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CBN News: Pastor Tells Congregation to Get Packing

October 14, 2014

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

 To view the CBN News story, go to here.

SNEAK PEEK: Heavens to Betsy by Beth Pattillo

October 10, 2014

Thankfully, it’s 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!

October 9, 2014

One of the most perplexing theological questions—Is it possible to reconcile God’s 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 God’s power versus human choice in his new book, hand in Hand.

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Unpack the truths of this weighty issue and the implications it has for believers using this Sermon Outline.

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NEWS: “In This House We Will Giggle” Author Tackles Selfishness on “Good Day Orlando”

October 7, 2014

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.

To watch, click here.

 

NEWS: “A Short Walk to the Edge of Life” Featured on “The 700 Club”

September 30, 2014

“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

September 29, 2014

It Doesn’t 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 [ … ]

Runaway Teen, Christian Convert Rifqa Bary Tells Her Story of Escape and Life after the Headlines

September 15, 2014

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (September 15, 2014)—In 2009, a national news story broke of a teenage girl named Rifqa Bary, who had fled her Ohio home to find refuge in Florida, claiming her Muslim father had threatened to kill her for refusing to renounce her Christian faith. The media reporting and court case that ensued sparked a firestorm of coverage about Sharia law, parental rights and religious persecution. Now a 22-year-old college student—living in an undisclosed location, still convinced her life is under threat—Bary shares for the first time her own story of that decision to run away, the consequences and the faith that continues to fuel her in Hiding in the Light: Why I Risked Everything to Leave Islam and Follow Jesus (WaterBrook Press, May 5, 2015).

 Upon the discovery of her whereabouts, Bary’s parents fought to have their teenage [ … ]

SNEAK PEEK: hand in Hand by Randy Alcorn

September 12, 2014

If God is sovereign, how can I be free to choose?
But if God is not sovereign, how can he be God?

Click here to download chapter one of hand in Hand.

In hand in Hand, Randy Alcorn says that the traditional approach to this debate has often diminished our trust in God and his purposes. Instead of making a one-sided argument from select verses, Alcorn examines the question in light of all Scripture. By exploring what the whole Bible says about divine sovereignty and human choice, hand in Hand helps us…

Click here to download chapter one of hand in Hand.