In the wake of failed prophecies about the "end times," many are weary of being warned that the Lord is coming soon, only to be disappointed when He does not arrive. This book gives a biblical answer to when Jesus declared that He would return to gather His people to Himself. Jesus left nothing to ponder; He was clear about which generation would behold His presence. While some search the Old Testament in an effort to determine what was to happen during the prophet Daniel's seventy weeks, others look to Revelation and attempt to decipher the number of the beast or guess about what his mark...

Aaron Collins died on July 7, 2012, leaving behind a will requesting that his family go out to eat and leave an "awesome tip" ($500 for a pizza). The tip was recorded and uploaded to YouTube by Aaron's brother, Seth; and generous people all over the world donated to reproduce "Aaron's Last Wish" again and again. Honest, inspirational, and often heart rending, the story revealed by Aaron's mother, Tina Rae Collins, provides a glimpse into the strength and love of a family whose lives have been touched by both sorrow and joy in the loss of their loved one.

Have you ever heard a sermon about how God cursed the ground for Adam's sake and men must therefore be diligent to ensure that it remains blighted-refusing to use insecticides or pesticides on their gardens or in any way lightening their workloads for fear of angering God? Has anyone ever told you that it is sinful to use analgesics to lessen pain in childbirth because God wants women to have greater, not lesser, pain during labor? It is highly unlikely that you have heard anything like the above. However, you have no doubt listened to scores of sermons, read numerous books, and participated...

The first book in the Eastern Kentucky Girl series, The Soup Bean War relates the escapades and antics of five-year-old Emily Conn during the summer of 1957. Emily is the next to youngest child in a family of five girls growing up in Floyd County, Kentucky. In this volume she finds herself caught up in a string of mysteries, mishaps, and misadventures. She endures an outbreak of the measles, a flood, a house fire, and a run-in with the law and a mysterious old man. With her Michigan cousin Brad by her side, Emily experiences the most exciting and adventurous summer of her young life. Based on...

All summer long, Emily Conn dreads starting school. Finally, the time comes for her to join her older sister Laura as a first grader in the little one-room school by the side of the dirt road in front of her home on Mare Creek in Floyd County, Kentucky. Emily decides that she does not like school and is not going to listen or learn. However, when her own life gets caught up in the mystery of a backwoods family, she not only learns reading, writing, and arithmetic, but she also discovers that another culture exists outside her little world. She experiences her first love and her first...