Author Archives: pp

Done with That
By Bob Merritt

The Bible says the old life is gone and the new life has come (see 2 Cor. 5:17). But we still sin; still get angry, arrogant, and greedy.  Sin destroys everything in its path, yet it’s also kind of fun and quite compelling.  It often has us holding on to parts of the old life instead of embracing the new life we’ve been promised.

In Done with That, Pastor Bob Merritt exposes the inner battle we all fight with sin.  He exposes the cycle of failure and loss and shows readers that (more…)

A Search for the Spiritual: Exploring Real Christianity
By James Emery White

This is the book to put into the hands of seekers.  With disarming candor (and no “churchspeak”), White explores the basics of the Christian faith.

“I wish this book had been around when I was an atheist and started to seek God.  It’s a no-nonsense, practical, insightful guide that will help all seekers in their quest for spiritual truth.  If you’re investigating whether there’s any substance to the Christian faith, you must read this important book.”  (more…)

Blessed Broken Given
By Glenn Packiam

What could be more ordinary than bread?

Throughout Scripture we discover that nothing is as common as it seems, not even bread.  Bread fell from heaven as a sign of God’s provision.  Jesus fed the multitudes with loaves of bread and referred to Himself as “the bread of life.”

Bread, as it turns out, is far from ordinary.  It is glorious.  (more…)

Faith For Exiles
By David Kinnaman & Mark Matlock

Discover What’s Working and Find Hope

Negative perceptions. Church dropouts. Prodigals and nomads.  It’s easy to get discouraged by all that’s going wrong when it comes to Christianity and the emerging generation.  Yet what’s going right? In fact, signs of hope are springing up all around.  In Faith for Exiles, the author of unChristian and You Lost Me unveils major new Barna research that uncovers what’s working (more…)

Intended for Evil
A Survivor’s Story of Love, Faith, and Courage in the Cambodian Killing Fields
By Les Sillars

A True Story of Surviving Genocide and Forging a New Life

When the Khmer Rouge took Phnom Penh in 1975, new Christian Radha Manickam and his family were among two million people driven out of the city.  Over the next four years, 1.7 million people–including most of Radha’s family – would perish due to starvation, disease, and horrifying violence.  His new faith (more…)

Indispensable
By David P. Cassidy

The Christian faith involves many different elements: a breathtaking sacrifice, an unshakable hope, a daily fight – and more.  Each is critical to our salvation and essential to the shape and purpose of our daily lives.  Yet some have become so familiar to us that we miss their importance .. and others may not feel familiar at all.

Pastor David Cassidy’s engaging look at these essentials of the Christian faith helps us to understand their disruptive power in a dark world.  (more…)