For inquisitive readers of any age-adults and students alike-here's a book to shed light on the Bible's great questions. Where did the scripture come from? What is God really like? What do some of those confusing Bible passages really mean? More than 400 questions are answered in user-friendly language, based on sound Christian doctrine. Arranged in canonical order, 500 Questions & Answers from the Bible is an excellent resource for regular Bible study. Its open design presents a wealth of information in an appealing, accessible format-and it's fully illustrated in color View More...
Time, tides, and the hand of God draw the hearts of four couples together in these delightful tales. Authors Kim Comeaux, Linda Goodnight, JoAnn A. Grote, and Diann Hunt weave four engaging stories of romance on the water. The Matchmakers won't leave Maggie alone. She takes a cruise thinking she's merely a companion for her great-aunts. But those lively women have a plan to bring aboard the perfect man for Maggie - a man who is all she wants and everything she fears. With trust shattered, Carrie's marriage is adrift. An effort to reconcile goes awry when the couple's plane crashes in the Bermu... View More...
A picture is worth a thousand words, and a good story spans the generations. Now the same story treasury that has touched readers' souls since 1996 -- and launched a series with more than 4 million copies in print -- has gotten even better Adorned with an updated cover to match later Stories collections and journals, and elegantly typeset within, the new book still offers over 100 encouraging story selections from some of America's best-loved communicators. Carry them in your heart, learn from their wisdom, and share them with someone you love. It's the storybook that sparked a movement A pi... View More...
Julia Whittaker's rocky past yielded two daughters, both given up for adoption as infants. Now she must find them to try to save her son.Julia and Matt Whittaker's son has beaten the odds for thirteen years only to have the odds--and his liver--crash precipitously. The only hope for his survival is a "living liver" transplant, but the transplant list is long and Dillon's time is short. His two older half-sisters, born eighteen months apart to two different fathers, offer his only hope for survival.But can Julia ask a young woman--someone she surrendered to strangers long ago and has never spok... View More...
Mercy Lapp is ready for a fresh start. Having lost her fianc in a fishing accident during his rumschpringe, she escapes the painful memories by moving from her community in Shipshewana, Indiana, to Seymour, Missouri, where she takes a job as a mother's helper. She isn't exactly shy, but she's hesitant to get involved with the youth in the community because she isn't going to stay. She especially doesn't want a new romance. Abner Hilty is excited to see his twin brother, Abram, for the first time in years. The two fled their hometown of Shipshewana when their witness of a murder put their liv... View More...
Series premiere special price "Magnolia" is the first book in a contemporary series centered around the ladies of the Bellamy Garden Club. Southern belle Magnolia Bellamy has hired a Yankee contractor to restore a Confederate treasure—Ashworth Mansion. This unlikely pair teams up to solve the mystery of break-ins at the mansion and learn about love and forgiveness along the way. "Magnolia" is light-hearted, entertaining reading that will help readers face the obstacles from the past, recognize their worth to God, and realize the need to forgive. View More...
Countless perils menaced the early settlers of the Wild West - and not the least of them was the lack of medical care. Dr. Dane Logan, a former street waif who has been adopted by a doctor's family in Cheyenne, puts his lifelong dream to work filling this need. His renown as a surgeon spreads throughout the frontier, even while his love grows for the beautiful Tharyn, an orphan he lost contact with when he left New York City as a child. Will happiness in love ever come to Dane - or will the roving Tag Moran gang bring his hopes to a dark end? Showdown in Cheyenne 1880. The frontier is uneasy.... View More...
An Unlikely Couple Struggles to Reconcile the Burdens of Their PastDani Prescott came to the children's hospital to spy on Brett Somers--so how did she end up on a date with him? Weeks earlier she'd seen an interview in which he blamed her mother for the plane crash that had killed his parents. But the crash had killed her mother as well, so Dani can't believe the story Brett's trying to sell to the media.Vowing to find a way to discredit the privileged--and maddeningly handsome--Brett, Dani has been following him and taking photos, hoping to find something she can use against him. But when sh... View More...
Relive the birth of a new country as three women battle to know who they can entrust their hearts. Raelene is all alone, but is there peace in following the wishes of her dead father? Elanna is intelligent for her young age, but will her love for an older man turn into passing fancy when his integrity is questioned? Margret s loyalties are torn when the colonists rebel, for how can a relationship with a British soldier built on deceptions survive? Will each woman find her place of freedom to embrace her faith and trust her heart to love?" View More...
Edna Tidewell is a Titus woman. Following the Biblical injunction to mentor younger women in Christ, this pastor's wife sets aside each Tuesday afternoon for the young women of Hickory Corners, Ohio. During "Tea with Mrs. T," the ladies do personal sewing or hold a quilting bee while Mrs. Tidewell reads aloud from the Scriptures. Discussion, tea, and sweet conversation round out each afternoon. These special get- togethers could have far-reaching effects on four young ladies. When Elsa's plans and dreams are overturned like Tumbling Blocks, can Mrs. T help her battle an enemy with kindness - a... View More...
THE HEIRS OF CAHIRA O'CONNOR SERIES - BOOK THREE It is said that as Cahira, daughter of the great Irish king Rory O'Connor, lay dying of a wound from a Norman blade, she lifted her hand toward heaven and beseeched God that others would follow...breaking forth from the courses to which they are bound to restore right in this murderous world... To Kathleen O'Connor, Cahira's story was nothing more than a legend-until research divulged that the tale was true. Stunned, Kathleen realizes she herself bears Cahira's mark. Is she destined to continue the legacy? To find the truth, Kathleen must delve ... View More...
It is 1844 and Lacey Bishop's life is a tangled mess. Estranged from her own family, at age 16 she went to work for a preacher and his wife. When his wife died, the preacher convinced Lacey that the only decent thing to do was to marry him. That way she could continue to act as mother to the little girl who was left on his doorstop. But Lacey never expected he would decide to take them all off to a Shaker village. There she's still married but living in a community that believes marriage is a sin. And to make matters worse, she finds herself drawn to Isaac Kingston, a man who came to the Shake... View More...
National Bestseller The second novel in Anne Rice's hugely ambitious, moving, and masterful portrayal of the life of Christ, following Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt. It's a winter of no rain, endless dust, and talk of trouble in Judea. All who know and love Jesus find themselves waiting for some sign of the path he will eventually take. After his baptism, he is at last ready to confront his destiny. At the wedding at Cana, he takes water and transforms it into red wine. Thus, he's recognized as the anointed one and called by God the Father to begin a ministry that will transform an unsuspectin... View More...
When Violet Hayes ventures to Chicago during the time of the World's Fair, her goal is to find her mother, who has been missing from her life since she was nine. Violet stays in Chicago under the care of her grandmother and three great aunts. Her perspective on life is changed as she is exposed to the world about her. View More...
New Historical Novel from 7-Time Christy Award Winner In the aftermath of the Civil War, Josephine Weatherly and her mother, Eugenia, struggle to pick up the pieces of their lives when they return to their Virginia plantation. But the bitter realities of life after the war cannot be denied: their home and land are but shells of their previous grandeur; death has claimed her father and brother; and her remaining brother, Daniel, has returned home bitter and broken. The privileged childhood Josephine enjoyed now seems like a long-ago dream. And the God who failed to answer any of her prayers dur... View More...
In the bestselling tradition of the Stories from the Heart series, this collection of real-life stories about fathers and children tugs at readersb heartstrings and encourages them in a deeper relationship with God. Every story reveals an aspect of Godbs nature as demonstrated in the life examples of earthly fathers. Short enough to be read in one sitting, each story makes ideal devotional reading for individuals or as part of a group study. With sixty readings, this is perfect for Fatherbs Day or any time of year. View More...
After the revelation of a family secret shook his faith to the core, Keith Castle tried to run away from his pain. But time, work, and distance have not healed his emotional and spiritual wounds. Lonely and bitter, he returns home to Oregon, where his childhood friend Katie Brannigan has spent years trying to heal from the hurt of his abandonment. When Keith suddenly reappears, Katie finds herself struggling with strong feelings for him...and a deep fear that he will leave her again. Together, Keith and Katie could find healing and learn that in his own timing, God works all things to good. Bu... View More...
Bringing in the harvest requires joint effort, and the ability to work well together is a foundation of love. Travel back one hundred years and experience the harvests of wheat, alfalfa, citrus, apples, and...love. View More...
