The sister of Bishop T.D. Jakes inspires women to see their trials as the furnace that molds them into living examples of God's handiwork.

The strange and enigmatic title "son of man" has intrigued biblical scholars for millennia. What does it mean and how does it describe Jesus in his role as the Christian messiah? Robin Jarrell surveys the mythological roots of the phrase in the ancient Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh and traces its development from the mythology of the Egyptian queen Hatshepsut's birth narrative, to the Baal Cycle in Ugaritic literature, to the story of Pandora, and finally to the story of creation found in the book of Genesis. The key to unlocking the mystery of the phrase "son of man" is embedded in the story of the first "son of man"--Noah--with the reference to "the sons of God" who found wives among the "daughters of men" and whose offspring brought devastation to the earth and the reason for the flood. In the hands of the Christian gospel writers, the parallel "son of man" figure found in the Dead Sea Scrolls reemerges in the identity of the last "son of man"--Jesus of Nazareth.

Erica Grier's debut book, Trophy Wife, is an emotional journey through tests of unwavering faith and unconditional love. To know Erica personally is to know a woman who is a vessel of intuitive wisdom. Erica's supermodel looks are no competition for her beautiful heart - a heart that desires to help every woman who experiences life's most devastating betrayal. Infidelity is a humiliating secret that many wives experience but hide in shame. Erica understands that life's most challenging moments can be the biggest opportunities for growing closer to God and your husband. In Trophy Wife, Erica courageously shares her life story with transparency and authenticity. Reading her truth on every page is like having a deep conversation with your best girlfriend. It is soul-filling, life-affirming, and wise way beyond her less-than-forty years. Supported by carefully selected verses from the Bible, Erica's counsel is a healing salve for hurting hearts and wounded marriages. She gives you hope for recovery and renewal. She reminds you why marriage is sacred and why the devil's purpose is to destroy it. After reading Trophy Wife, you'll be prepared to fight for your marriage and win. With time, prayer, and unrelenting work as a couple to repair your bond, you'll be able to trust again. You and your marriage will become whole again. Life will be beautiful again. Trophy Wife is proof. Angela G. Solomon

How have millions of American Christians come to measure spiritual progress in terms of their financial status and physical well-being? How has the movement variously called Word of Faith, Health and Wealth, Name It and Claim It, or simply prosperity gospel come to dominate much of our contemporary religious landscape? Kate Bowler's Blessed is the first book to fully explore the origins, unifying themes, and major figures of a burgeoning movement that now claims millions of followers in America. Bowler traces the roots of the prosperity gospel: from the touring mesmerists, metaphysical sages, pentecostal healers, business oracles, and princely prophets of the early 20th century; through mid-century positive thinkers like Norman Vincent Peale and revivalists like Oral Roberts and Kenneth Hagin; to today's hugely successful prosperity preachers. Bowler focuses on such contemporary figures as Creflo Dollar, pastor of Atlanta's 30,000-member World Changers Church International; Joel Osteen, known as "the smiling preacher," with a weekly audience of seven million; T. D. Jakes, named by Time magazine one of America's most influential new religious leaders; Joyce Meyer, evangelist and women's empowerment guru; and many others. At almost any moment, day or night, the American public can tune in to these preachers-on TV, radio, podcasts, and in their megachurches-to hear the message that God desires to bless them with wealth and health. Bowler offers an interpretive framework for scholars and general readers alike to understand the diverse expressions of Christian abundance as a cohesive movement bound by shared understandings and common goals.

Are you fulfilling your purpose? Have you turned your troubles into triumph? Are you a woman of God’s destiny and power? With passion, grace and biblical integrity, Earma Brown lays out a map to God’s destiny and purpose for women. WOW! Women of Destiny book 2 of the WOW! Women Series is filled with insightful encouragement for women pursuing God’s destiny and purpose for their lives. Inside WOW! Women of Destiny you will discover how to: Seek God’s presence not just the gift and receive patience with the process. Develop a spirit of readiness to seize all your opportunities when they come. Fuel your passion with your troubles Discover passion that points to God’s purpose Stop the Destiny thieves sent to kill your Dreams and Receive God ordained purpose that leads to power Prepare a plan that leaves a legacy in women from generation to generation? Candy Lightner was considered a normal housewife with children. So what caused her to almost single-handedly change a nation’s complacent thinking about drinking while driving? Her 12-year old daughter, Cari was killed by a drunk driver. Armed with a passion to help other mothers face similar tragedies, she formed MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) and in the process turned her troubles into triumphs. Book II of the WOW Women Book Series is an inspiring celebration of women and men from modern times and history who took or are laying hold of their destiny and making a difference in their family, church, community and world. The author’s personal experiences, cemented with biblical scripture will encourage you to overcome modern day challenges in the church, in society, as well as balancing God’s call to destiny through victorious home life and community. Down to earth and inspiring, WOW! Women of Destiny book two of the WOW Women Series is not only for women’s groups. This book is a must read for Christian men and women alike seeking to empower their wives, sisters, mothers and daughters to fulfill their passion, purpose and power, even their destiny in God’s Kingdom. For more about the WOW Women Books and other WOW! Women resources, visit Earma at http://wowontheweb.com Click Here To Read Sample Chapter!

The Bible is laced with stories in which strangers behave better than believers. What do these encounters with "others"--people from different cultures, religions, genders, economic and social classes--teach us about our own spiritual values, about the faith and God behind them? In Sacred Strangers, Nancy Haught leads readers through these stories, line by line, offering insight to open hearts to sacred strangers at a time when personal encounters can make us or break us--as people, Americans, and citizens of the world.

McGee critiques the popular Health & Wealth message so prominently targeted especially to black Christian women. She examines the preaching and writing of T. D. Jakes as the most representative of a new phenomenon, the New Black Church, a new form of prosperity gospel that signifies what she calls the Wal-Martization of religion."

The beauty of the African-American tradition is celebrated in God's Words of Life for Women of Color. With enriching devotions from the African-American Devotional Bible and uplifting and encouraging Scripture from the King James Version, this topically arranged gift book will be a cherished gift to all who receive it. Each of the devotionals was written by well known African-American men and women, in cooperation with the 19-million-member Congress of National Black Churches.

I woke up to the sound of the dawn. The cuckoos on the Singapore Cherry tree were singing their dawn song, with intermittent guttural cries from the Drongos. The crows in my neighbor’s backyard were noisier today than they usually were. I was excited. So excited, it seemed like the birds were sharing my excitement. I had a secret that I had been keeping for many days. I just couldn’t keep it in any longer. My friends, who knew that there was something going on in my life, had given me an ultimatum. Tell, or else! Well, it was high time I shared my secret with them. It was time for me to make a decision.