| Do Ghosts Clean Up After Themselves? |
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| Tuesday, 27 January 2009 12:00 AM America/New_York | |
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| Deja Vu Designs |
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| Friday, 23 January 2009 12:00 AM America/New_York | |
  Old-time felt-board flannelgraphs, used for Sunday school and children's church lessons in the 70s and 80s, make a modern comeback with two book covers scheduled for release in March. Fixing Abraham by Chris Tiegreen (Tyndale) and Relearning Jesus by Matthew Paul Turner (David C. Cook) seem to both follow the tradition of "rediscovery" books like Phillip Yancey's The Jesus I Never Knew and Lee Strobel's The Case for the Real Jesus (both Zondervan).
The book covers also have other similarities, like their two-word titles brought out by plain backgrounds and how-to subtitles ("How Taming Our Bible Heroes Blinds Us To the Wild Ways of God" and "How Reading the Beaititudes One More Time Changed My Life"). Tiegreen's book is new while Turner's is a redesigned re-release of his 2006 release from Revell, Beatitude: Relearning Jesus Through Truth, Contradiction and a Folded Dollar Bill. |
| Fox Host Rides 'Gravy' Train |
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| Friday, 23 January 2009 01:02 PM America/New_York | |
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| New Leaf Seeks New Creation Voice |
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| Wednesday, 21 January 2009 02:27 PM America/New_York | |
 High school juniors and seniors are being given the opportunity to win a $3,000 scholarship toward their college education from Master Books, a division of New Leaf Publishing Group. The publisher, which specializes in books on Creationism, will award the scholarship to the winner of a magazine essay article based on chapters 14 and 15 of the company's book Evolution: The Grand Experiment by Dr. Carl Werner addressing the issues of ethics in scientific research.
"The scholarship opportunity is an example of just how strongly we feel about the importance of a biblically-sound education," said Tim Dudley, president of New Leaf. Contest applicants must be a U.S. citizen and hold a grade point average of 3.0 or higher. More information, including full contest rules, can be found at www.nlpg.com/store/scholarship.htm or masterbooks.net |
| Back-to-Back 'Shacks' |
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| Friday, 23 January 2009 12:00 AM America/New_York | |
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Is it a publishing game of "Chicken?" Two publishers, Authentic Publishing and InterVarsity Press, are going head-to-head the same month (February) with books in response to the wildly successful novel The Shack by William P. Young and both books, at this point, bear the same title - Finding God in the Shack. InterVarsity's release, by author Roger E. Olson, originally slated for May, features the subtitle "Seeking Truth in a Story of Evil and Redemption" while Authentic's release, by author Randal Hauser, doesn't include a subtitle. Will the books cause confusion among retailers and customers? Will either publisher change lanes? Stay tuned. |
| Pigskin Terrorism Returns In January |
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| Friday, 19 December 2008 12:09 PM America/New_York | |
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Elam, currently a placekicker for the Atlanta Falcons, played for the Denver Broncos for 15 years and is currently pursuing a Master's Degree in global apologetics at Liberty Theological Seminary. Blown Coverage is his second novel. Tyndale is planning regional promotions in the Atlanta area for the book, including radio spots on the city’s largest sports radio station 680 The Fan, online advertising at the Atlanta Falcon’s Web site and book signings at area bookstores (to be scheduled). In addition, the publisher is also a main sponsor for the Atlanta Falcon’s Fan Appreciation Day on Dec. 28. National promotion will include print and online advertising Christian and general market sports media. |
| Turning Kids Into Josephs |
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| Thursday, 18 December 2008 01:01 PM America/New_York | |
Although a recent survey  found that teens lie, cheat and steal at “alarming rates,” a new campaign hopes to change the lives of young people for the better. Awana children’s ministry clubs have launched the Modern Day Joseph project, based on Larry Fowler’s book, Raising a Modern Day Joseph (David C. Cook) releasing in January. Fowler is the executive training director for Awana. The book and campaign encourage leaders to instruct children on living lives of integrity like the biblical character of Joseph, highlighting these main points:
The website www.moderndayjoseph.org provides resources including radio spots, devotionals, newsletters and a blog for parents, church leaders and denominational leaders to help promote the campaign. |
| Baseball star, FaithWords author has ‘most inspirational story’ |
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| Friday, 19 December 2008 10:35 AM America/New_York | |
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In the Dec. 15 issue of the sports publication, Hamilton was spotlighted as “possibly the most inspirational story of 2008.” |
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Travis Thrasher's next thriller, Ghostwriter, releasing in May through FaithWords, appears in the company's new Spring Summer 2009 catalog, its cover featuring a pen on a blood-stained, rough wood surface. According to the summary, the book centers on a suspense writer who finds himself in the center of real-life horror. Thrasher previously released Isolation with the company earlier this year.
After weaving a tale involving professional football and terrorist attacks in his debut 2008 novel Monday Night Jihad (Tyndale House Publishers ), NFL veteran Jason Elam once again teams with author Steve Yohn on Blown Coverage, featuring central character and football star Riley Covington. During mini-camp for his football team the Colorado Mustangs, Riley discovers a plot to awaken sleeper cells to attack America and his family.
Josh Hamilton, a Texas Rangers outfielder and author of Beyond Belief (FaithWords), has made a believer out of 