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SNEAK PEEK: Spark by Jason Jaggard

April 14, 2012

Develop the Art of Self-Challenge

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Tired of dreaming about changing your life? Ready to change it? You came to the right place.
 
Jason Jaggard has developed a simple, direct way to practice the art of self-challenge. It requires a willingness to take healthy risks and is energized by the involvement of a small group of fellow risk-takers.
 
Here are just a few of the Spark insights that lead to lasting change:
· More resources are available to you than you realize.
· Living a changed life works best when a few friends get involved.
· When you relearn what “good” is, you experience more [ … ]

SNEAK PEEK: Waiting for Morning by Karen Kingsbury

April 13, 2012

“I’m afraid there’s been a car accident…”

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As Hannah Ryan waits for her family to return home from a camping trip, she realizes she has everything going for her—a husband other women admire, two charming teenage daughters, and a loving Christian home. As the sunny afternoon turns into twilight, her uneasiness grows along with the shadows. Then a car pulls into Hannah’s driveway, bringing two police officers…and devastating news that shatters her life forever.

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SNEAK PEEK: Really Bad Girls of the Bible by Liz Curtis Higgs

April 13, 2012

When it comes to badness, there’s nothing new under the sun.

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In Really Bad Girls of the Bible, Liz reveals the power of God’s sovereignty in the lives of eight shady ladies we know by reputation but have rarely studied in depth: Bathsheba, the bathing beauty. Jael, the tent-peg-toting warrior princess. Herodias, the horrible beheader. Tamar, the widow and not-so-timid temptress. Athaliah, the deadly daughter of Jezebel. And three ancient women whose names we do not know but who have much to teach us: the ashamed Adulteress, the bewitching Medium of En Dor, and the desperate Bleeding Woman.

The eye-opening stories of these eight “Really Bad” women demonstrate one [ … ]

SNEAK PEEK: Stories for the Heart – The Original Collection by Alice Gray

April 13, 2012

A picture is worth a thousand words, and a good story spans the generations.

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This story treasury has touched readers’ souls since 1996 and launched a series with more than 4 million copies in print. This edition offers over 100 encouraging story selections from some of America’s best-loved communicators. Carry them in your heart, learn from their wisdom, and share them with someone you love. It’s the storybook that sparked a movement!

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SNEAK PEEK: Dinner with a Perfect Stranger by David Gregory

April 13, 2012

You are Invited to a Dinner with Jesus of Nazareth.

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The mysterious envelope arrives on Nick Cominsky’s desk amid a stack of credit card applications and business-related junk mail. Although his seventy-hour workweek has already eaten into his limited family time, Nick can’t pass up the opportunity to see what kind of plot his colleagues have hatched.

The normally confident, cynical Nick soon finds himself thrown off-balance, drawn into an intriguing conversation with a baffling man who appears to be more than comfortable discussing everything from world religions to the existence of heaven and hell. And this man who calls himself Jesus also [ … ]

SNEAK PEEK: REDEEMING LOVE by Francine Rivers

April 13, 2012

Read the first chapter of Redeeming Love.

Can God’s love save anyone?

Best-selling author Francine Rivers skillfully retells the biblical love story of Gomer and Hosea in a tale set against the exciting backdrop of the California Gold Rush. The heroine, Angel, is a young woman who was sold into prostitution as a child. Michael Hosea is a godly man sent into Angel’s life to draw her into the Savior’s redeeming love.

This remarkable novel has sold over a million copies globally and has been a fixture on the CBA bestsellers list for nearly a decade.

SNEAK PEEK: God Gave Us You by Lisa Tawn Bergren

April 13, 2012

When a charming polar bear cub climbs into bed one night, she asks her Mama a very important question: “Where did I come from?”

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Filled with playful, winsome illustrations by an artist who specializes in polar bear images, this four-color, read-to-me picture book will build children’s self-esteem through the tale of a mama bear who reassuringly explains where her cub came from and affirms Mama and Papa’s great love for her.

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SNEAK PEEK: The Ishbane Conspiracy by Randy Alcorn

April 12, 2012

Four college students face the ultimate battle between good and evil.

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Jillian is picture-perfect on the outside, but terrified of getting hurt on the inside. Brittany is a tough girl who trusts almost no one. Ian is a successful athlete who dabbles in the occult. And Rob is a former gang-banger who struggles with guilt, pain, and a newfound faith in God. As spiritual warfare rages around them, a dramatic demonic correspondence takes place. Readers can eavesdrop on the enemy, and learn to stave off their own defeat, by reading The Ishbane Conspiracy.

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SNEAK PEEK: The Blessed Church by Robert Morris

April 6, 2012

Grow Your Church Well

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    In The Blessed Church, Pastor Robert Morris explores what it takes to have a growing, yet healthy, church. Written for church leaders as well as lay people, The Blessed Church looks at the qualities that make church “work” in the twenty-first century and how they can enrich your church, whatever its size or vision.

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    SNEAK PEEK: Be Still My Soul by Joanne Bischof

    April 6, 2012

    Gideon only ever cared about himself. Now that Lonnie is his wife, will he ever be worthy of her heart?

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    Lonnie Sawyer is shy and quiet, used to fading into the background. But now handsome ladies’ man Gideon O’Riley has taken an interest in her, stealing a kiss that condemns her to a shotgun wedding and a loveless marriage. Can her patient faith change her husband’s heart?

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