Do you believe that Jesus is worth following, even when our culture—even our churches—turn the other way? In Radical, David Platt invites you to encounter what Jesus actually said about being his disciple. He challenges you to consider how we have manipulated a God-centered gospel to fit our mortal preferences. With passionate storytelling and convicting biblical analysis, Platt exposes a host of comfortable notions that are common among Christ’s followers today. Then he proposes a radical response: live the gospel in ways that are true, filled with promise, and ultimately world changing.
Plan B Pete Wilson Paperback, 224 pp., $14.99 Thomas Nelson (May 4, 2010)
What do you do with a shattered dream? What do you do when your life isn’t turning out the way you thought it would? What do you do when you have to turn to Plan B? Author Pete Wilson uses real life stories of disappointments and hurts along with the biblical stories of men and women like David, Joseph, and Ruth to help readers come to grips with the truth that they will face situations that in themselves they are completely unable to handle but that in them God is simply trying to get them to surrender their plans so that they can receive His.
The Mockingbird Parables Matt Litton Paperback, 320 pp., $14.99 Thomas Nelson (May 4, 2010)
An entertaining and controversial discussion framed around the world’s most familiar novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, that will drive readers to ask tough but practical questions about how their faith should be lived out in the 21st Century. The Mockingbird Parables finds its genesis in the belief that the Great Depression era problems in To Kill a Mockingbird are still a sad reality of our fallen world. It examines the Gospel of Jesus through the lenses of America’s novel, and highlights important and sometimes controversial truths that will enlighten how Christians in the 21st century live out their faith.
God’s Truth Revealed Kathy Howard Paperback, 176 pp., $12.99 New Hope Publishers (March 1, 2010)
Spiritual seekers are looking for more than life experiences that continually fail to satisfy. With Scripture as its foundation, God’s Truth Revealed addresses common questions of spiritual seekers and new Christians—like Who is God? and Why am I here? Modern-day salvation stories demonstrate the biblical principles in contemporary context. God’s Truth Revealed is the ideal textbook for small groups or one-to-one discipleship as part of a church’s Christian education programming.