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Author Interview: Linda Carter Escapes From Lesbianism (VIDEO)

May 30th, 201203:25 PM ET

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Linda F. Carter, author of A New Life: Delivered From Lesbianism is interviewed by her pastor. Linda talks about how the power of God set her free from a sinful lifestyle. This second video completes the interview. Linda talks about having the mind of Christ. Linda says that leaving the lesbian lifestyle was not an over-night vic...
A New Life: Delivered From Lesbianism (BOOK EXCERPT, PT 8)

May 30th, 201201:04 PM ET

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Today the Book Stop Blog is featuring the final excerpt from A New Life: Delivered From Lesbianism by Linda D. Carter. I finally eased out of bed and peeped out my bedroom window to see if my car was parked in the driveway. I slipped on some clothes and went out to my car to see if I had hit anything the night before. There were no dents and ...
A New Life: Delivered From Lesbianism (BOOK EXCERPT, PT 7)

May 29th, 201212:26 PM ET

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The Book Stop Blog is featuring excerpts from A New Life: Delivered From Lesbianism by Linda D. Carter. Chapter 6: My Journey To Freedom As I sought to get my life right with the Lord, I still carried a heavy void within. Something was missing, and that something was my completely surrending my life to God. I remember one Friday evening, a f...
A New Life: Delivered From Lesbianism (BOOK EXCERPT, PT 6)

May 28th, 201210:57 AM ET

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The Book Stop Blog is featuring excerpts from A New Life: Delivered From Lesbianism by Linda D. Carter. The following school year, I did not work because my position was cut. God has such a way of doing things. When the next school year started, I'd get up each morning and take my son to school, then come home and just sit, sit, and sit, unti...
A New Life: Delivered From Lesbianism (BOOK EXCERPT, PT 5)

May 25th, 201211:25 AM ET

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The Book Stop Blog is featuring excerpts from A New Life: Delivered From Lesbianism by Linda D. Carter. One Thursday evening, mom completely stopped talking, and by Friday had begun slipping away. Very rapidly, she went from just a cessation of speech, to no longer eating. Even worse, her health took this turn for the worse on my deceased bro...
A New Life: Delivered From Lesbianism (BOOK EXCERPT, PT 4)

May 24th, 201211:48 AM ET

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The Book Stop Blog is featuring excerpts from A New Life: Delivered From Lesbianism by Linda D. Carter. My mother was a praying woman of God who stood in the gap for me. Not only was she my mother, but my best friend. On April 8, 1995, she went home to be with the Lord. For years she had suffered from diabetes and high blood pressure. Over th...
A New Life: Delivered From Lesbianism (BOOK EXCERPT, PT 3)

May 23rd, 201211:20 AM ET

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The Book Stop Blog is featuring excerpts from A New Life: Delivered From Lesbianism by Linda D. Carter. There is no way that two women or that two men can love each other like heterosexual couples love each other. What I was experiencing was pure lust. Eventually, she and I went our separate ways. Afterwards, I went through the excruciatingly...
A New Life: Delivered From Lesbianism (BOOK EXCERPT, PT 2)

May 22nd, 201212:28 PM ET

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The Book Stop Blog is featuring excerpts from A New Life: Delivered From Lesbianism by Linda D. Carter. My new friend and I soon became lovers. Any time you saw her, you also saw me. We were always together. I was age 18 and she was 20. We both lived at home with our respective parents at the time, but every opportunity we got, we spent it to...
A Biography of Jesus (BOOK EXCERPT, PT 7)

May 22nd, 201211:35 AM ET

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Today Book Stop blog is featuring its final excerpt from A Biography of Jesus by Tom Cowley and available from Paraclete Press. Divinity Declared Jesus teaches that he and the Father are one. During the Judea/Perea travels Jesus made two trips to the Jerusalem Temple and one trip to Bethany, near Jerusalem. Jesus went to the Temple for the...
A New Life: Delivered From Lesbianism (BOOK EXCERPT, PT 1)

May 22nd, 201210:59 AM ET

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The Book Stop Blog is featuring excerpts from A New Life: Delivered From Lesbianism by Linda D. Carter. The Beginning of My Journey After graduating high school, the rollercoaster ride really began. I started junior college in the fall of 1980. I was enjoying the transition into young adulthood, meeting new people and enjoying my freedom. It...
A Biography of Jesus (BOOK EXCERPT, PT 6)

May 21st, 201211:10 AM ET

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The Book Stop Blog is featuring excerpts from A Biography of Jesus by Tom Cowley and available from Paraclete Press. Dignity of Women The ground is level at the foot of the Cross. Throughout his ministry Jesus elevated women and demonstrated their dignity in ways that were surprising to his contemporaries. Now that Jesus was on the move fro...
A Biography of Jesus (BOOK EXCERPT, PT 5)

May 18th, 201211:16 PM ET

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The Book Stop Blog is featuring excerpts from A Biography of Jesus by Tom Cowley and available from Paraclete Press. Discourage Divorce Two becoming one is to be cherished. AGROUP OF PHARISEES came to Jesus with a difficult question concerning divorce. “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason?” (Matthew 19:3...
A Biography of Jesus (BOOK EXCERPT, PT 4)

May 17th, 201203:33 PM ET

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The Book Stop Blog is featuring excerpts from A Biography of Jesus by Tom Cowley and available from Paraclete Press. Dwelling With Him Daily The richness of a relationship with Jesus has great value. NEAR the conclusion of the Judea/Perea ministry, Jesus began predicting his death to his disciples. He also laid groundwork for the indwelling...
A Biography of Jesus (BOOK EXCERPT, PT 3)

May 15th, 201211:34 PM ET

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The Book Stop Blog is featuring excerpts from A Biography of Jesus by Tom Cowley and available from Paraclete Press. "Do It"— dust off oneself a Teaching event Followers of Jesus are given an urgency to serve. JESUS expects a sense of urgency among his disciples. The old Nike marketing phrase “Just do it” captures this attitude. Jesus...
A Biography of Jesus (BOOK EXCERPT, PT 2)

May 14th, 201203:50 PM ET

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The Book Stop Blog is featuring excerpts from A Biography of Jesus by Tom Cowley and available from Paraclete Press. Decision With Focus a Teaching event No one can serve two masters. JESUS reminds the crowds to listen and follow the signs he is giving to them. The Christian journey demands a life completely focused on God. One needs to be ...
A Biography of Jesus (BOOK EXCERPT, PT 1)

May 11th, 201211:21 PM ET

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The Book Stop Blog is featuring excerpts from A Biography of Jesus by Tom Cowley and available from Paraclete Press. Introduction The last six months of the earthly life of Jesus Christ are a travelog through the provinces of Judea and Perea. These six months represent a turning point in Jesus’s life. Some authors call it a period of oppos...
Your Words Hold a Miracle (BOOK EXCERPT, PT 4)

May 11th, 201212:13 PM ET

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This is the final excerpt from chapter 1 of Your Words Hold a Miracle by John Osteen and available from Hachette Book Group. According to today's excerpt, "You cannot think negative thoughts and expect to live a positive life." Used by permission. All rights to this material are reserved. Material is not to be reproduced, scanned, copied...
Your Words Hold a Miracle (BOOK EXCERPT, PT 3)

May 10th, 201208:30 PM ET

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The Book Stop Blog is featuring excerpts from chapter 1 of Your Words Hold a Miracle by John Osteen and available from Hachette Book Group. Used by permission. All rights to this material are reserved. Material is not to be reproduced, scanned, copied, or distributed in any printed or electronic form without written permission from Hachet...
The Whole Guy Thing (BOOK EXCERPT, PT 9)

May 10th, 201212:24 PM ET

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This excerpt concludes a series of posts from chapter 1 of The Whole Guy Thing: What Every Girl Needs to Know about Crushes, Friendship, Relating, and Dating by Nancy Rue and available from Zondervan. Let’s also make a clear distinction between your actions and your feelings. If your dad says you can’t date until you’re eighteen, you ne...
Your Words Hold a Miracle (BOOK EXCERPT, PT 2)

May 09th, 201212:56 PM ET

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The Book Stop Blog is featuring excerpts from chapter 1 of Your Words Hold a Miracle by John Osteen and available from Hachette Book Group. Today's excerpt is about a Christian who became successful as a result of living by faith and speaking by faith. Used by permission. All rights to this material are reserved. Material is not to be re...
The Whole Guy Thing (BOOK EXCERPT, PT 8)

May 09th, 201212:29 PM ET

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The Book Stop Blog is featuring excerpts from chapter 1 of The Whole Guy Thing: What Every Girl Needs to Know about Crushes, Friendship, Relating, and Dating by Nancy Rue and available from Zondervan. Mom, Dad ... Now Don’t Freak Out “I don’t want a boyfriend yet, but I do find myself liking guys more. My mom says, ‘Why are you tal...
Your Words Hold a Miracle (BOOK EXCERPT, PT 1)

May 08th, 201203:35 PM ET

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The Book Stop Blog is featuring excerpts from chapter 1 of Your Words Hold a Miracle by John Osteen and available from Hachette Book Group. Today's excerpt is about a Christian that learned about the power of words how they shape our lives. Used by permission. All rights to this material are reserved. Material is not to be reproduced, scan...
The Whole Guy Thing (BOOK EXCERPT, PT 7)

May 08th, 201212:40 PM ET

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The Book Stop Blog is featuring excerpts from chapter 1 of The Whole Guy Thing: What Every Girl Needs to Know about Crushes, Friendship, Relating, and Dating by Nancy Rue and available from Zondervan. What do you do when you talk to God? You can journal your thoughts — unless the idea of writing page after page makes you want to scale the n...
A Faith of Our Own: Following Jesus Beyond the Culture Wars (EXCERPT, PT 4)

May 07th, 201212:00 PM ET

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The Book Stop Blog is featuring excerpts from chapter one of A Faith of Our Own: Following Jesus Beyond the Culture Wars by Jonathan Merritt. Before I left Lynchburg, I shook the preacher’s hand, but I was unable to shake his comments. As our car rumbled back from the James River valley to metropolitan Atlanta, I thought long and hard about...
The Whole Guy Thing (BOOK EXCERPT, PT 6)

May 07th, 201211:19 AM ET

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The Book Stop Blog is featuring excerpts from chapter 1 of The Whole Guy Thing: What Every Girl Needs to Know about Crushes, Friendship, Relating, and Dating by Nancy Rue and available from Zondervan. God on Guys “I feel really guilty because I spend A LOT of my time daydreaming about guys, and I give God less attention.” I think it’s...
A Faith of Our Own: Following Jesus Beyond the Culture Wars (EXCERPT, PT 3)

May 04th, 201203:49 PM ET

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The Book Stop Blog is featuring excerpts from chapter one of A Faith of Our Own: Following Jesus Beyond the Culture Wars; by Jonathan Merritt. Is this what it means to follow Jesus in the twenty-first century? Is this what it looks like to pursue the kingdom-come life he spoke so often about? Memorize some talking points and vote into office ...
The Whole Guy Thing (BOOK EXCERPT, PT 5)

May 04th, 201203:28 PM ET

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The Book Stop Blog is featuring excerpts from chapter 1 of The Whole Guy Thing: What Every Girl Needs to Know about Crushes, Friendship, Relating, and Dating by Nancy Rue and available from Zondervan. What’s Going On with Me? This is sort of like one of those quizzes you take in a magazine. (You may not read any of the articles, but you’...
A Faith of Our Own: Following Jesus Beyond the Culture Wars (EXCERPT, PT 2)

May 03rd, 201206:07 PM ET

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The Book Stop Blog is featuring excerpts from chapter one of A Faith of Our Own: Following Jesus Beyond the Culture Wars by Jonathan Merritt. The preacher was not and is not alone in his approach to faith, politics, and culture. A conflict is raging, and the spoils are the rights to control and shape our nation and its policies. Unlike tradit...
The Whole Guy Thing (BOOK EXCERPT, PT 4)

May 03rd, 201205:43 PM ET

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The Book Stop Blog is featuring excerpts from chapter 1 of The Whole Guy Thing: What Every Girl Needs to Know about Crushes, Friendship, Relating, and Dating by Nancy Rue and available from Zondervan. In my years as a high school teacher, workshop director, youth group leader, speaker, blogger, writer, mother, aunt, and friend, I’ve gotten ...
A Faith of Our Own: Following Jesus Beyond the Culture Wars (EXCERPT, PT 1)

May 02nd, 201203:07 PM ET

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The Book Stop Blog is featuring excerpts from chapter one of A Faith of Our Own: Following Jesus Beyond the Culture Wars by Jonathan Merritt. Breakfast with Falwell It's interesting that nowadays politicians want to talk about moral issues, and bishops want to talk politics. - Sir Humphrey Appleby, from Yes, Prime Minister My restless l...
The Whole Guy Thing (BOOK EXCERPT, PT 3)

May 02nd, 201212:48 PM ET

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The Book Stop Blog is featuring excerpts from chapter 1 of The Whole Guy Thing: What Every Girl Needs to Know about Crushes, Friendship, Relating, and Dating by Nancy Rue and available from Zondervan. This almost magnetic feeling is normal because it’s triggered by your hormones. Think about it: you didn’t consider boys to be anything but...
The Whole Guy Thing (BOOK EXCERPT, PT 2)

May 01st, 201212:13 PM ET

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The Book Stop Blog is featuring excerpts from chapter 1 of The Whole Guy Thing: What Every Girl Needs to Know about Crushes, Friendship, Relating, and Dating by Nancy Rue and available from Zondervan. Seriously, wasn’t it so much simpler when boys did their thing, you girls did yours, and you hardly had to talk to them if you didn’t want ...

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