Higher Hope is book two in Robert Whitlow’s Tides of Truth series. Tami Taylor, homeschool graduate and law student clerking in Savannah, is assigned to a case where an outspoken local preacher with a gift for prophecy has publicly reprimanded one of the law firm’s clients. The client wants to use the opportunity to sue her for everything she is worth, in hopes of being able to claim and develop her church property for...

When Protestant Christians in the United States think about Bible versions and study Bibles, we tend to think within a fairly set spectrum. Translations are more or less literal, and use texts supported by more or less of the evidence. But nearly all Bible translations we encounter have the same 66 books in the same order. Most of us know the Roman Catholic church recognizes ten or so additional books as a canonical Apocrypha. Most of us,...

The Chronological Study Bible is a new edition of the New King James Version, with the passages arranged in chronological order. The dust jacket states that it is the “first study Bible” to have the passages arranged in chronological order; though this is technically true, “study” is the operative word, as there have been other chronological Bibles before. My family has had Harvest House’s Narrated Bible for...

Thomas Nelson recently released The Faith of Barack Obama by Stephen Mansfield. Mansfield is perhaps best known for his 2004 book The Faith of George W. Bush; his other books have also tended to be biographies of conservative political figures, or focusing on themes amenable to conservative Christians. With that background, it is somewhat surprising that he would choose the faith of the Democratic presidential nominee—who is no...