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Following a noteworthy career in magazine, curriculum, book and Bible publishing, Dean Merrill is now concentrating on independent editorial work. Some of his projects are solo writing, many are collaborations with well-known personalities, and still others involve overall directing of complex editorial projects.
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50 Pentecostal and Charismatic Leaders Every Christian Should Know

Quick profiles of the famous and less-famous trailblazers of the Spirit-empowered movement, from William J. Seymour to Aimee Semple McPherson to David du Plessis to Kathryn Kuhlman to Oral Roberts to Jack Hayford to Jim Cymbala—50 in all. Foreword by New Testament...

afterwork

Subtitled “An honest discussion about the retirement lie, and how to live a future worthy of dreams.” This is a collaboration with financial advisors Joel Malick and Alex Lippert that addresses the nonfinancial factors of retirement—finding a new sense of purpose,...

Excellence Wins

Collaboration with Horst Schulze, the fascinating man who put Ritz-Carlton “on the map” of the hotel industry. This book is his no-nonsense guide to becoming the best in a world of compromise, whether you’re in business, education, government, the nonprofit arena, or...

The God Of New Beginnings

Collaboration with Rob Cowles and Matt Roberts—two daring pastors who have stepped out of the normal career track to plant “churches for people who don’t do church.” Called Genesis Project (“a place of new beginnings”), they touch hundreds of addicts, felons,...

Miracle Invasion

A collection of 40-some stories of accounts of credible healings, prophecies, miracles, and other gifts of the Spirit that have occurred in North America during the past few decades. They inspire faith and courage to access God’s activity—if Christians are not too...

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Are You Giving, or Shopping?- For kids in Sunday school, the offering process is pretty simple…. For grown-ups, things get sophisticated…. read more »
The Strangest Story Ever Told- If you’re a storywriter, people expect you to construct a plot that’s reasonable. The characters in your story need to behave consistently with their personal values (whether good or evil)…. read more »
Is Baptism Optional?- The question is about more than getting your hair wet in public…. read more »
When Leaders Stumble- Yes, God can forgive major blunders—but it takes a process…. read more »
When Rulers Break Rules- read more »
Avoiding the Iceberg- I confess I’m mystified these days by an odd crossover of opinion: more and more Christians seem to be trying to make ethical room for drinking … while at the same time secular authorities are warning and worrying about this society’s rampant problem with alcohol…. read more »
It Ought to Hurt- If you decide that, in war, it is right to kill a few in order to prevent the other side from killing many, you’ve got to do something else…. read more »
Finishing Well- What would it take to make you turn back from your walk with God? Getting old? Getting sick? Getting ridiculed by your secular peers? Watching your favorite preacher fall into sin? … read more »
Who’s in Charge Here?- read more »
Three Dads in the Shadows- There was a lot that little Bobby Rhoden didn’t know about his family while growing up…. read more »
Well, It’s Legal, Isn’t It?- Have you noticed how frequently ethical debates these days start—and end—with the question “Is it legal?”? read more »
Confessions of a Poor Salesman- read more »