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Turning Addiction Recovery into a Blueprint for Christian Living

For Matthew Linehan, escaping addiction was not the end of the story. It was the beginning of learning how to live. In Free Indeed: The 7 Keys to Unlock Your Freedom, he recounts his journey from three decades of alcohol and drug addiction to a life rooted in Christian faith.…

BookTribSeptember 17, 2026

Author Spotlight

Amanda Rechsteiner on Trusting God Through the Detours in “The Crossing Place”

For Amanda Rechsteiner, finding her purpose wasn’t a straight path — it was a journey shaped by faith, unexpected detours and learning to surrender control. In The Crossing Place, Rechsteiner draws from pivotal moments in her own life to explore what it means to recognize God’s calling and trust His…

BookTribSeptember 3, 2026

Miscellany Recommended

Poems for the Long Journey of the Soul

What if autobiography did not begin with birth or end with death? What if the story of a life included people we have loved before, lessons carried from one incarnation into another, unfinished relationships that find us again and glimpses of worlds beyond the one we can see? Diane Skye…

Cynthia ConradSeptember 2, 2026

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“Rebuilding Babel” Challenges the Modern Church to Trade the Tower for the Table

Rhett Dudgeon's Rebuilding Babel is a debut from a Bible college graduate turned construction worker and "ministry dropout," and that background shows up everywhere in the best way — the writing is grounded, plainspoken, and refreshingly unpretentious for a book that's ultimately doing serious theological and historical work. The book…

BookTribSeptember 2, 2026

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Finding Purpose on the Other Side of Surrender

In The Crossing Place, Amanda Rechsteiner frames the entire book not as a treatise but as a long conversation between friends, and that choice shapes everything that follows. The tone is warm, unguarded and refreshingly free of the polished distance that can make devotional writing feel abstract. The book's central…

BookTribAugust 19, 2026

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When the Lights Go Out, Can God Still Be Trusted?

In Learning to See When the Lights Go Out: Reconciling God's Love with His Sovereignty, Dr. Chuck F. Betters writes from inside the wreckage of the worst night of his life when he experienced the sudden death of his sixteen-year-old son, Mark, in a car accident. The result is one…

BookTribAugust 12, 2026

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Bearing Witness to Grace in a Time of Crisis

Tom Banwart's The Grace of God is a collection that turns the fear and isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic into a testament of people rising to compassion. What begins as a simple story about Banwart and his wife, Pam, playing Christian music from their lanai for anxious, isolated neighbors grows…

BookTribAugust 11, 2026

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Robert Charley Guides Readers Through Atonement — and Prepares Them for What Lies Ahead After

Dark times are ahead. It's an infamous, ubiquitous message to be found in several sections of the Bible — the Book of Revelation among them. But those who read the Book of Revelation often come away with more questions than answers. But what is the truth behind the origins found…

BookTribAugust 7, 2026

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When Judgment Becomes Action in Revelation

For readers who followed Robert Charley through the seals and horsemen of The Feast of Trumpets: Blueprint to Revelation (our review here), the second book in his trilogy opens at a more ominous threshold. In The Day of Atonements: Blueprint to Revelation, judgment is no longer being weighed. The verdict has…

BookTribAugust 3, 2026

Author Spotlight

Unlocking Revelation: Robert Charley Explains the Missing Biblical Blueprint

For many readers, the Book of Revelation is the Bible's most mysterious and intimidating text, filled with vivid symbolism, apocalyptic imagery and competing interpretations. In The Feast of Trumpets: Blueprint to Revelation, author Robert Charley offers a different approach, arguing that the key to understanding Revelation has been hiding in…

BookTribJuly 31, 2026

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An Illuminating Guide to the Book of Revelation

For anyone who has ever closed the Book of Revelation feeling more confused than illuminated, Robert Charley's The Feast of Trumpets: Blueprint to Revelation offers a fresh lens, grounded in scholarship yet written with the warmth of a friend walking you through a subject he loves. Understanding Revelation Through the…

BookTribJuly 27, 2026

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When Faith Is Exploited: Catholic Corruption, Cults and Conspiracies

Five years ago, when I debuted my first thriller novel, I had no idea where my protagonist Marko Zorn would take me. It’s been a wild ride — from Big Pharma boardrooms to a far-right underworld and now to a secret society, Holy Death, plotting to infiltrate the Vatican. In…

Otho EskinJuly 23, 2026

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Joseph M. Lenard on Finding Faith and Meaning Through Life’s Roller Coasters

Joseph M. Lenard has long explored the complexities of the human experience through stories that blend faith, loss, hope and resilience. In Roller Coasters: The Life Kind, he uses amusement park rides as vivid metaphors for life's emotional twists and turns, examining grief, guilt, legacy and the power of moving…

BookTribJuly 15, 2026

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A Story of Loss and the Hard Work of Carrying Love Forward

Grief does not always behave like an ending. Sometimes it acts more like a ride that refuses to stop: the same drops and turns, the same sickening return to the place where everything irrevocably changed. In the latest entry to his “Life and Living” series, Roller Coasters: The Life Kind,…

BookTribJuly 6, 2026

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Peter A. Giersch on “Talking of Michelangelo” and the Search for Divine Providence

In Talking of Michelangelo: Death, Judgment, Heaven, and Hell in the Burgundy Region, author Peter A. Giersch blends memoir, literary criticism, theology and travel writing into a personal exploration of faith and meaning. Drawing on an Ignatian retreat in France, the poetry of T.S. Eliot, the art of Michelangelo and…

BookTribJuly 2, 2026

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Bringing Bible Stories to Life for Reluctant Young Readers

Capturing the attention of middle-grade readers who are hesitant to pick up a book requires a specific kind of literary formula: high-stakes pacing, strong visual cues, relatability and a touch of humor or suspense. For parents, educators, and leaders seeking to bring biblical truths to life, we’ve compiled five books…

BookTribJune 9, 2026

Turning Addiction Recovery into a Blueprint for Christian Living

Amanda Rechsteiner on Trusting God Through the Detours in “The Crossing Place”

Poems for the Long Journey of the Soul

“Rebuilding Babel” Challenges the Modern Church to Trade the Tower for the Table

Finding Purpose on the Other Side of Surrender

When the Lights Go Out, Can God Still Be Trusted?

Bearing Witness to Grace in a Time of Crisis

Robert Charley Guides Readers Through Atonement — and Prepares Them for What Lies Ahead After

When Judgment Becomes Action in Revelation

Unlocking Revelation: Robert Charley Explains the Missing Biblical Blueprint

An Illuminating Guide to the Book of Revelation

When Faith Is Exploited: Catholic Corruption, Cults and Conspiracies

Joseph M. Lenard on Finding Faith and Meaning Through Life’s Roller Coasters

A Story of Loss and the Hard Work of Carrying Love Forward

Peter A. Giersch on “Talking of Michelangelo” and the Search for Divine Providence

Bringing Bible Stories to Life for Reluctant Young Readers

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