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Good news! My book, Jonathan Edwards and the Christian Pilgrim, is scheduled for release in March 2023. In 2020, after my father died, I found myself thinking more and more about heavenly things. I repeatedly turned to a sermon written by Jonathan Edwards called, The Christian Pilgrim. It is so encouraging and full of faith and devotion to the Lord that it seems like a pep talk for heaven. It makes you want to go there . . . NOW! haha.
I decided to bring this sermon to life again for this new generation of people who are in dire need of the wisdom Edwards gives us. I took this excellent sermon and examined it in segments. It is a short book, but one that will be useful to give to loved ones who are dying–and need encouragement along the way. Better yet, it would be good for any believer to help them along life’s journey. Edwards equates our lives with a journey to a treasured destination. No matter how sweet or bitter our lives are at any given time, these are merely stops along the way. This life is NOT the destination. Instead, we are to live with the end in sight. It’s like taking a vacation. No matter how great the accommodations are along the way, our hearts desire that final destination. As believers we are to joyfully live lives pleasing to the Lord along that journey, but we’re not to become overly attached to any of life’s allurements along the way. We were not designed to become mired in this world’s desires, but instead are commanded to keep our eyes on heavenly things! I hope this book serves to strengthen and encourage every believer’s walk.
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I finally finished my big book called, SALVATION IS OF THE LORD: An Examination of God’s Saving Work. It was released in April, 2021 by Expert Press. This has been a huge project–certainly a labor of love. I struggled for some time with writing this book. This is, by far, the most theological book I’ve written. And women writing theology is still not exactly in vogue. I let that dissuade me for years before I finally remembered that the success or failure of such a book does not ultimately depend on me. I call myself a Sovereignty-of-God-girl. If He is sovereign over all things–and He is–then He is sovereign over how this book will be received. My job was to write it, prayerfully asking Him to superintend every word. I will trust Him with whatever happens now.
I’ve shared before, I believe, that fiction pours out of my mind and onto the screen. Yes, it’s work but not compared to writing nonfiction. When writing Christian nonfiction, every single word takes on such importance–writing an entire book where nothing can be misinterpreted, where the text is clear and concise, and where you apply sound biblical principles to everything you write. I might spend 30 minutes deciding whether “on” or “in” would be the right word. Also, this work is a departure from my ministry of comforting the hurting. Instead, it takes a good, long look at the comparisons between the Doctrines of Grace and Arminianism, using scripture to make the case, so to speak. This is not light reading, but to a student of the scriptures, it will be interesting reading! It seeks to illustrate the Doctrines of Grace through the roles of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit in the work of salvation:
- Choosing by the Father
- Redemption by the Son
- Calling by the Spirit
As with all my books, I will continue to trust in the sovereignty of God for this one’s outreach, confident that He will place it in the hands of those He chooses to bless by it.
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My latest book, A Quiet Confidence: From Christian Worrier to Christian Warrior, is a book for Christians fighting their tendency to worry. It takes 10 of the most comforting passages in the Bible, and through them reminds people of the goodness of God, His faithfulness, His lovingkindness and His sovereignty over all things. This book is designed to serve the reader as a calming, soothing breath of fresh air, in which they find room to breathe again, unencumbered by the weight of sometimes paralyzing fear, anxiety and worry. I hope it will be released in 2023. So pray that I will find a publisher who will be eager to give this book a home and release it next year!
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In the meantime, I have finished my historical fiction series called, The Cordelia Chronicles. Book one, As Snow Before a Summer Sun, is about Cordelia Lawson, the wife of a captain on a frontier fort in 1868. Drama and intrigue follow her wherever she goes as one of the only Indian sympathizers in a world with an unspoken policy of extermination. General George Custer is one of the primary characters in this historically accurate tale and adds his own brand of spice to the swirling plots as Cordelia makes her way through the foreign world of post-Civil War military life, the traditions of the Cheyenne, and Cordelia’s own love story with her husband, Robert. This book is scheduled for release in January, 2023 by Lewis Publications.
Book two of the series, Long Journey Home, picks up where the first novel ends and scheduled for release in 2024. Book three of the series, Coming Full Circle, scheduled for release in 2024 completes the series and (I think) these characters can finally be put to rest. At this point, they’ve been part of my life for so long that they’re almost real to me.
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A quick shout-out to Jim Holmes for his efforts to redesign my website and bring it into this decade. He also did the cover design for my latest book, Salvation is of the Lord. Let me encourage you to reach out to him if you have similar needs. www.greatwriting.org
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