Philip Yancey | Faith Words

At least once in our lives, most of us are likely to wonder if our faith really matters—or we even ask, “What good is God?” Best-selling author Philip Yancey is no exception. To answer the question, he visited 10 places where devastating circumstances should have erased all traces of faith—but didn’t. From Mumbai, India, and its poverty to Virginia Tech after the massacre on April 16, 2007, to a conference attended by reformed prostitutes, Yancey saw proof that faith really does matter even when it’s put to the test. 

Bert Ghezzi | Brazos Press

In the well-named Adventures in Daily Prayer: Experiencing the Power of God's Love, Bert Ghezzi shares his experience in daily communication with God and encourages the reader to begin his or her own adventure of meaningful prayer.

Along with relating his personal experience, Ghezzi, a Catholic charismatic Christian, also offers the testimonies of Catholic saints and evangelical Christians as they developed their prayer life. At the end of each chapter, he encourages readers to think, pray and act, as they practice a more disciplined prayer time. He invites the reader to pray the Psalms and other Scriptures as well as their own individual prayers or to meet with a group for spontaneous prayer.

Adventures in Daily Prayer is a book to be experienced, not simply read. With topics such as praying in the Spirit and relying on God, it has the potential to lead to a richer, more rewarding prayer time for anyone seeking to draw near to God. It could also serve well as a study guide for prayer groups.

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Rick James, publisher of CruPress, has been on staff with Campus Crusade for Christ for 21 years. He's a conference speaker and the author of Postcards From Corinth, Flesh and Jesus Without Religion. His latest project is A Million Ways to Die, which helps believers understand what it means biblically to truly live.

Where did the book's title come from?

Rick James: We, here in America, aren't faced with martyrdom on a regular basis, and yet that's the death that Scripture calls us to ... the little deaths that occur in our day, whether it's death to self or humbling ourselves.

Jesus called His followers to take up their cross every day. Is that what you mean?

James: We are, to put it bluntly, a piñata. The Spirit of God is in us and the more you beat the thing, the more life comes out, so it really is a daily thing of embracing these little deaths and allowing the life of Christ to shine out and then through us.

David Jeremiah | FaithWords

A pastor and author with an extensive inspirational bibliography who has centered his most recent works on the end times, such as the New York Times best-seller What On Earth Is Going On?, David Jeremiah continues that trend with The Coming Economic Armageddon: What Bible Prophecy Warns About the New Global Economy.