Santa Rosa, CA – Janet Kobobel Grant, founder and president of Books & Such Literary Management, announced on January 3, 2022 that Debbie Alsdorf, speaker, author, and writing mentor, has joined the agency of now seven Books & Such agents serving the Christian publishing industry.

Janet Grant says, “Debbie brings substantive skills to the tasks of agenting, making her a natural at this complex job. Her sales and marketing experience, being a writing coach and author of 14 books, all set her up for success. She’s a welcome addition to our team.”

With more than 20 years’ experience leading teams, creating programs, and shepherding women as the Director of Women’s Ministries in mega-churches, Debbie Alsdorf has long been known as a “champion for other people and a cheerleader of hope.” Her wide range of interests and background includes having been a featured speaker at women’s events and writers conferences, which enables her to help writers develop their ministries through public speaking.

“Serving as a pastoral counselor, certified life coach, and a member of the American Association of Christian Counselors prepares me to help authors ride the roller coaster of publishing as well as gives me an understanding of readers’ felt needs,” Debbie says.

After raising a blended family in Northern California, Debbie and her husband moved their empty nest and two little dogs to Arizona.

Debbie acquires adult nonfiction projects that speak to real life and is looking for proposals in these categories: Christian Living (with a bent toward spiritual growth and lifestyle change), devotionals, mental health, inner healing and recovery, physical health, marriage and family, blended family and step-parenting, lifestyle (décor, home, diet, food), purpose and identity, leadership, and discipleship.

Books & Such Literary Management was founded in 1996 as one of the first agencies to serve the Christian market. The agency’s tagline—Distinguishing Literature—conveys the spirit of the team of seven agents. Books & Such’s focus remains on high-quality writing and manuscripts that make important contributions to culture’s ongoing conversations.

Books & Such Literary Management

NEW DEVOTIONAL, EDITED BY TREVIN WAX, GOES BACK TO PRESS

NASHVILLE, TN (December 17, 2021) — Holman Bible Publishers announces that the first printing of a new hardcover devotional, Psalms in 30 Days: CSB Edition, has sold out in less than 30 days. Demand for the embossed, hardcover prayer guide has been powerful, and the publisher has ordered a second printing which will arrive in 2022.

Author and Bible teacher Trevin Wax edited Psalms in 30 Days: CSB Edition, a unique guide to praying the Psalms over the course of a month. All 150 Psalms are presented in thrice-daily readings, paired with songs from Scripture, confessions of faith and ancient prayers of the faithful.

“I’m so glad to see how well received the first printing of Psalms in 30 Days has been— to see it in so many hands and homes,” says editor Trevin Wax, vice president of research and resource development at the North American Mission Board and a visiting professor at Wheaton College. “My hope is that this prayer journey will result in the psalms being pressed into our hearts, so that we come to know and love God more.”

“Reader reception for Psalms in 30 Days has been overwhelmingly enthusiastic,” says Andy McLean, Publisher, Holman Bible and Reference. “We knew walking into this project that the Psalms have this unique ability to speak both to us and for us in difficult times, which is partly why we wanted to publish a resource with Trevin that would provide a guided reading and prayer journey through the Psalms in 30 days. Over the course of that 30-day journey, participants get to share in a common practice done throughout church history by turning to this ancient songbook and letting its individual prayers and petitions, historical reflections, and theological overtones to fill their hearts and minds, allowing God’s Word to encourage, offer grace, and speak directly to any fears during this time.”

The Christian Standard Bible (CSB) is a highly trustworthy, faithful translation that is proven to be an optimal blend of accuracy and readability. It’s as literal to the original as possible without sacrificing clarity. The CSB is poised to become the translation that pastors rely on and Bible readers turn to again and again to read and to share with others.

Holman Bibles is the oldest Bible publisher in North America, publishing high quality Bibles and reference resources that are trustworthy, accessible, and useful for the pursuit of lifelong discipleship. Print and digital releases include the CSB Tony Evans Study Bible as well as the Tony Evans One Volume Commentary, The She Reads Truth Bible, and the Rainbow Study Bible with over 3 million copies sold. Holman Bibles is a subsidiary of B&H Publishing Group.

Media Contact: Pamela McClure, 615-294-5073 Pamela@mmpublicrelations.com

CHICAGO, IL, December 14, 2021: Discovering God Through the Arts: How We Can Grow Closer to God By Appreciating Beauty & Creativity (Moody Publishers) by Terry Glaspey has been selected as a winner in the Arts & Culture category for both the TGC and CT 2021 Book Awards.

Terry Glaspey is convinced that art is for everyone, and that everyone’s life can be enriched by it. He explores a variety of ways in which engagement with the arts can be a practical spiritual discipline, and that giving close attention to the best creative work can change and transform us.

“Discovering God Through the Arts unlocked a new pathway to spiritual growth for me. Terry Glaspey’s wealth of knowledge in the arts combines with his contemplation of God in a compelling and accessible work that points the way to a deeper understanding of our Creator,” says Jeremy Slager, Digital Marketing Manager at Moody Publishers.

“Our warmest congratulations to Terry for being recognized for his fine work on Discovering God through the Arts.  Terry is always a joy to work with and we’re so pleased to be able to partner with him,” says Duane Sherman, Acquisitions Editor at Moody Publishers. “Our desire is for more Christians to see the arts as a valuable pathway in their own spiritual formation.  That through this formation they’d experience more of God and more of life.”

CONTACT: Kathryn Eastham, Kathryn.eastham@moody.edu, 312-329-2140

WESTMONT, IL—Christianity Today has announced its 2022 Book Award winners and has named Prayer in the Night by Tish Harrison Warren the CT Book of the Year and the recipient of the Beautiful Orthodoxy Award.

The Book of the Year honor is Warren’s second Beautiful Orthodoxy Award. Her first book, Liturgy of the Ordinary¸ was also chosen as the top title for the 2018 CT Book Awards. Framed around one ordinary day, Liturgy of the Ordinary explores daily life through the lens of liturgy, small practices, and habits that form us. Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep centers around a nighttime prayer of Compline and explores human vulnerability, suffering, and God’s seeming absence as Warren recalls her own experience navigating a time of doubt and loss.

“Prayer in the Night was an important book for me when I read it while sheltering in place in late March of 2020,” said Warren’s editor, Cindy Bunch, IVP Vice President, Editorial. “Tish Harrison Warren’s reflections on what it means to reckon with our human vulnerability are both profound and prophetic for such a time as this. I am grateful that she points us to the way in which liturgy sustains and upholds us through the darkest of times. Despite its deep dive into the darkness, her narrative thread and beautiful prose make this book an enjoyable read. Struggle is never far from the human experience. I believe that this book will offer hope to many generations of readers who find themselves praying in the night.”

Warren is a weekly contributing newsletter writer for the New York Times and writes a monthly column for Christianity Today. She has worked in ministry settings for over a decade as a campus minister with InterVarsity Graduate and Faculty Ministries and as the writer-in-residence at Church of the Ascension in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Her articles and essays have appeared in the New York Times, Religion News Service, Christianity Today, Comment Magazine, the Point, and elsewhere.

James Bryan Smith, author of The Good and Beautiful Series, said, “Good writers, Frederick Buechner once told me, ‘pay attention to their lives.’ By this standard, Tish Harrison Warren is a very good writer indeed. She tells stories from her own life—sometimes commonplace, sometimes heartbreaking—with great detail, and even greater insight. Using the brilliant, time-tested words found in Compline, a service of evening prayers used before sleep, as her outline, this well-written and deeply honest book will inspire you to begin using these prayers in your own life. It did for me. Reading this book was like having a meaningful conversation with a friend over a crackling fire and having a clear sense that you are the better for having engaged in it. Tish is far too young to be this wise. I am grateful for her life, for her searching faith, and I am very grateful for this special book.”

Four additional IVP titles received 2022 CT Book Awards of Merit. Justin Paul Lawrence, IVP’s Vice President, Sales and Marketing, said, “I am pleased to see IVP continue its long history of thought leadership in areas such as Politics and Public Life with We the Fallen People and Culture and Arts with Reading the Times. It’s even more pleasing when we can be recognized in such crowded spaces as Church/Pastoral Leadership with Winsome Conviction or Theology/Ethics with The Doctrine of Creation. These works are stars that light the way for the church to understand the way of Jesus better each day.”

Culture and the Arts Award of Merit

Reading the Times: A Literary and Theological Inquiry into the News by Jeffrey Bilbro invites readers to take a step back and gain some theological and historical perspective on the nature and very purpose of news. Bilbro reflects on how we pay attention, how we discern the nature of time and history, and how we form communities through what we read and discuss.

“There may not be any greater need in this moment—for both the church and the larger culture—than a practical theology of the news,” said Karen Swallow Prior, author of On Reading Well. “Reading the Times is a book that addresses a discipleship crisis of our day. It may be a generation too late, but it’s not a moment too soon.”

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Politics and Public Life Award of Merit

We the Fallen People: The Founders and the Future of American Democracy by Robert Tracy McKenzie presents a close look at the ideas of human nature to be found in the history of American democratic thought, from the nation’s Founders through the Jacksonian Era and Alexis de Tocqueville. 

John Fea, professor of history at Messiah College and author of Was America Founded as a Christian Nation?, said, “In the spirit of Reinhold Niebuhr, Tracy McKenzie places original sin at the center of American political history. We the Fallen People weaves American history, historical thinking, and public theology into a compelling narrative that forces readers to rethink the meaning of our democratic experiment.

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Church/Pastoral Leadership Award of Merit

Winsome Conviction: Disagreeing Without Dividing the Church by Tim Muehlhoff and Richard Langer offers a guide to help Christians navigate disagreements with one another. In today’s polarized context, Christians often have committed, biblical rationales for very different positions. How do we discern between core biblical convictions and secondary issues? How do we cultivate better understanding and compassion for those we disagree with? Muehlhoff and Langer provide lessons from conflict theory and church history on how to avoid the dangers of groupthink and how to negotiate differing biblical convictions to avoid church splits and repair interpersonal ruptures.

“This book could help us turn this world right-side up with meaningful conversations filled with kindness, grace, truth, and welcome,” said Sharon A. Hersh, licensed professional counselor and author of Belonging. “If you’re tired of debating and the ensuing division, here’s an alternative to change the conversation!”

Planting a Church Without Losing Your Soul: Nine Questions for the Spiritually Formed Pastor by Tim Morey was one of the finalists in the Church/Pastoral Leadership category. Featuring real-life stories from leaders plus practices and discussion questions, this book is a practical guide to spiritual formation geared to the unique needs of church planters and teams.

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Theology/Ethics Award of Merit

The Doctrine of Creation: A Constructive Kuyperian Approach by Bruce Riley Ashford and Craig G. Bartholomew develop the Kuyperian tradition’s rich resources on creation for systematic theology and the life of the church today.

Jessica Joustra, of Redeemer University, said, “Here is a faithfully Reformed yet distinctly contemporary work on the doctrine of creation. It is a welcome addition to the badly needed, and now happily emerging, literature applying the giants of the neo-Calvinist tradition to issues of doctrine for the English-speaking world. But it is no sleepy doctrinal tome. This is a book of theology that answers questions the church is actually asking. Widely read, richly cited, and ecumenically minded, Ashford and Bartholomew mine the Reformed tradition at its best and place its treasures before the church and the academy to correct, challenge, and continue our work in the theater of God’s glory.”

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

CHARLOTTE, NC– The Good Book Company is pleased to announce that three books have been named winners in end-of-year book awards by Christianity Today and The Gospel Coalition. Any Time, Any Place, Any Prayer was chosen as CT’s Children and Youth Book of the Year, and The God Contest and Finding My Father were named winners in their respective categories in TGC’s 2021 Book Awards.

Any Time, Any Place, Any Prayer (The Good Book Company, September 2021), written by Laura Wifler and illustrated by Catalina Echeverri, is a beautifully illustrated Bible storybook that teaches kids how to pray and excites them to want to pray. Award panelist Amy Gannett, writer, Bible teacher, and founder of Tiny Theologians, said, “This book is theologically sound and beautifully illustrated, and it will encourage children and adults alike to grow in a prayerful life.”

Finding My Father (The Good Book Company, October 2021) by Blair Linne won in the First-Time Author category of TGC’s Book Awards. The book is Blair’s personal and moving story, that reveals how we can learn to trust our heavenly Father, especially for those who  feel their earthly father has let them down. The TGC judges commented that “this book speaks to the brokenness in all of our lives, encouraging us to trust in the healing and hope that only the gospel can secure.”

The God Contest (The Good Book Company, January 2021), written by Carl Laferton and illustrated by Catalina Echeverri, was named winner in the Children’s category. This book takes kids back to the story of Elijah on Mount Carmel, and then on to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, to give them confidence that the God of the Bible has proved himself to be the one true God. The judges called it “a refreshing reminder that if we serve the One True God, we are not alone!”

Titles that have received honorable mentions and awards in 2021 include:

• Mere Evangelism (The Good Book Company, September 2021) by Randy Newman received an Honorable Mention in Evangelism and Apologetics for The Gospel Coalition 2021 Book Awards.
• Being the Bad Guys (The Good Book Company, February 2021) by Stephen McAlpine won SparkLit’s 2021 Australian Christian Book of the Year, and received an Honorable Mention in Public Theology and Current Events in TGC’s Book Awards and an Honorable Mention in Accessible Theology for the World Magazine 2021 Book of Year.
• Truth On Fire (The Good Book Company, September 2021) by Adam Ramsey received an Honorable Mention in the First-Time Author category in TGC’s Book Awards.
• Brave by Faith (The Good Book Company, May 2021) by Alistair Begg received an Honorable Mention in Accessible Theology for the World Magazine 2021 Book of Year.

ABOUT THE GOOD BOOK COMPANY
Founded in 1991, The Good Book Company (TGBC) is an international Christian publisher. Their Bible studies, books, devotionals, videos, tracts, evangelistic courses, and training materials are used throughout the English-speaking world, and in translation in over 35 languages worldwide. Everyone at TGBC is passionate about the Lord Jesus, His word, His church, and His gospel of grace. They create and publish biblical, relevant, and accessible resources that will encourage Christians to keep going, keep growing, and keep sharing their faith.

 

December 2021: Virtusales announces the launch of the new Biblio Suite publishing software, incorporating 20 years of publishing experience and powerful functionality into a brand new system using the latest technologies from Microsoft and Google, with collaboration and feedback from over 100 publishers.

Released to all Biblio customers as an inclusive upgrade, the new Biblio Suite provides a completely rejuvenated, best-of-class system, enabling publishers to roll out new workflows and dashboards within their current system’s landscape and upgrade their processes whilst avoiding the disruption and cost of a full ERP implementation.

Featuring a brand new, intuitive user interface and range of dashboards to improve user experience and increase productivity, the new Biblio will better user’s connectivity with their internal systems and teams, external contacts and business partners.The award-winning Biblio provides best-of-breed solutions for publishers and content providers with support for any product – from physical books to digital content, journals, merchandise and licences – plus a wide range of identifiers (including those beyond the traditional ISBN).

Philip Turner, CEO of Virtusales Publishing Solutions, said:
“Our goal has always been to be the trusted partner that allows publishers to focus on the business of publishing and not to need to worry about changing requirements of legacy software. This major upgrade combines the latest technology with rich functionality to support the complexities of today’s publishing, delivering an ultramodern publishing system without the disruption or cost of implementing new software. The new Biblio Suite is keenly awaited by thousands of users, and a customer base that appreciates the investments that Virtusales continues to make to its technology base.  After more than 20 years of investment, the Biblio Suite remains best of breed and at the leading edge for all types of publishing.”

About Virtusales
Virtusales is the creator of the industry leading Biblio Suite of publishing software. Working with some of the world’s leading trade, children’s, academic and scholarly, educational and professional, content and licensing, and religious publishers – including Penguin Random House, Harvard University Press, Hachette, Bloomsbury and Macmillan Publishers – Virtusales is streamlining publishers’ workflows and bringing efficiencies to their business processes with innovative software, exceptional service and a collaborative approach.

Our leading edge, web-based technology, rapid development cycle of new functionality and close working relationships with our customers ensure that our client publishers are able to manage and adapt to the industry’s challenges more efficiently, now and in the future.

To learn more and book a demo visit: https://www.virtusales.com/new-biblio-demo

Press contact:  Kat Coveyduck, Director of Marketing and Communications,
kat.coveyduck@virtusales.com, +44 (0)7795253799

Ada, Mich. (December 16, 2021)—On Tuesday, December 14, Christianity Today announced their list of winning titles for the 2022 Book Awards, which included three Baker Publishing Group titles: Simply Trinity by Matthew Barrett, Preaching to People in Pain by Matthew D. Kim, and Reparations by Duke L. Kwon and Gregory Thompson.

In addition to the three winning titles, Christianity Today also named seven Baker Publishing Group titles as finalists or Award of Merit recipients.

Every year, Christianity Today reviews numerous titles to compile a list of recommended books that shape evangelical life, thought, and culture. Matt Reynolds, books editor for Christianity Today, stated that the winning titles “represent some of the year’s most exemplary Christian thinking.” For a complete list of winning titles, please visit Christianity Today Book Awards.

The Church & Pastoral Leadership

Preaching to People in Pain: How Suffering Can Shape Your Sermons and Connect with Your Congregation by Matthew D. Kim

(Baker Academic; ISBN 9781540961297; Ebook ISBN 9781493430864; $24.99)

An experienced preacher and teacher encourages pastors to preach on pain to help their congregants identify and share their suffering in Christian community for the purpose of healing and transformation.

 

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Politics & Public Life

Reparations: A Christian Call for Repentance and Repair by Duke L. Kwon and Gregory Thompson

(Brazos Press; ISBN 9781587434501; Ebook ISBN 9781493429578; $24.99)

This book articulates the church’s responsibility for the deep racial brokenness at the heart of American culture, investigates the Bible’s call to repair it, and offers a vision for the work of reparation at the local level.

 

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Theology/Ethics

Simply Trinity: The Unmanipulated Father, Son, and Spirit by Matthew Barrett

(Baker Books; ISBN 9781540900074; Ebook ISBN 9781493428724; $24.99)

In this accessible text, author and theologian Barrett helps readers grasp the doctrine of the Trinity so we can resist attempts to distort it and articulate the Trinity in a way that’s faithful to the Scriptures and impactful in our own lives.

 

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Apologetics & Evangelism (Finalist)

Why God Makes Sense in a World That Doesn’t: The Beauty of Christian Theism by Gavin Ortlund

(Baker Academic; ISBN 9781540964090; Ebook ISBN 9781493432455; $22.99)

This winsome and accessible apologetics book for a new generation makes the case that Christianity offers a compelling explanatory framework for making sense of our world.

 

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Beautiful Orthodoxy (Award of Merit)

Enjoying the Bible: Literary Approaches to Loving the Scriptures by Matthew Mullins

(Baker Academic; ISBN 9781540961662; Ebook ISBN 9781493421954; $22.99)

A literature professor shows how learning to read and love poetry can increase our understanding of the biblical text, helping us learn to read and love God’s Word.

 

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Biblical Studies (Award of Merit)

Covenant: The Framework of God’s Grand Plan of Redemption by Daniel I. Block

(Baker Academic; ISBN 9780801097881; Ebook ISBN 9781493429158; $54.99)

A leading scholar helps readers understand the big picture of the Bible through the lens of God’s covenants with humanity as they play out in both the First and the New Testaments.

 

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Christian Living & Discipleship (Finalist)

Abuelita Faith: What Women on the Margins Teach Us about Wisdom, Persistence, and Strength by Kat Armas

(Brazos Press; ISBN 9781587435089; Ebook ISBN 9781493431113; $17.99)

Combining personal storytelling with biblical reflection, a Cuban American writer tells the story of unnamed and overlooked theologians—mothers, grandmothers, sisters, and daughters—whose survival, resistance, and persistence teach us the true power of faith and love.

 

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Fiction (Award of Merit)

The Weight of Memory by Shawn Smucker

(Revell; ISBN 9780800735319; Ebook ISBN 9781493430383; $15.99)

When Paul Elias receives a terminal diagnosis, he returns to his hometown to seek a guardian for his granddaughter. But her imagination leads him on a journey into forgotten things and old secrets that leave him wondering about the nature of his illness, his granddaughter’s future, and reality itself.

 

 

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History & Biography (Finalist)

The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth by Beth Allison Barr

(Brazos Press; ISBN 9781587434709; Ebook ISBN 9781493429639; $19.99)

A trusted historian shows that “biblical womanhood” isn’t biblical but rather arose from a series of clearly definable historical moments and presents a better way forward for the contemporary church.

 

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Marriage & Family (Finalist)

The Intentional Father: A Practical Guide to Raise Sons of Courage and Character by John Tyson

(Baker Books; ISBN 9780801018688; Ebook ISBN 9781493430321; $16.99)

Backed by Barna Research, Jon Tyson offers practical steps to help men raise sons of consequence whose lives will be marked by honor, courage, self-discovery, and community.

 

Baker Publishing Group publishes high-quality writings that represent historic Christianity and serve the diverse interests and concerns of evangelical readers.

Contact: Karen Steele, (616)676-9185 x100, ksteele@bakerpublishinggroup.com

WESTMONT, IL–InterVarsity Press (IVP) is pleased to announce its newest podcast, Get in The Word with Truth’s Table. Produced in partnership with the popular show Truth’s Table, the podcast will feature daily Bible readings and prayers narrated by Dr. Christina Edmondson and Ekemini Uwan, two cohosts of Truth’s Table. The first episode will release on January 1, 2022, and will cover the entire canon of the Bible over the course of the year.

“This is a dream that has been a long time in coming,” said Helen Lee, IVP’s director of Product Innovation. “Nearly two years ago, we first met with Ekemini regarding her deep desire for Christians to hear the voices of women of color reading the Word of God. I’m so delighted that we have reached this point of the imminent release of a podcast that not only features the Holy Scriptures, but that does so through the unique and distinctive voices of Ekemini and Christina. I believe that many listeners will come to experience the truth of God’s Word in a new way through this podcast, and I’m so grateful to be in partnership with Truth’s Table to bring Ekemini’s original vision to reality.”

“The Word of God is living, active, and dynamic, yet when people choose to listen to the Bible, their ears are often met with homogeneity, as most of the options available to them are the voices of white men,” Uwan said. “The church and the world miss out when the beautiful tapestry of ethnic diversity within the kingdom of God is veiled in this way. The church in America and the global church desperately need to hear Black women and non-Black women of color read the full canon of Scripture. Get in The Word with Truth’s Table will help provide a much-needed biblical resource.”

The podcast will use a fresh and unique approach to moving through the Bible, featuring the Bible Study Together reading plan created by Peter Schrock. The reading plan goes chronologically through the Old Testament and makes relevant connections between the Old and New Testaments along the way, “interweav[ing] the New Testament and Old Testament together in a single tapestry so that Old Testament stories, psalms, and prophecies connect as much as possible to New Testament teaching without losing their original context” (from Bible Study Together).

Get in The Word with Truth’s Table will also feature the New English Translation of the Bible, “a completely new translation of the Bible with 60,932 translators’ notes . . . completed by more than 25 scholars—experts in the original biblical languages—who worked directly from the best currently available Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek texts” (from NetBible.com). 

Get in The Word with Truth’s Table is one of a growing number of projects underwritten by IVP’s Every Voice Now initiative, which seeks to amplify and elevate voices of color. “IVP’s growing commitment to diversity and equity in Christ is visible among its dynamic and thoughtful authors of color and well-respected executive leaders of color,” said Edmondson, whose IVP book Faithful Antiracism, coauthored with Chad Brennan, will release in March 2022. “Truth’s Table, a leader in African American podcasting, is honored to partner with our siblings in Christ at IVP to make the Word of God accessible to a diverse audience.”

For more information regarding this new podcast, please contact Krista Clayton, associate director of Publicity (kclayton@ivpress.com), or Helen Lee, director of Product Innovation (hlee@ivpress.com).

Messianic Rabbi Tells His Riveting Story of Faith and Triumph in the Middle of Persecution in New Autobiography, ‘Called To Breakthrough’

Lake Mary, FL—Christians around the world have experienced massive amounts of persecution. One unique example is the life of a Jewish man who came face to face with Messiah Jesus. Called to Breakthrough: An Autobiography (Charisma House, ISBN-13: 978-1-62999-998-2) is the latest book by Messianic Rabbi Kirt A. Schneider, available today, and in it he shares the dramatic journey that revealed his calling.

After being met by Jesus one night in a vision, Schneider experienced immense backlash from his Jewish family and unexpected trials as he persistently tried to tell them about the truth of Christ. He was subjected to deprogramming, committed to a psychiatric ward, violently assaulted by a member of an extremist Jewish group, and struggled with insecurities and rough edges that needed to be smoothed out. Schneider’s is a testimony of how God met him, was with him, and sustained him, even in the very roughest of places, and how he found his purpose, identity, and destiny through a personal relationship with God.

Schneider says the trials he faced only made him grow closer to Christ. “Regardless of the cost, though,’ he writes, “my vision of Jesus had so impacted me that I couldn’t stop talking about it, and I shared it with everybody.”

“Without fully realizing it, I had just placed a huge wedge between me and my family, and the more I spoke with them about my Messiah, the deeper the divide became,” continues Schneider. “Since the day I gave my life to Jesus, I have not been able to have a deep relationship with my own flesh-and-blood relatives—it has been this way for over forty years now. To continue relationship with my family would mean never sharing my experiences of Jesus or discussing Him, and that is something I am unwilling to do.”

Though his family didn’t react too much at first, when they saw how serious Schneider was about pursuing Jesus, they became alarmed. “They ended up hiring the most famous deprogrammer in the country…he and his bodyguards kidnapped me, brought me back to his rehabilitation home in California where they tried to deprogram me,” he reveals. This ended up being only the beginning of the tribulations that Schneider would face in the coming years because of his faith.

Later Schneider faced his parents’ fury when, after deprogramming did not work, they hired a Jewish psychiatrist who used Schneider’s testimony of meeting Jesus in a dream to deem him as delusional in front of a court, which led to being placed in a psychiatric ward.

As time went on, he writes, “though I was in love with God, full of passion, and running after Him, I was definitely a diamond in the rough and a horse that needed to be tamed.” Schneider describes in detail, his transformation – from growing up culturally Jewish to becoming a grateful recipient of the divine mercy and freedom in Jesus Christ.

Rabbi Kirt Schneider says his goal is to help others experience a life profoundly marked by the call of Messiah Jesus. “We must have a vision for breakthrough and believe that it is possible by His Spirit,” he says. “No matter where you are right now, God will bring His own into victory.’”

For more information about Called to Breakthrough, visit Charisma House.

Called to Breakthrough is released by Charisma House, which publishes books that challenge, encourage, teach, and equip Christians.

• Facebook: @rabbischneider
• Instagram: @discoveringthejewishjesus
• Twitter: @rabbischneider
• YouTube: Rabbi Schneider
• Website: https://discoveringthejewishjesus.com

RABBI KIRT A. SCHNEIDER is the host of the popular TV and radio broadcast, Discovering the Jewish Jesus. For more than thirty years Rabbi Schneider has been teaching people how Jesus fulfilled Messianic prophecy and completes the unfolding plan of the Messiah. He is the author of several books, including Rivers of Revelation, The Lion of Judah, The Book of Revelation Decoded, Rivers of Devine Truth, and Awakening to Messiah.

Title: Called to Breakthrough: An Autobiography | US $18.99 | Release Date: December 7, 2021 | ISBN-13: 978-1-62999-998-2 | E-Book ISBN: 978-1-62999-999-9 | Binding: Casebound | Size: 5.5” x 8.25” | Page Count: 228 | Hometown: Toledo, OH | BISAC: RELIGION / Christian Living / Spiritual Warfare, RELIGION / Christian Living / Spiritual Growth, RELIGION / Christian Living / Personal Growth

To interview Rabbi Kirt Schneider or for a review copy of Called to Breakthrough, please contact  Lklosterman@tkomarketing.net or chelsey@tkomarketing.net.

From pastor and thought leader Stephen Chandler, Stop Waiting for Permission offers encouragement and guidance for readers looking to unlock their God-given greatness and unique, personal genius.

Chandler is one of the youngest pastors of one of the top-ten fastest-growing churches in America, Union Church located in Columbia, MD.

This highly-anticipated first publication from Chandler will give readers the tools they need to close the often overwhelming gap between where they are and all that God created them to be. This passionate, practical message will help readers discover and persevere in their purpose like never before.

Two trade books and accompanying participants guides to Andrew Stoddard of WaterBrook, by Alex Field of The Bindery. (World). Rights queries: Denise Cronin, decronin@prh.com.

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