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Q&A with Hank Hanegraaff, Author of Christianity in Crisis: The 21st Century

Q:  It’s been twenty years since you began writing the original book, Christianity in Crisis, which became an award-winning bestseller.  Why return to this subject now?

A:  Twenty years ago, Kenneth Hagin was the prime mover behind a message that threatened to undermine the very foundation of the faith once for all delivered to the saints.  I have released Christianity in Crisis: The 21st Century because a new breed of prosperity preachers has taken Hagin’s preaching and practices to unimaginable heights—or depths.  Indeed, those who followed this train—men such as Joel Osteen, and women like Joyce Meyer—are living proof that error begets error and heresy begets heresy.  As such, they have taken the crisis in Christianity spawned by Hagin and popularized by disciples such as Kenneth Copeland and Benny Hinn to levels that I could scarcely have imagined when I was writing in the twentieth century.

Q:  As you approached the writing of this new book, what were some aspects you decided to keep unchanged from the original?  What are some new features you’ve incorporated for today’s readers?

A:  I have retained the core of the original, which is formulated around the acronym F-L-A-W-S.  While the nub remains, it is interspersed with quotations from current stars in the faith constellation.  Each chapter begins with an epigraph from a mega-faith star which epitomizes the crisis and ends with a summary entitled “Error Begets Error” which demonstrates that the heresies of original faith proliferators have not only been proliferated but often exacerbated by the new breed.  This volume is complemented by a new introduction which not only provides a compelling overview of the issues addressed in the body of the book but also documents the eerie similarities between pop sensations such as Rhonda Byrne’s The Secret and Joel Osteen’s Your Best Life Now.  Christianity in Crisis: The 21st Century has also been augmented with a Cast of Characters section which provides comprehensive information as well as biblical evaluation of the newest and most prolific stars in the faith galaxy—virtual rock stars who command the attention of presidential candidates and media moguls. Read the rest…

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Review: Still Going It Alone by Michele Howe

Still Going It Alone: Mothering with Faith and Finesse When the Children Have Grown is author Michele Howe’s follow-up to Going It Alone: Meeting the Challenges of Being a Single Mom. In this second book, Howe speaks to single moms who are preparing for an empty nest. Read the rest…

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If Tomorrow Never Comes by Marlo Schalesky

Childhood sweethearts Kinna and Jimmy Henley had simple dreams—marriage, children, a house by the sea… Everything they needed for happily ever after. What they didn’t plan on was years of infertility, stealing those dreams, crushing their hopes.

Now, all that’s left is the memory of young love, and the desperate need for a child to erase the pain. Until…

When Kinna rescues an elderly woman from the sea, the threads of the past, present, and future weave together to reveal the wonder of one final hope. One final chance to follow not their dreams, but God’s plan. Read the rest…

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Review: Jane Austen Ruined My Life by Beth Pattillo

I knew from the description on the back cover – not to mention the title – that this wasn’t going to be your typical Jane Austen book. Having read most of the follow-ups, retellings and modern day setting Austen novels, I was excited to find a book that went at Austen from a different approach and it didn’t let me down. There’s no other way to put it – I adored Jane Austen Ruined My Life.

The main character, Emma Grant, has loved Jane Austen since she was young. How could she not when she’s named after one of Austen’s most famous characters? She became an Austen scholar and was a college professor with the dream job of teaching, studying, and generally absorbing herself in all things Austen. Then her world collapses. Emma finds out her husband is a cheating rat. In the midst of their divorce he manages to discredit her, get her fired, and make a mockery of her entire career. Read the rest…

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Turning The Paige by Laura Jensen Walker

At 35, Paige Kelley is feeling very “in between.” She’s still working her temp job after two years, still not dating three years after her divorce, and still melting at every chubby-cheeked toddler she sees while her biological clock ticks ever louder. Paige even moves back home to help her ailing, high-maintenance mother.It’s not exactly the life she’d dreamed of!

When her Getaway Girls book club members urge Paige to break free and get on with her life, she’s afraid. How will her mother react? How can Paige honor her widowed mother and still pursue her own life? The answers come from a surprising source.
A trip to Scotland and a potential new love interest help launch an exciting new chapter in her life, and lead Paige to discover that God’s plan for her promises to be more than she ever imagined.

This latest release in the Getaway Girls collection delivers a smart, funny, and warm account of one woman’s challenge to reconcile who she is – a dutiful Christian daughter – with the woman she longs to be.

If you would like to read the first chapter of Turning The Paige, go HERE

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Don’t Let Me Go

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The true story of how a father and his teen daughter connected through an ice axe and well-worn running shoes.

One day after reading a book about a wilderness adventurer, David Pierce’s fifteen-year-old daughter Chera announced that she wanted to climb a mountain. What David heard behind that wish was a bold declaration: “I’m growing up, Dad—what are you going to do about it?” A few weeks later they bought matching backpacks.

Over a three-year period they climbed five mountains and ran in two marathons. Together they suffered sore muscles, bitter cold, sprung knees, shin splints, and broken spirits. But they also reveled in blazing sunsets, glissaded on a glacier, and celebrated numerous victories great and small. And in the process, they built an unshakable father-daughter bond that will stand the tests of time.

In Don’t Let Me Go, David Pierce—the husband of popular Christian comedienne Chonda Pierce—offers a down-to-earth, funny-yet-serious book for parents with the same universal appeal as Bob Carlisle’s heart-tugging song, “Butterfly Kisses,” only with well-worn running shoes and an ice axe.

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A Cousin’s Promise by Wanda Brunstetter

Wayne Lambright who, crippled after a tragic accident, feels himself unworthy of her love; and Jake Beechy who, after having abandoned her to explore the English world, returns to renew their courtship.

Willkumm to the lush and lavish Amish country where Wanda Brunstetter’s new romantic series, Indiana Cousins, begins with A Cousin’s Promise. Loraine Miller finds herself torn between the love of two good men.

When a horrific accident cripples Wayne Lambright, he finds it difficult enough to take care of himself, much less Loraine Miller, his future bride. Will he sacrifice his happiness to give her a better life?

Having already been jilted once, Loraine is terrified of yet another rejection. But does she love Wayne enough to marry him, for better or worse? When her old boyfriend Jake Beechy returns from exploring the English world, he hopes Loraine will give him another chance.

How will God work to give Loraine the desires of her heart? To which man will she pledge her love and loyalty – for better or worse, until death they do part?

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Mom Needs Chocolate

MOM NEEDS CHOCOLATE – Hugs, Humor and Hope for Surviving Motherhood

These are the words every chocolate lovin mother longs to hear! For all you chocoholics mommies out there this is the devotional for you!

In this interview, Debra Coty is bubbling over with excitement. She explains the importance of God, Godiva, and Girlfriends! Debra is hilarious, she offers gut-busting humor to combat the mundane duties of day-to-day life as a mom.

Unfortunately, mommies, Debra and I came to the conclusion that chocolate is not the quicker picker upper but Jesus is (chocolate is just His little reminder of how sweet He really is).

 

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Michal by Jill Eileen Smith

Can their epic search for true love survive a father’s fury?
The daughter of King Saul, Michal lives a life of privilege–but one that is haunted by her father’s unpredictable moods and competition from her beautiful older sister.

As a girl, Michal quickly falls for the handsome young harpist David. But soon after their romance begins, David must flee for his life, leaving Michal at her father’s mercy in the prison that is King Saul’s palace.

Will Michal ever be reunited with David? Or is she doomed to remain separated from him forever?

Against the backdrop of opulent palace life, raging war, and daring desert escapes, Jill Eileen Smith takes you on an emotional journey as Michal deals with love, loss, and personal transformation as the first wife of King David. Jill Eileen Smith has more than twenty years of writing experience, and her writing has gathered acclaim in several contests. Her research into the lives of David’s wives has taken her from the Bible to Israel, and she particularly enjoys learning how women lived in Old Testament times.

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