*This story takes place between Blinding Beauty (book #2) and Beauty Beheld (book #3) in the Becoming Beauty Trilogy.*Etulle is happening for the first time in fifteen years, and Isa couldn't be more excited. Unfortunately, however, it seems Ever couldn't be less.After their recent costly victory over the Glass Enchanter, Isa and the residents of the Fortress need the sacred holiday more than ever. Furthermore, Isa is sure this is just what Ever needs...

Rediscover traditional tales and fall in love with new ones with Bendon's Classic Children's Storybooks! Amazing adventures and beloved characters fill 30 colorful pages with timeless artwork that little readers will love. This is the story of the miraculous birth of Jesus as told in the second chapter of Luke. Collect all of our stories to complete your library!

What would a theology of the Church look like that took seriously the fact that North America is now itself a mission field? This question lies at the foundation of this volume written by an ecumenical team of six noted missiologists-Lois Barrett, Inagrace T. Dietterich, Darrell L. Guder, George R. Hunsberger, Alan J. Roxburgh, and Craig Van Gelder. The result of a three-year research project undertaken by The Gospel and Our Culture Network, this...

I feel numb. Kay Gackle has heard these words for years as a therapist. Then one day, Kay found she was saying these exact same words. The phrase feeling numb is a bit ironic. Is it a feeling if we "feel" nothing? Being numb can be considered a feeling the same as white is considered a color. The color white appears because it absorbs no color. White is literally the absence of color. In the same way, numb is the absence of feeling. The color white...

God is alive and well and speaks to His people today. He does this primarily through His living Word, the Bible. In Blessed is She: Lessons in Living from Women of the Bible, author Elizabeth McDavid Jones demonstrates to today's women that God is speaking to us.    Blessed is She is a book meant to lead women to the Bible, to be an aid in helping us understand how to read and study God's Word for ourselves, to apply it to our lives and to grow...

"You are a very selfish man, Monseigneur.""How charming of you, to both diagnose and cure me, all at the same time!" The Marquis of Bryde, with a great deal of reluctance, has been established by his peers as The Connoisseur. However well suited to the title, Bryde considers it ungentlemanly to acknowledge such an accolade. Now, jaded by luxury and feeling bored, he chances one night to rescue a beautiful young stranger and begin a dangerous gamble...

Beth Amodeo was a freshman in college when she met someone who would change the trajectory of her life. Cate was smart, beautiful, and an evangelical Christian. Soon, Gloria had left behind her troubled family, which included her mother's mental illness and addiction to pills, and joined Cate as a member of Campus Crusade for Christ (now known as Cru). Embracing her newfound belief system, Gloria became a cultural warrior for Jesus, militantly focused...

Amber is in trouble. Her sister is dying-and so is her homeland. The Lifeforce stones that power their world are waning, and no one knows why. When the rulers of the land prepare a scientific expedition to study the place where the veins of the Lifeforce run deep, Amber is forced to travel as a servant with the expedition. Though Amber has longed for adventure, her dream always included her sister. Now her only wish is to return home with a cure before...

A menudo, los cristianos nos encontramos con el argumento (en boca de personas o en las diversas manifestaciones humanas, como el cine y la literatura) de que el canon de las Sagradas Escrituras (la colección de sesenta y seis libros dotados de autoridad divina) fue producto de una decisión arbitraria tomada por alguna autoridad sacerdotal o regia en la antigüedad. Ante este hecho, nos preguntamos cómo saber qué libros son inspirados por Dios...

A temporary exile becomes a forever home. Long before #MeToo, a 19th century American woman who became pregnant after an assault paid a high price. Laws didn't support her. Society shunned her. She was often banished from home. That's what happens to Penelope Gold, the heroine of Growing A Family in Persimmon Hollow. She is exiled to the Florida frontier town of Persimmon Hollow. She's expected to hide for the duration of her pregnancy, leave her...