP TV!
Additional Resources for hand in Hand by Randy Alcorn!
One of the most perplexing theological questionsIs it possible to reconcile Gods sovereignty with human choice?is also one of the most personal. Bestselling author and theologian Randy Alcorn brings life-changing insight to the great debate between Gods power versus human choice in his new book, hand in Hand.
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NEWS: “In This House We Will Giggle” Author Tackles Selfishness on “Good Day Orlando”
In This House We Will Giggle author Courtney DeFeo discusses practical tips to helping your children from being focused on selfies…to becoming unselfish…on “Good Day Orlando.”
As wife and mother of two, DeFeo was inspired to write an idea-packed book for parents filled with motivating reflections, real-life stories and creative ways to help parents turn their kids hearts toward God.
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NEWS: “A Short Walk to the Edge of Life” Featured on “The 700 Club”
“The 700 Club” features Scott Hubbartt, author of A Short Walk to the Edge of Life, as he retells his real-life adventure of being hopelessly lost in the Andes Mountains of Peru.
As a trained military survivalist, Hubbartt found himself starving, dehydrated and struggling to stay alive, stating, I was way beyond my limits.
To find out more about Hubbartt’s story, click here.
SNEAK PEEK: Love Without Limits by Nick and Kanae Vujicic
It Doesnt Take a Perfect Person to Find a Perfect Love
Click here to download chapter one of Love Without Limits.
Even though he was born without arms or legs, Nick Vujicic created a ridiculously good life. But after dating disappointments and a failed relationship, he reached his mid-twenties worried that he would never find a woman to love him and share his life.
Then Nick met Kanae and everything changed. But even with undeniable chemistry, they would have to navigate twists and turns worthy of a romantic comedy before becoming “one” in marriage.
In Love Without Limits Nick and Kanae tell how they improbably found each other, fell in love, and then fought to overcome skepticism from others about their relationship. Filled with practical insights that [ … ]