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Pauline Stevick has visited more than 50 Amish homes in numerous Amish settlements across the country. She has attended weddings, viewings, school sessions and programs, family gatherings, and more than a dozen church services. She has ridden in Amish carriages and has even slept in Amish homes. Through her close association with the Amish, she has gained unique perspective and is able to provide keen insight into a culture that is misunderstood by many.

Thanks to a $35-million lottery win, ex-Dallas police detective Sammy Kidman is comfortably ensconced in his own private detective agency. Sammy and his two coworkers, also ex-detectives, primarily collect past-due child support for needy families on a pro bono basis. Despite that fact that Sammy, 36, is a faithful husband to his wife Marni, he draws a lot of female attention as a singularly handsome man. Sammy is therefore unperturbed when a beautiful dancer gives an orchid sprig to his 3-year-old son.

A wickedly witty satire, The Loser Letters chronicles the conversion of a young adult Christian to atheism. With modern humor rivaling that of the media lampooning Onion, found on college campuses all over America, A. F. Christian's open letters to the "spokesmen of the New Atheism" explain her reasons for rejecting God and the logical consequences of that choice. Along the way she offers pithy advice to famous atheists such as Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens, in the hope of helping them win over more Christians.

History remembers kings and conquerors. But the real story was happening in the shadows. A spy hiding a red cord in a doomed city. A left-handed assassin walking into a tyrant’s palace. A foreign girl gathering scraps to survive. A woman racing through the night to stop a future king from destroying his own legacy. These are not the stories you were taught. In The God of the Outcasts, Lorcan Pike brings the lesser-known figures of the Old Testament into sharp, gritty focus —stripping away the polish to reveal stories of survival, tension, and quiet defiance. Each story stands alone.

What does it mean to have a heart that endures to the very end? In A Heart for the Stretch, John Saunders weaves together powerful Christian allegories, spiritual reflections, and kingdom-centered teachings that challenge believers to pursue a deeper walk with Christ. Through unforgettable stories—racehorses running the stretch, ambitious commanders in ancient Israel, eagles learning to fly, and even a Christmas crap game—this book explores the hidden motives of the human heart and the transforming work of God in His people.

Will their undeniable bond overcome the disasters surrounding them? Evelyn Turner is determined to work at her physician father's side as he opens a hospital for Minneapolis's poor. But when nursing makes her physically ill, she faces an impossible choice between the promises she's made and her...

A heartwarming Southern Historical Fiction, Sarah’s Story is Book Three in the Life on Bays Mountain Series and can be enjoyed as a standalone book. The day dawned with promise, but a dark cloud of tragedy shattered that hope into a million pieces. A young soldier's wife watched a departing train, never imagining what lay ahead for the couple and their unborn child, Sarah. Witness the beginning of Sarah’s family’s struggle to find a footing after World War One.

This novel chronicles the life of Martin Luther, providing historical facts and deep insights into his reformation. Whether the events of his lifetime ultimately influenced the Holocaust is left for the listener to decide.

The Civil War rages around her, yet Brigid McGinnis has her life planned out. That was, until she stumbles across an unconscious Confederate soldier on her father’s property. A blow to the head stole Dominic Warner’s memory. The beautiful Fraulein who nurses him back to health steals something even more important - his heart. Follow Brigid and Dominic from the battlefields surrounding Atlanta, along slave escape routes, to Little Rock, and eventually to the plains of Eastern Texas, as they learn to trust, forgive, love, and surrender to a plan greater than their own.

An urbane Roman landowner and merchant is intrigued by the Christian faith―but is he willing to give up his status and lifestyle to join the church? Meanwhile his young client, a catechumen in the church at Rome, is beginning to see just how much his newfound faith will require of him.

Double Lives is an evocative glimpse into the secrets that can drive a family to splinter, the shattering impact of sexual trauma, which so often brings an abrupt end to the innocence and happy childhoods of many girls, and the power of love to bring redemption, forgiveness and healing.

The Life and Death of Mr. Badman by John Bunyan can be a bit challenging, even for the best of listeners. Not so with this new, easy-to-understand version that translates the original archaic language into simple conversational English, allowing listeners of all ages to easily navigate this popular Christian story considered by many to be the third part of The Pilgrim’s Progress series. This story depicts the stages of life—from cradle to grave—of a very wicked man in an evil age and the miserable consequences that undoubtedly follow such wretched living.

The life of Mr. Badman forms a third part to The Pilgrim’s Progress, but it is not a delightful pilgrimage to heaven. On the contrary, it is a wretched downward journey to the infernal realms. The author’s goal is to warn poor, thoughtless sinners, not with smooth words they can ignore, but with words that thunder against their consciences regarding the danger of their souls and the increasing wretchedness into which they are madly hurrying.

Nastia is a beautiful Christian woman in the prime of her life. Many attractive admirers chased her in college, but she turned them all down because they did not share her beliefs. Now she’s on a new adventure to Washington, D.C., to live with her best friend Lauren. At least, that’s what she thinks. During the flight, Nastia meets Anton, a handsome athlete fresh out of graduate school. It’s not simply his history of playing football that draws Nastia to him, nor his bright smile and muscular physique. No, it’s his character—his sweet, caring nature.

How does the pain in our lives lead to the greatest love we'll ever know? Michael Jacobson runs a highly successful and still growing marketing agency in Detroit. His hours are long, his days are packed, and his personal life is non-existent. When his sister Kelly shows up on his doorstep one day requesting that he flies out to Spokane, Washington to watch over her son Samuel and their mother Lucille for a month, he almost says no until he finds out his mom has cancer. Michael's relationship with his mother is complicated, but he loves her.

A tragic accident in the Carolina mountains leaves a young man paralyzed and in a coma. Soon a fierce legal battle erupts between the man's wife who wants to terminate life support and the young man's father who wants to keep his son alive at all costs.

The music stopped, the room eptied, and Baxter Richardson opened his eyes for the first time in months. He should have died from his involuntary plunge off a cliff. But he's alive, and mortal danger remains. Familiar enemies stalk him. New ones hover close at hand.

Lawrence Ambrose has been to hell and back. As a Confederate soldier during the Civil War, he has seen the darker side of mankind. He has seen dismembered bodies, an endless sea of blood, and death on a scale that he never could have imagined. And for what purpose, what cause? To preserve the “southern way of life?” To preserve the enslavement of others? With the war finally at an end, Lawrence must come to grips with the South’s defeat. He wonders how he will be able to deal with the “New South” and the Reconstruction Era.

Is it a midlife pregnancy or cancer? Claire will keep her secret until she's sure, but it's not easy. Neither is trying to buy a home pregnancy test without anyone finding out. Between her twins' double wedding, the caterer canceling, a looming nationwide art tour, and her health, Claire's life is upside down.

Who was Priscilla? Readers of the Bible may know her as the wife of Aquila, Paul's coworker, or someone who explained baptism to Apollos. Biblical references to Priscilla spark questions: Why is she mentioned before her husband? Does the mention of her instruction of Apollos mean that women taught in the church? What is her story?