Kategoria BISAC: Fiction >> African American & Black - Christian

This haunting coming-of-age story, based in part on James Baldwin's childhood in Harlem, is an American classic.

Originally published in 1953, Go Tell It on the Mountain was Baldwin's first major work. With a potent combination of lyrical compassion and resonant rage, he portrays a fourteen-year-old boy questioning the terms of his identity. John Grimes is the stepson of a fire-breathing and abusive Pentecostal preacher in Harlem during the Depression. The action of this short novel spans a single day in John's life, and yet manages to encompass on an epic scale his family's...

A new home and an opened door to a promising career-life was finally beginning for Raphaela Edwards. This was a time she had prayed for, waited for, and desperately needed. After taking major steps to initiate the life she thought she'd lost sight of one would believe all would naturally fall into place and life would finally be good. The good does come with unexpected possibilities, but along with the good arises the unresolved issues and unhealed wounds that were thought to have been left behind. Forging this new life and wanting to hold on to the happiness from all that has come her way...

Petena was sixteen when she became the mother of twin boys, Six and Seven. She lives in a three bedroom apartment with her Alcoholic mother, Elsa and eighteen year old high school drop-out, mother of two, sister Juwanna. Petena teaches her boys if you keep GOD first, Family second then Education you can overcome any obstacle in life. The years go by and Petena has become successful in the daycare business and the boys are successful men. Petena's world comes crashing down one fateful night when a drunk driver kills Seven and his wife Sarah in a fatal car accident, Six a dentist and bonafide...

In David's world, he acknowledges God in everything. However, what happens when he gets off track, and waywardly disrupts his marriage? Follow David's journey of love, quest and ransom. Evil hovers, but can a good man with good intentions make wife and his God proud in the end?

This novel is set in the affluent Atlanta Roswell community where the Reverend Little cares for his flock. As he approaches the age of 50, it seems as if something is missing from his life. Pastor Little seemingly has it all: beautiful wife, family, and a lovely mansion in the upscale Atlanta suburb, or did he? Then, she walked into his life, the Devil incarnate Will he have the will power to resist her devilish charms and follow the road less travelled, or will he succumb to the tantalizing, beautiful Sister Lee? In this church community, there's an untold truth set to change lives forever,...

Breeze Monsoon is a poster child for contentment. Her aunt and best friend have another "C" word in mind: complacent. Unconvinced that Breeze is "content" with her nonexistent love life, the two take matters into their own hands with getting her love life right, at least once. An unexpected opportunity presents itself, after Breeze agrees to an unusual request and the pair enroll her in a class, specializing in "relationship repair" for Christian single women. Through encouragement, accountability, laughs, and serious girl talk, Breeze and seven other women take an eight month journey through...

Jeremy just learned that his band, Majestic, has a contract for six months to play at a very popular lounge. He's excited about the gig but not the location. He knows this is going to be a major problem for his girlfriend, Amber. She doesn't like when he travels, especially with his band and without her. Jeremy knows it's going to be an issue for Amber, so he has to figure out how he's going to tell her that he's leaving to China in two weeks. Or should he? Kim loves her hubby Lamar but she isn't feeling the fact that he spoils his younger sister, Lena. When Lamar invites Lena and her three...

"For a moment's time after a sexual orgasm, I would feel great. Yet, only minutes later, I was back to being reminded of my insecurities and the havoc that stemmed from trying to cover them up in the false hope of being saved by idols."- I Believe in God, Now What?

I Believe in God, Now What? is a candid depiction of Jordone's testimony and the struggles she experienced before coming to God.

In this inspiring book about her life, Jordone Branch helps you learn more about God to avoid the mistakes she had to learn for herself. After reading, you'll discover how to:

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To tell is to perceive. To tell is to inform.

When it's Too Late to Tell features four characters, Mark, Craig, Jade and Berta, all holding issues from the past that suffocate every lasting relationship they have. Mark, an elementary school teacher, and his wife Jade, a pharmacy technician, hold deep secrets from each other; secrets that cause a rift in their marriage. Mark's best friend Craig lives his days as a financial planner, struggling with the idea of God, questioning His existence each day. Indeed, Craig once believed and held strong to his faith, formerly being a youth...

Nola is a relentless manipulator Through her manipulative tactics, she has somehow made everybody love her. However, if they really knew her, their love would be pure hatred. The feisty 29 year-old girl seems to have it all: charm, fashion, a profitable career, and disposable income. Yet, she still wants more- the handsome and widowed Pastor Ronnie Robinson, who just so happens to be the father of one of her closest sorority sisters. Although her dear friend Marley is against Nola's attempt to pursue her father, Nola is willing to risk losing sisterhood in order to gain what she believes to...

A YOUNG WOMAN'S STORY OF DESPAIR AND BONDAGE-FORGIVENESS AND FREEDOM. . . Packing her belongings in her blue, 2000 Camry, Tricia left Beaufort for Columbia, South Carolina vowing to leave behind the extra baggage-hurt, heartaches, pain and poverty she had endured growing up in Beaufort. Taking a deep breath, she inhaled the scent from the marsh on either side of the highway. As much as she didn't like the smell of that stinking mud, it would be the only thing she missed. Taking her best friend, Sheri up on her offer to move to Columbia, Tricia was uncertain about her future, but she knew...

From the NAACP Image award winner and national bestselling author Victoria Christopher Murray, a novel inspired by the seven deadly sins about a woman caught between an entertainment mogul with a shady past and his childhood friend who is out for revenge.

Is lust a sin?

Tiffanie has lived a sheltered life in a very strict household with her pastor grandfather and her grandmother in Washington, D.C. But when she meets Damon, she falls for the successful entertainment businessman despite his history as a drug dealer. Everyone sees a bright future for the couple--yet when...

A broken heart...When Sydney Richardson meets Pastor Noah Charleston it was practically love at first sight. Sydney has battled so much deception in her personal life and in her work as an attorney, she is glad to have a perfect man she can depend on. But her Prince Charming has some secrets that are worse than Sydney could have ever imagined. What will she do when Noah's past life come to light? A broken truth... Pastor Noah Charleston has come a long way since his troubled youth. A respected Man-of-God, Noah's long buried past emerges in the form of blackmail and threats. Noah not only...

Five women meet at a Christian support group and share testimonies about their lives. Throughout the session they discover that they have more in common than they expected. You will experience many emotions while journeying with these women through their flesh issues. Be careful who you side with because you never know how and when their lives will change. Welcome to the journey of "Scarred Not Scared" - testimonies displayed in an urban fiction way.

This book is an attempt to analyze the historic roles of the black church and
the black preacher in light of liberation theology of radical social involvement.
The first chapter, "The Black Church and the Black Preacher: African Roots,
underscores the various ways in which African religious traditions shaped and
informed the style and ethos of the black church, and the authority and artistic
creativity of the black preacher. Only fleeting attention has been given the black
preacher in this regard. Some attention is devoted in this chapter to how the
image of Africa, as reflected in the early...