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It is mid-morning on or about the 8th of Nisian, the year 32 AD. Jesus and His disciples are now leaving the great Temple in Jerusalem and heading towards the mount of olives. As they were passing the Temple, the disciples marveled at its beauty and magnificence. Now, as they reached the mount of...

On my pilgrimage to discover the truth about God, I never imagined that sex, drugs, alcohol, and violence to the point of attempted murder would ever be the means that God would use to bring this searching soul to seek a Saviour. This is the true story of how I came to know the depth of God's love...

All roads lead somewhere—some lead you off a cliff, some lead you to a dead end, some lead places you would never want to go, and some lead you closer to life’s meaning, but in the midst of this maze of pathways is there a road that can lead us to meaning itself? Using the Apostles’ Creed as...

What They Say: “I was galvanized...the book vibrates...I am happy to endorse it...it is a page-turner...marvelling at the insights ‘while the cicadas sing’...” -Elisabeth Elliot Gren: Missionary, author, radio host  “I was struck by the cultural context...your love for the people...

What makes this book unique is the fact it has the signature and a spark from the greatest encourager—the Holy Spirit. As you commit to reading the encouragement in this book over the next forty days, anticipate a fresh new touch and spark from God. It’s been said the atmosphere of expectancy...

The Gospel According to Genesis is the first book of the series Bible Stories for Grown-Ups that the Lord has led Gwen to compile. It's designed to provide you with insights from well known and some lesser known Old Testament stories and passages, to reveal the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It also gives...

Witchdoctors, decorated naturopaths, and medical scientists have been the author’s experience. (His second book is Out of the Vortex: 10 years with the Kayapo of the Amazon.) He has taught in two languages, three cultures, and churches at home and abroad. The third book he authored, Seven Pillars...

Edited by Zita Podany This book is a summary of Maria’s life. She survived the Nazi labor and death camps that plagued most parts of Europe during World War II. She had to learn to cope with death at an early age. In a short period of time, she lost her father and three brothers as she and...

This book has been written so the reader can easily understand what has happened and what they should do now that they are “born again.” For nearly 2,000 years, evangelists and churches have reached out to the lost, only to find their new converts have been snatched away from the flock by an...

“Sam Whatley uses a keen awareness to see God in his everyday surroundings, along with his ability to relay important lessons from stories in history, to give us Ponder Anew. Discover simple, yet profound, Biblical truths that will encourage you to contemplate God’s love, grace and desire for...

Bill Clark is part of the leadership team of New Life Church in Peterborough, Ontario. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Trent University and has served in teaching, pastoral care and administration in a number of church settings. Bill is married to Margaret, and they have three grown children....

Stanley Dyer earned his MDiv and MTh from Asbury Theological Seminary and DMiss from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He served with OMS International in Japan for 27 years in evangelism and church planting. Sixteen of these years he taught at Tokyo Biblical Seminary, as professor of...

In 2007 when I retired from SIM (Serving in Mission, formerly Sudan Interior Mission), I was asked if I would write the history of the mission’s literature work in Nigeria and also Ghana—the two primary countries where SIM began distributing the African Challenge magazine in the early 1950s. Having...

Why would anyone want to return to his birthplace after having vowed upon leaving that he would never go back? The answer is found in the pages of this touching story of divine providence. This book is an account of one pilgrim’s incredible journey of faith, from a very unhappy childhood to a radically...