New Releases

Fresh Start
Doug Fields
Thomas Nelson, August 2009
Trapped by harmful habits, behaviors, and attitudes, we struggle to become the person God has created and called us to be. Saddleback Church teaching pastor Doug Fields says it's never too late to get a fresh start. With personal stories and youthful writing, Doug challenges readers to recognize that they may say they want God in their lives, but they really don't want to change. They are stuck. He says, "It's not about trying harder, it's about plugging into God's transforming power and submitting your entire life to Christ. Age doesn't matter; fresh starts are for everyone." Topics include:

• Dealing with pride
• Defining success
• Living with guilt
• Struggling with conflicts
• Finding true friendships
• Overcoming discouragement
• Facing rejection
• Attacking anger
  

A Skeptics Guide to Faith
Philip Yancey
Zondervan, September 2009
Philip Yancey believes we are missing the supernatural hidden in everyday life. In this 2004 Christianity Today Book Award of Merit winner he investigates the natural world and discovers the supernatural hiding in plain view. Nature and super nature are not two separate worlds, but different expressions of the same reality. To encounter the world as a whole, we need a more supernatural awareness of the natural world. He promises that the grace-filled result will be a life of beauty, purpose, freedom, and faith.



A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
Donald Miller
Thomas Nelson, September 2009
Full of beautiful, heart-wrenching, and hilarious stories, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years details one man's opportunity to edit his life as if he were a character in a movie. Years after writing a best-selling memoir, Donald Miller went into a funk and spent months sleeping in and avoiding his publisher. One story had ended, and Don was unsure how to start another. But he gets rescued by two movie producers who want to make a movie based on his memoir. When they start fictionalizing Don's life for film--changing a meandering memoir into a structured narrative--the real-life Don starts a journey to edit his actual life into a better story. A Million Miles in a Thousand Years details that journey and challenges readers to reconsider what they strive for in life. It shows how to get a second chance at life the first time around.


Follow Me To Freedom
Shane Claiborne
Regal Books, September 2009
Re-imagine Leading and Following in a World Longing for True Justice, Compassion and Freedom Followers of Christ yearn to see the world changed in compassionate, positive, effective ways. As prophetic voices, Shane Claiborne and John Perkins lead the way in this move to be the hands, feet and heart of Jesus. One is young, a self proclaimed reformed redneck who grew up in the hills of Tennessee and now lives in inner city Philadelphia and the other is decades older, an African-American civil rights leader who was almost beaten to death by police in Mississippi, and went on to found a reconciliation movement and counsel three American presidents. Claiborne and Perkins draw on more than a century of combined following and learning, activating and leading. Together they craft a timely message for ordinary people willing to take radical steps to see real change happen. In Follow Me to Freedom, Claiborne and Perkins lead the way toward justice for all, unfolding a proven strategy as ancient as the patriarchs of faith and as fresh as the needs of every human heart. Starting with Moses as a model, they re-imagine leading and following in a world desperate for true social justice, compassion and freedom. They offer practical ways to internalize and live out God’s promise of freedom in the twenty-first century. Followers of Christ will not only be inspired but also catalyzed into action, and the world will never be the same.


Living with Confidence in a Chaotic World
David Jeremiah
Thomas Nelson, September 2009
Practical instruction for living a confident life in a world filled with chaos and crisis. In the New York Times best-seller What in the World Is Going On? Dr. David Jeremiah summarized ten prophetic clues that are coming true in our own generation. In light of these chaotic events, how can we continue to live a life of commitment and confidence? Looking through the lens of the same verses that speak of Christ’s return Dr. Jeremiah now points us to the habits we must establish that will form a pattern for living with certain hope in our uncertain times. They include how to stay:

• Centered in Christ
• Committed to the Word
• Compassionate toward others
• Connected to the church
• Consistent in your walk
• Calm in your heart
• Certain of His coming
• Confident in your faith

The Message//Remix: Solo pink edition
Eugene Peterson
NavPress, September 2009
The Message of Hope is a book that is ideal for people suffering loss or facing discouraging times. Small size makes it easy to carry for one's own inspiration or to give away.





Live Life Loud!
Hawk Neslon
BEC Recordings, September, 2009
The energetic pop/rock band urges you to live your life at top volume---embracing the good times and the not so good! Includes "Never Enough," "Eggshells," "Alive," "Ode to Lord Stanley," "Long Ago," "The Job," "Lest We Forget," "'Tis So Sweet," "The Final Toast," and the hit singles "Meaning of Life," "Shaken," and the title track.


Light Up the World
Desperation Band
Integrity Music, September 2009
New Life Church's Desperation Band is back with an invigorating set of modern worship originals, alongside stunning live versions of their hits "Rescue" and "I Am Free." This enhanced CD also includes a digital songbook, featuring transposable sheet music, chord charts, lead sheets and lyric text files for all tracks from the album.



Hunter Brown and the Consuming Fire (Codebearers Series v.2)
The Miller Brothers
Warner Press, September 2009
After returning from his first trip to Solandria, Hunter Brown finds himself deserted by his best friends, but with memories of his adventures and many unanswered questions. He returns to school in the fall, where his tendency to think he is being trailed by the Shadow lands him in a heap of trouble. Soon, Hunter takes a wild ride to Solandria with new friends, only to find the Codebearers scattered and the Resistance weakened. Led by a mysterious Flame, Hunter, Trista and Rob begin their quest to find the seven mentioned in the Author's Writ. But they face a brutal adversary, Xaul, who threatens to destroy all that remains of the Resistance.

New Releases: September 8, 2009

Love Is On the Move
Leeland
Reunion Records, August 2009
Leeland’s passionate, progressive music is well known for creating a stir among a new generation of worshipers. Love Is On The Move continues the band’s mission of calling believers toward an active role in being God’s hands and feet on earth so that His kingdom can continue to press into the world. With a collection of epic vertical songs, Leeland’s powerful anthems and penetrating melodies are poised to spark a new revival in the church.



Into the Light
Phil Stacey
Reunion Records, August 2009
With a big voice and smile to match, Phil Stacey found his way into the hearts and living rooms of more than 30 million viewers each week during season six of American Idol. This husband, and father of two, became known for his likable character, family-man persona and service in the Navy. The son of a pastor, and grandson of two pastors, Phil attended Lee University attaining a degree in music, even singing with the acclaimed Lee Singers, and later became a worship pastor in Denver, CO before enlisting in the Navy following the events of September 11, 2001. Now, Phil has put the finishing touches on his debut Reunion Records album, Into the Light. This modern pop offering builds on the big, soulful voice America fell in love with and Phil's biblical testimony to an unshakable, loving God.

New Releases: September 3, 2009

Knowing the Heart of God
John Eldredge
Thomas Nelson, August 2009
For millions of people, reading the writings of John Eldredge has been a deep and profound experience, giving them a new way to understand their hearts and their lives. Now, in powerful, inspiring daily installments, Knowing the Heart of God features 365 readings gleaned from John's best-known works, including Walking with God, Fathered by God, Wild at Heart, Captivating, Waking the Dead, Desire, The Sacred Romance, and Epic. More than a daily devotional, this volume is a portable library that will prompt readers to soulful reflection and deeper intimacy with God.


Simple Life
Thom S. Rainer & Art Rainer
B&H Publishing Group, September 2009

The research and change methods that made Simple Church a multi-awarded, #1 ministry best seller are now applied to everyday matters in Simple Life. Authors Thom S. Rainer and Art Rainer interviewed a cross-section of 1,077 individuals to confirm that most people feel their lives are overly stressful and misguided, not allowing enough time for what really counts. As they share these highly relatable stories, the Rainers chart a simple path from joyless to joyful. Breaking life down into four key sections (Time, Relationships, God, Money), the authors show how four key goals (Clarity, Movement, Alignment, Focus) can begin to foster a life that is more spiritual and less busy, a life rich in experiences with family and friends rather than double-booked to-do lists and late nights at the office. The book even lays out an easy-to-follow action plan that will move readers assuredly toward the simple life in just thirty days.

Green
Ted Dekker
Thomas Nelson, August 2009
At Last . . . The Circle Reborn The story of how Thomas Hunter first entered the Black Forest and forever changed our history began at a time when armies were gathered for a final battle in the valley of Migdon. Green is a story of love, betrayal, and sweeping reversals set within the apocalypse. It is the beginning: the truth behind a saga that has captured the imagination of more than a million readers with the Books of History Chronicles.But even more, Green brings full meaning to the Circle Series as a whole, reading as both prequel to Black and sequel to White, completing a full circle. This is Book Zero, the Circle Reborn, both the beginning and the end. The preferred starting point for new readers . . . and the perfect climax for the countless fans who've experienced Black, Red, and White.

New Releases: August 25, 2009

Deep Church
Jim Belcher
IVP Books, August 2009
Are you caught between the traditional and emerging churches? Belcher offers a third way! Exploring the ideas of Tony Jones, Brian McLaren, and others, he assesses the emergent church's strengths and weaknesses, weighs traditionalists' criticisms, and proposes a missional church that blends innovation in worship, the arts, and community with belief in creeds and confessions.




Awake
Skillet
Ino Records, August 2009
Skillet's eighth studio album, Awake, recorded with Grammy-nominated producer Howard Benson, is set for an August 25, 2009 release. The album will contain 12 tracks, including 'Hero' and 'Monster' which were added to their live set during their Comatose Tour 2009.






You Deliver Me
Selah
Curb Records, August 2009
Five time Dove Awards Winners Selah has sold 2.4 million units over their career. You Deliver Me is the first studio record featuring Amy Perry since she joined the group.








Come Alive
Mark Schultz
Word Entertainment, August 2009
Platinum-selling, Dove Award winning recording artist, Mark Schultz, releases his long-awaited, fifth studio album. One of Christian music's most acclaimed singer/songwriters, Schultz's first new studio album in nearly three years is also his most personal recording to date, inviting listeners to 'Come Alive' through these songs birthed by stories of hope, loss, joy and redemption. New for Schultz, working with more than one or two producers for an album, Come Alive features the distinct and masterful touches from multiple GRAMMY Award winner Brown Bannister (Amy Grant, Third Day, CeCe Winans), Shaun Shankel (Beyoncé, Hilary Duff), Bernie Herms (Natalie Grant, Avalon) and Paul Mills (Third Day, Bluetree). The album also features collaborations with such hit making songwriters as Bart Millard and Barry Graul of Mercy Me, Matthew West, Joy Williams and Bernie Herms. The combination of talent and Schultz's own vision for this album results in his most thought-provoking, musically diverse project to date.


Life Light Up
Christy Nockels
Sparrow Records, June 2009
One of Christian music's most recognizable and prolific female voices, Christy Nockels, was born in Ft. Worth, TX as a "seminary baby." She grew up in Oklahoma as the daughter of a pastor and a piano teacher, which infused her heart early with a love for both music and God's word. Together as Watermark, Christy and her husband Nathan recorded five albums with Rocketown Records. They composed a journey full of songs, 7 of which were #1 radio singles. They have been nominated for numerous Dove Awards, including Christy's nominations for Female Vocalist of the Year. Christy and Nathan have served at Passion Conferences since 1997 and in 2008, they moved to Atlanta, GA to be a founding family of Passion City Church. Christy releases her first solo worship project, Life Light Up, with sixstepsrecords on June 2, 2009. She's been busy playing before national audiences on Chris Tomlin's "Hello Love Tour," where she's singing vocals with Chris and debuting her new single "Life Light Up" each night. Christy's heart through leading worship and song writing is to help people communicate intimately with the living God, and to leave a legacy of proclaiming Jesus' fame to this generation.


The Lost Get Found
Britt Nicole
Sparrow Records, August 2009
Britt set the world on fire when her first album debuted. Now she ramps it up in her highly anticipated sophomore release! Filled with high-energy tracks and catchy hooks, it speaks to the hearts of today's teens in "Welcome to the Show," "Glow," "How We Roll," "Safe," "Have Your Way," "Like a Star," the title track, and more.

New Releases: August 20, 2009

Nooma: Drops Like Stars: A Few Thoughts on Creativity and Suffering (vol. 24)
Rob Bell
Zondervan, August 2009
We plot. We plan. We assume things are going to go a certain way. And when they don't, we find ourselves in a new place, a place we haven't been before, a place we never would have imagined on our own. It is the difficult and the unexpected, and maybe even the tragic, that opens us up and frees us to see things in new ways. Many of the most significant moments in our lives come not because it all went right but because it all fell apart. Suffering does that. It hurts, but it also creates. This book is an exploration of the complex relationship between suffering and creativity, driven by the belief that there is art in the agony.



Fearless: Imagine Your Life Without Fear
Max Lucado
Thomas Nelson, September 2009
Each sunrise seems to bring fresh reasons for fear. They're talking layoffs at work, slowdowns in the economy, flare-ups in the Middle East, turnovers at headquarters, downturns in the housing market, upswings in global warming. The plague of our day, terrorism, begins with the word terror. Fear, it seems, has taken up a hundred-year lease on the building next door and set up shop. Oversized and rude, fear herds us into a prison of unlocked doors. Wouldn't it be great to walk out? Imagine your life, wholly untouched by angst. What if faith, not fear, was your default reaction to threats? If you could hover a fear magnet over your heart and extract every last shaving of dread, insecurity, or doubt, what would remain? Envision a day, just one day, where you could trust more and fear less. Can you imagine your life without fear?



Your Jesus is Too Safe
Jared Wilson
Kregel Publications, June 2009
A provacative new book that calls Christians to stop making Jesus so "convenient". Cutting through the glossy, modern perceptions of Jesus, Jared C. Wilson returns to the gospels for twelve raw, realistic portraits of Christ in this revolutionary book. Your Jesus is Too Safe offers a clear image of the historical figure of Christ in his biblical and cultural context. Ideal for readers dissatisfied with the "Buddy Jesus" that has pervaded the evangelical landscape, Your Jesus is Too Safe provides a devotional, inspirational survey of Christ and his kingdom with a conversational style, humor, and a solid theological foundation.


Praying God's Word
Beth Moore
B&H Books, September 2009
Beth Moore's #1 best-selling book (more than one million copies in print) is available in paperback for the first time!Praying God's Word is the perennial favorite Scripture-prayer resource designed to help us decisively overcome specific strongholds: pride, idolatry, addiction, loss, depression, unbelief, temptation, and more. No matter how overwhelmed or out of control a person may feel today, Beth boldly reminds us that nothing is bigger or more powerful than the Lord. With this landmark book we learn to wield the sword of the Spirit, praying God's Word to break free from anything that has a hold on us until the joy and authority of Christ rules in our lives.



Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (DVD)
Sony Pictures, September 2009
A role model for today! Academy Award-winner Cuba Gooding, Jr., stars in the riveting true story of world-renowned pediatric neurosurgeon Ben Carson. Discover how Dr. Carson's own struggle to overcome poverty and learning problems---with the encouragement of a loving mother---inspired him to treat impoverished children from all over the world. As seen on TNT. (PG-13.) 90 minutes.




iworship: Hymns: The Essential Collection CD
Various Artists
Sony, August 2009
The iWorship series continues with this eighteen song selection of timeless hymns, including breathtaking renditions of "Revelation Song" (Kari Jobe), "In Christ Alone"(Travis Cottrell), "I Surrender All" (Israel Houghton), and more.




Katinas: Live at the Rock San Diego CD & DVD
The Katinas
Executive Music Group, July 2009
Recorded live at The Rock church in San Diego, this powerful performance from The Katinas is a retrospective tour of the group's original hits and powerful worship standards. Featuring interwoven ministry from Pastor Miles McPherson, Live at The Rock also includes two brand new studio tracks, "Ancient Skies" and "Carry The Cross," heard in the TBN documantary "The Cross."



The Princess and the Three Knights
Karen Kingsbury
Zonderkidz, August 2009
Once upon a time, there was a princess---"the most beautiful in all the land"---and all the young men dreamed of winning her hand. When the king issues a challenge, contestants come from far and near. But who will capture his daughter's heart? A celebration of character, purity, and true love. Ages 4 to 7. 40 pages, hardcover from Zonderkidz.