December 4, 2017 Edition

John Sherrill, author and founder of Chosen Books, dies at 94

John Sherrill passed away on Saturday.  He was 94.  John and his wife, Elizabeth (“Tib”), were two of the four founders of Chosen Books with their friends Len and Catherine Marshall LeSourd.  John and Tib were also long-time editors for Guideposts magazine and the co-authors of such bestselling books as The Hiding Place, The Cross and the Switchblade and God’s Smuggler.  Obituary and funeral information will be announced soon.

ECPA releases December Bestseller Lists: Fiction in the Spotlight

Thanks to The Christy Award™ and some strong releases in November, the spotlight is on fiction in ECPA’s bestsellers lists for December, reflecting POS sales compiled by NPD Bookscan in November.  ECPA began managing The Christy Award program earlier this year and produced the Christy Award gala on November 8 at Lipscomb University in Nashville. Christy Awards were given in ten categories, including Book of the Year. Bestselling author Karen Kingsbury was the guest speaker at the gala a day after her latest book was released. “In This Moment” (Howard Books) debuted at #1 on the Top 25 fiction list and at #7 in the Top 50 bestsellers list, the highest ranking for a new title, fiction or nonfiction.

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BroadStreet Publishing author partners with Jeremy Affeldt at Generation Alive to feed the hungry

Kim Chaffin, author of “Simply Blessed: Finding Joy in the Little Things” new book releasing January 1, 2018, has partnered with Generation Alive and founder, Jeremy Affeldt, 3-time World Series Champion and former pitcher for the San Francisco Giants to help fight hunger and teach teens the importance of service.  Chaffin has created a special pre-order campaign for her new 31-day devotional that would donate $1 to Generation Alive for every book pre-ordered before December 31, 2017. Every $1 donation to Generation Alive would cover the cost of 4 meal servings packed by youth who are learning that they can create change in their community by fighting hunger. To learn more about how you can get involved and help others through this special book promotion, please visit generationalive.org or go to http://a.co/8f7cyky.

Bible Gateway interviews Gary L. Thomas, author of “Sacred Parenting”

Have you considered that perhaps God not only uses parents to influence their children, but that he uses children to change their parents? Could it be that parenting is a school for adult spiritual formation? Bible Gateway interviewed Gary L. Thomas (@garyLthomas) about his book, Sacred Parenting: How Raising Children Shapes Our Souls (Zondervan, 2017).

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Bible Gateway interviews Skip Heitzig, author of “The Bible from 30,000 Feet”

How does the entire Bible fit together? How do so many individual books connect, despite being written by different people over thousands of years? What does a sweeping aerial overview of the landscape of God’s Word look like? Bible Gateway interviewed Skip Heitzig (@skipheitzig) about his book, The Bible from 30,000 Feet: Soaring Through the Scriptures from Genesis to Revelation (Harvest House Publishers, 2017).

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