New Non-Fiction

Jeff Cook

The Deadly Sins and the Beatitudes

The Beatitudes of Jesus stand in sharp contrast to what ancient believers identified as the Seven Deadly Sins. Both promise us life at its fullest—but only one delivers. Setting the Beatitudes one by one against the Sins, Seven reveals how the Beatitudes point us from the nothingness that devours to the blessedness that restores and fills.

Pub. Date: September 2008

Gary Chapman

What does it take to build a loving family?  How do families stay strong in today's culture?

Marriage and family expert Dr. Gary Chapman offers answers in The Family You've Always Wanted.  He digs deep into five key characteristics that help create a healthy, nurturing family environment:

• A heart for service.
• Husbands and wives who relate intimately.
• Parents who guide their children.
• Children who obey and honor parents.
• Husbands who love and lead.

In this updated and revised edition of Five Signs of a Loving Family, readers will find great advice, useful tips, and amazing insight into family dynamics illustrated by stories from Chapman's own family and his counseling experience.  Hands-on assessments, questions, and opportunities for deeper discussion offer practical steps to strengthen your family.

Pub. Date: September 2008

More by Gary Chapman

David Tyree with Kimberly Daniels

Forward by Eli Manning

There was a point in David Tyree's life, before the catch, before the fame, when his life was spiraling out of control and his football career was in jeopardy.  In More Than Just The Catch, David Tyree takes you behind the scenes and past the hype to the story of his life.

Its a story of mistakes and second chances.  Of hard work, perseverance, and faith.  A story of love.  And ultimately a story of grace.

Its a story that teaches us that no matter how many times life knocks us down, we can come back...and we can win.

Pub. Date: September 2008

Mark Batterson

“Celtic Christians had a name for the Holy Spirit–An Geadh-Glas, or ‘the Wild Goose.’ The name hints at mystery. Much like a wild goose, the Spirit of God cannot be tracked or tamed. An element of danger, an air of unpredictability surround Him. And while the name may sound a little sacrilegious, I cannot think of a better description of what it’s like to follow the Spirit through life. I think the Celtic Christians were on to something…..

Pub. Date: August 2008

Julia Duin

Believing in God--but leaving the church

Recent studies show that churches across the country are seeing once-faithful members disappear from their midst. Why are so many Christians remaining committed to the faith yet dissatisfied with and disconnected from the established church?

Religion reporter Julia Duin has collected the research and added insights from her own interviews with disillusioned followers and visits to numerous churches. She reveals and explores a number of crucial factors underlying this shift, including irrelevant teaching, the neglect of singles, the marginalization of women, and a lack of authentic spiritual power. She also delves into trends such as house churches and postmodern or emergent congregations. Her careful analysis and thoughtful reflection will help church leaders examine how they can better serve those in their congregations and communities who are struggling to find a spiritual home.

Pub. Date: September 2008

Cathleen Falsani

Justice is getting what you deserve. Mercy is not getting what you deserve. And grace is getting what you absolutely don't deserve.
 
Award-winning author and columnist Cathleen Falsani says, “People regularly ask me why I believe in God. The simple answer … is grace.” In Sin Boldly: A Field Guide to Grace, Falsani explores the meaning and experience of grace through story and song, quotes and photos.
 
Falsani says, “Grace makes no sense to our human minds. We're hardwired to seek justice, or our limited idea of what that means, and occasionally dole out mercy. Grace is another story.” Sin Boldly is an uplifting, multifaceted, and thought-provoking look at what makes grace so amazing.

Pub. Date: September 2008

Greg Paul

In the dark corners of the inner city, the most destitute people in society are searching for anything to numb their hurting souls. And there are some who display the most extreme mix of need and anticipation: the twenty-piece shuffle, a jittery walk marked by wide-eyed desperation, named after the street tag for a piece of crack cocaine.

But the addiction to whatever will numb a troubled spirit is not confined to the streets. Suffering is not bound by social class, and pain is not held at bay by white-picket fences. In a wealthy society that equates money with happiness, we often remain unaware of our own addictions -- the things we chase to sooth our spirits. And while our need may not be as visible, it is no less real.

Greg Paul believes that the rich, the impoverished, and everyone in between can learn much from each other if they're willing to walk together. Join Greg as he takes a look at a remarkable paradox, where the poor can miss their blessedness while the wealthy overlook their own desperate needs, and reveals why God has always called the wealthy and powerful to care for people who are poor or excluded.

Bob Hamer

Bob Hamer is a 26-year veteran of the FBI. In undercover operations Hamer posed as everything from a drug dealer to an aging pedophile. His last undercover assignment-and his hardest-was infiltrating NAMBLA, the North American Man/Boy Love Association. Now, looking back on a career rich in the kind of action that makes for great cinema, Bob tells us of the challenges he endured and overcame as he stared the dark side of humanity in the face-and never blinked. It is rare for an agent to serve undercover long-term, but he made a career out of a job that can completely consume and destroy a man. Remarkably, through all of this Bob found a way to remain true to his faith, and always put his family before his work.

Patrick Morley and by David Delk

“When the party is over, the children are grown and gone, and your friends have all moved to those retirement pods in Florida, there will only be two rocking chairs sitting side by side. Doesn’t it make sense to make an investment now in the person who will be sitting by you then?”

Marriage is the most significant human relationship we ever experience. Yet many people do not think about how a great marriage happens, and why. In this new book, The Marriage Prayer, Morley and Delk come together to help you invest in the most important person in your life, before it’s too late.

Walking through twelve “Deposits for the Heart,” this book covers topics ranging from worship and security to money and sex. Filled with case studies, application questions, and real-life stories, this book is just the thing to keep you moving down the road toward a great godly marriage.

Pub. Date: September 2008

Corrie ten Boom

Contains Forty New, Never-Before-Published Devotions
 
At the height of Nazi power, amid the horrors of a concentration camp, the seeds of faith and forgiveness grew to fruition in the heart of a young Dutch woman named Corrie ten Boom. Outlasting Ravensbrück and Hitler’s regime, Corrie went on to accomplish what brute power never could: conquering hearts across the world with healing words of hope, forgiveness, and trust in God.
 
This is Corrie ten Boom at her best and most inspiring. These forty timeless devotionals remind you of the treasures of faith in Christ, the mysteries of God’s kingdom, and joy of a surrender that leads you out of fear into the freedom of love and forgiveness.
 
I Stand at the Door and Knock offers timeless messages of faith, hope, and forgiveness from a veteran saint.

Faisal Malick

You can become the person God intended you to be.  You were meant to fulfill a God-designed destiny!  Jesus gave clear strategies that open the doors to bless and be blessed, to heal and to be healed,  to love and be loved, to change and be changed.Drawing from David's wilderness experience to the desert temptations of Jesus, author Faisal Malick unveils the secrets for overcoming every test and trial of life.

The wisdom in this book is a personal mandate to embrace the eternal significance of the authority and favor God has ordained for you.  This groundbreaking guide is a strategic handbook showing how to get to where you need to be in God's unique plan for you.

Pub. Date: August 2008

Leanne Payne

A Memoir of One Soul's Steep Ascent

Leanne Payne was called out of brokenness into union with Christ, and her nearly fifty-year journey with God has been an adventure of healing, grace, and truth--and of the accompanying spiritual battles. She has spent her life proclaiming the freeing message that Christ lives in us, and offers the ministry of Jesus especially to those suffering from the effects of past sins and woundedness, self-rejection, and long-standing addictions.

By exposing her own life, complete with its triumphs and failures, Mrs. Payne brings extraordinary clarity and understanding on a surprisingly large range of subjects, including gender identity, sexual neurosis, gnosticism, false prophecy, transference, healing prayer, incarnational reality, and sacramental worship.

Complete with a full color sixteen-page photo insert, her story illustrates how one soul, listening to and obeying the Lord, can revel in the abundant life that is available to us all.

Pub. Date: September 2008

Kris Vallotton

People worldwide are crying out for a sexual revolution! Counter to the sexual revolution of the 1960s, this revolution values virginity and honors marriage. This revolution sees perversion as sin-not an acceptable post-modern mindset.

Young adults, teens, fathers, mothers, and grandparents want to shake off the slime of depravity and the bondage of religion, and enter into the joy of passionate purity.

This book takes a non-religious, gut-honest, fresh look at a subject as old as Adam and Eve. The wisdom within helps you and those you love emerge from the mire with your trophy of purity intact so you can present it to your lover on your honeymoon.

While some nations seem to live in a perpetual orgy, and religion relegates the masses to sexual prison, people need to know they can overcome the power of peer pressure and push back the cesspool of distorted cultural values.

You can take a vow of Purity today-you will never regret the decision!

Pub. Date: September 2008

Wayne Federman and Marshall Terrill

The youngest person to be voted into the Basketball Hall of Fame, "Pistol" Pete Maravich is recognized by the NBA as one of the all-time top 50 basketball players.

More than 30 years after he left Louisiana State University, his NCAA scoring record still stands. He enjoyed fame, wealth, and short of winning an NBA championship, achieved every possible success. But there was a price. Pete brought a childlike exuberance to the court that often masked a tortured and confused adult.

Things changed dramatically and permanently, however, when Pete found Christ. At last he experienced peace and a purpose that extended beyond the basketball court. He became an avid student of the Bible and a tireless evangelist. Tragically, at age 40, Pete Maravich died. This is the first authorized biography.

Pub. Date: August 2008

Karen Spears Zacharias

“Where’s our confidence? Our hope? Is it possible that, in our hyper-vigilance against our enemies, real or perceived, we’ve taken our eyes off of Jesus, our protector and Redeemer?”
 
Author Karen Spears Zacharias observes that, more and more often, Christians are letting fear blind them to the love of the very God they worship.
 
Zacharias examines the world around us and the events that shape our lives, weaving a compelling exploration of faith versus fear. How is it that those of us who claim to be so firmly founded can be so easily shaken? How do we believe that a God who loves us more than we can comprehend can be willed by us to harm those who do not share our beliefs?
 
Writing with passion while avoiding the extremes of contemporary discussion, Zacharias melds social commentary, insightful spirituality, and a rapier wit in a profound meditation on the nature of faith, “the evidence of things not yet seen”.