New books you won't find in your local store

A few weeks ago I was quite pleasantly surprised to find a book published by ~gasp~ Lighthouse Trails Publishing in our local Christian book store! Out of India by Caryl Matrisciana is not only a biography, but also an expose on the New Age movement and how eastern spirituality crossed over to the west through yoga and transcendental meditation and the Beatles, so you can imagine how happy I was to see it on the shelf. Mind you, it's the only book I have ever seen in this store that was still wrapped in cellophane (so you could not browse through it) - but at least it (miraculously) made it into a store that is filled with emergent, contemplative, purpose driven and post-modern books. Sadly, most books on discernment that should be in Christian book stores today never make it to the shelf, and can only be ordered on-line.

Today I noticed a few new books on the internet that probably won't ever make it to your local Christian book store...

*This is a new booklet by Pastor Anton Bosch on discernment called Contentiously Contending! It's a collection of articles he wrote, and here's why...

I wrote the articles in response to several decades of participation with, and observation of, many apologetic or discernment type ministries. While I see a great need for watchmen who will faithfully sound the alarm at the attacks of the enemy, I also see the need for those involved in this vital ministry to go about this work in a godly way.

(The ordering info can be found at the above link.)

*And then there's this new book (and website) by James Sundquist...

Rick Warren's Global Peace Plan vs. Scriptural Teachings on Peace

The book by author James Sundquist titled "Rick Warren's Global Peace Plan vs. Scriptural Teachings on Peace" is a hard hitting expose on the teaching of Warren's P.E.A.C.E. Plan that was unveiled at Angel Stadium in California to an audience of 30,000 people. What is startling about this new global peace plan is not so much what it contains, but what it does not contain. Much like other forms of peace throughout the ages, its plan prescribes a peaceful kingdom now which the world loves to hear. If your church is into the Purpose Driven Church movement and is into pursuing the P.E.A.C.E. plan, you owe it to yourself to get James Sundquist's book and learn of the methods and practices inherent in this Global P.E.A.C.E plan.

Here's the link to the website:

Perfect Peace Plan
www.perfectpeaceplan.com

*And finally, this is not an actual book, but today was the last installment of the extremely controversial on-line fiction story that many have been following over at My Word Like Fire. If you haven't read it, be sure to check out all the addicting chapters. This is definitely one story that would most likely never make it to the Christian book stores even if it was published (or any book store these days, for that matter), but it certainly is a good, politically incorrect read. It has a great ending, by the way, which is right here, but don't read the last entry unless you've read the whole thing (click here for the entire series).