Gary Celdom is a veteran detective with over 25 years experience. However, when he decides to attend a fan convention, it turns into a hostage situation. With the help of his partner, a friend from a previous case, and the spiritual guidance of his former fiancée, can Detective Celdom apprehend the captors and enjoy his weekend off?

Phil Bennett is an aspiring writer, and best friend of Detective Gary Celdom. At the urging of his girlfriend, he obtains a part-time job only to stumble into a string of petty thefts within the company. With the guidance of his colleagues, and the spirit of a former love, Phil struggles to cope with his new employment, a bossy roommate, and his budding long-distance relationship.

They called them the “Brylcreem boys” -- the young flyers who streamed into England from the first declaration of war, the kids with the jaunty grins and the willingness to take terrible risks. Among them were thousands of young Canadians, many barely out of high school, all delighted to leave behind humdrum lives in dusty, post-Depression Canada for the irresistible chance to learn to fly and help beat the Germans. Doug Harvey was one of them -- a nineteen-year-old from Toronto who joined...

It's 1989, and high school seniors Alex and Roger cannot wait to graduate. High school may be heinous, but they have big plans for adulthood. Then, something goes wrong with their science project – it rips open a hole in time, a tunnel to the year 2021. The boys journey into the future to find out how their lives will turn out. But when they meet themselves at their high school reunion, they are not pleased with what they've become and set out to change their fate. Their future selves, how...

The NIV Application Commentary helps you communicate and apply biblical text effectively in today's context.To bring the ancient messages of the Bible into today's world, each passage is treated in three sections:Original Meaning. Concise exegesis to help readers understand the original meaning of the biblical text in its historical, literary, and cultural context.Bridging Contexts. A bridge between the worl...

A wake-up call to even the most health-conscious Americans this book boldly challenges conventional wisdom about sickness and unhappiness in today's contemporary culture and offers ground-breaking solutions for achieving change. The authors provide a fascinating new perspective on how modern life can turn so many smart savvy people into the unwitting saboteurs of their own well-being. Inspired by stunning original research comprehensive clinical studies and their successes with thousands o...

In This Issue . . .ALTERNATIVE EGYPTOLOGYTHE BIG VOIDAn Astonishing New Discovery in the Great Pyramid Raises Troubling Questions for 'Egyptology'BY ROBERT M. SCHOCH, Ph.D.ANCIENT MYSTERIESPRE-COLUMBIAN ETs IN SOUTH AMERICA?New Evidence and the Possibility of Intervention from Other WorldsBY FRANK JOSEPHCOSMOLOGYTHE COSMIC ORIGINS OF LIFEWha...

From the author of Boys, Bombs, and Brussels Sprouts and The Tumbling Mirth: Remembering the Air Force comes yet another uproarious ascent into high-altitude insanity. And this time, J. Douglas Harvey includes delightful anecdotes sent to him by “WDs” -- as enthusiastic and proud as any member of the air force, the first-ever members of the Women's Division led a life that was often tough, but always intriguing. This book contains dozens of hilarious stories from WDs who ...

For more than twenty years Douglas Moo’s NICNT volume on Romans has been providing pastors, students, and scholars with profound insight into Paul’s most famous letter. In this thorough revision of his commentary, Moo deals with issues that have come into prominence since the first edition (1996), incorporating the latest research and rewriting the text throughout for better comprehension.Exegetically astute and theologically minded, Moo interacts critically with the new perspectiv...

Tumbling Mirth is an anecdotal look at the Royal Canadian Air Force from its origins in 1924 to the time of its unification in 1967. During those years the Air Force was the RCAF, and members were proud to serve their country. The author, Douglas Harvey, served for twenty-two years and Tumbling Mirth is a collection of his stories and tales remembering what it was like to work in the air force, with cartoons drawn by Warrant Officer Ray Tracy.

Big City, Big Glamour, Big TroubleCheck out the new young adult romantic comedy series featuring "Felony Melanie" seven years before the events of the movie Sweet Home Alabama.Before Melanie Smooter became hot fashion designer Melanie Carmichael, she was known as Felony Melanie, the teenage troublemaker of Pigeon Creek, Alabama. Aching to escape the boredom of small-town life, she gets into many reckless adventures. Her boyfriend, Jake, is always b...

Few New Testament books have been as controversial and misunderstood as the letter of James. Its place in the canon was contested by some early Christians, and the reformer Martin Luther called it an "epistle of straw." The sometimes negative view of the letter among modern theologians, however, is not shared by ordinary believers. Well known and often quoted, James is concise, intensely practical, and filled with memorable metaphors and illustrations. As such, it has become one of the mos...