WaterBrook and Multnomah is pleased to announce that DREW DIXON is joining its editorial team as Executive Editor.

With more than fourteen years of editorial experience, Drew most recently served as Team Leader for Lifeway Christian Resources, where he managed a team of editors, designers, and writers to produce three Bible study curriculum brands.  He has worked with a wide range of bestselling and influential authors, including Priscilla Shirer, J.D. Greear, Stephen and Alex Kendrick, and many others.

An accomplished freelance writer and editor, he has published articles with Relevant, Christ and Pop Culture, World Magazine, Christianity Today, and Paste Magazine. Drew also is the author of the recently released book Know Thy Gamer.

WaterBrook and Multnomah are imprints of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House, LLC.

Carol Stream, IL December 8, 2022 – Christianity Today has received a grant of $1,000,000 from Lilly Endowment Inc. to equip preachers in bringing their message to life and create opportunities for them to engage God, their peers, their congregations, and the world through them. The grant will fund efforts through Christianity Today’s popular digital resource, PreachingToday.com.

Since 1999, PreachingToday.com has supported and equipped preachers to fulfill their vital calling of preaching that helps to develop healthy churches and flourishing communities.

Christianity Today’s Publisher Jacob Walsh shared, “Our recent research showed the growing unique challenges and incredible demands of this role in our cultural climate. Thanks to the generosity of Lilly Endowment, we will be able to take what we’ve heard and develop content that meets the needs of the moment, with an emphasis on resources and tools that will make a lasting spiritual impact and foster a greater sense of community and shared learning for preachers.”

This PreachingToday.com project is being funded through Lilly Endowment’s Compelling Preaching Initiative. Christianity Today is one of 32 organizations receiving funding in an invitational round of grants for the initiative, which is designed to help Christian pastors strengthen their abilities to proclaim the gospel in more engaging and effective ways.

“We are excited about the work that these organizations will do to foster and support preaching that better inspires, encourages and guides people to come to know and love God and to live out their Christian faith more fully,” said Christopher L. Coble, Lilly Endowment’s vice president for religion. “Their programs will serve a significant number of aspiring and current preachers who are working to reach and engage increasingly diverse audiences both within and beyond congregations.”

The Compelling Preaching Initiative is part of the Endowment’s longstanding interest in supporting projects that help to nurture the religious lives of individuals and families and foster the growth and vitality of Christian congregations in the United States.

About Lilly Endowment
Lilly Endowment Inc. is a private philanthropic foundation created in 1937 by J.K. Lilly Sr. and his sons Eli and J.K. Jr. through gifts of stock in their pharmaceutical business, Eli Lilly and Company. While those gifts remain the financial bedrock of the Endowment, it is a separate entity from the company, with a distinct governing board, staff and location. In keeping with the founders’ wishes, the Endowment supports the causes of community development, education and religion and maintains a special commitment to its hometown, Indianapolis, and home state, Indiana. The principal aim of the Endowment’s religion grantmaking is to deepen and enrich the lives of Christians in the United States, primarily by seeking out and supporting efforts that enhance the vitality of congregations and strengthen the pastoral and lay leadership of Christian communities. In addition, the Endowment also seeks to improve public understanding of diverse religious traditions by supporting fair and accurate portrayals of the role religion plays in the United States and across the globe.

About PreachingToday.com
PreachingToday.com is a resource from Christianity Today that seeks to inspire preachers to cultivate their craft in order to faithfully and creatively proclaim God’s word. Through Preaching Today, preachers communicate the gospel in all its richness and power and the church is matured through the inspired preaching of God’s word.

Contact: Cory Whitehead, 630.384.7223, cwhitehead@christianitytoday.com

December 2022 |  WESTMONT, IL—Blood from a Stone: A Memoir of How Wine Brought Me Back from the Dead, written by Adam McHugh, has made the longlist for the prestigious André Simon Food and Drink Book Awards. This year’s UK-based award recognizes an international list of fifteen food books and nine drink books published by a variety of commercial, university, and independent presses.

Within the drink category, this year’s titles celebrate everything from books about coffee, sake, and cider to McHugh’s book about wine. The panel of judges reviewed one hundred forty books before narrowing it down to the longlist. The selected books were evaluated on four key criteria: the amount of original research in the book, the educational value of the content, whether it was a pleasurable read, and the quality of the work in total.

“Blood from a Stone is such a personal and unconventional exploration of wine, and I am so pleasantly surprised that the André Simon awards would choose to honor it. I am gratified that they made room for humor and self-discovery in what can be a pretty serious drinks business,” said McHugh.

Since its inception in 1978, this award has sought to honor the legacy of André Simon, an author, former president of the Food and Wine Society, and leader in the English wine trade throughout the 1900s. The award grew out of the André Simon Memorial Fund, which was established after Simon’s death and continues to be managed by a group of trustees to benefit the public in the fields of food and drink.

In McHugh’s own words, Blood from a Stone is a story about how “wine brought me back from the dead.” After leaving his career as a former hospice chaplain and grief counselor, McHugh found his new calling within the vineyards of France and ultimately as a wine tour guide, sommelier, and Certified Specialist of Wine in the Santa Ynez Valley of California. This memoir shares the highs and lows of McHugh’s personal journey alongside the old, old story of wine. In bringing wine and faith together, it is a new story about recovery, one of healing brought on by the good gifts of wine, friends, and the beauty of the wine country.

“Adam McHugh has not just written a terrific book about wine, he has pioneered a whole new genre of wine writing. At once funny and sad, his book is a deeply personal exploration of how one man finds himself through his relationship with the world’s most remarkable beverage.” said Karen MacNeil, author of The Wine Bible and editor of WineSpeed.

Cindy Bunch, IVP Vice President, Editorial, said, “Reading Blood from a Stone is like being in a wine country tasting room overlooking the vineyards with a delightful host and an open afternoon to talk of nothing but wine. Adam McHugh brings to this book the same wealth of detail about the history of winemaking, the glories of the various regions around the world, and the insights into the industry that he offers in a tasting experience.”

The shortlist of titles within both the food and drink category will be announced in February 2023, and final awards will be presented toward the end of March 2023. A special commendation will be given to one of the shortlisted titles in either the food or drink category at that time as well.

To learn more about the André Simon Food and Drink Book Awards visit andresimon.co.uk/awards. For a complete list of IVP award winners visit ivpress.com/award-winners.

Contact: Tara Burns | 630.734.4059 | tburns@ivpress.com    

BARTLESVILLE, Oklahoma – The One Year Pray for the Persecuted Bible, now available from VOM Books in the Christian Standard Bible version, will deepen your devotions through daily Scripture reading and focused prayer for Christians suffering for their faith.

“This One Year Pray for the Persecuted Bible coaches us to specifically pray for our persecuted family members each day, while allowing us also to soak ourselves in the powerful Word of God, which they cherish enough to die for,” said Todd Nettleton, spokesperson for The Voice of the Martyrs, a nonprofit missions organization serving persecuted Christians in the world’s most difficult and dangerous places to follow Christ.

Designed by Tyndale House Publishers, The One Year Pray for the Persecuted Bible in the CSB translation provides the structure to help you engage God’s life-changing Word in one of the most readable translations of the Bible. This best-selling Bible is arranged in 365 daily readings that include a passage from the Old Testament, the New Testament, Psalms, and Proverbs.

Developed by 100 scholars from 17 denominations, the CSB faithfully and accurately captures the Bible’s original meaning without compromising readability. This original translation from B&H Publishing–straight from the Biblical languages–blends accuracy and readability.

The One Year Pray for the Persecuted Bible includes a daily call to prayer to help you intercede for and connect with fellow believers living in areas hostile to Christianity.

Other features found in The One Year Pray for the Persecuted Bible:

• Monthly prayer themes center on the needs of our brothers and sisters who are sharing Christ in hostile environments,
• Full-color feature pages with inspiring stories of six persecuted Christians who boldly witness for Christ amid great risk and adversity,
• Photos from The Voice of the Martyrs’ ministry around the world, and
• A full-color fold-out map highlighting the restricted nations and hostile areas of the world where Christians are persecuted—a visual prayer guide.

“Around the world, the #1 request of persecuted Christians is that we pray for them. This One Year Pray for the Persecuted Bible from VOM Books is an ideal resource to help us answer their request,” said Nettleton. “The One Year Pray for the Persecuted Bible allows us to enter into fellowship with those who are persecuted for their faith as we bring their needs to the throne of God and spend focused time in his Word.”

The One Year Pray for the Persecuted Bible is available now:  ISBN/UPC: 978-0-88264-160-7

About The Voice of the Martyrs
Founded in 1967 by Richard and Sabina Wurmbrand, The Voice of the Martyrs is a nonprofit, interdenominational missions organization serving persecuted Christians in the world’s most difficult and dangerous places to follow Christ. For more information, visit VOM.org.

About Tyndale
Since its founding in 1962, Tyndale House Publishers has been a voice to trust for generations of readers. Today, it is one of the largest independent Christian publishers in the world. Tyndale has proved a faithful guide—helping readers discover the life-giving truths of the Bible. Its mission is to open God’s Word to as many as possible in language they can relate to and understand. Tyndale’s independent and non-profit status allows it to follow its founding model, giving a majority of net income to charitable missions—more than $110 million throughout its history. With every book purchased, Tyndale readers help meet the physical and spiritual needs of people around the world.

Bunmi Ishola at WaterBrook acquired world rights to Be My Valenslime by debut author Kris Tarantino, illustrated by New York Times bestselling illustrator Cori Doerrfeld (The Rabbit Listened).

In this picture book, an unusual monster named Snoodle throws a party to convince her friends that Valentine’s Day is worth celebrating; but when nothing goes as she plans, this zany and adorable group gets an impromptu—and monstrously delightful—lesson in the true meaning of love.

Publication is scheduled for Fall 2023; Keely Boeving at WordServe Literary represented the author, and Rachel Orr at Prospect Agency represented the illustrator.

Rights queries: Denise Cronin, decronin@prh.com

WaterBrook is an imprint of the Random House Group, a division of Penguin Random House, LLC.

WHEATON, Ill.—Crossway is excited to announce that two books—Songs of Suffering: 25 Hymns and Devotions for Weary Souls by Joni Eareckson Tada, and No Shortcut to Success: A Manifesto for Modern Missions by Matt Rhodes—have been named winners in their respective categories for the Gospel Coalition’s 2022 Book Awards.

Songs of Suffering: 25 Hymns and Devotions for Weary Souls (Crossway, August 2022) by Joni Eareckson Tada was the winner in the Bible Study and Devotional Literature category. This beautiful collection of hymns and devotions guides readers through painful seasons with heartfelt praises to God. “With healing Scripture, timeless hymns, and wisdom gleaned from years of pain, Tada in this moving devotional invites readers to find hope and solidarity in the Savior who suffers and sings,” observes TGC.

No Shortcut to Success: A Manifesto for Modern Missions (Crossway, February 2022) by Matt Rhodes was awarded in the Missions and the Global Church category. This book implores Christians to stop chasing silver-bullet strategies and short-term missions, and instead embrace theologically robust and historically demonstrated methods of evangelism and discipleship. TGC comments, “Rhodes’s gracious challenge provides a path forward to pursue patience and professionalism in the missionary task, making this book worthy of a wide readership.”

Justin Taylor, Crossway’s executive vice president of book publishing, writes, “Every year I look forward to the TGC Book Awards because their vision of life and ministry and theology accords so well with ours. So it was gratifying and encouraging this year to see two Crossway titles recognized as books of the year for their categories and four of our recently published books given awards of distinction. May the Lord use these honors and recognitions to help more people discover the transformative teaching and sound doctrine of these six books!”

Crossway titles that received honorable mentions include:

• Cultural Counterfeits: Confronting 5 Empty Promises of Our Age and How We Were Made For So Much More (Crossway, March 2022) by Jen Oshman in the Public Theology and Current Events category
• Workers for Your Joy: The Call of Christ on Christian Leaders (Crossway, September 2022) by David Mathis in the Ministry category
• Reaching Your Muslim Neighbor with the Gospel (Crossway, November 2022) by A. S. Ibrahim in the Evangelism and Apologetics category
• The Biggest Story Bible Storybook (Crossway, March 2022) by Kevin DeYoung in the Bible Study and Devotional Literature category

The Gospel Coalition, founded in 2005, reviews nearly 300 books per year on their website and in their academic journal, Themelios. Awards are given to titles that are gospel-centered, faithful to Scripture, spiritually discerning, and unifying and renewing for the church.

Founded in 1938, Crossway is a not-for-profit global Christian publishing ministry that publishes gospel-centered, Bible-based content to honor our Savior and serve his church. Crossway seeks to help people understand the all-encompassing implications of the gospel and the truth of God’s word—for all of life, for all eternity, and for the glory of God alone. Crossway is the global publisher of the ESV® (English Standard Version®) Bible, more than 1,000 Christian books, and an extensive list of gospel literature. For additional information, visit crossway.org.

Contact: Lauren Susanto, lsusanto@crossway.org, 1 (630) 682-4300, crossway.org

(Nashville, Tenn.) December 9, 2022 —This week, Zondervan received five recognitions at the 2022 Book Awards from The Gospel Coalition.  Four titles were considered best overall in their category and one received an award of distinction.  The company congratulates its authors and the Zondervan Academic and Zondervan Reflective publishing imprints for this honor. According to the announcement from The Gospel Coalition, these awards are presented annually and are selected by editors at The Gospel Coalition and outside judges using four criteria.

Book Award winners should:

• offer gospel-centered argument and application;
• include faithful and foundational use of Scripture, both Old Testament and New Testament;
• foster spiritual discernment of contemporary trials and trends; and
• encourage efforts to unite and renew the church.

Award-winning Zondervan titles are:

Categorical Winners

• Public Theology & Current Events – Biblical Critical Theory: How the Bible’s Unfolding Story Makes Sense of Modern Life and Culture written by Christopher Watkin – (Zondervan Academic)
• Ministry – Bully Pulpit: Confronting the Problem of Spiritual Abuse in the Church written by Michael J. Kruger – (Zondervan Reflective)
• First-Time Author – Talking About Race: Gospel Hope for Hard Conversations written by Isaac Adams – (Zondervan Reflective)
• Arts & Culture – Rembrandt Is in the Wind: Learning to Love Art Through the Eyes of Faith written by Russ Ramsey – (Zondervan Reflective)

Award of Distinction

• Academic Theology – Typology: Understanding the Bible’s Promise-Shaped Patterns written by James M. Hamilton Jr. – (Zondervan Academic)

“I congratulate our authors—Michael Kruger, Russ Ramsey, and Isaac Adams—and celebrate this recognition of their excellent work.  We’re so pleased to have three awards from Zondervan Reflective this year, representing such diverse topics,” remarked Ryan Pazdur, VP publisher of Zondervan Reflective.

Katya Covrett, VP publisher of Zondervan Academic, commented, “I am delighted to congratulate Dr. Christopher Watkin for the honor of a TGC Book Award and James M. Hamilton Jr. on his Award of Distinction. We are thrilled to see these works recognized for their groundbreaking impact on Christian engagement with contemporary life and culture.”

To learn about Zondervan Reflective, visit https://www.zondervan.com/zondervanreflective/.
To learn about Zondervan Academic, visit www.zondervan.com/zondervanacademic/.

Zondervan, a worldwide leading Christian publisher of books and Bibles, is part of HarperCollins Christian Publishing, Inc. Its publications include a variety of Bible translations for all ages; books in different genres and subject areas for the general reader; curriculum for individual and group Bible study; books for children and young adults; academic resources including textbooks and reference books; ministry resources; and books on faith and culture. Zondervan is based in Grand Rapids, MI. For more information, visit www.zondervan.com.

Contact: Casey Harrell, VP, Corporate Communications, Casey.Harrell@HarperCollins.com  

December 2022 | INDIANAPOLIS, IN—With more than thirty-four thousand books representing more than seven hundred titles, InterVarsity Press (IVP) will soon be hosting the largest missions bookstore in the world at the twenty-sixth Urbana Student Missions Conference.

The Urbana 22 Conference, held in Indianapolis, Indiana, will include more than five thousand attendees and nearly two hundred seminars and organizations. It starts on Wednesday, December 28, and concludes at midnight on New Year’s Eve. During this four-day conference, participants engage in a variety of experiences, including multicultural worship sessions, seminars, Bible studies, testimonies from the global church, and prayer ministry. And IVP employees and volunteers will once again construct and serve at the expansive pop-up bookstore for Urbana.

Al Hsu, senior editor for IVP, will be participating in his tenth Urbana Missions Conference this year. He said, “When I attended Urbana 93 as a college student, I was amazed and overwhelmed by the big picture of what God was doing in the world. So I found my way to the IVP bookstore at Urbana, where I bought every Book of the Day and dozens of other books to help me navigate my next steps after the conference. I literally brought two boxes of books home with me on the bus! The books students encounter at Urbana can help them discern their vocation and get them to wherever in the world God may be calling them to serve.”

Urbana began over seventy years ago in 1946 in Toronto, Canada, with five hundred seventy-five students. Since then, Urbana has called nearly three hundred thousand people to whole-life, whole-world discipleship. For many years, Urbana was hosted in Urbana-Champaign, Illinois—hence the name Urbana.

Ruth Hubbard, vice president for Urbana, said, “I’m one of thousands upon thousands of Urbana alumni who have been discipled in my journey of ‘yes’—in my development as a whole-life, whole-world disciple of Jesus—by IVP authors through their books. I’m thrilled that, once again, Urbana participants will have access to curated resources in Book of the Day offerings that will challenge, inspire, instruct, and activate them as witnesses.”

Books on sale at the conference will once again be discounted anywhere from 30 to 80 percent off. The bookstore will also be featuring the ever-popular Books of the Day that are just seven dollars. This year the Urbana Books of the Day will include the following:

• First Nations Version: An Indigenous Translation of the New Testament by Terry M. Wildman

Many First Nations tribes communicate with the cultural and linguistic thought patterns found in their original tongues. The First Nations Version (FNV) recounts the Creator’s Story—the Christian Scriptures—following the tradition of Native storytellers’ oral cultures. 

• The Beautiful Community: Unity, Diversity, and the Church at Its Best by Irwyn L. Ince Jr.

The church is at its best when it pursues the biblical value of unity in diversity. Pastor and theologian Irwyn Ince boldly unpacks the reasons for our divisions while gently guiding us toward our true hope for wholeness and reconciliation. 

• God Speaks Through Wombs: Poems on God’s Unexpected Coming by Drew Jackson

In this dynamic collection of poems, Drew Jackson explores the first eight chapters of Luke’s Gospel. These are declarative poems, faithfully proclaiming the gospel story in all its liberative power.

• The Reluctant Witness: Discovering the Delight of Spiritual Conversations by Don Everts

Everts grew up assuming that spiritual conversations are always painful and awkward. But his surprising—and sometimes embarrassing—stories affirm what Scripture and the latest research reveal: spiritual conversations can actually be a delight. With original research from the Barna Group on spiritual conversations in the digital age, this book offers fresh insights and best practices for how to become eager conversationalists. 

• Here in Spirit: Knowing the Spirit Who Creates, Sustains, and Transforms Everything by Jonathan K. Dodson

Who is the Spirit? Is he a person or a spiritual force? How are we meant to relate to him? What does being filled with the Spirit look like? Instead of relating narrowly to the Holy Spirit based on just a few of his gifts, this book broadens our engagement with him, touring aspects of his vast character that often go unexplored. It turns out, living here in the Spirit is the source of the most meaningful, creative, satisfying life possible. 

• The Way Up Is Down: Becoming Yourself by Forgetting Yourself by Marlena Graves

For writer, professor, and activist Marlena Graves, formation and justice always intertwine on the path to a balanced life of both action and contemplation. Drawing on the rich traditions of Eastern and Western Christian saints, she describes the process of emptying herself that allows her to move upward toward God and become the true self that God calls her to.

• Finding Your Yes: Living a Life That’s Open to God’s Invitations by Christine E. Wagoner

Would you like to live into your yes? Christine Wagoner invites you to be attentive to the movements of the Spirit and engage with opportunities God gives you on your spiritual journey. Sharing about her own yes moments as well as those of others, Wagoner offers practical tools for living a life of openness to the invitations of God in our lives.

• Healing Racial Trauma: The Road to Resilience by Sheila Wise Rowe

Professional counselor Sheila Wise Rowe exposes the symptoms of racial trauma to lead readers to a place of freedom from the past and new life for the future. In each chapter, she includes an interview with a person of color to explore how we experience and resolve racial trauma.

While most Book of the Day authors will be leading seminars and signing books at Urbana, several IVP authors will also be part of the large group plenary sessions, where conference attendees gather for worship, messages, prayer, and Bible exposition. This year IVP author Bishop Claude Alexander (Necessary Christianity and Becoming the Church) will serve as the Urbana 22 Bible expositor, daily guiding attendees through the book of Acts. IVP authors Alexia Salvatierra and James Choung will be main stage plenary speakers. Salvatierra is the coauthor of IVP’s Faith-Rooted Organizing and more recently Buried Seeds (Baker Publishing Group). Choung is the author of True Story, Real Life, and Longing for Revival.

A complete list of plenary and seminar speakers is available at urbana.org, and plenary sessions will be streaming live from urbana.org. 

Books and ebooks featured at the conference are already available for purchase online at urbanabooks.com. The Urbana conference discounted prices will be offered through January 31, 2023.

Contact: Krista Clayton | 630.734.4013 | kclayton@ivpress.com

WESTMONT, IL—The Gospel Coalition has announced that three IVP books have received Awards of Distinction as part of the TGC 2022 Book Awards. Drawing from the thousands of resources produced by Christian publishers this year, the TGC staff, along with dozens of key contributors, took stock of the best Christian books across twelve categories and recently announced their top choices.

The IVP titles that received Awards of Distinction in the TGC 2022 Book Awards include the following:

The Thrill of Orthodoxy: Rediscovering the Adventure of Christian Faith by Trevin Wax was honored with the Award of Distinction in the Popular Theology category. Wax said, “In a world of personalized spiritual paths, Christian orthodoxy can sound stuffy and stifling, while doctrinal change and innovation seem exciting. The Thrill of Orthodoxy turns the tables, illuminating and inspiring Christians by contrasting the narrow and dull principles of heresy with the electrifying, unchanging paradoxes that form the heart of the gospel.”

Judges for the Popular Theology category included Joshua Chatman, Clarissa Moll, Juan Sánchez, and Matt Smethurst. They said this about The Thrill of Orthodoxy: “With trenchant insight and memorable turns of phrase, Trevin Wax beckons us to cling to Scripture’s never-changing truths amid an ever-changing world. Instead of bowing to the spirit of the age, Christians humbly stand for truth. This book explains what’s at stake, both now and for eternity, not to scare but to sober. After all, we’re not the first generation of Christians to face vexing opposition from a surrounding culture—and even from professing believers. It’s never boring to stand on the shoulders of those who have gone before us and to exchange the straitjacket of heresy for the freedom of gospel grace. The Thrill of Orthodoxy will fire you up for all the right reasons.”

Analog Christian: Cultivating Contentment, Resilience, and Wisdom in the Digital Age received the Award of Distinction in the Christian Living category of the TGC Awards. Jay Kim’s Analog Church explored the ways the digital age and its values affect the life of the church. In Analog Christian, he asks the same question of Christian discipleship. As the digital age inclines us to discontentment, fragility, and foolishness, how are followers of Jesus to respond? What is the theological basis for living in creative resistance to the forces of our day? How can Christians cultivate the contentment, resilience, and wisdom to not only survive but to thrive as we navigate the specific challenges of our age?

Judges for the Christian Living category included Judges: Matt Boga, Winfree Brisley, Megan Hill, and Courtney Reissig. They said, “Though we understand in a general sense that the digital age is negatively affecting our culture and individual lives, we may struggle to pinpoint exactly how it’s changing us and what we can do about it. In Analog Christian, Jay Kim insightfully identifies technology’s rotten fruit of discontentment, fragility, and foolishness and explains how the fruit of the Spirit is the antidote we need. By pairing specific problems of the digital age with contrasting fruit of the Spirit, Kim models Paul’s put-off, put-on framework—joy instead of comparison, kindness instead of hostility, faithfulness instead of forgetfulness. Rather than calling us to unplug and cease our scrolling and swiping, Kim shows readers how to thoughtfully engage the challenges of the digital age and—by the power of the Spirit—cultivate contentment, resilience, and wisdom.”

A Supreme Love: The Music of Jazz and the Hope of the Gospel received the Award of Distinction in the Arts & Culture category of the TGC 2022 Book Awards. Theologian and jazz pianist William Edgar places jazz within the context of the African American experience and explores the work of musicians like Miles Davis and Ella Fitzgerald, arguing that jazz, which moves from deep lament to inextinguishable joy, deeply resonates with the hope that is ultimately found in the good news of Jesus Christ.

Category judges Terry Glaspey, Aaron Lee, Brett McCracken, and Rachel Wilhelm said, “What hath jazz to do with Jesus? In A Supreme Love, William Edgar explains how jazz music connects with the hope of the gospel. Clearly written and well researched, this book situates the jazz genre in the historical context of black experience in the United States as well as suggesting jazz follows the arc of the gospel message—from the darkness and sorrow caused by sin to the supreme light and joy of Christ’s salvation. Along the way, Edgar offers fascinating examples and anecdotes from the entire repertoire of jazz. His love for this music is clear and infectious.”

For a complete list of IVP award winners visit ivpress.com/award-winners.

Five KJV Bibles Have Combined 40 Million Lifetime Units Sold

Nashville, TN—Affirming Thomas Nelson’s long-standing commitment to the King James Version (KJV), the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) recognizes Thomas Nelson with its ECPA Milestone Sales Awards for five Bibles with a total of more than 40 million lifetime units sold.

These five stand-out editions were submitted because of their significant sales and impact, marking the wide variety of audiences served by the publisher. Two Bibles were awarded the ECPA Diamond Award for sales exceeding 10 million copies and three Bibles were awarded the ECPA Platinum Award for sales exceeding 1 million copies.

The awarded KJV Bibles are:

• KJV Gift & Award Bible: Diamond Award (Double Diamond, over 20 million sold)
• KJV Giant Print Bible: Diamond Award (over 10 million sold)
• KJV Study Bible: Platinum Award (Double Platinum, over 2 million sold)
• KJV Personal Size Bible: Platinum Award (Quad Platinum, over 4 million sold)
• KJV Compact Bible: Platinum Award (over 1 million sold)

“We are honored the ECPA has recognized these KJV editions to represent the breadth of our work,” says Philip Nation, Vice President and Publisher, Thomas Nelson Bibles, ” Thomas Nelson has been publishing the KJV for more than two hundred years, but these significant sales numbers are simply those on record since we began recording them in the eighties. We believe that the Bible impacts lives like no other published work because it is God’s revelation of himself to humanity. We are grateful to participate in the great legacy of publishing the King James Version.”

The King James Version remains the bestselling Bible translation of all time. The ECPA’s Annual Translation sales chart has the KJV consistently in the #1 or #2 spot since the chart’s inception.  

“Stewarding God’s Word is an honor and a privilege,” adds Nation. “With that in mind, we take the responsibility seriously to produce beautiful, usable KJV Bibles—from Bibles used in outreach to top-quality leather heirlooms, from a baby’s first Bible to elegant giant print versions. We are delighted to serve the needs of Bible readers from generation to generation. Receiving these awards for over forty million total KJV Bibles sold by Nelson illustrates how KJV Bibles are woven into the fabric of the church and society.”

Thomas Nelson Bibles continues the commitment to provide KJV readers with exceptional Bibles. New releases this year including the KJV Sovereign Collection, the KJV Verse Art Cover Collection, and the KJV Premier Collection Bibles. The entire line of Thomas Nelson KJV Bibles can be found at www.ThomasNelsonBibles.com.

ABOUT THE KING JAMES VERSION (KJV): More than 400 years since its initial publication, the bestselling King James Version Bible continues to inspire, encourage, and strengthen people from all walks of life. The KJV is considered one of the most influential and beautiful works of literature in the English language and continues to be the favorite translation for millions of Christians.

ABOUT THOMAS NELSON: Thomas Nelson is a world leading publisher and provider of Christian content and has been providing readers with quality inspirational products for more than 200 years. As part of HarperCollins Christian Publishing, Inc., the publishing group provides multiple formats of award-winning Bibles, books, gift books, cookbooks, curriculum and digital content, with distribution of its products in more than 100 countries. Thomas Nelson, is headquartered in Nashville, TN. For additional information visit www.thomasnelson.com

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