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After his father died, author Steve Hemphill began searching the Bible for glimpses of heaven, anything to give him comfort about his father’s new home. My Search for the Real Heaven is the culmination of seven years of studying, meditating, and cross-referencing biblical findings and is unique in its Bible-based evaluation of eternity. Find the real heaven with Steve Hemphill, and discover also along the way what's it's like to have a godly earthly father.

In this gritty and grace-filled memoir, author Eric M. Schumacher opens his heart about his journey through loss. With honesty, humility, and hope, he puts words to a sorrow many men silently carry yet rarely name. Whether you are a grieving dad, a family member, a friend, or a church leader who wants to care well for fathers after miscarriage, Dads Hurt Too is a compassionate guide. It points beyond clichés to the lasting comfort of Christ, who entered our suffering, bore our sorrows, and promises to make all things new.

Kara Tippetts's story was not a story of disease, although she lost her battle with terminal cancer. It was not a story of saying goodbye, although she was intentional in her time with her husband and four children. Kara's story was one of seeing God in the hard and in the good. It was one of finding grace in the everyday. And it was one of knowing "God with us" through fierce and beautiful friendship.

I’m eighteen and faced with the most difficult decision of my life: Do I follow my crush to the missionary Bible school of my dreams? Do I go to college with my ex-boyfriend to see if we still have a future? Or do I stay home with my dad who's just been diagnosed with a brain tumor? Pick one door. Close the others. Live with the fallout. This Box of Darkness is a raw coming-of-age memoir about love, loss, and learning to trust God.

Speaker, content creator, and bestselling author Carlos Whittaker asks readers who are wrestling with disappointment and doubt, What if the ache you feel isn't failure--it's the holy invitation to redefine what fulfillment looks like? You thought if you followed the plan, everything would be...

How do you find the strength to forgive in the midst of unthinkable grief? With compassion for all who have been touched by tragedy, Grace from the Rubble tells the heart-stirring true story of found forgiveness, lasting hope, and the unlikely friendship of two fathers on opposite sides of...

Have you lost someone you love to suicide? Your world was shattered the moment you heard the devastating news. Not only has someone you love died suddenly, you are also grieving the way it happened. Questions swirl: How could this happen? Where was God? Why did no one see the signs? What could you have done differently? Answers seem impossible to find. But there is hope through God's power to heal your grief and loss. He alone can restore what's been broken and lost.

When grief shatters your world, where do you find hope? After forty-five years of pastoral ministry, Michael Page has walked with countless families through their darkest valleys. This isn't another clinical guide to the stages of grief—it's the raw, honest companion you need when loss leaves you gasping for breath. "Dear God... But God... Only God..." addresses the questions no one else dares to ask: What if you don't feel sad when someone dies? Why do people say such hurtful things? How do you survive when your own family doesn't understand your pain? Real stories. Real pain. Real hope....

“Si me voy el purgatorio, tú me sacarás de allí”. Era una broma que solía hacerle sor María Gabriela a sor María de la Cruz cada vez que esta la regañaba, pues no era muy perfecta, sobrenaturalmente hablando. Pero ninguna de ellas pensaba de verdad que eso era precisamente lo que iba a ocurrir. En el año 1871, a causa de una grave epidemia, falleció sor María Gabriela en su convento de Valognes (Francia), a los 36 años de edad. En 1874, después de tres meses escuchando unos gemidos desconocidos, sor María de la Cruz escuchó una voz muy conocida: “¡No tengas miedo! Soy ...

Step back for a moment, focus your eyes of faith, and come with Joni Eareckson Tada into a world you've heard about from your youth but have never seen: heaven. You just might discover that heaven is closer--and more real--than you've ever thought. Joni offers an inspiring glimpse of heaven and...

Can people be free from physical illness? Are cancer and other life-threatening diseases avoidable? What can a person do to avoid sickness - from allergies to asthma to Alzheimer's? Rev. George Malkmus had similar questions on his mind when, at age 42, he was diagnosed with colon cancer. Not willing to accept this cancer as "God's will" for his life, he began an intensive bibilical and scientific study to find out why - and to possibly find an alternative to the usually unsuccessful treatments of the medical profession.

Everyone has friends or family who suffer from sickness, disability, depression, or the death of a loved one. Oftentimes, the people who love the hurting also struggle in their own unique ways. Writing from the unique perspective of one who needs extra help on a daily basis, Dave Furman offers insight into the support, encouragement, and wisdom that people need when helping others. Furman draws on his own life experiences, examples from the Bible, and wisdom from Christians throughout history to address the heart and ministry of those who are called to serve others.

Read by the author. Find hope and healing so you can fall in love with life again. Speaker and author Kayla Stoecklein delivers an inspiring message of how she came face-to-face with crushing personal loss and discovered how to rebuild a beautiful life. In the midst of hardship and loss, what...

You've lost someone you love. Your heart is broken. Now you're facing a holiday or special occasion. What are you going to do? How do you handle this? Best-selling author, hospice chaplain, and grief counselor Gary Roe has given you a grief survival kit designed for the holidays. Speaking from both personal and professional grief experiences, he will empower you to navigate special days and seasons with new confidence.

What happens in the final moments before eternity begins? The Death of Saints and Sinners reveals the sobering and eternal contrast between the saved and the unsaved as they step from time into forever. Through carefully documented dying testimonies, this book unveils the radiant peace, unshakable confidence, and heavenly joy of those who trusted Christ — alongside the fearful remorse and unbearable anguish of those who faced death unprepared. Drawing from biographies, historical records, encyclopedias, and accounts such as From Life to Life, this work presents the last words of devoted ...

FREE READER GUIDE INCLUDED! A True Story of Love, Loss, and the Faith That Carried Me One phone call. That’s all it took to shatter my world. The man I loved — the one I was planning to marry — was gone in an instant. The days that followed were a blur of tears, unanswered questions, and an ache I didn’t think I could survive. But in the middle of the heartbreak, something happened… I began to see God in places I never expected. Through the silence, the Scripture, the kindness of strangers, and the comfort of His presence, I learned that grief doesn’t have the final word — ...

A tragic suicide may have ended the earthly life of Harriet Deison, but it didn’t end the love story she shared with her husband, Pete. Their connection continued through Pete’s vivid dreams of Harriet sent from her new home in heaven. Pete and Harriet Deison were enjoying a full life of...

Your Storm Doesn’t Have to Sink You At some point in our lives, we all find ourselves in a boat in the middle of a lake. We might be there due to a job loss or the death of a loved one. Maybe disability, divorce, or financial insecurity has stranded us. Patrick and Ruth Schwenk found...

"Look at the birds". Through the painful days of the pandemic stuck in her home, Courtney Ellis found herself looking down in despair. Soon after, her beloved grandfather died unexpectedly. It was around this same time that Ellis took up watching birds. "Took up" might not be exactly right—as she puts it, "the switch flipped," and she's been borderline obsessed with birds ever since. Looking Up is a meditation on birding as a practice of hope.

Why are Heavenly NDEs so different from each other and yet so alike? What are their most repetitive elements? And what can these actually tell us about God, Jesus, and Paradise? After personally interviewing over two dozen near-death experiencers from different parts of the world, the journalist and comparative religion researcher AJ Parr analyzes the most common elements he found in the cases of the following 15 survivors.