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Thoenes' 'When Jesus Wept' debuts on ECPA Fiction list Print Email
Written by Eric Tiansay   
Monday, 01 April 2013 10:50 AM America/New_York

Bodie and Brock Thoene's When Jesus Wept, "The Jerusalem Chronicles" No. 1 (Zondervan) debuted at No. 5 on the Fiction best-sellers from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA), tracking sales for the week ending March 23, according to Pubtrack Christian data. The novel was released March 19.

The Top 20 General best-sellers were: 1. Jesus Calling, Sarah Young, hardcover (Thomas Nelson); 2. Heaven Is for Real, Todd Burpo (Thomas Nelson); 3. The 5 Love Languages, Gary Chapman (Northfield Publishing/Moody Publishers); 4. Jesus Calling, Young, large print deluxe (Thomas Nelson); 5. Jesus Today, Young, hardcover (Thomas Nelson); 6. The Harbinger, Jonathan Cahn (FrontLine/Charisma House Book Group); 7. Jesus Calling, Young, deluxe (Thomas Nelson); 8. Not a Fan Teen Edition, Kyle Idleman (Zondervan); 9. Damascus Countdown, "The Twelfth Imam" No. 3, Joel C. Rosenberg (Tyndale House Publishers); 10. No More Perfect Moms, Jill Savage (Moody Publishers); 11. Jesus Calling, Young, women's edition (Thomas Nelson); 12. The Chance, Karen Kingsbury (Howard Books); 13. The Purpose Driven Life, Rick Warren (Zondervan); 14. God Gave Us Easter, Lisa Tawn Bergren (WaterBrook Press); 15. Gods at War, Kyle Idleman (Zondervan); 16. Checklist for Life for Teens (Thomas Nelson); 17. Not a Fan, Kyle Idleman (Zondervan); 18. Crazy Love, Francis Chan (David C Cook); 19. Battlefield of the Mind, Joyce Meyer (FaithWords); and 20. Pursued, Jud Wilhite (FaithWords).

The Top 10 Fiction best-sellers were: 1. The Harbinger; 2. Damascus Countdown; 3. The Chance; 4. Truth-Stained Lies, "Moonlighter" No. 1, Terri Blackstock (Zondervan); 5. When Jesus Wept; 6. The Icecutter's Daughter, "Land of Shining Water" No. 1, Tracie Peterson (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); 7. The Twelfth Imam, "The Twelfth Imam" No. 1, Rosenberg (Tyndale); 8. A Place to Belong, "Wild West Wind" No. 3, Lauraine Snelling (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); 9. The Bible: A Story of God and All of Us, Mark Burnett and Roma Downey (FaithWords); and 10. Sacrifice, "Abram's Daughters" No. 3, Beverly Lewis (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group).

The top five Bibles were: 1. ESV Thinline Value Edition Bible, TruTone, midnight, flame design, English Standard Version (Crossway); 2. The Story, NIV, deluxe, hardcover, New International Version (Zondervan); 3. NLT God Sightings, softcover, New Living Translation (Tyndale); 4. NIV Women of Faith Study Bible (Zondervan); and 5. NIV Thinline Bible, navy bonded leather (Zondervan).