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In 2017, Bible Societies assisted in the completion of Scripture translations in 49 languages spoken by more than 580 million people.

First time author Dina L. Lieber was especially restless one July night in 2017. Unable to let go of the phrase “Love God Love Peoples” running nonstop in her mind, she finally got up at 2:00 a.m. and wrote it down. However, that was not the end of the story. A beautiful symbol appeared in her mind and after drawing it on a scratch pad she was finally able to get some sleep. In the days to follow, that phrase and symbol became the driving force leading to the newly released new book titled “Love God Love Peoples; A Bible Study for the Curious.”

After the sudden loss of her childhood sweetheart, Jan Teel-Nealis was left to pick up the shattered pieces as a widow with three sons and a daughter. The Charlotte businesswoman, public speaker, and now author has written a new book aimed to help bring healing to those who have lost a loved one. “Grieving by the Numbers: Glimpses of Glory” will be released this month.

Dr. Matthew Chavis was reveling in success and enjoying the good life until evil sent his affluent world crashing down. Archetypical sins draped as contemporary norms lured him down a harrowing descent into empty darkness, nearly destroying him physically with alcohol abuse, disintegrating his marriage, and devastating his million-dollar practice. Only through God’s love, mercy, and grace was Chavis able to vanquish his demons and find peace with the Lord and himself. The saved Christian now chronicles his transformation in the novel, “Old Highway 316.”

A new book claims that what Jesus requests is not only difficult, it’s incredibly unreasonable.

While the public face is of romance and roses, for many Valentine’s Day is something to survive as they face painful reminders of their lost loved one. Or perhaps they just feel unloved and single on a day seemingly designed for two-somes.