On a Sunday in May 2008, an F-5 tornado struck the town of Parkersburg, Iowa, killing eight people and destroying 250 homes and businesses within 34 seconds. The next day, Parkersburg’s beloved football coach, Ed Thomas, made a stunning prediction: “God willing, we will play our first home game here on this field this season.” One hundred days later, the home team scored a victory on the field they dubbed “The Sacred Acre,” serving as a galvanizing point for the town to band together and rebuild. But just as Parkersburg was recovering, another devastating tragedy struck. While working with a group of football and volleyball players early one morning, one of Ed’s former students walked in and gunned him down point blank. Ed Thomas was 58. The murder of this hometown hero spread across national news headlines. Ed’s community and family reeled from shock. Yet the story doesn’t end here. What happened next proves that even a double tragedy is no match for faith, love … and the power of forgiveness.

The Sacred Acre: The Ed Thomas Story

Biographies & Memoirs

Tabb, Mark

Leaders & Notable People

Zondervan

When Officer Andy Myers met Loraine Phillips, he had no interest in her son. And he certainly never dreamed he'd respond to a call, finding that same boy in a pool of blood. Even more alarming was the father standing watch over his son's body. Myers had never seen a man respond to death-particularly the death of a child-in such a way. When the father is charged with murder and sentenced to death, he chooses not to fight but embrace it as God's will. Myers becomes consumed with curiosity for these strange beliefs. What follows is the story of the bond these two men share as they come to terms with the tragedy and the difficult choices each one must make.

The Death and Life of Gabriel Phillips: A Novel

Literature & Fiction

Baldwin, Stephen

United States

FaithWords

Stephen Baldwin explains why he compares his new life of faith to jumping out of an airplane without a parachute and calls you to take the plunge.

The Unusual Suspect: My Calling to the New Hardcore Movement of Faith

Humor & Entertainment

Stephen Baldwin reveals his unbelievable change from a hardcore party boy to a hardcore follower of Jesus Christ. The core of his message: "You must be willing to try faith God's way, not yours, and when you do you will find a life beyond anything you could have dreamed."

As current as today’s headlines, this explosive true story reveals how these radically conflicted men chose to let go of fear and a thirst for revenge to pursue reconciliation for themselves, their community, and our racially divided nation. Jameel McGee: “For the next three years not a day went by that I didn’t think about my son who I had never seen and the cop who had kept me from him. And for most of those three years I promised myself that if I ever saw this cop again, I was going to kill him. I intended to keep that promise.” Andrew Collins: “I watched this angry man march through a crowd, a little boy and another man struggling to keep up with him....The man walked straight up to me, stopped, and stuck out his hand. I took it. “Remember me?” he asked in a tone that sounded more like a threat than a question. Somehow, a name came to me. ‘Jameel McGee,’ I replied.” It reads like a gripping crime novel…except this story really happened. Racial tensions had long simmered in Benton Harbor, a small city on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan, before the day a white narcotics officer--more focused on arrests than justice—set his sights on an innocent black man. But when officer Andrew Collins framed Jameel McGee for possession of crack cocaine, the surprising result was not a race riot but a transformative journey for both men. Falsely convicted, McGee spent three years in federal prison. Collins also went to prison a few years later for falsifying police reports. While behind bars, the faith of both men deepened. But the story took its most unexpected turn once they were released--when their lives collided again in a moment brimming with mistrust and anger. The two were on a collision course—not to violence—but forgiveness.

Convicted: A Crooked Cop, an Innocent Man, and an Unlikely Journey of Forgiveness and Friendship

COLLINS, Andrew

McGee, Jameel Zookie

Community & Culture

WaterBrook

Convicted: An Innocent Man, the Cop Who Framed Him, and an Unlikely Journey of Forgiveness and Friendship

The Bible tells us that we will find God when we seek Him with our whole heart. But how quickly we can forget all the delightful promises God has made to us! In Names of God's Promises, Mark Tabb outlines the promises God has given each believer-those of love, gentle care, abundant life, forgiveness, hope and so much more. Readers will be awed by the mercy God shows His children, and live in renewed dedication to Him for loving us so faithfully.

Names of God's Promises (Names of... Series)

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Moody Publishers

Who wants to be a sheep?The twenty-third Psalm begins, 'The Lord is my Shepherd.' While we often think of this phrase as a comforting and beautiful affirmation of God's love for us, we rarely stop to think of its implications. If God is our Shepherd, that makes us sheep. Mindless, passive, dependant animals that will follow anything that catches their attention. Stupid creatures that must be watched at all times lest they be a detriment to themselves. Yet that's how the Bible refers to God's people time and time again.If God is to be our Shepherd, then we need to be His sheep. We must surrender our stubborn wills to His direction, bow to his discipline, and acknowledge His sovereignty over all heaven and earth.Join Mark Tabb as he studies the life of God's sheep and encourages us to live each day surrendered to our Shepherd in Song of the Shepherd.

Song of the Shepherd: Psalm 23 (Foundations of the Faith)

The Astro's star pitcher explains how he learned to deal with temptation while still a teenager, by committing himself to Christ and a life of purity, not only in sex but in action, thought, and motive.

Strike Zone: Targeting A Life Of Integrity & Purity (Truthquest)

Teen & Young Adult

Reccord, Bob

Pettitte, Andy

Biographies

B&H Books

Mark Tabb won't ignore the facts about the hectic pace of modern life that we are, ironically, often too tired to acknowledge and change. In his candid and spiritually insightful Living with Less, he declares, “The only way to get more out of life is to choose less. Less stuff. Less activity. Less wanting more. . . . May God give us the courage to choose less stress in order that we might experience more of the life he has planned for us.”

Living with Less: The Upside of Downsizing Your Life

Self-Help

Happiness

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Books by Tabb, Mark

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The Sacred Acre: The Ed Thomas Story

The Death and Life of Gabriel Phillips: A Novel

The Unusual Suspect: My Calling to the New Hardcore Movement of Faith

The Unusual Suspect: My Calling to the New Hardcore Movement of Faith

Convicted: A Crooked Cop, an Innocent Man, and an Unlikely Journey of Forgiveness and Friendship

Convicted: An Innocent Man, the Cop Who Framed Him, and an Unlikely Journey of Forgiveness and Friendship

Names of God's Promises (Names of... Series)

Song of the Shepherd: Psalm 23 (Foundations of the Faith)

Strike Zone: Targeting A Life Of Integrity & Purity (Truthquest)

Living with Less: The Upside of Downsizing Your Life