Celebrated ad man Richard Kirshenbaum, the original New York observer, reveals the fashions, foibles, and outrageous extravagances of the private-jet setPaid friends. Pot dealers draped in Dolce. Divorce settlements that include the Birkins at their current retail price. Air kisses, landing strips, and lounge-chair bribery.For most of us, the idea of life inside the golden triad of Park Avenue, Sagaponack, and St. Barths is just as exotic as the myst...

Are you a teen trying to hold on to faith in a world that never slows down? You're not alone—and you're not without hope.Rooted is a brutally honest, scripturally sound, and wildly encouraging 30-day devotional written just for you. No fluff. No guilt trips. Just real talk, real faith, and a God who meets you where you actually are—on the bus, in your room, at school, or scrolling your phone at midnight.Each day includes a powerful Bible verse, a r...

If you think grace is waiting in a pew with its arms crossed, you've been lied to.Backsliders & Beloved is for the ones who slipped out quietly—the disillusioned, burned-out, or just plain tired—who still hum worship songs in traffic but can't force a smile on Sundays. With the blunt honesty of a friend and the steadiness of a pastor, D. Michael Gross reframes the gospel as a search party, not a performance review. This is not a pep talk, and it's not parole. It's the scandalous cla...

Two women. Two yeses. Between them—all of heaven and earth.The Two Marys tells the intertwined story of Mary, Mother of Jesus, and Mary Magdalene, the first to behold His resurrection. One brought God into the world; the other refused to let Him be forgotten. From Nazareth's silence to the garden's dawn, D. Michael Gross unites their voices in a symphony of obedience and endurance—the cradle answering the tomb.Written in a luminous, literary-theological style, ...

Is your marriage hanging by a thread—or just slowly falling apart?Save Your Marriage in 30 Days is not a fluffy devotional full of Pinterest-worthy tips and sugar-coated sermons. It's a gritty, theologically grounded, and emotionally honest guide to rebuilding your relationship from the inside out.With thirty power-packed daily readings, D. Michael Gross delivers raw truth, scriptural wisdom, hard-won encouragement, and no-nonsense action steps for couples who are ...

David was not born a king; he was found in a field. From harp and sling to crown and scandal, "David: The Poet King" follows the most human figure in Scripture with unsentimental reverence and ruthless honesty. D. Michael Gross renders David as shepherd and sovereign, sinner and psalmist, tracing the long arc from obscurity to anointing, triumph to collapse, repentance to enduring legacy. The prose is cinematic and grounded—dust, sweat, blood, music—so the theology never floats; it breathe...

Samson: A Calling Wasted is not your grandmother's Bible story. In this visceral, brutally honest reimagining, D. Michael Gross rips the myth from its Sunday school wrappings and lays bare the psychological wreckage behind the legend.Set in the mud-soaked trenches of ancient Israel—a nation paralyzed by fear, cynicism, and spiritual sclerosis—this book drags the reader through every gut punch of a life marked by promise and haunted by self-destruction. Samson is born to a barren mo...

Joseph dreamed, and the world shifted.From the tents of Jacob to the halls of Egypt, Joseph: The Dreamer Who Saved a Nation follows one life across betrayal, slavery, prison, and power—without flinching and without romanticizing. Rooted in Genesis 37–50 and written with lyrical restraint, D. Michael Gross delivers a faithful, cinematic biography that treats Scripture as lived history rather than legend.Here you'll find the moral complexity of jealous brothers, the ...

Jesus: The God Who Grew Up Among Us is a vivid retelling of the life of Christ that dares to be human.D. Michael Gross takes readers beyond the stained-glass versions of the gospel and back into the dirt, sweat, and wonder of first-century Palestine. From a cramped house in Nazareth to the banks of the Jordan, from workshop sawdust to Roman shadow, this is the story of divinity learning to walk in human skin.Blending historical realism with theological precision, Gr...

Some books promise a microphone from heaven. This one names the silence. When God Goes Silent is a theologically serious, psychologically honest guide for Christians who have prayed hard, waited long, and heard nothing back. Instead of selling shortcuts, D. Michael Gross walks the reader through Scripture's own witness to divine muteness—psalms that end in questions, prophets who wait for years, the four hundred years "between the Testaments," and the cry of Christ Himself. The bo...

This is not your grandma's devotional—unless she's got a wild sense of humor and a messy prayer life.Holy Hot Mess is a 30-day spiritual survival guide for the over-caffeinated, spiritually exhausted, grace-hungry believer who loves Jesus but also occasionally swears when they stub their toe.With hilariously honest reflections, biblically rooted truth, and zero pressure to have it all together, this devotional meets you right where you are—in your doubts, your burn...

Jerusalem burns. Babylon feasts. Between them stands a boy who refuses to forget who he is.Daniel begins as a captive—an educated exile drafted into the empire that destroyed his home. Yet the real battle is not for his life, but for his soul. The king's table offers comfort; his conscience demands defiance. From the fiery furnace to the lions' den, from Nebuchadnezzar's madness to Belshazzar's blasphemy, Daniel endures every empire's favorite temptation: worship the noise and call...