In our self-help, DIY culture, we love the idea of improvement. We make-over wardrobes and restore houses and commit ourselves to better habits. But we're still left feeling empty and not-quite-enough. That's because what we need is not an upgrade but a complete upending of our lives. We need to be reborn. And it's not something we can do by ourselves. With deep compassion, Clayton King shares the compelling stories of 12 broken people who came face-to-face with Jesus in the New Testament and got a second chance at life. A respected religious leader, an ostracized woman, a despised embezzler, a condemned thief--all of them flawed, sinful, full of regret--encountered Jesus and were never the same. Along with their stories, King shares contemporary stories of people struggling with addiction, lust, greed, and depression, showing that Jesus still meets people right where they are and changes them from the inside out. If you're tired of going through the religious motions by your own power and long to experience the radical life and heart change that Jesus promised, it's time for an encounter with Jesus. It's time to be reborn.

New Year's Eve on the outskirts of a small logging town deep within the North Cascade Mountains, Lina Cousins, a struggling teenage girl, prepares to meet her boyfriend, Luke, for a special celebration. When a phone call changes their plans at the last minute, it unexpectedly sets in motion a spiraling web of deception, confrontation, and obsession-with devastating consequences. Three years after the resulting tragedy, life's ongoing demands have dulled the painful memories... until outsiders buy an abandoned cabin to build their wilderness dream. As the Renshaws' new home rises, so does Lina's buried past. When the Renshaws' throw a New Year's Eve party at the recently completed cabin, everyone eagerly awaits the new day. But as the night advances and events unfold, they all will come to fear the stroke of midnight. Can they hold on to a hard-fought second chance at love and family-or does a darker fate await? To find out, they each must first survive the night....