Bible English Literature

Practical help for understanding and following God's will for your life. "God has a plan for our lives," but what does that mean in practical terms? How do we know God's will for important life decisions, like who to marry, what job to take, what church to join? How can we be free if God has a...

In a post-apocalyptic far future, there is only one thing that can save the fragile civilizations humanity has cobbled together: the mechs. A ragtag crew of mech pilots must battle the undead hordes, cannibal tribes, and religious cults in a daily race to keep humanity safe. But now a threat worse than anything has surfaced and is growing stronger. The undead have reanimated in their own battle machines and created the rise of the Dead Mechs!

Why does a 2,000-year-old book still matter? Why should it? The answer is found in The Message: REMIX New Testament, today's Bible in contemporary language for tomorrow's leaders. The Message has had a profound impact on millions of people worldwide, including some of the best-known artists in contemporary Christian music today. The Message: REMIX is read by artists whose lives have been impacted by The Message.

Dirty talk is something we all love in the throes of passion, even if we don’t admit it, but it’s also something we aren’t all great at. Many of us have tried and found ourselves blushing when our partner laughed at our attempt. However, dirty talk is an important part of lovemaking, and when used well, it can bring us closer together and open up a relationship to exciting new avenues and more ferocious highs.

In the early 19th century, Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States and the principal author of the Declaration of Independence, conceived the idea of extracting a gospel purified of what he saw as extraneous philosophical, mythological, and theological elements. To do so, he took verses from the four canonical gospels and arranged them into a single narrative, focusing on the actual words of Jesus.

WHAT DOES GOD EXPECT OF US? Is our faith just about going to church, studying the Bible and avoiding the most serious sins—or does God expect more? Have we embraced the whole gospel or a gospel with a hole in it? Ten years ago, Rich Stearns came face-to-face with that question as he sat in a...

With the War Treaty signed, the Galactic Fleet is now on permanent stand down. But a treaty doesn't mean an end to the violence, corruption, piracy, or tyranny in the galaxy. The Galactic Fleet's solution is a crack team of Special Ops Marines: Drop Team Zero. Made up of the absolute fighting best from humans, alien races, hybrids, and even AI androids, Drop Team Zero is called on to handle the worst of the worst, missions that others would tag as pure suicide.

What is the “Christian life” all about?Studying the Bible, attending church, cultivating a prayer life, witnessing to others—those are all good. But is that really what Jesus has in mind?The answer, says Scot McKnight in One.Life, lies in Jesus’ words, “Follow me.”What does it look...

Eve has her own story, and she's been waiting millennia for Barbara McBride-Smith to tell it. It's the same for Mrs. Noah. Talk about misunderstood or under-appreciated women! McBride-Smith singles them out for her trademark feminist humor. And following Eve and Mrs. Noah's stories are four of McBride-Smith's retellings of Greek myths from her West Texas good-ole-girl perspective.

Learn new words about Santa’s exciting visit on Christmas night with this festive audiobook from the Baby’s First Christmas Book Series! First words include: cookies, elf, fireplace, lights, reindeer, Santa, sleigh, and toys.

The Apex Trilogy box set includes three books: Dead Mech, The Americans, and Metal and Ash. The three books feature a post-apocalyptic zombie-ridden landscape with military and mechanical action and loads of adventure. What began in the wasteland of Dead Mech continued alongside in Europe and Asia in The Americans and then, has its epic conclusion in Metal and Ash!

Creating the first truly global Bible for children of all nationalities, Desmond Tutu retells more than 50 of his most beloved Bible stories in Children of God Storybook Bible. Many of the finest artists from around the world - such as Jago, E.B. Lewis, Javaka Steptoe, and Xiao Xin - have illustrated these favorite Bible stories from Desmond Tutu, connecting Scripture with the multitude of ethnicities across the globe.

The secrets that might save a nation could shatter a marriage. Madly in love, Diana Foyle and Brent Somerville married in London as the bombs of World War II dropped on their beloved city. Without time for a honeymoon, the couple spent the next four years apart. Diana, an architectural historian...

What does it really mean when we say "love is patient and kind"? Join siblings Deborah and Josiah in the cozy town of Kindlewood as their wise Grandma Rose guides them on a heartwarming journey to discover the world's greatest treasure. Through twenty delightful chapters, the timeless and beautiful words of 1 Corinthians 13 spring to life in ways every child can understand.

Hell has released its ravening horde of demons, leaving most of humanity a puke-spewing, head-spinning mess of possession. Humanity’s last hope? A team of misfit gargoyles - including a cigar-chomping, hard-ass grotesque - come alive and ready for battle during the End of Days. They guard the last cathedral-turned-sanctuary atop a bald knoll in the North Carolina mountains. Gargoyle protection grudgingly extends to any human who can make it inside the sanctuary, but the power of the stonecutter blood magic may not be enough when a rogue grotesque and his badly wounded ward arrive.

Deep in the sandy desert, under the watchful eye of God's pillar of cloud, a dangerous whisper is growing. While Moses leads the Israelites, a man named Korah believes he should be in charge. His heart is filled with a sour seed of jealousy, and it's starting to grow! Korah gathers 250 of Israel's most famous leaders to challenge Moses and his brother, Aaron. "Why should you be the only leaders?" they demand. "We are all God's people! Now, a test must be held to show everyone who God has truly chosen. What will happen when they bring their offerings of fire before the Lord?

A weekend getaway turns into a high seas nightmare! Ben Clow and his girlfriend have been invited to spend a weekend on his friend’s yacht. But nothing is as it seems as Ben quickly finds himself thrust back into a life he tried to leave and soon fighting for his life as a friendly poker game is hijacked by a notorious crime boss. But, unfortunately for Ben, the psychopathic crime boss and his henchmen are the least of his problems. If Ben is going to survive the weekend, he’ll need to escape the bloodthirsty, eight-legged, genetically-created monster that has decided to crash the party!

Step back in time to a land parched by a terrible drought, where a powerful queen and a confused people have forgotten the one true God. In this thrilling adventure, meet Elijah, a courageous prophet who stands alone against 450 false prophets in an epic showdown on Mount Carmel. Through the rustle of dry leaves, the roar of a mighty wind, and the flash of a divine fire, children will be captivated by this timeless Bible story. They'll witness the jaw-dropping moment the fire falls from heaven, consuming not just the sacrifice but also the stones and the water.

Bible Stores includes 33 of the best known stories from the Holy Bible, including Adam and Eve, Noah and the Ark, Hagar and Ishmael, Abraham and Issac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Gideon, Samson, Ruth, David, Solomon, Elijah, Daniel, Jesus' birth, the Wise Men, Jesus in the temple, the Sermon on the Mount, the good shepherd, the betrayal of Jesus, and many more.

Edinburgh, Scotland, 1766. One particular bible is printed in the Kincaid and Bell print shop and makes its way to its first family in Ayr, Scotland. For over 250 years, this small family Bible would weave its way throughout the United States of America beginning in Charleston, South Carolina, in the late 1790s, ending up in Tennessee in 2001, where it remains today.