Meet Shauntice Johnston, Angel Nichols, LaKeeta Wilson, Bridgette Anderson and Hope Patterson–five teenage girls from the city of York, Pennsylvania. These girls know each other well. They are real. The issue with them is sex. Four of these girls are Christians, but all five handle the sex issue differently:

Shauntice Johnston has a strong faith in God even in the midst of domestic abuse. Will she “flee fornication” when the pressure is heightened?

Angel Nichols doesn’t care about God and she is hurting because she feels neglected by her workaholic mother. Her father is nowhere in the picture. Will she continue engaging in regular sex in an attempt to fill that void within her? Would she become a Christian?

LaKeeta Wilson, although a Christian, made the choice to get pregnant before marriage. Will her Christian testimony still stand firm?

Hope Patterson lives a very protected life because of her strict mother. Things began to turn around in her life after her father dies. Would sex, which was not even in her vocabulary, become a part of her?

Bridgette Anderson, because of her faith in God, refuses to compromise her beliefs and practice sex outside of marriage. Will she be able to hold out?

This is real drama. Each page will pull you to the next.

Ethical Pursuits provides practical and down-to-earth guidance for pastors and other church leaders. It is divided into two parts: Section One discusses “The Pastor’s Role and the Many Different Hats We Wear;” Section Two discusses “Relationships and the Congregation.”

What is so appealing is the fact that Styles’ overall theme of having character is stressed throughout. You may have the degree and the know-how that will get you into the door, but it is your character that will keep you in the door.

This book is a course study in and of itself. Each topic discussed is short and to the point, and each is followed by a section for reflections on what was read and space allotted for your personal notes.

Ethical Pursuits can be read in one setting but any reader will come back to it again and again. This book is definitely Holy Spirit inspired.

Vanessa Davis Griggs has hit another homerun in this the second book, Strongholds, of her Blessed Trinity trilogy. If you want clean Christian fiction based on the Word of God, then this book is for you. Griggs takes us into the personal lives of some of the members of Pastor Landris’ mega-church, Followers of Jesus Faith Worship Center, to show us that things are not always on the inside what they seem to be on the outside. Members of this church seem to have it all together but come to find out, they are struggling with the same struggles as non-churchgoing folks.

A husband and wife struggle together to overcome their addictions – he struggles with gambling and she struggles with overeating.

One man struggles with pornography, which he shares with his wife.

A workaholic husband and father is on the verge of loosing his family if he does not get the victory over his work addiction.

There is one female struggling with multiple personalities who does not know whether or not she is coming or going.

Other members struggle with adultery and fornication.

Then there are others struggling with their self-righteousness, and hidden sins of the heart.

Responding to Pastor Landris’ altar call to break down their individual strongholds that is holding them back from a victorious life, travel with each member as he/she undergoes counseling seeking and hoping for deliverance.

We see the redemptive power that faith can have in people’s lives. Griggs leaves us hanging as each struggle ends in the third book in the trilogy. You won’t be disappointed.

If you are wondering why is it that Christians and especially those who seem to be in the front of the Christian army are falling by the wayside; if you wondering why is it that you are living a defeated Christian life, then The Spirit of Assassination has the answers.

Yvonne Capehart, in a simple yet anointed way, gives the reason behind the falling of Christians out of the Christian army. Not only does she give the reason, she also tells us how to get up and to get back on the road to recovery. According to Capehart as soldiers in Christ’s army we fall into two groups: (1) snipers or marksmen, and (2) sharpshooters. Snipers shoot to kill. As snipers we must shoot to kill the enemy. Sharpshooters know how to sacrifice and they operate under strict authority.

I love how she broke down for us Hezekiah’s near death experience. One thing Capehart mentioned is, we have to approach God in the right way. “If we approach Him (God) in an accusing way–why did He allow this terrible thing to happen–we won’t get far” (pg. 186). After thinking about it, she is so right.

This book will help you to grow by leaps and bounds in your Christian walk. A must read.

Everyone has experienced some hurt, pain, disappointment, misunderstanding, or lost relationship during their life, but how we deal with the issues of life determines the level at which we enjoy life. According to Minister Johnnie Sanders in Truth in Life, we can allow our hearts to become bitter and go to our graves without making things right, or we can turn all the negativities of our lives over to Jesus, claiming His promise to us that “all things work together for the good to them that love God.”

Minister Sanders says in the introduction: “We do all that we can to do the right thing and to be in our Father’s will, but something uniquely happens. This unexplainable thing called life comes in and detours your present existence into a world wind of stress, strain, struggle, and uncertainty.” Sanders goes on to say, “Our Father and our God formed us with a plan and a purpose in our lives, and we do not know the story as we travel along this journey, but there is an expected end by God…With this said, how are we going to handle life’s issues? When situations in our life come sup that are abnormally different than what we are used to, what are we going to do?”

With genuine care, concern, and love bouncing off the pages of Truth in Life, we are told how to handle life’s issues–what to do when we don’t know what to do, which is to turn every situation over to Jesus.

The people and their situations are real. Biblical examples are drawn upon. You will be blessed and encouraged to keep on keeping on.