GOD HAS BIG PLANS FOR AMERICA In a follow-up, companion piece to his 2016 book, The Timing of the Rapture, Paul Wild convincingly makes the case that the United States is prominently presented in the Book of Daniel and urges readers to abandon the classical view that Daniel discusses only nations of antiquity. He challenges those who, through allegorical methods, treat passages of Scripture intended for the nations of Israel and Iraq (ancient Babylon) as if they are applicable to the United States. Allegorical methods are open to the whims of people's imaginations and become disconnected from the plain meaning of scripture, whereas the method of using Scripture to unlock Scripture demonstrates that the United States and other modern nations, such as Russia and China, are identifiable, and their fates can be ascertained. Paul encourages the reader to look beyond the coming judgement on the United States toward its future repentance and restoration. Christians who grasp the magnitude of our country's fate will be better prepared for the coming shaking. A prudent man forseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on and are punished. Proverbs 22:3

From writer and veteran columnist Jennifer Grant comes an unflinching and spirited look at the transitions of midlife.

When Did Everybody Else Get So Old? plumbs the physical, spiritual, and emotional changes unique to the middle years: from the emptying nest to the physical effects of aging. Grant acknowledges the complexities and loss inherent in midlife and tells stories of sustaining disappointment, taking hard blows to the ego, undergoing a crisis of faith, and grieving the deaths not only of illusions but of loved ones. Yet she illuminates the confidence and grace that this season of life can also bring.

Magnetic, good-humored, and full of hope in the sustaining power of the Spirit, this is a must-read for anyone facing the flux and flow of middle age.

This shorter edition of Christian Prayer presents a selection of material for Morning Prayer and Evening Prayer in a format that is easier for the lay person to use that the complete Christian Prayer or the four-volume Liturgy of the Hours.