The NIV is the world's best-selling modern translation, with over 150 million copies in print since its first full publication in 1978. This highly accurate and smooth-reading version of the Bible in modern English has the largest library of printed and electronic support material of any modern translation.

What follows is the story of two British officers whose spirit the Japanese try to break. Yet out of all the violence and misery strange bonds are forged between prisoners - and their gaolers. In a battle for survival that becomes a battle of contrasting wills and philosophies as the intensity of the men's relationships develop.

Retells the story of the sower who scatters seeds on hard ground, on rocky soil, in the thorns, and in good soil.

For over a decade the Sower's Seeds books have been a wonderful resource for teachers, preachers, and anyone who has to speak in front of an audience. Now author Brian Cavanaugh has revised and expanded his original volume--with twenty new stories--for old fans as well as a whole new audience. He includes stories of inspiration, warmth, and insight arranged around numerous universal themes ranging from awareness, compassion, perseverance, and wisdom, to such unusual themes as baseball, Thomas Edison, hospitality, and risk-taking. While the majority of stories are anonymous, there are some attributed to well known names like Zig Ziglar, Mickey Mantle, and Theodore Roosevelt. Years before there was Chicken Soup, Sower's Seeds was making readers laugh, cry, and come away with a warm heart. The newest book--like the others in the series--is ideal both for quiet inspiration and for handy, on-the-run fun. This is storytelling at its best.

A study and analysis of the more than 250 parables in Scripture.

Stories that offer hope, humor and healing in dealing with everyday life. There are numerous sources of inspiration here for Lent and Easter sermons.

This collection of stories is a "sampler" of Brian Cavanaugh from the first three books in his popular Sower's Seeds series. The stories are inspired by the lives of celebrities and ordinary people alike and deal with themes of love, faith, and hope.

A veritable gold mine of brief sidewalk sermons and captivating anecdotes laced with wholesome humor and practical wisdom.

This collection of one hundred short stories on a variety of topics is the perfect resource for teachers, preachers, and public speakers, and for private meditation. Indexed by theme.