A Story of God and All of Us: A Novel Based on the Epic TV Mini-Series Mark Burnett, Roma Downey Retail Price: $24.99 CBD Price: $15.49
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Excerpt, Product Closeup Experience Christian history like never before! Based on the epic miniseries from the History Channel, this collection of stories from the Bible reads like a fine novel, dramatizes important events, makes men and women of Scripture come alive in vivid detail---including Moses, David, Daniel, and Jesus---and reveals the prophetic significance of the empires that controlled Israel. 256 pages, hardcover from Faithwords.
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Daughter of Jerusalem Joan Wolf Retail Price: $14.99 CBD Price: $10.99
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Product Closeup Why would Jesus seek out Mary Magdalene as the first person he appeared to after his resurrection? In this compelling novel, Mary tells her own story about how Jesus' words transformed her heart; why she committed her wealth and influence to his ministry; and how it felt that glorious morning to discover the Lord was alive! 320 pages, softcover from Worthy.
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Iscariot Tosca Lee Retail Price: $22.99 CBD Price: $12.99
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Interview, Excerpt Judas Iscariot...the name of Judas conjures up the ultimate betrayer. What could possibly bring him to such a vile decision to betray Jesus? Tosca Lee brilliantly captures Judas' life; why he chose to follow Jesus when he was a respected scholar, what he witnesses day after day being near and speaking with Jesus. You will be captivated by every nuance of Judas' story as he walked with Jesus and Judas' history that led him to that point. Why did Jesus choose the path that he chose, from angering those in esteemed positions by not just allowing those who were "unclean" near him, but encouraging their presence? Judas struggled to understand Jesus' motives and questioned them all along the way. The places where you question how and what Jesus did are brilliantly speculated by Tosca Lee in the amazing story of Iscariot.
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The Sinners and the Sea: The Untold Story of Noah's Wife Rebecca Kanner Retail Price: $22.99 CBD Price: $15.49
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Excerpt, Product Closeup Cursed with a birthmark, a virtuous, unnamed woman is given to Noah as a bride. While her aloof husband speaks to God more than to her, she struggles to raise her sons and befriend the wicked, sometimes violent townsfolk. But her trials are nothing compared to what awaits her after God instructs Noah to build an ark! This woman, fated to become the mother of all generations after the great flood, shows indomitable strength and courage.Disclaimer: Graphic Language, sexual content.
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When Jesus Wept, The Jerusalem Chronicles Series #1 Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene Retail Price: $21.99 CBD Price: $13.99
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Excerpt When Jesus Wept by bestselling authors Bodie and Brock Thoene, unfolds the turbulent times in Judea during Jesus' ministry, centering on the friendship between Jesus and Lazarus. With rich insights from vineyard owners and vine dressers, the Thoenes explore the metaphor of Jesus as the True Vine, harvesting the ancient secrets found in the Old Testament.
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Reign, Lost Loves of the Bible Series #3 Ginger Garrett Retail Price: $14.99 CBD Price: $10.99
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Product Closeup From the moment her marriage to prince Ahab thrusts her into the intrigues of palace life, Jezebel's exotic beauty opens doors and her will breaks down walls. Torn from her homeland and wed to power in a strange country, Jezebel vows to create a legacy and power all her own. Some might call her a manipulative schemer, bent on having her way. But they don't know the whole story, and she was much, much worse.
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Rebekah, Wives of the Patriarchs Series #2 Jill Eileen Smith Retail Price: $14.99 CBD Price: $9.99
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When her father dies and she is left in the care of her conniving brother Laban, Rebekah knows her life has changed forever. Her hope for the future is restored when she falls in love with her cousin Isaac, and their relationship starts strong. But marital bliss cannot last forever, and the birth of their twin sons marks the beginning of years of misunderstanding, disagreement, and betrayal. The rift between them grows wider and wider until it is surely too deep to be mended. And yet, with God all things are possible.
Wives of the Patriarch Series | Jill Eileen Smith
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Claudia, Wife of Pontius Pilate Diana Wallis Taylor Retail Price: $14.99 CBD Price: $10.49
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Product Closeup Claudia's life did not start easily. The illegitimate daughter of Julia, reviled and exiled daughter of Caesar Augustus, Claudia spends her childhood in a guarded villa with her mother and grandmother. When Tiberius, who hates Julia, takes the throne, Claudia is wrenched away from her mother to be brought up in the palace in Rome. The young woman is adrift-until she meets Lucius Pontius Pilate and becomes his wife. When Pilate is appointed Prefect of the troublesome territory of Judea, Claudia does what she has always done: she makes the best of it. But unrest is brewing on the outskirts of the Roman Empire, and Claudia will soon find herself and her beloved husband embroiled in controversy and rebellion. Might she find peace and rest in the teaching of the mysterious Jewish Rabbi everyone seems to be talking about?
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So Shines the Night Tracy L. Higley Retail Price: $15.99 CBD Price: $11.49
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Excerpt, Product Closeup She escaped a past of danger and found respite in beautiful Ephesus, a trading center on the Aegean coast, serving as tutor to Lucas, the wealthy merchant who rescued her.But the darkness she fled has caught up with her. The high priests of Artemis once controlled the city, but a group of sorcerers are gaining power. And a strange group who call themselves followers of The Way further threaten the equilibrium. As Daria investigates Lucas's exploits into the darker side of the city, her life is endangered, and she takes refuge in the strange group of believers. She's drawn to Paul and his friends, even as she wrestles with their teachings. When authorities imprison Lucas for a brutal crime, Daria wonders if even Paul's God can save him. Then she uncovers a shocking secret that could change everything-Lucas's fate, her position in his household, and the outcome of the tension between pagans and Christians. But only if she survives long enough to divulge what she knows.
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The Well Stephanie Landsem Retail Price: $14.99 CBD Price: $11.49
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Product Closeup For the Samaritan women of Sychar, the well is a place of blessing---except for Mara, whose family has been shunned for the many sins of her mother, Nava. But will their encounter with two men---a mysterious, wealthy man from Caesarea named Shem and a Jewish teacher called Jesus---change their lives forever? 304 pages, softcover from Howard.
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Love in a Broken Vessel, Treasures of His Love Series #3 Mesu Andrews Retail Price: $14.99 CBD Price: $10.99 Buy 40 or more for $7.59 each.
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Hosea has been charged by God with a difficult task--marry a prostitute in order to show God's people the nature and depth of his love for Israel. When Hosea goes to Israel to proclaim God's message, the prostitute God tells him to marry turns out to be his childhood friend Gomer. He finds her broken and abused, unwilling to trust Hosea or his God. But when marrying Hosea becomes her only choice, Gomer does what she's good at--she survives. Can Hosea's love for God and God's love for Israel heal Gomer's broken spirit?
Mesu Andrews | Discussion Questions | Love in History Series
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David and Bathsheba Roberta Dorr Retail Price: $14.99 CBD Price: $9.99 Buy 40 or more for $9.49 each.
( This product will be released on 06/15/13. )
Product Closeup David and Bathsheba is a spellbinding story of a gifted king and the woman he loved but could not have. Told from Bathsheba's perspective, Dorr brings to life the passion that almost cost David his kingdom and tested a peoples' courage and faith in God.
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Love's Sacred Song, Treasures of His Love Series #2 Mesu Andrews Retail Price: $14.99 CBD Price: $8.99
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Hosea has been charged by God with a difficult task--marry a prostitute in order to show God's people the nature and depth of his love for Israel. When Hosea goes to Israel to proclaim God's message, the prostitute God tells him to marry turns out to be his childhood friend Gomer. He finds her broken and abused, unwilling to trust Hosea or his God. But when marrying Hosea becomes her only choice, Gomer does what she's good at--she survives. Can Hosea's love for God and God's love for Israel heal Gomer's broken spirit?
Mesu Andrews
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I, Saul Jerry B. Jenkins, James S. MacDonald Retail Price: $24.99 CBD Price: $13.69 Buy 24 or more for $13.01 each.
( This product will be released on 08/26/13. )
Product Closeup Told from the point of view of the disciple Luke, the apostle Paul and "Augie," a modern day scholar, I, Saul is a fast-paced story of intrigue and mystery. Readers will be reminded of Indiana Jones and the DaVinci Code as they become absorbed in this page-turner by a master storyteller. Along the way, they will learn of the fictionalized but plausible story of the life of Saul who relentlessly persecuted Christ's followers prior to his conversion when he became known as Paul.
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Sarai, Wives of the Patriarchs Series #1 Jill Eileen Smith Retail Price: $14.99 CBD Price: $8.99 Buy 48 or more for $8.54 each.
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Excerpt, Product Closeup Sarai, the last child of her aged father, is beautiful, spoiled, and used to getting her own way. Even as a young girl, she is aware of the way men look at her, including her half brother Abram. When Abram finally requests Sarai's hand, she asks one thing--that he promise never to take another wife as long as she lives. Even her father thinks the demand is restrictive and agrees to the union only if Sarai makes a promise in return--to give Abram a son and heir. Certain she can easily do that, Sarai agrees.But as the years stretch on and Sarai's womb remains empty, she becomes desperate to fulfill her end of the bargain--lest Abram decide that he will not fulfill his. To what lengths will Sarai go in her quest to bear a son? And how long will Abram's patience last?
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Dancing With Jesus Linda Fitzpatrick Retail Price: $15.99 CBD Price: $11.99 Buy 24 or more for $11.39 each.
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Excerpt When Abia suffers a devastating accident, her fate is sealed. Who in first-century Jerusalem would marry a woman who walks with a limp and can't have children? Then one glorious day she meets the Person who can make her dreams come true. But can she escape Herod's banquet hall without losing her head? 256 pages, softcover from Destiny Image.
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A Reluctant Queen, Love Story Series #2 Joan Wolf Retail Price: $15.99 CBD Price: $4.99 Buy 5 or more for $4.49 each.
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Excerpt An inspiring re-imagining of the tale of Esther, a young Jewish woman thrust from a life of obscurity into a life of power, wealth, intrigue . . . and tender love.View the story of Esther in an entirely new way-with all the political intrigue and tension you remember, but told as a passionate and tender love story between a young man and woman. Misunderstood by many, King Xerxes was a powerful but lonely man. Esther's beauty caught the eye of the young king, but it was her spirit that captured his heart.
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Covenant of War, Lion of War Series #2 Cliff Graham Retail Price: $14.99 CBD Price: $10.99
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Excerpt, Product Closeup The year is 993 BC. After years of bloody civil war, Eleazar son of Dodai, one of King David's most elite warriors, wants nothing more than to finally live peacefully in the land. But on the plains near the Great Sea, a terrifying army of Philistines has mobilized to crush the Hebrew tribes once and for all. In the sun-drenched valleys and dark forests of the hill country, Eleazar and his warriors make their stand against Israel's deadliest enemy. The fate of an entire nation rests on the courage of a small band of heroes known as the Mighty Men. In a land torn by conflict, depleted by drought and threatened by treachery, the horrors and heroism of the ancient battlefields come to life.
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Mary Magdalene Diana Wallis Taylor Retail Price: $14.99 CBD Price: $8.99
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Excerpt Long maligned as a prostitute or a woman of questionable reputation, Mary Magdalene's murky story seems lost to the sands of time. Now a portrait of this enigmatic woman comes to life in the hands of an imaginative master storyteller. Diana Wallis Taylor's Mary is a woman devastated by circumstances beyond her control and plagued with terrifying dreams--until she has a life-changing confrontation with the Savior.
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Garden of Madness Tracy L. Higley Retail Price: $9.99 CBD Price: $8.19 Buy 36 or more for $7.78 each.
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Excerpt For seven years, Babylonian princess Tiamat has kept her family's secret, waiting for her father, mad King Nebuchadnezzar, to return to his right mind. But when a nobleman is found dead, evidence points to a man-beast roaming the gardens. Will her closely guarded secret be discovered? Will Tia risk everything to save the kingdom---and herself? 400 pages, softcover from Nelson.
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Twelfth Prophecy, A.D. Chronicles Series #12 Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene Retail Price: $22.99 CBD Price: $14.49
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Excerpt She is a singer of sweet songs . . . and a sinner. A searcher for truth . . . and an outcast. Life is fraught with danger in the village of Sychar in the first-century A.D. But for Abigail, the Samaritan woman, the danger lies not as much from the ever-present Roman soldiers but from the rabbi and the people of Sychar. A woman of renowned beauty, whose reputation was tarnished at an early age, Abigail is pregnant . . . and the father is not her elderly husband, Zakane. While protecting her lover's name, believing he will spirit her away, Abigail is imprisoned, then nearly stoned by her neighbors. She's befriended by the beggar Leah. But even the beggars, the lowest of the low, don't want her around. Abigail longs for love, kindness, a home for her soon-to-arrive baby . . . and forgiveness for her anguished soul. The answers will come from the most unlikely of places.
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Day of War, Lion of War Series #1 Cliff Graham Retail Price: $14.99 CBD Price: $8.99
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Excerpt In ancient Israel, at the crossroads of the great trading routes, a man named Benaiah is searching for a fresh start in life. He has joined a band of soldiers led by a warlord named David, seeking to bury the past that refuses to leave him. Their ragged army is disgruntled and full of reckless men. Some are loyal to David, but others are only with him for the promise of captured wealth. While the ruthless and increasingly mad King Saul marches hopelessly against the powerful Philistines, loyal son Jonathan in tow, the land of the Hebrew tribes has never been more despondent-and more in need of rescue. Over the course of ten days, from snowy mountain passes to sword-wracked battlefields, Benaiah and his fellow mercenaries must call upon every skill they have to survive and establish the throne for David-if they don't kill each other first.
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Journey to the Well Diana Wallis Taylor Retail Price: $13.99 CBD Price: $9.99 Buy 40 or more for $9.49 each.
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One of the most well-known and loved stories of Jesus's ministry is the encounter with the Samaritan woman at Jacob's well. Now the creative mind of Diana Wallis Taylor imagines how the Samaritan woman got there in the first place. Marah is just a girl of thirteen when her life is set on a path that will eventually lead her to a life-changing encounter with the Messiah. But before that momentous meeting she must traverse through times of love lost and found, cruel and manipulative men, and gossiping women.
Diana Wallace Taylor
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Sons of Encouragement: Five Stories of Faithful Men Who Changed Eternity Francine Rivers Retail Price: $16.99 CBD Price: $12.99 Buy 24 or more for $10.92 each.
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Excerpt Discover five biblical men who quietly changed eternity without recognition or fame---knowing their reward wouldn't come until the next life. In this all-in-one collection, Rivers illuminates the lives of Aaron, Caleb, Jonathan, Amos, and Silas---and shows how they acted in the shadow of God's chosen leaders. Each story includes an in-depth study guide.
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This Scarlet Cord, Love Story Series #1 Joan Wolf Retail Price: $15.99 CBD Price: $10.99
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Excerpt Hidden within the battle of Jericho is the story of Rahab, a beautiful and brave young Canaanite woman who aided the Israelites by hanging a piece of scarlet cord from a window. This act of faith changed her life by placing her in the genealogy of Christ.
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Dinner with a Perfect Stranger: An Invitation Worth Considering David Gregory Retail Price: $9.99 CBD Price: $8.19 Buy 24 or more for $7.78 each.
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Excerpt, Product Closeup Cincinnati businessman Nick Cominsky is startled when his dinner companion claims to be Jesus. Yet, over the next few hours, Nick is amazed by how much this man knows and how deeply he cares about Nick's successful, yet unsatisfying life. Will Nick mark this night up to "strange coincidence" and carry on with his life or will he be eternally changed by this encounter?
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Love Amid the Ashes, Treasures of His Love Series #1 Mesu Andrews Retail Price: $14.99 CBD Price: $9.99 Buy 36 or more for $9.49 each.
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Interview, Excerpt Readers often think of Job sitting on the ash heap, his life in shambles. But how did he get there? What was Job's life like before tragedy struck? What did he think as his world came crashing down around him? And what was life like after God restored his wealth, health, and family?Through painstaking research and a writer's creative mind, Mesu Andrews weaves an emotional and stirring account of this well-known story told through the eyes of the women who loved him. Drawing together the account of Job with those of Esau's tribe and Jacob's daughter Dinah, Love Amid the Ashes breathes life, romance, and passion into the classic biblical story of suffering and steadfast faith.
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Redeeming Love Francine Rivers Retail Price: $14.99 CBD Price: $11.49
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Sold into prostitution in childhood, Angel is a bitter young woman who trusts no man. But when God tells Michael Hosea to marry her, she learns to love and hope---until fear overwhelms her and she returns to her former life. Can she be redeemed? A skillful retelling of the biblical story of Gomer and Hosea, set amid the California gold rush. Includes Bible study. 464 pages, softcover from Multnomah.
Francine Rivers
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Bathsheba, Wives of King David Series #3 Jill Eileen Smith Retail Price: $14.99 CBD Price: $8.99 Buy 44 or more for $8.54 each.
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Interview, Excerpt Bathsheba is a woman who longs for love. With her devout husband away fighting the king's wars for many months at a time, discontent and loneliness dog her steps--and make it frighteningly easy to succumb to King David's charm and attention. Though she immediately regrets her involvement with the powerful king, the pieces are set in motion that will destroy everything she holds dear. Can she find forgiveness at the feet of the Almighty? Or has her sin separated her from God--and David--forever?
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The Mayan Apocalypse Mark Hitchcock, Alton Gansky Retail Price: $13.99 CBD Price: $3.99
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Excerpt When oil executive Andrew Morgan stumbles upon ancient Mayan predictions that the world will end in 2012, he investigates the validity of the claims---and dismisses Christian journalist Lisa Campbell's biblical picture of the last days. But natural disasters and wars rapidly escalate in 2011. Is there no escape from the holocaust to come? 300 pages, softcover from Harvest.
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