April 2009 Archives

Meet Shauntice Johnston, Angel Nichols, LaKeeta Wilson, Bridgette Anderson and Hope Patterson--five teenage girls from the city of York, Pennsylvania. These girls know each other well. They are real. The issue with them is sex. Four of these girls are Christians, but all five handle the sex issue differently:

Shauntice Johnston has a strong faith in God even in the midst of domestic abuse. Will she "flee fornication" when the pressure is heightened?

Publisher: Pocket Books
ISBN: 978-1-4165-8050-8
Format: Paperback
Page Count: 352
Price $14.00 US | $16.00 CAN

True family drama. True family feud in a Christian home? Dave Mitchell, owner of DMI, divorced his wife, Madeleine and their four children, to marry his secretary, Sherry. From this second marriage came forth Joel. This divorce brought about changes in the business as well. Although, Madeleine lost her senior position in the company, Dave kept her on the board of directors.

Publisher: Vision International Publishing
ISBN-13: 978-1-4196-9870-5 
ISBN-10: 1-4196-9870-2
Type: soft cover
Pages: 214

It's All in Your Mind can be summed up in one sentence which is: We are what we think. Our thinking determines the kind of life we will live--good or bad, positive or negative, success or defeat. Drawing from Proverbs 23:7: "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he," Dr. Benjamin gives the answer to most, if not all, of life's problems, concerns, worries and joys.

Publisher: Tate Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-60604-657-9
Type: paperback
Page Count: 146
Price: $11.99 US | $15.99 CAN

If you are searching for spiritual renewal in your everyday living, then Spiritually INclined is the book for you. If you are seeking a deeper understanding of your everyday experiences and not just what is apparent, then Spiritually INclined is the book for you.

Publisher: Xulon Press
ISBN: 978-1-60034-896
Type: hardcover
Page Count: 243
Price: $25.99

Learn how to create miracles in your life by tapping into The 99 Success Secrets of Jesus. Don Daniel Ortiz shows you how to blend the spiritual principles of Jesus' success secrets with practical developmental skills to achieve your God-given potential and live your life to its fullest.

Publisher: Walk Worthy Press/Harrison House
ISBN: 978-1-60751-062-8 
Type: hardcover
Page Count: 375
Price: $13.99

The Good Stuff by Michelle Stimpson gives you the good, the bad, and the ugly of a marriage. Using the marriages of Sonia and Kennard and Adrian and Darryl, Stimpson reveals to us that a marriage is more than a wedding dress and a happily ever after. It involves, sometimes, compromise, definitely sacrifice, and much patience. Any marriage can be filled with a lot of good stuff of all three are applied, and with God in the middle of it all.

Publisher: Greater Insight Publishing
ISBN: 978-0-979-9331-03 
Type: hardback
Page Count: 348
Price: $29.95

If you are looking for as healthier, less stressful way to deal with stress, then Stress: Climbing Out of Its Pits with God is a must read. Dr. Steven Haymon has done extensive work with mood disorders, schizophrenia, and anxiety disorders, and is a trusted voice in the area of stress management. Personal experiences gave him the adder knowledge and insight to discuss such a topic. He encountered rejection, obscurity, alienation, uncertainty, exploitation, victimization, fear, and failure, all of which "stressed him out." This led him to truly understand not just what stress was, but the many roads we travel in an attempt to escape it.

Publisher: Tate Publishing and Enterprises
ISBN: 978-1-60247-509-0  
Type: soft cover
Pages: 162

Many of us have allowed ourselves to be deceived into thinking that we cannot enjoy life to its fullest unless we get married. That is far from the truth. Ed Houston in Single and Living Free, discloses the truth about living single yet being free through Jesus Christ: "Free," according to Houston means, "free in the liberty of Jesus Christ, free of strongholds, and free of habit."

Publisher: AAA Publishing
ISBN: 978-0-9816847-0-3  
Type: soft cover
Page Count: 167
Price: $13.99

Why do we find ourselves in an irritating cycle of unwanted, unfulfilling, and unhealthy relationships month after month, year after year? Tanya White in Relationship Reruns, answers that question for us: "I have discovered that at the root of my unfavorable choices [bad relationships] were negative self-esteem, low confidence, and an unawareness of my divine identity and purpose" (p. 6). Many of us crave love and acceptance, and desire friendship so badly that we will continuously choose the wrong people for the right relationships.

Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 978-1-4343-1519-9 
Type: soft cover
Pages: 196

Everyone has experienced some hurt, pain, disappointment, misunderstanding, or lost relationship during their life, but how we deal with the issues of life determines the level at which we enjoy life. According to Minister Johnnie Sanders in Truth in Life, we can allow our hearts to become bitter and go to our graves without making things right, or we can turn all the negativities of our lives over to Jesus, claiming His promise to us that "all things work together for the good to them that love God."

Publisher: Xulon
ISBN: 978-1-60477-713-0 
Type: paperback
Page Count: 164

Sinless Sex? How? You may be wondering. Meet Shirelle. She'll explain. Leaving no stones unturned in Sinless Sex, Shirelle lived life in the fast lane--sex, porn, gambling, drinking, smoking--and she enjoyed every minute of it. She and her boyfriend, Stallion, shared living quarters with her daughter, Eboni. Even though she was living it up, deep down she felt something was missing in her life, but she just could not put her finger on it. She went on a valiant search to find out just where the missing link in her life was to be found.

Publisher: YC Publishing
ISBN: 978-0-9710441-2-8
Type: Soft Cover
Pages: 208

If you are wondering why is it that Christians and especially those who seem to be in the front of the Christian army are falling by the wayside; if you wondering why is it that you are living a defeated Christian life, then The Spirit of Assassination has the answers.

Publisher: Malcolm Gilbert
ISBN: 978-1-60477-318-7
Pages: 107
Format: Paperback

Malcolm Gilbert opens this book with these words, "Until a person is presented with the truth, change may never come." Gilbert, like so many of us, wants change and we seek after ways to change, but when we are presented with the ways and means to change, we do not want to change. Yet, we live a life asking, there is something missing in my life, what is it? What is going on with me? What am I doing wrong that is causing me to be unhappy?

If you want to publish your own Christian book but do not know where to begin then this book is for you. The publishing process, from the writing of the manuscript to actually getting it into the bookstores, is broken down for you in 10 easy-to-follow steps. You can learn the tricks of the book publishing trade as you are taken from Point A to Point B to Point C. Not only that, but you are shown how to get your book published on a shoe-string budget. So go ahead and write that book that you have always wanted to write and watch your dream of having a book out on the market become a reality.

There are just 7 things that young black women are doing that are messing up their lives. If they can, with the help of God, family and friends, and a made-up mind, simply avoid doing these seven things, they will avoid messing up their lives and will go on to living a successful and happy life. The solutions to these seven mistakes are presented with words of encouragement to avoid these mistakes and to travel the path that leads to a productive and successful life.

Life is filled with difficulties, challenges and setbacks. Faith in God, a positive attitude and having a spirit of self-help can and will make a great difference in the life we live. There is no better testimony to the strength faith in God can do than from the personal experience of others. Dr. Suzan Johnson Cook hits a home run as she shares some of her personal life experiences with us. Every page of this book is filled with encouraging words and will uplift your spirit and renew faith in you.

Women seem to be searching in all the wrong places to find the perfect mate and in the process end up getting hurt. Ridiculous Situations encourages women to put God first, to have high self-esteem, and to find and fulfill their passion, purpose and destiny for this life. Then they won't have to search in all the wrong places to find a mate because as they put God first, God will allow the perfect mate to find them. Break the cycle of negative relationships by understanding what has defeated you in the past. Reconcile with who you are in Jesus Christ and abolish self-limiting beliefs and fears of being alone. This book will help thousands of women eradicate their self-limiting beliefs and finally attract and sustain long-term, healthy relationships, love, happiness and the success they desire.

Publisher: Bridge-Logos
ISBN: 978-0882703435
Type: Soft Cover
Page Count: 192
Price: $14.99

Very uniquely written. Sandra Steen's purpose in writing Who Stole My Joy? is to expose the "joy robbers" in our life that operate so freely to destroy our spirit. This inspiring book is written in hopes that you will regain and maintain the joy that life's circumstances may have taken from you.

Publisher: Infertility Press
ISBN: 978-0-9795613-0-6
Type: Soft Cover
Price: $14.95
Pages: 200

The Subtitle, "Living With the Secret Shame of Infertility" says it all.  Mrs. Lena Marie-Fields Arnold has pulled the covers back and has opened up her aching heart to us. Holding nothing back, she shares with us her secret shame of infertility. It took her ten years of trying to "fix" this problem before she finally accepted this indescribable pain that was cast into her lap. She is real as she bleeds on each page.

Publisher: St. Paul Press
ISBN: 978-0-9817520-2-0 
Type: Soft Cover
Pages: 129
Price: $11.99

The Christian life is all about faith - faith in an unseen God. Crossing Jordan is written for those Christians who are serious about serving God so much so that they want to express themselves through a living and vibrant faith. This book is for the saint who welcomes the ups and downs of life and the challenges along the way. It is for the Christian who welcomes change and is eager to grow stronger in his relationship with the Lord. Pastor Smith says, "This book is intended to back you in a corner and challenge you to come out fighting, to use your faith in God, and to start living your dreams." And that is exactly what it does.

Publisher: St. Paul Press
ISBN: 978-0-9817520-3-7
Type: paperback
Pages: 128
Price: $11.99

The Satiable Quest is a very thought provoking book. It deals with, in a very direct manner, how that Christians everywhere are searching the Scriptures to find answers for their restlessness and discontentment with self and with life. In the introduction, Pastor Gordon says: "It is preparation time and each of us will need to hear either the soul that nourishes and guides us as the source for sound reasoning, or sink in eternal quicksand."

Publisher: Warren Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-886057-10-4
Type: Soft Cover
Pages: 53
Price: $12.95

Ethical Pursuits provides practical and down-to-earth guidance for pastors and other church leaders. It is divided into two parts: Section One discusses "The Pastor's Role and the Many Different Hats We Wear;" Section Two discusses "Relationships and the Congregation."

Publisher: Dafina Kensington
ISBN: 978-07582-1734-9
Type: Soft Cover
Pages: 208
Price: U.S. $15.00; CAN. $17.95

Vanessa Davis Griggs has hit another homerun in this the second book, Strongholds, of her Blessed Trinity trilogy. If you want clean Christian fiction based on the Word of God, then this book is for you. Griggs takes us into the personal lives of some of the members of Pastor Landris' mega-church, Followers of Jesus Faith Worship Center, to show us that things are not always on the inside what they seem to be on the outside. Members of this church seem to have it all together but come to find out, they are struggling with the same struggles as non-churchgoing folks.

Publisher: Axion Press

ISBN: 978-1-58169-268-6

Price: $8.99

Page Count: 90

Type: soft cover

Many women, and sad to say, professing Christian women, are caught up in today's rat race of life, trying to become a woman of worth in this sin-cursed world. The even sadder reality is, they are trying to do it without God's help.