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Together At Home

How to organize a doable family night that kids will enjoy instead of dread. This book provides more than 100 creative, pre-tested ways to implant your faith in the next generation, especially ages 6-12. Written with my wife, Grace Merrill. “More than just helpful...

Fighting For David

With Leone Nunley. The passionate story of one gutsy mother (Yakima, Wash.) who refused to give in to her son’s massive brain injury (from a motorcycle accident) even though some doctors said it was hopeless. Today, David walks with a walker, can speak about 200...

Gone In A Heartbeat

The poignant story of David and Marie Works, parents of the two teenage girls shot dead in the parking lot of New Life Church (Colorado Springs) in December 2007. This book shows the shock and grief but also the presence of God in the moments when life throws its...

The Broken God

With Bonnie Thielmann, the adopted “daughter” of cult leader Jim Jones. She knew the man better than most, left the cult three years before its crash, but was along with the investigating congressman’s delegation to Guyana the night 900 people “drank the Kool-Aid.”...

Disciple

My collaboration with Argentine pastor Juan Carlos Ortiz, whose fresh approach to biblical servanthood brought him into the North American spotlight. Includes his famous “mashed potatoes” analogy. Published by Creation House (English) and Editorial Peniel (Spanish)....

Victorious Living

Stanley Jones (1884-1973) is the most remarkable Christian leader you’ve probably not heard of. A Methodist missionary evangelist to India, he wrote 28 books–some of which sold a million copies despite the Depression. This was his first 365-day devotional (1936),...

Abundant Living

Stanley Jones (1884-1973) is the most remarkable Christian leader you’ve probably not heard of. A Methodist missionary evangelist to India, he wrote 28 books. This is his second 365-day devotional, Abundant Living, which came out in 1942 and sold over a million...

The Way (E. Stanley Jones)

Stanley Jones (1884-1973) is the most remarkable Christian leader you’ve probably not heard of. A Methodist missionary evangelist to India, he wrote 28 books–some of which sold a million copies despite the Depression. This is his third (and favorite) devotional, The...

Clergy Couples in Crisis

What God hath joined together, let not the pastorate put asunder. This book contains more than a dozen case studies of contemporary pastor couples working through their stresses (low pay, culture shock, critical constituents, burnout, disaffected kids, moral...

Peace And Love

Autobiography of Olympic bronze medalist Janet Lynn, the blond American who won the hearts of Japanese fans at the Sapporo Olympics (1972), especially after she fell—and got up again with a smile. Published by Creation House (English) and Eiyusha (Japanese).