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If God Disappears: 9 Faith Wreckers and What to Do about Them
By: David R. Sanford
Virtually everyone has--or will--face crises of life and faith. These pivotal times are part of everyone's spiritual journey. Why then do some people emerge from the crisis with their faith intact while others give up on God, the church, and holy living? If God Disappears comes alongside the Christian who is spiritually drifting--or is on the verge--or knows someone who is considering leaving God and the church behind--and compassionately empowers them to re-embrace their faith. Author David Sanford shares nine "faith wreckers" and nine "faith builders" to help us better understand which circumstances and attitudes undermine our faith and which ones draw us closer to God.

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Does it seem as if God turned out the lights and slipped away?

God often seems absent when we need him most. Some people respond to this by seeking him even more wholeheartedly. Others feel shunned and abandoned, and slowly drift away from their faith. Why do some individuals emerge from such crises with their faith seemingly intact while others all but give up on God, the church, and spiritual life? How can we walk through troubling, even devastating times without shipwrecking our trust in God?

If God Disappears comes alongside those who are already spiritually drifting—or are on the verge—and compassionately empowers them to re-embrace their faith. Author David Sanford explores a series of nine "faith wreckers" and nine sometimes counterintuitive "faith builders" to help us better understand which circumstances and attitudes undermine our faith and which ones draw us closer to God.

You may feel that it's impossible to come back to God. You may fear God wouldn't take you back anyway. But even if it feels like God has disappeared . . . it's never too late.

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What's the greatest crisis among Christians today?

David Sanford believes it's the loss of faith. Not loss of salvation—but loss of faith in God, in the Bible, in the church, or in Christian beliefs.

Like most individuals, you probably know someone who has left the church or experientially lost his or her Christian faith. Maybe it's even been your own experience. Sadly, many people feel their church isn't a safe place to talk about something like this and, as a result, of the nearly 75 million American adults who say they have made a commitment to Jesus Christ, more than 31 million have quit going to church. Thousands more will join their ranks this week.

If God Disappears drops the guilt and compassionately addresses the personal, practical, biblical, and theological issues surrounding this crisis. Is it really possible to lose one’s faith? Why did it seem to happen to so many good people in the Bible? How can you help a friend who is struggling?

This important and much-needed book will show you what to do if you experience a personal crisis of faith, as well as how you can reach out to those who are spiritually drifting. And it will remind you that no matter what you’re going through, God is still there to be found.

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David Sanford and his wife, Renée, own Sanford Communications, Inc., a company that works with leaders, organizations, and publishers to develop life-changing books and other resources.

Over the years, David has been featured or interviewed and quoted by leading news services, national broadcast networks, numerous Web sites and blogs, stacks of magazines, and scores of newspapers including USA Today and The Los Angeles Times. His detailed biography appears in Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who in Media and Communications.

David and Renée live "on the road to Damascus" outside Portland, Oregon, where David serves as lay teaching pastor at Spring Mountain Bible Church. They are the parents of five children.
Hardcover, 176 pages (Item #83821) $16.99

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There's No Place Like Hope: A Guide to Beating Cancer in Mind-sized Bites
There are many books on cancer, but none so hopeful and useful as Vickie Girard’s. The result of more than eight years of working closely with thousands of cancer patients and survivors, this is one cancer book that definitely has its feet on the ground. In the very first chapter, the author assures the reader to “immediately throw out any old cancer horror stories. Times, treatments, and diagnoses are all changing and improving as we speak.” The next 150 pages is a powerful, practical and inspiring guide that will empower millions of cancer patients to quickly understand the new “Patient Empowerment Medicine”, so they can better fight and better survive this disease. “Fear doesn’t defeat cancer,” reminds Girard, “empowered treatment defeats cancer.” Having survived one of the most deadly types of cancer, she writes with unusual clarity and authority and has taken her message to the floor of the United States Senate and to thousands of cancer patients and survivors throughout the world. Her personal mission is to “empower and inspire people who have cancer and those who love them,” and her long-awaited book truly delivers on that promise.

This is Vickie Girard’s long-awaited and completely indispensable survival guide for cancer patients and their families. Regardless of the type of cancer, here is an immediate, practical, and inspiring guide that will empower any patient to better fight and survive this disease. Through her involvement with the Cancer Treatment Centers of America and The American Cancer Society, Vickie Girard has taken her message of “empowered patient care” to the floor of the U.S. Senate and to thousands of cancer patients and survivors throughout the world. The message is simple, hopeful, powerful, and long overdue: “We must stop speaking of cancer in whispers. We may have cancer, but cancer does not have us. Cancer is a beatable, treatable, survivable disease.”

In 1992 Vickie Girard was diagnosed with Stage Four cancer and told to get her affairs in order. After coming to Cancer Treatment Centers of America for a second opinion, she chose to fight. She not only survived, she went on to become one of our nation’s most compelling advocates of the new “patient empowerment medicine.” She is a tireless patient advocate, speaker and writer, crisscrossing the nation, working with doctors, nurses and cancer support groups. She has a toll-free cancer patient counseling line and writes Vickie’s Spin for the nationally circulated “Link To Life.” She received a Presidential Proclamation from President Clinton and has appeared on NBC’s “Today Show,” Lifetime TV’s “New Attitudes,” and countless local radio and television news shows. Girard has testified on the Patients Bill of Rights on the floor of the United States Senate, received a Presidential Proclamation for her efforts in health care reform. . .was recently nominated for a position on the Council of Public Representatives at the National Institute of Health in Washington, D.C., and awarded the YMCA Women of Achievement Award for “truly outstanding contributions to her community.”

"In all my years of counseling cancer patients, I never found the one book that patients and their families were always requesting. I finally gave up looking and decided to write it. I come with vital information to share with cancer patients at any stage of your battle, regardless of the type of cancer you are dealing with. I write to tell you that, yes, I have been down the road and I’ve come back to tell you that, if you look closely, there are bread crumbs along the path to guide you in defeating your cancer. I want to assure you that even the worst of odds can be beaten and overcome--that the hope of defeating cancer now exists for us all. There is no such thing as 'false hope.' The day my hope was fed is the day I began to get well. Even when it is not probable, it is still possible to win against this disease. I am living proof of this. Remember that cancer does not have a brain, a heart, or a spirit. It is you who has the brain, the ability to strategize and to plan the cancer’s demise. So keep your pilot light burning brightly, read this book, get ready to fight, and know that I’m with you all the way." - Vickie

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