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When Seattle pastor, Mark Driscoll and wife Grace of Mars Hill 7,000 member church, use “Sex” in their book title, the usage suggests a biblical context.

While they do use Scripture, in Real Marriage: The truth about Sex, Friendship and Life…the title doesn’t mention the “down-to-earth” sexuality that obscures elements of an otherwise excellent book.

Published 02/02/2012 - 11:35 a.m. CST

WASHINGTON - One in five young Germans has no idea that Auschwitz was a Nazi death camp, a poll released showed.

Although 90 percent of those asked did know it was a concentration camp, the poll for yesterday's edition of Stern news magazine revealed that Auschwitz meant nothing to 21 percent of 18-29 year olds.

And nearly a third of the 1,002 people questioned last Thursday and Friday for the poll were unaware that Auschwitz was in Poland.

Holocaust Memorial Day is the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet troops Jan. 27, 1945, which Germany has marked since 1996 with official memorial ceremonies for Holocaust victims.

Published 02/01/2012 - 6:55 p.m. CST

Remember when you were a teenager and thought your mom was out to ruin your life? You might have been right.

New research has shown what your mother ate, drank, thought and even the amount of stress she was under can all contribute to your health as an adult. “Our mental and physical health as adults is not strictly based on hereditary, it is based on epigenetics. In fact,” says Dr. Janov, author of the new book Life Before Birth: The Hidden Script That Rules Our Lives, “how we’ve been nurtured in the womb and our first years is at least as important, if not more so, than heredity.”

With ground-breaking revelations, Life Before Birth explores in impact of:

THE "BECAUSE-OF-GOD" LIFESTYLE

Published 02/01/2012 - 2:26 p.m. CST

Chri stian shares how God transformed her mindset after life-altering events

LEXINGTON, TN – What does being a Christian mean to you?

To Dian Wells Matlock, it means having a sincere relationship with the Lord and devoting your life to Him while encouraging others to embrace His love and power.

In her new Christian guidebook, Come Walk with Me to Glory: What Being Christian Means to Me, Matlock presents an inspirational insight to help readers explore the reality of the love of God in our lives through the direct, personal and down-to-earth style of a heart that has been tested and found to be true.

UNWRITTEN: THE POWER OF FORGIVENESS

Published 02/01/2012 - 10:14 a.m. CST

Forgiveness is a powerful thing, yet too often, life is shorter than we anticipate and we do not get the chance to forgive the people that we need to. In UnWritten by Harlan Hobson, new arrivals in heaven are given the opportunity to write someone a letter before their communication with those on earth is shut off completely.

Many of them choose to write letters of forgiveness, helping others to find peace. In the case of Julio, he is moved to offer forgiveness, and he addresses his letter to the police officer who accidentally shot him while doing his job. In other cases, there was the opportunity to offer the same message of forgiveness on earth, which serves as a powerful reminder to readers of the personal healing power that comes from forgiving others.

Published 01/31/2012 - 6:13 p.m. CST

Often, when our desires are fulfilled, we go to great lengths to offer thanks to those who helped us along the way. Few, however, remember to thank our Heavenly Father—HE who is guiding us along our journeys, sometimes even performing miracles. In John Robertson’s A Father’s Love, the audience will gain a better understanding of our heavenly Father, our relationship with Him, and how to fully experience His love.

Imagine a world in which we receive our innermost desires by simply asking. Be it from our earthly father, or God himself, it’s no surprise that “if we just get everything we need and want given to us, we will become like spoiled babies and not even realize our need for our Father.” Where is faith in a world accustomed to instant gratification and one that revolves around self-focused and egocentric individuals?

THE SCOOBS: REAL VERSUS PHONY CHRISTIANS

Published 01/31/2012 - 2:11 p.m. CST

Many parents need help teaching their children the important messages of the Gospel and about Christianity, which can often be too inaccessible for their young and wandering minds. In The Scoobs, pastor Bobbie Horning helps parents to teach children these lessons through flying feline animals call “scoobs” who live in Scoobtown. Among other lessons, one that is the most resonant is one that is often the most difficult to teach: real versus fake Christianity.

Even for adults, it can be challenging to distinguish the difference between people who say that they are Christians from the ones who actually follow Christ’s word. Horning presents a group of scoobs who do not behave in a Christian manner after the worship service is over; “For the Scoobs on the East Side, oh they'd show up for church! But once church was over, they'd act oh so awful!

Published 01/31/2012 - 10:36 a.m. CST

Set Up To Win: True Story of Miraculously Overcoming Many Years of Spiritual Bondages

Suisun City, CA - Minister Benoris P. Toney, Jr. helps readers to desire to know their true identities, leading them into a life of total freedom. It is through Minister Toney’s remarkable story that we realize that God has set up our lives to win, if only we would surrender to him and allow for it to happen, just as the author’s life was transformed from one of troubles and addiction to one of acceptance and success through God.

Minister Toney lost his father to racial violence at the age of seven and was on a path of self-destruction for more than 34 years; a path that involved sexual addiction, alcohol, drugs, and street violence, describing himself as “a man who had no sense of direction at all,” believing that this was all that his life had to offer.

Published 01/31/2012 - 6:34 a.m. CST

’Survivor of the Year’ 2011 shares how near-death event gave him life

Corpus Christi, Texas – When Nate Lytle faced a life-or-death struggle after suffering a traumatic brain injury, he touched people’s lives without even knowing it. Waking from his coma to a supportive and compassionate group of family and friends, he made it his goal to inspire and help others get the most out of life, even in the bleakest of moments.

From his surfing comrades urging his recovery through online forums to his church members and nurses passing along prayers in the hallways, Lytle’s struggle became a inspiration to everyone he met – especially the woman who would become his wife, Brianna, who from the moment she heard about Lytle’s condition felt a strong connection to him.

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