What the River Keeps
CRC award-winning author Cheryl Grey Bostrom returns with an environmental saga set in the Pacific Northwest.
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CRC award-winning author Cheryl Grey Bostrom returns with an environmental saga set in the Pacific Northwest.
We look away, lest his gaze embarrass us.
Ginny, our dog, is the best tool in my evangelism toolkit.
For the past three-and-a-half years, Colleen Chao has been living with a terminal diagnosis. In this precious time, she's been pondering questions about heaven.
A wedding disaster leaves a groom stranded in Rome, heartbroken. But with help from a determined local and others, his ruined honeymoon becomes an unexpected adventure.
A remarkable and dangerous feat of reportage, Bear Witness shows what happens when altruism, faith, and an obsession with justice are pushed to the extreme.
All people of all ages are sinners and called to repent. Everyone needs Jesus.
A young mother filled with regret returns to Sullivan’s Island to rebuild her life and finds compassion in the most unexpected places in this faith-based fiction from T.I. Lowe.
I have at least 10,000 pictures on my phone. How do I get that number down so I can actually find what I am looking for?
Being people of integrity can be hard. The apostle Paul calls this virtue painful.
This empowering and joyous picture book shows kids the importance of loving your name, having pride in your culture, and standing up for yourself.
The Quiet Girl offers a deceptively simple reminder that the smallest stories can leave a large emotional impact.
Here is the story of Henrietta Wood, who was enslaved twice—but who demanded justice and was awarded the largest reparations ever granted for enslavement. This nonfiction book for ages 9–12 puts a human face on the current issue of reparations.
When Russia invaded Ukraine, an evangelical seminary lost everything—except its commitment to serving God. Winner of the Christianity Today Book Awards Missions and the Global Church Award of Merit.
Violence—especially when carried out under the authority of the state—demands moral scrutiny.
Houdini’s escapes were nothing more than clever illusions, but Jesus’ was something else.
How can Christ be truly in our hearts and at the right hand of the Father?
In the fall of 1944, the Nazis were occupying the Netherlands. Sisters Ada, 22, and Lina, 18, discover their father’s documentation of Nazi war crimes and work to preserve the evidence until the war ends.
Explore the Lord’s Prayer across the landscapes where Jesus first spoke it. Hosted by Brad Gray and featuring insights from N. T. Wright and others, learn about the prayer’s cultural, historical, and spiritual depth.
In this School Library Journal Best Book, a small bird—nestled in a dusty crack in the Western Wall—feels a deep shift within, setting her on a path to overcoming her fear of change.
Revelation 19 offers one of Scripture’s most striking political images.
Amber Smith, wife of former country music artist Granger Smith, invites you into the most vulnerable spaces of her life, where she wrestled with the traumatic death of their 3-year-old son.
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Thunderstorms are among the most intense weather events in nature. They can even spawn tornadoes, which produce the highest wind speeds recorded anywhere on Earth.