Lake Superior—its people and places—feature in this anthology of short stories by nine writers from Minnesota and Wisconsin.The power of stories lures an aging man on a road trip back home, north on Highway 61. Through her painting of a river, an Ojibway woman teaches a historian about himself and her culture's connections to the land and water. A woman confronts a suicidal man on Stoney Point, led by the mystical power of water to magnify her psychic abilities. Another woman finds ...

The Reformers viewed the gospel as not merely one thing among many in the life of a church but rather the means by which the church exists. When the gospel is rightly declared and applied to God’s people, the church becomes “a creature of the Word.” She understands, embraces, and lives out the reality of Christ’s birth, life, death, and resurrection in more than her doctrinal statement. The gospel impacts all the church is and does.Creature of the Word lays out this concep...

A pilot ejects from his F-16 while flying in combat. Follow Doug "Hoser" Mackenzie as he struggles to evade capture and survive in the mountains of Afghanistan.

Internal conflict continues to be the most common form of organized violence, most often occurring in a so-called "arc of instability" comprised of Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, and Southeast Asia. The misery and death caused by these conflicts, with helpless civilians often victims, has resulted in states and coalitions of states intervening militarily to stop the bloodshed, giving rise to many difficult issues. When should states perform military intervention? How should it be c...

Are You Truly Saved—or Self-Deceived?In a culture where spiritual language is cheap and assumptions run deep, countless people claim Christ with their lips while their hearts remain far from Him. Many believe they are saved simply because they once prayed a prayer, walked an aisle, or grew up in church—yet their lives show no evidence of true transformation.With piercing clarity and compassionate urgency, Saved or Self-Deceived invites readers to wrestle with the m...

WHO ARE YOU?WHAT DEFINES YOU?WHAT IS YOUR IDENTITY?How you answer those questions affects every aspect of your life: personal, public, and spiritual. So it's vital to get the answer right.Pastor and best-selling author Mark Driscoll believes false identity is at the heart of many struggles—and that you can overcome them by having your true identity in Christ. In Wh o Do You Th i n k Y o

Even if you go to church, it doesn’t mean that you are being exposed (or exposing others) to the gospel explicitly. Sure, most people talk about Jesus, and about being good and avoiding bad, but the gospel message simply isn’t there—at least not in its specificity and its fullness.Inspired by the needs of both the overchurched and the unchurched, and bolstered by the common neglect of the explicit gospel within Christianity, popular pastor Matt Chandler writes this punchy ...

A New York Times Best-Seller!Jesus is ____. How would you finish that sentence?The subject is there, and so is the verb, but what comes next? Your answer could shed light on the path to becoming who you were made to be.In these pages, Judah Smith fills out that sentence again and again, each time further revealing the character of Jesus. He writes as if to a friend, illustrating the importance of Christ’s message to modern ...

What did Jesus really mean when he said, “Follow Me”?In this new book, David Platt, author of the New York Times bestselling book, Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream, contends that multitudes of people around the world culturally think they are Christians yet biblically are not followers of Christ.Scores of men, women, and children have been told that becoming a follower of Jesus simply involves believing certain truths or saying certa...

Life is ____. How would you finish that sentence?Judah Smith believes Jesus shows us how to live life to the fullest. In this follow-up to his New York Times and USA Today bestseller Jesus Is ____, Judah completes the new sentence again and again, revealing how:Life is to be loved and to love.Life is to trust God in every moment.Life is to be at peace with God and yourself.Life is to enjoy God.

Judah Smith, New York Times bestselling author of Jesus Is ____, helps you understand what steals your peace of mind and outlines the path to peace and fulfillment: understanding and implementing the healthy soul environment God originally designed.Modern everyday life is stressful and confusing, full of overly packed schedules and circumstances outside our control. This can be especially troubling for Christians who are wrestling with reality whi...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Don’t let your contradictions keep you from your calling.“This book will challenge you and encourage you into a life characterized by prayerful dependence and decisiveness—your life will never be the same.”—Mark Batterson, author of The Circle MakerMany of us are overwhelmed by the gap between our weaknesses and our dreams, between who we are and who God says we are meant to be. We feel unqualified to do God’s...