An Insider's Look At the World of Religious Media...and What's Coming Next! Religious radio and TV has built massive networks, launched global organizations,and generated billions of dollars in donations. It has allowed Christianity to reach more people in this century alone than the rest of history combined. But that impact has come with a price. Sex and money scandals, political controversies, and the prosperity gospel have taken their toll on the perception of Christians in the culture. Religious Media has Alienated a Generation TV evangelists with fake hair and gold furniture, tasteless programming, and hard core fundraising pitches have reached embarrassing levels, and young people today want nothing to do with it. But a New Revolution is Happening in Religious Media. With more than three decades of experience in both faith-based and secular media, Phil Cooke explores what it will take to reach the next generation, before the entire industry experiences total collapse.

The Last TV Evangelist: Why the Next Generation Couldn't Care Less About Religious Media

Religion & Spirituality

Cooke, Phil

Christian Books & Bibles

Conversant Media Group

How to write a counterfeit memoir just like this one: You must learn to lie. But in order to delicately handle truth and fiction, you must live a good chunk of your life first. Fall in love, maybe more than once. Keep your eyes wide open in public places and your imagination wide open in private ones. Watch others rise and fall and see how your life stacks up against the curious biographies of the human race. Get an education. It doesn't matter what kind, as long as it puts man in lower case and God in caps. Then, learn to lie with style. This might take some time. Next, you invent a character. Find out the circumstances of her birth, whether her ancestry points toward life or death. Figure out what she believes about God. Give her a house in the suburbs, dress her with some of your old clothes, but be ready to buy her a new wardrobe if necessary. Chase her down dark alleys and into the bright sunshine. Give her a name like Willow, set her age at 33, and cut off her hand on the first page. Live with your main character for many months. Become both a friend and an enemy; otherwise, the story might just become an ordinary novel. And when you're done, insist she is nothing like you. If you follow these steps, you might have a counterfeit memoir about everything you know is true.

The Forecast

Ferdinandsen, Caroline

Literature & Fiction

Are you hungry for a spiritual life in Christ that is deeply satisfying and real? Many believers are not experiencing a healthy, vital Christian life. Maybe you're one of them. Like a patient whose heart is failing, your vital signs are troublesome. You need something to shock you back into the life God intends for you to live. In this practical and prescriptive book, David Swanson examines this condition affecting so many and identifies the vital signs necessary for creating and sustaining a healthy spiritual life: A heart for worship A passion for others An appetite for truth A willingness to forgive A purpose through mission You can live a vital, healthy Christian life that can stand up to the test of temptation and time. Vital Signs will show you how!

Vital Signs: Discovering the Keys to Abundant Christian Living

Swanson, David

In a society obsessed with perfection, it is not surprising that so many women—especially Christian women—are breaking beneath the burden of expectation. With airbrushed cover models and “reality TV” blaring in stereo sound, it is no wonder women are abusing themselves, literally, to maintain the perception of perfection. If you are exhausted from trying to keep it all together or feel anxious at the thought of someone “finding you out” and calling you a fraud; if you are at the breaking point from meeting the demands of everyone else and always putting yourself last or simply beating yourself up because of your imperfections—this book was written for you. In her debut book, Kristin Ritzau shares her very personal journey to overcome crippling perfectionism. As she navigated a new marriage, endured a quarter-life health crisis, and was forced to redefine the God of her childhood, Ritzau discovered freedom in accepting she was a beautiful mess. She didn’t need to clean up her “perfect” life any longer. It was only through examining the emotional, mental, physical, sexual and spiritual facets of herself, that she experienced the Holy Spirit’s healing: acceptance, contentment and rest. A Beautiful Mess will help readers do the same by introducing practices such as contemplative prayer, art journaling, and “playing in your body” while demystifying the self-care journey. The best part of Ritzau’s story is that she is sharing it—to help other women heal and discover their own beautiful mess.

A Beautiful Mess: A Perfectionist's Journey Through Self-care

Ritzau, Kristin

Biola University, under early guidance from Union Oil Company magnate Lyman Stewart, began life as a Bible Institute with a heart for the streets of Los Angeles. In this book, a group of its journalism students' reporting and writing spotlights the lonely pain of Skid Row - a portion of L.A. being helped by, among others, Union Rescue Mission.

Skid Row: You don't come down here without change!

Politics & Social Sciences

McComb, Brittany

Miller, Bethany

Sun, Tiffany

Social Sciences

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