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The T-shirt is dark grey with a black sketched anatomically correct heart in the front and center. The words SPREAD THE LOVE appear on the lower right portion of the sketched heart in red. You can win it by leaving a comment on any post through the day I review Immanuel’s Veins by Ted…
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Remember back when the professionals commented on desired changes for Christian fiction? Remember how some peripheral discussions during that rather highly-charged debate time regarding a certain author’s initial post brought comments of weariness on the whole subject? Remember how some author/agent/editor comments were succinct? Some were light-hearted and some were downright ticked off? Remember the…
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Yes, I think I’ve figured it out. The more I read, the more it takes to impress me. And I think I know why, too. Which is important, don’t you think? Go to any writers’ sites. Any of them. Except for this one of course where I only occasionally refer to “the rules” with…
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Can you tell me what commercial fiction is? I think I’ve read a lot of it this past year. Generally easy and quick reads with limited character development. Sometimes the plot takes some outstanding twists but usually not so much. I think it’s possible to write meaningful commercial fiction like Vince Flynn’s novels definitely…
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Continuing the promotion for Tedd Dekker’s Immanuel’s Veins, the publicity department at Thomas Nelson has requested participants in the CFBA Tour to ask and/or answer the thematic question of the story: What is sacrificial love? There is no sacrificial love like the One determining sacrifice of Jesus Christ. No one can equal it in…
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There was a mix-up at the book distribution part of publicity at Thomas Nelson for the CFBA Tour scheduled for today through Wednesday, so my review of Ted Dekker’s latest and apparently controversial Immanuel’s Veins will most likely appear next Monday since the book will likely arrive the final day of the tour. However,…
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Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men: “See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of His holy ones to judge everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of all the ungodly acts they have done in the ungodly way, and of all the harsh words ungodly sinners have against Him.” These…
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God, please remember your people in the USA. Hear our cries, our repentance, our sorrows over our own conduct and unfaithfulness and those of our fellow citizens. Lord, we repeatedly ask for your mercy on a personal level, but today we ask that those mercies you provide new for us every morning would prevail once…
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Certain events in life take on memorable margins in our brains. They contribute to our history. We mark that spot. We remember where we were when they took place. We remember how we felt. These events can be as simple as a prom or as dramatic as a car crash. They can be September…
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Review of Ted Dekker’s latest Immanuel’s Veins published by Thomas Nelson **Contest** Win a T-shirt with the words “Spread the Love” and the anatomical sketch of a heart from the Thomas Nelson promotion of Ted Dekker’s new release Immanuel’s Veins. Banned by his Christian publishers in Holland (of all places) for being “too…
