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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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A Husband’s Prayer - Zipping out of our bedroom the other day, I glanced again at a framed poem on the wall. I wrote it years ago on an American Airlines flight from Dallas back to New York, and two Christian magazines picked it up. It spoke about the special place my wife held then, and still holds, in… read more »
The Making of a Slowpoke - read more »
Of Toy Trucks and Toasters - Christmas is a Baby in a manger. But Christmas is also God reaching out to a hostile world…. read more »
After the Fiasco—Restoring Fallen Christians - By the time twenty-two-year-old Eva Eber showed up in the pastor’s office, her life story was already book length…. read more »
Blocks to Communication - Why is it that what once flowed so automatically in a courtship ends up slowing to a trickle? … read more »
Living with a Madman - We would not have been very impressed with the Roman government of the first century…. read more »
Energized, or Drained? - On a hot day in Samaria, Jesus said something odd to his disciples as they returned from a quick trip to the sandwich shop…. read more »
Pizza for Breakfast? - Major changes are happening in the way modern families eat, not all of them for the good. read more »
The Lure of “New!” - If you’re in the advertising business, you quickly learn about the Two Magic Words. One is “FREE!” The other Magic Word is “NEW!” read more »
Is There a Man in the House? - Are you curious about what really goes on in heaven? Many people are. Just this week, my wife looked at the framed pictures of my parents and her parents (all four deceased) and asked, “Do you think they’re in touch with each other now? Heaven has millions of people; have they found each other in… read more »
How to Explain the Infilling of the Spirit - The apostle Paul did not write, “Get filled with the Spirit,” as if it were a one-time achievement. What he wrote, Greek scholars tell us, is “Be always being filled.” … 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 »