Tom Brokaw said it best: This Santa "can only be described as the real thing." With warmth, humor, and wonder, Ed Butchart shares more stories from his life as a professional Santa Claus in More Pages from the Red Suit Diaries.Readers who open this heartwarming book will find themselves transfixed. From the devastating loss of his beloved "Mrs… Read more…
Jesus cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come to Me, and drink, and as the Scripture saith, out of his innermost being there shall gush torrents of living water. Jesus promised His bewildered disciples that He would not leave them as orphans, but that He would pray to the Father who would send them another Comforter who would come alongside to help th… Read more…
Rethink the blessing... recover the call. Are you lucky? What if I told you that Jesus thinks you are? Not because of a charm or a chance but because of the arrival of the kingdom of God. You are lucky because you are invited into the kingdom. God has come to you in the midst of your mess and mistakes. He is inviting you to surrender, to live in a different … Read more…
While you may not understand all the twists and turns of life, you can be sure of one thing: the same God who created you, loves you. God’s personal promise to you is one of extreme hope and potential (Jeremiah 29:11). He also has an awesome strategy for your future. No matter what failure you have experienced in the past, you can learn how to make right c… Read more…
Read by the author.Three-time Olympian Lolo Jones delivers a tough yet inspiring look into the strategies she has used to overcome immense obstacles on her way to becoming the number-one women's hurdler in the world.Lolo Jones's path to becoming a world champion and an Olympian began in childhood with a single mother who worked multiple jobs to suppo… Read more…
Glenn Packiam redefines the word lucky in the context of Jesus’ beatitudes in Luke’s Gospel. Lucky uncovers how the poor, hungry, mourning and persecuted are blessed because the Kingdom of heaven—its fullness, comfort, and reward—is theirs in spite of their condition. This is Christ’s announcement: the Kingdom of God has co… Read more…
Explore the Sinai wilderness with Israel during the 40 years after the exodus, find your way with Paul across the Mediterranean Sea on his journey from Corinth to Ephesus, and track the events that led to the dissolution of Solomon's kingdom with the illustrative and detailed HarperCollins Atlas of Bible History!
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Did you know that of the 183 questions Jesus was asked, he answered only four of them directly? The other 179 he answered with questions (or sometimes a story). Questions are not the enemy of faith; they are the way Jesus most often helped people not just say the right things, but live the right ways. The joy, creativity, and the adventure we were created to… Read more…
Adventures Await When You Overcome FearThis is the story of a normal family of five living a very unusual life. The Medearis family has faced Middle Eastern prisons, death threats, being kicked out of a country two times, and war. It hasn't always been easy, but in the midst of it all, the invitation of Jesus to follow and not be afraid has won the day.B… Read more…