Author(s): John Alan Turner
Publisher: B&H Books
Price: $4.99       (Oct 20 only)

You probably know a lot of Bible stories: Joseph and his coat, David and Goliath, Daniel and the lions, Jesus walking on water. These get mentioned everywhere from popular literature to your local church.

But there are other stories in the Bible that preachers and Sunday school teachers tend to skip over because . . . well . . . because they seem crazy—the kind of stories that make us change the subject quickly when children bring them up, because we don’t know why they’re in the Bible or what they could possibly mean.

You want examples? There’s the time a prophet calls a couple of bears out of the woods to maul a gang of rowdy teenagers. There’s also a story (more…)

Author(s): Dawn Camp, ed.
Publisher: Revell
Price: $0.99       (Sept 27-28)

Whether next door or in the next time zone, our friends provide some of our most important relationships. We cherish time spent with them, endure time spent apart, and look forward to the next time we can have coffee or rush to greet them as they walk toward our door. And nothing warms our hearts like reading stories of true friendship.

Collecting over fifty true stories from some of today’s best writers, Dawn Camp offers readers a chance to sit back and experience the gift of friendship. With its beautiful photographs and poignant prose, this collection is a great gift for a dear friend and the perfect pick-me-up any time you need a boost. Contributors include Crystal Paine, Liz Curtis Higgs, (more…)

Author(s): Tim Chester
Publisher: Crossway
Price: $5.99       (Ends Sept 20)

Finding Victory over Sin and Struggle Through Joy in Christ

It’s about heart change, not just behavior change. Tim Chester uses this belief to help everyday Christians connect the truth about God to their Monday-morning struggles. Written for both new believers struggling with sin and mature Christians who have plateaued in their faith, this practical, workbook-style guide helps readers find victory over sin in their lives.

With the conviction that sanctification is God’s work and the journey to holiness is joyful, Chester leads readers through a “change project,” beginning with the selection of one area in their lives they want to modify. Each chapter features a guiding question to help readers as they deal with a specific sin or struggle, truths from (more…)

Author(s): Paul Angone
Publisher: Baker Books
Price: $1.99       (Aug 30 – 31)

Your twenties are your defining decade, the time in which you are setting the course for the rest of your life it. You don’t want to look back later and realize you ended up somewhere you never intended to go in the first place. How do you block out all the lies, half-truths, and “supposed-to’s” constantly assaulting you from articles, social media posts, and well-meaning friends and family? How do you find something real, something true, something infused with purpose and meaning?

Funny, vulnerable, and to the point, this book exposes the false beliefs that can derail your current happiness and future impact, like

– having big dreams is naïve
– success just happens
– everyone else is experiencing the success you were supposed (more…)