Utilizing his extensive editing and compiling skills, L.G. Parkhurst, Jr. has combined Andrew Murray's small "Secret" book on brotherly love with excerpts from Jonathan Edwards' book Charity and Its Fruits. Murray's devotional style is evident and readers may be surprised to find devotional beauty and depth also from Edwards, known primarily as one of America's most important theologians and a fiery evangelist. Both Murray and Edwards show how the Spirit must bear the fruits of love in the Christian's life and how this is possible. Edwards' writing was probably accomplished while he was enduring devastating hatred and persecution in the community where he had pastored a church for twenty-three years. Believers will be encouraged to live up to the example of Christ.

In the City of Brotherly Love, a car skids off the ice and ignites a chain of events that changes everything for eight-year-old Peter Flood. Peter’s father is a powerful man, a union boss with mob connections, but all the power in the world is useless to a grieving son. Raised by his uncle, Peter tries to distance himself from the casual brutality of the family business, gravitating instead toward a small South Philly gym. Peter’s cousin Michael—his “brother”—moves in another direction: into small-time intimidation and the trappings of a union prince. Neither, however, can outrun the logic of violence as they’re dragged into a world of bad blood and a chilling cycle of betrayal and retribution. Praise for Brotherly Love “A first-rate novel and a masterly evocation of that undercivilized and unfree America . . . The grace and confidence of [Pete Dexter’s] prose conveys absolute authenticity.”—The New York Times Book Review “Enviably artful work—carefully wrought, canny in its insights, sly in its presentation, sneaky in its revelations.”—Chicago Tribune “Extraordinarily poignant . . . Brotherly Love is all bulletproof prose and flinty-eyed bravissimo. . . . But the quieter, sadder aspects of the novel are its strongest points.”—The Boston Globe “Tautly and often exquisitely written.”—Los Angeles Times

Brotherly love can hurt ... and that's just the way they like it Rex is a man who knows how to do things in secret. He transfers prisoners all around the country and moves them into the underground sub-basement he and his buddies use as a sex dungeon in the basement of a police station. No one but his buddies knows about the sub-basement, or the things they do down in the damp, dark cells to the prisoners. No one hears the screams of the caged and strung out men who beg to be relieved of the tension that is constantly building between their legs. For them there is never any permanent release, and Rex makes sure of it. Forrest finds out he is being transferred to another prison. No one has told him where he’s going or how long he’s going to be in the back of the van. He travels for days with a hood over his head and his hands cuffed behind him, and it isn’t until he’s brought two stories below ground that he finds out who brought him here. His friend Rex. Forrest hasn’t seen Rex in ten years. They were close friends all while they grew up. So close that most people thought they were brothers. Twins, even. When Forrest sees Rex for the first time in years he knows how angry Rex will be. Especially after what Forrest did to him. Forrest can see by the look in Rex’s eyes he’s about to be punished like he’s never been punished in his life, and that’s exactly where he wants to be. Brotherly Love: A Dark M/M Romance was previously published under a different title by X Collins, and has been extensively rewritten and edited. This version is a dark romance with themes of BDSM, humiliation, and punishment.

What does the good news of Jesus mean for economics? Marrying biblical study, economic theory, and practical advice, pastor Tom Nelson presents a vision for church ministry that works toward the flourishing of the local community, beginning with its poorest and most marginalized members and pushing us toward more nuanced understandings of wealth and poverty.

As a part of his classic Secret Series devotionals, Andrew Murray wrote this month-long devotional to reflect on the intimate connection between the throne of God and the Lamb and the liberty that we have to ask and receive abundant grace. The Secret of the Throne of Grace also includes Murray’s furthered ideas on love, completing the thoughts that he began in The Secret of Brotherly Love.

As a part of his classic Secret Series devotionals, Andrew Murray wrote this month-long devotional to emphasize the importance of Christ not only being for us, but also being in us. Murray teaches in The Secret of Christ Our Life that our daily abiding in Christ enables us to work out our faith, grow branches, and bear fruit to the glory of God.

Even for the religious, life is full of questions: What is faith? Can my life be more satisfying? How can I deepen my walk with Christ? What does it mean to be happy? These bubble and boil underneath the surface of our everyday life. And though we ignore them, we know they point us to realms of wisdom or even mystery-to something more. Author Mark Buchanan asked these same questions. "I want more, God," he prayed-and the answer was more than he was looking for. It was right there, hidden in plain sight among the syllables and syntax of a few words of advice from the apostle Peter. With time and experience, Buchanan learned to tease it out, this secret of more, and he wrote a book about it: Hidden in Plain Sight. The answer, he discovered, is an investigation of the cross. The answer is an excavation of the virtues. The answer urges us passionately to "make every effort." And, Buchanan tells us, the answer is worth it.

Analyzes the feelings and problems involved in different types of human love, including familial affection, friendship, passion, and charity.

Maurice Roberts' articles speak to the needs of the times. They have God and his Word as their starting place; and their horizon stretches beyond time to eternity.