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On a late spring morning, a young man emerges from a wine press and finds himself face-to-face with the Angel of the Lord, who tells him, “The Lord is with you, mighty warrior. Go in the strength you have and save Israel out of Midian’s hand.” And, so starts a wonderous and Holy journey by a humble man with a trusting faith in God. Discover the lesson of how faith in God helps us overcome our fears and biggest obstacles.

Disillusioned with her corporate legal career, attorney Charlotte Ambler volunteers to handle the final appeal of Christopher Ritter, a Florida death row inmate whose execution is imminent. Ritter had been a prominent biologist before being convicted 10 years earlier for the brutal murder of a prostitute. He denies killing the woman but is tormented by guilt for other, secret transgressions. The only appeal he will allow is to prove that he is innocent - a kind of appeal which is almost impossible to succeed.

Meticulously researched, Jesus and the Dawn of Hope unveils Jesus’ final week, plunging listeners into an epic battle between light and darkness. For seven days, from Palm Sunday to Easter dawn, you will witness Jesus, both human and divine, clash with the ambitious high priest Caiaphas. The Messiah outmaneuvers him at every turn until he finally liberates believers from death and sin with His triumph on the cross.

A beautiful graduate student suspects that her psychiatrist is ruled by the fantasies of a poet who's been dead for 200 years....

Kenny Ruffin, a former gang leader serving hard time in San Quentin, looks forward to his release so he can get his life back and meet his teenage son for the first time. His destiny becomes entangled with that of a redneck career criminal called Cat McGrath when the two of them are sent back to LA on the same bus.

His executioner called him a king. His followers called him their liberator. He called himself the way. Who is Jesus of Nazareth really? What will you do with him? And what can he create within you? In Jesus Is Everything, Dr. Bruce L. Hartman uncovers the real Jesus - the man behind the religious legend. More importantly, Dr. Hartman reveals what Jesus wants to accomplish in his followers. As a former CFO and a theologically-trained minister, Dr. Hartman systematically slices away centuries of religious barnacles covering the life of the man who called himself the truth.

To Alice Coggins, the 24-year-old daughter of a South Philadelphia scam artist, everything looks like a racket: endless serf-like internships, student loans that can never be repaid, and high-minded charities run by swindlers for the benefit of rich donors. Things only get worse when she meets Andrew Ogleby, a scion of blue-bloods who is engaged to a bulimic pet-food heiress he can't bring himself to marry. As their Cinderella romance unfolds, Alice and Andrew must battle their families, the mob, and most of all the ubiquitous "Potlatch".