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Why would a leader ever want to be mean? It's all about the vision. Almost every organization has a vision, but few stick to it over time. Even after short-term success, visions tend to blur, drift, and fade. Why does this happen? Accomplishing the vision requires intentionality. It requires consistency. It requires commitment. It requires courage. In Be Mean About the Vision, author Shawn Lovejoy challenges leaders to stay true to the vision—regaining and sustaining its trajectory over time. The kindest, godliest thing we can do is Be Mean About the Vision.

Chad Prather—“a modern-day Will Rogers”—is just your friendly neighborhood cowboy philosopher, gazing into the sweet tea leaves at the bottom of his cowboy hat, pondering a most fundamental question: “Am I crazy? Or is the world crazy…?” Chad finds life amusing, baffling, sometimes heartwarming, and downright interesting, and wants to share personal stories and witty observations on the hasty growth of insanity within the folds of society, and inspire critical thinking about the state of our modern culture.

Prince Selas, the 13th and last prince of King Nenmon and Queen Mutali, accidentally falls asleep in the percot field as his kingdom is ravished by Frukan warriors. When he returns to the palace, he sees that his city is utterly destroyed and his parents and 12 brothers killed. Prince Selas narrowly escapes with his own life and must sojourn through the entire western territory to build a new army to reclaim his kingdom.

Chad Ellis’ Faith over Fame takes a detailed look at six biblical characters who went unnamed in the Gospels. At first glance, you might wonder why Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John didn’t share the names of the six characters whom Ellis explores in this book. Faith over Fame plainly reveals the answer to this question: Faith triumphs over fame!

Chad Hyams is here to help you define those peaks, plan your ascents, and reach one summit after another with purpose and meaning. Filled with the sound advice, no-nonsense principles and concrete tools Chad shares with audiences and clients around the globe, Achieve Your Apex is designed to challenge and encourage you to become your very best you.

Being a Baby Busy Bee is fun! But what do you do when there is work to be done? Get this book and learn how to have fun and work as a team.

Is your life centered on the glory of God? Do you live in the power of the Holy Spirit? In the audiobook Kingdom Come, Pastor Chad explains each word though each verse of the Lord's prayer.

Eternal Escapes Cemetery - a place of eternal rest for some and escape for others. After all once you're dead what can come after you?

It's no longer news to most of us that our society has a deep-seated racism problem. Christians of all ethnic and economic backgrounds are tired of seeing the ugly legacy of racism play out before their eyes and feeling ill-equipped to respond. Racism presents itself as an undefeatable foe - a sustained scourge on the reputation of the church. In Faithful Antiracism, Christina Barland Edmondson and Chad Brennan take confidence that Christ has overcome the world, including racism, and offer clear analysis and interventions to challenge and resist its pernicious power.

Kingston is a secluded East Texas town surrounded by a lake and giant pine trees. Except for Friday night football, there is not one thing worth getting excited about. Until Ronnie Javorsky runs onto the field after the national anthem and is shot to death by an unseen assailant. But Ronnie is just the first victim. A macabre game of murder has begun in the quaint town, a challenge to see which sadistic killer can rack up the most kills and do the most destruction before the sun rises. All at the invitation of a mysterious figure known as the Host.

Taking care of your mental health is a huge decision, as important as any other aspect of your life. Part of our mental health develops around our social needs, and discovering how to deal with the repercussions brought by the Pandemic has never been so essential. Toxic thoughts, depression, anxiety...our mental mess is frequently aggravated by a chaotic world and sustained by an inability to manage our runaway thoughts. But we shouldn't settle into this mental mess as if it's just our new normal.

Do the letters Christ wrote to his Seven Churches in The Book of Revelation have relevance to today's Christian? Pastor Chad will takes you on a journey navigating you through ancient biblical times. The churches that Christ addressed where literal and physical congregations that were scattered throughout Asia Minor. This book is packed with rich biblical content as Pastor Chad shows you how each letter has historical and prophetic meaning for each church of every generation, including our own.

In the Philippines, there are shape-shifting creatures known as aswang. Among them, none are more feared than the manananggal, a vile creature that rips itself in half as it takes to the night to hunt for its favorite prey—the unborn.

She's 22 or 39. She's from Texas or from Alaska. Her mother left her when she was little...or was she abducted? She's stalked by a loan shark, but she's never taken a loan. And him? A soft-spoken, SLR-wielding hero, passionate and sincere - yielding, even...except in love. When David decides to take the wacky, quirky Kalifornia Mooney as his housemate, he doesn’t expect his world to be turned upside down. As their mutual affection grows, so does the inexplicable chasm between the two friends.

Is it time for another revolution? Seismic culture shifts leave Christians wondering how to effect lasting change. While the Bible calls disciples of Jesus to humility, they often display pride. Pride is the enemy of discipleship on every level, and it keeps disciples from making an impact for the kingdom. In The Revolutionary Disciple, Jim Putman and Chad Harrington offer clear guidance for navigating cultural changes with humility. They walk listeners through the five spheres of discipleship and unveil their four core practices of humility along the way.

This book is about the history behind the slave trade. The origin of the slave trade and where it started, evolved, ended, and also a little bit of what's happening now in our generation.

We see the world through the lens of our beliefs. But where did those beliefs come from? Are they even ours? Did we choose them? Or, were they passed on to us like an unfortunate inheritance? Chad brings you along as he shares his own inspiring story of learning to manage the consequences of an abusive upbringing in rural Arkansas.

Three life-long friends embark on a journey to Africa for their annual hunt and get caught up in a series of power plays and cons by powerful men. They find themselves targeted by an ancient African tribe and must find a way to survive to make it home.

Eddie Hawkins, Browning M2 .50 caliber gunner, is good at his work. Some say the best in the business, although he still has plenty of demons to fight. Doubts about his ability still bug him, and things get worse with the arrival of a new platoon lieutenant determined to make his mark. No matter what the cost in men and morale.

Carrie Rhodes is escaping lifetime of abuse. Now she must hide from her boyfriend and the gang that wants her dead. When her car breaks down just north of Chicago, hope fades and she resigns herself to her inevitable fate. But hope returns in the form of an extraordinary man with dark secrets and an unusual occupation. For the first time, Carrie finds herself as part of an extended family where love is given freely and unconditionally.