Religious Authors

Can archaeological discoveries offer proof of the Bible's historical accuracy? Did the Bible writer's get the details, the people, and places correct? Look at the evidence archaeology can provide. Listed here are 75 of the top archaeological discoveries associated with the Bible. What can archaeology prove?

An enchanting enemies-to-lovers fantasy about an exiled saint and the devout iconographer sent to paint him, for fans of Divine Rivals and A Study in Drowning. The Abbey has controlled the minds of its patrons for a millennium through memory magic, stolen from exiled saints. At fifteen, Jude was...

His books have sold millions and include classics like Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Yet C. S. Lewis was not always a literary giant of Christian faith. How did he evolve from staunch atheism to become one of the most beloved and renowned Christian authors of our time?

In the middle of the twentieth century, four American Catholics, working independently of one another, came to believe that the best way to explore the quandaries of religious faith was in writing. The four writers were Thomas Merton, Dorothy Day, Flannery O'Connor, and Walker Percy.

In the best-selling and critically acclaimed Darwin on Trial and Reason in the Balance, Phillip Johnson took on the academic elites and exposed the misleading claims of evolutionary naturalism. Defeating Darwinism by Opening Minds provides a new and powerful treatment of these issues for high-school students, parents, teachers, pastors, youth advisers, and ordinary listeners. Johnson aims not just to defeat a bad theory, but to defeat it in the right way - by opening minds to the truth.

Later in life hero and heroine join forces to aid a young woman suffering amnesia. Lois has come home to reconnect with her daughters. At a snowy March midnight, Lois Blair arrives at her lakeshore home. A frantic dog leaps against her car window—barking, obviously demanding her help. Without hesitation, she follows the dog through the forest to find a young woman lying, unconscious. In the morning, the girl is diagnosed with dis-associative fugue, a form of amnesia. No ID, no car, no clues. Taking in the nameless young woman and her dog, grandmother Lois finds an ally in the local vet, ...

Eddie Johnson has a three eBook collection written for Church Drama Romance fans. All three eBooks provide an escape into the daily lives of church folks. Minister Terrell Crutchfield in Megan's Fools Paradise deals with life consequences involving two church harlots. Marital infidelity and adultery take center stage in this delightfully entertaining church tale. And in Temptation in the Pulpit - Baptist Minister Devon Tucker finds nothing wrong with working for the Lord while holding his own as a ladies' man and Casanova. Will grace and mercy be sufficient to save the minister from an ...

Both a wounded hero and heroine face murder in their small town, where murders never happen. She survived a childhood tragedy. Bookstore owner Sylvie and state homocide detective Ridge share a painful history — but when they discover the dead body of Sylvie’s cousin, they have no choice but to work together to unravel the truth… Marked by the same tragedy, he’s forced to linger here in his hometown, aching for his still embittered parents. As he investigates, subsequent break-ins and odd occurrences plague those nearest Sylvie. So he’s constantly in contact with her, the woman ...

In spite of their painful pasts, can best friends fall in love? Everyone calls her "the girl who had amnesia.” With the help of her best friend and fishing buddy, Jessie has spent the past two years healing from her ordeal and making a new life for herself in Winfield. He feels he’ll never overcome the “stain” from his family. Though attracted to her, Chad respects the barrier Jessie maintains. Her happiness means so much to him. And she never looks down on him. On a sunny July afternoon, she and Chad go angling to catch supper. Successful, they take fresh caught trout to share with...

When a winter flood in Fresno closes school temporarily, Andi is outraged when she's sent to live with a spinster aunt in San Francisco, doomed to finish the winter term of school at Miss Whitaker's Academy for Young Ladies. But her new roommate, the equally untamable Jenny, and the timid but tenderhearted Lin Mei, a young girl who works at the school, expose her to a whole new world. Soon these three new friends find themselves in more trouble than they can handle.

THE #1 BESTSELLING INTERNATIONAL PHENOMENON - NOW WITH A NEW PREFACE You have never read a book like this before--a book that comes along once in a lifetime to change lives forever. In the rain forests of Peru, an ancient manuscript has been discovered. Within its pages are 9 key insights into...

Two wounded hearts, a beloved dog, and someone who’s out to destroy the hero’s dream or worse? After a heartless betrayal, she’s sought refuge in Winfield. A new college grad, Megan Blair isn't seeking her dream career. She is working her safe, same summer job at her sister’s waterfront Cafe. But this job will end with the summer tourist season. As she tries to forget, she wonders if she’ll ever regain her confidence. After a life-altering accident, he has one goal. Nick wants to give the dog who pulled him through rehab what she loves most. Alaskan husky Maddie has only one joy, ...

New Zealand: A Novel spans almost 500 years and covers the respective discoveries of New Zealand by Pacific Islanders and Europeans. From the outset the two stories are interposed. It starts in the 1300’s with the departure of Islanders from Hawaiki in search of land far to the south. The hardy, brown-skinned people who arrive here first call themselves Maori and they call their new home Aotearoa – land of the long, white cloud. The fascinating, eventful and sometimes violent lives of descendants of those first arrivals are traced through the centuries until the arrival of Europeans ...

Temptation in the Pulpit is full of church drama revolving around Minister Devon Tucker and his congregation. Devon finds nothing wrong with working for the Lord while holding his own as a ladies' man and Casanova. Will grace and mercy be sufficient to save the minister from an impending fall and to silence the discord of the church's brothers and sisters? The faithful members in his congregation must way the potential yield result of the pitfall of his not so becoming behavior on the church. Ambiguity sets the tone for the story after Georgette Bradbury applies to be the new assistant ...

It is the story of Mr. Vane, an orphan and heir to a large house - a house in which he has a vision that leads him through a large old mirror into another world. In chronicling the five trips Mr. Vane makes to this other world, MacDonald hauntingly explores the ultimate mystery of evil.

Sultan Asam -has always known that to rule a kingdom, treason and war are inevitable. He also knows what he has to lose. This goes beyond a kingdom. It goes to the safety of the ones he loves the most. His two sons, wife and Sultana as well as the child she carries. He knows that if he fails, his family will be in danger, this he cannot allow... Aasil- wants the throne that his cousin holds. He is willing to do anything to become Sultan and rule. To have what he wants, he must be sure to end not only his cousin; but any heirs he would leave behind. And he means to do so. Sultana Zingae- ...

Known to historians as "the First American," Benjamin Franklin is without a doubt the most accessible of America's founding fathers. His writings have inspired millions of Americans, and even now, more than 200 years after his death, his wit and humor still brighten lives all across the world. But what was this great man's view on faith? Was he really a Deist as so many historians have proposed? Was he a humanist like so many of his French friends? Is there any possibility that he could have been a Christian? In this unique volume, Bill Fortenberry has collected everything that Franklin ...

With great wit and stunning intellect - drawing on a diverse array of faiths, including Zen Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Christian mysticism, and Islam - Huxley examines the spiritual beliefs of various religious traditions and explains how they are united by a common human yearning to experience the divine. The Perennial Philosophy includes selections from Meister Eckhart, Rumi, and Lao Tzu, as well as the Bhagavad Gita, Tibetan Book of the Dead, Diamond Sutra, and Upanishads, among many others.

C. S. Lewis is the 20th century's most widely read Christian writer and J. R. R. Tolkien its most beloved mythmaker. For three decades they and their closest associates formed a literary club known as the Inklings, which met weekly in Lewis' Oxford rooms and a nearby pub. They read aloud from works in progress, argued about anything that caught their fancy, and gave one another invaluable companionship, inspiration, and criticism.

In 1632, an entire convent in the small French village of Loudun was apparently possessed by the devil. After a sensational and celebrated trial, the convent's charismatic priest Urban Grandier - accused of spiritually and sexually seducing the nuns in his charge - was convicted of being in league with Satan. Then he was burned at the stake for witchcraft. A remarkable true story of religious and sexual obsession, The Devils of Loudun is considered by many to be Brave New World author Aldous Huxley's nonfiction masterpiece.