IVP Books, an imprint of InterVarsity Press, releases this month the third volume in the “Biblical Imagination Series” by author-artist Michael Card. Matthew: The Gospel of Identity (softcover, $18) is a passage-by-passage commentary on Matthew’s Gospel in which Card leads readers to see Matthew’s primary focus: the identity of Jesus and the radical new identity believers receive when becoming citizens of God’s kingdom. Also this month IVP releases Card’s companion music CD based on Matthew, The Penultimate Question.

Tish Hagee Tucker, daughter of Pastor John Hagee, tells her story of being healed of cancer in Master of the Impossible: Trusting the One Who Can Turn Anything Around. To encourage readers with a message of hope and total healing, Tucker includes biblical and contemporary examples of God’s miraculous intervention, as well as an appendix of scriptures related to healing. Charisma House releases the $15.99 softcover book this month.

In To Know Him: How Intimacy With God Changes Everything, Billy Humphrey examines the question “Who is God?” in marriage, parenting, finance, work and ministry. Founder and director of the International House of Prayer in Atlanta, Humphrey includes his own journey into a knowledge of God that transformed every area of his life. He shows readers how personal transformation is possible only through knowing God intimately. This month Passio (Charisma House) releases the book in softcover, retailing for $14.99.

Chosen (Baker Publishing Group) releases The Spiritual Warrior’s Guide to Defeating Jezebel: How to Overcome the Spirit of Control, Idolatry and Immorality (softcover, $13.99) by Jennifer LeClaire this month. LeClaire is director of the International House of Prayer, Fort Lauderdale, and news editor for Charisma magazine. Her book exposes the deceit and work of Jezebel in the church and equips readers with strategies to defeat this spirit in the lives of believers.

With step-by-step guides, resources and interactive pages, Downside Up: Transform Rejection Into Your Golden Opportunity leads women to renew how they think and response to rejection. In the Thomas Nelson book releasing this month, author and conference speaker Tracey Mitchell shares her own experiences as a daughter who never met her biological father and shows ways rejection can be one of the most powerful, positive tools in life. The softcover book retails for $15.99.

Waking Up in Heaven: A True Story of Brokenness, Heaven and Life Again tells the story of Crystal McVea, a skeptic plagued by guilt and a history of bad choices, who went into full respiratory arrest in the hospital one night and spent nine minutes with God in heaven, and how the experience dramatically changed her life. Written with Alex Tresniowski, McVea’s book releases this month from Howard Books and retails for $15.99.

I Believe in Heaven: Real Stories From the Bible, History and Today by Cecil Murphey and Twila Belk (Regal, $14.99, softcover) is a collection of stories about people who have been to heaven and back, from biblical times to current day. It also includes numerous questions and answers about heaven. Murphey has authored and co-authored many best-selling books, including 90 Minutes in Heaven and Heaven Is Real with Don Piper. Belk works full-time with Murphey and has co-authored other books as well.

Drawing from research in psychology, neuroscience and technology, Drs. Archibald Hart and Sylvia Hart Frejd have written The Digital Invasion: How Technology Is Shaping You and Your Relationships ($14.99, softcover), to be released this month by Baker Books/Baker Publishing Group. They reveal how technology changes individuals and offer biblical strategies for handling the “digital invasion.” Archibald Hart is an author and professor of psychology at Fuller Theological Seminary. His co-author and daughter, Sylvia Hart Frejd, specializes in Christian counseling and digital research.

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