When Baren is forced down the One-Way Alley, from which no one returns, he plans to change things in the robot-run dystopian city he's forced to slave for.

But he does not expect to find the mysterious Ray and its off-switch.

Trapped under fur. To survive he must break every law known to man. One hope remains.

A.D. 526

Young nobleman Marcellus of Antioch lives a life of leisure and privilege with his lovely neighbor, Byziana. But when a devastating earthquake reduces their glorious city to ruins, Marcellus is thrust into a perilous journey which will demand far more than courage—it will demand the death of the boy he once was.

Firefighter Reuben Morales used to love the holidays. But late on Halloween night, devastating news shatters his world—his sister Vera has died. Assaulted by grief and guilt, unrelenting questions beseige him: Why did God let her die without faith? And could I have done more to save her?

As Christmas approaches, Reuben reluctantly takes charge of the town's struggling Christmas pageant, but the season only deepens his troubles. Fires rage across the town, set by an arsonist no one can catch. When the arsonist makes it personal, attacking Reuben’s own house, his world feels like it’s going up in flames.

Just when the backdraft is about to hit, Reuben runs into Vera’s spirit again—and everything changes.

Can the meaning of Christmas—and the truths revealed through the pageant and the fire—help Reuben rediscover the hope he thought was lost? Or will the questions and the sorrow consume everything he holds dear?

A novel of family, love, and hope that rises from life’s ashes.

Vega Morales has everything in her favor...a promising future, a handsome boyfriend, a winning personality...until she passes a graveyard and gets tagged by a ghost that never lets go.

Will the ghost get what it wants? Or will Vega lose everything she values? The battle is real and it is not fiction.

Sometimes we just need answers. And the biggest one glaring everyone in the face is this: Why did God put a tree in the Garden, anyway? If he hadn't, we never would have had the Fall into Sin, this world wouldn't have suffering and pain, and we'd be already living in paradise! What's the big idea?

First of the Gem Method Bible Study guides

A compilation of years of online answers to the biggest, common-man problems about God, about the Bible, and about the Christian faith. This collection will build your faith, answer by answer, as you consider the foundations of our faith: Scripture, the creeds and confessions, and the "Book of Nature."