Christian Books – October 2025

Thanks to Lisa at Christian Book & Record in Edmonton for the following list of books

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Kids

NIV Action Study Bible

David C Cook

The NIV Action Study Bible helps preteens build a strong foundation of faith to last a lifetime. For fans of The Action Bible® who want to go beyond the pictures and deeper into God’s redemptive story, The NIV Action Study Bible is a full-text study Bible that takes preteens (ages 9 and up) further into the heart of God’s Word and connects His timeless truth to their lives today. The Action Bible has introduced millions of kids to the stories in the Bible with its dramatic comic-book-style illustrations. Now they can go deeper with The NIV Action Study Bible. Designed to encourage a stronger connection with God, this essential study Bible includes the complete NIVÒ translation and brings preteens into the action with these features:
 
What About This? Insights to tough questions about faith
Unlock It! Who did what, when, where … and why it matters
Guess It! Person, place, or thing? Guessing fun with five clues
Find It! A distinct icon that appears whenever a story is included in the The Action Bible
Activate Reflection on Bible themes and how they apply to life today
Ancient Archives Cultural history of ancient times—what were clothes, houses, weapons, food, celebrations, and traditions like?
Experience the Drama Comic book artist Sergio Cariello’s dramatic illustrations capture the imagination and transport readers to another time. Forty full-color illustrated pages throughout the Bible and over two hundred in-text black and white illustrations. Plus book introductions, maps, a dictionary, concordance, and more.

Your Worth Never Wavers

by Laura Wifler

B&H Kids

Snuggle up with a young girl you love and share this beautifully illustrated picture book woven with messages on true beauty, identity, and God’s unending love. As a primer for first conversations about body image, this book will instill deep truths while weaving in fun facts about nature and God’s creation. Bestselling children’s book author, Laura Wifler, wants girls to know . .

The same God who made both the otter and pearl,
Is the God who made you––yes you, my sweet girl.
You’re made in His image; He knit you together.
Your worth never wavers––not now, and not ever.

Research shows that attitudes about body image and self-esteem begin forming in children between the ages of three and five and only become more widespread and problematic as they grow.  Many people’s answer to this problem is to “look within,” “trust your heart” or “try harder” to muster up your own value and worth. Your Worth Never Wavers sends a better message: true worth and beauty is found by gaining a higher view not of ourselves but of God, the creator of everything.

Journey with a diverse group of mothers and daughters as they explore the wonders of creation from colossal canyons to boisterous beehives. Each illustration celebrates God’s handiwork from nature to his design of people, showing women and girls with different skin tones, body shapes, hair types, and abilities. On each page, a child learns fun facts about creation and that the same God who made tigers, snowflakes, sunsets, and stars, is the God who fearfully and wonderfully created each person perfectly in his image.

This book is a catalyst for conversation between young readers and their loved ones about body image, identity, and God’s unending love. By teaching girls the source of their worth and value, they’ll have foundational truths to lean on when doubts arrive, reminding them that they are beloved by God and declared beautiful. His love is all around them; all they must do is look.

We Sing! Teaching Kids to Praise God With Heart and Voice

by Kristyn Getty

Crossway

Lyrical Poem by Kristyn Getty Teaches Children the Importance of Singing as Worship

Join this song, each girl, each boy, until the world resounds with joy. God created his children to sing! Through music, we can express our heartfelt praise, weave the gospel into our daily lives, and grow in our understanding of the Lord. Written by acclaimed singer and hymn writer Kristyn Getty, We Sing! beautifully highlights the power and joy of worshiping God through song. With lively rhyming verses and engaging illustrations, We Sing! helps children ages 3–8 connect with important biblical truths: worship is for everyone, every day, and forever. This book invites families to read, sing, and live out its message together, praising God and joyfully reflecting on all he has done for us.

A Big Change Happened: Helping Children Through Upheaval

by Darby Strickland

New Growth Press

Wallace Whale loves his home in the warm blue sea near the green island where he and Mama sing, eat, sleep, and play. But one day, Mama tells him about a big change – they’re leaving for a long journey North! Wallace is worried and has so many questions: What will the North be like? Will he be okay? As they swim into the unknown, Mama gently reminds Wallace: Wherever you go, whatever you do, God’s love follows you.

Counselor Darby A. Strickland uses the story of Wallace along with Psalm 139 to help parents and caregivers walk with children through big changes and the questions that come with those changes. A special section at the end of the book helps parents and caregivers guide their children through accepting their new situation and uses biblical truths to reassure children that God’s love never changes.

Young Readers

The Story of Corrie Ten Boom

by Jennifer Kelley

The Life of Corrie ten Boom Inspires Young Listeners to Love Their Neighbors and Forgive Those Who Persecute Them

Corrie ten Boom was a watchmaker, prisoner, and World War II hero who helped hundreds of Jews escape persecution amid the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. Despite her bravery, the risks she was willing to take ultimately led to her capture and imprisonment. After her release, Corrie was again met face-to-face with the prison guard who caused so much pain. Her life story raises the question, Is it possible to forgive the unforgivable?

This short and lively biography takes middle-grade listeners on an exciting journey through ten Boom’s life, highlighting her upbringing, her family’s covert operations, and her most remarkable achievement of all – forgiving those who persecuted her. Ten Boom’s story acts as a witness to the world, demonstrating the power of mercy and the value of spreading the message of God’s love, regardless of one’s present situation. This addition to the Lives of Faith and Grace series engages kids ages 8-13 in the drama of history, showing how God worked in the past through ordinary people like them.

• Lively Biography: Explores the life of Corrie ten Boom and her family’s covert operations to save hundreds of Jews from enduring persecution in Europe
• Teaches Forgiveness: Ten Boom shows love and forgiveness to the person who seems most unforgivable, the prison guard who persecuted her
• Part of the Lives of Faith and Grace Series: Engages kids with the real-life stories of Christian men and women from history
• Written for Kids Ages 8-13

Fiction

Out of Time

by Irene Hannon

Revell

A century-old mystery, a hidden treasure, and an isolated estate where danger lurks in every shadow.

For historical anthropologist Cara Tucker, the chance to spend a sabbatical semester on a remote country estate – with full access to its vast library and century-old journals – is a dream come true . . . until a series of strange incidents begins to turn her dream into a nightmare. Someone, it seems, does not want anyone diving into the past and unearthing old ghosts. 

Sheriff Brad Adams has seen his share of suspicious activities during his law enforcement career, but what’s happening at the isolated estate is out-of-pattern in his quiet, rural Missouri county. Beset by danger, Cara and Brad work together to try to untangle the clues. But when the peril turns lethal, the situation takes on a new urgency, and their mission is clear: Find out who is behind the string of menacing incidents before the perpetrator strikes another deadly blow.¿¿ 

Canyon of Deceit

by Diann Mills

Tyndale Fiction

A rescue team searches for a missing young girl and suspects all is not as it seems in this high-stakes romantic suspense novel from the author of Lethal Standoff and Facing the Enemy.

When wilderness survival expert Therese Palmer receives a frantic phone call from former colleague Professor Rurik Ivanov, she is shocked by the news that his young daughter, Alina, is missing – and that Rurik wants Therese’s help finding her. She’s sure Rurik hasn’t given her the whole story . . . especially since he refuses to report the kidnapping to the police. Yet with a child’s life hanging in the balance, Therese can’t turn down this mission. She knows the clock is ticking and she can’t do this alone.

Therese reaches out to Texas Ranger Blane Gardner, whom she met seven months ago during one of her training courses in wilderness survival skills. Blane’s specialized training and background with the Crisis Negotiation Unit make him uniquely prepared for this search-and-rescue mission. He agrees to help Therese and to accept Rurik’s terms to keep Alina’s disappearance quiet, and as the two begin working together, Therese is determined the spark growing between them won’t distract from their mission to save Alina.

Traversing deep into the desert of Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Alina’s last known location, Therese and Blane struggle to separate truth from lies within the mix of intel they’re receiving. As they close in on answers that suggest the involvement of Russian organized crime and a high-profile international assassination attempt, they must fight to rescue Alina before she becomes an innocent casualty of a much bigger plot – no matter the risk to their own lives.

The Amish Ballerina

by Richelle Brunstetter

Barbour Fiction

An Amish Woman Hides a Secret Passion: Eighteen-year-old Arie Kauffman loves to twirl and leap around the barn in her Amish bonnet and dress, practicing ballet moves her English friend taught her. Her parents would be upset to learn that this longtime interest has progressed to her secretly attending ballet classes. Arie even hides her dance skills from her boyfriend, Edwin Chupp, who often invites her to try new things, knowing she has an artistic heart. Her secrecy, however, is causing damage she may not be able to repair. When offered new opportunities to dance, will Arie break from Amish tradition or hold true to the bonds of her faith and fami

Non-fiction

Called to Take a Bold Stand

by Jack Hibbs

Harvest House Publishers

An Urgent Reminder to Make Every Moment Count

As the culture around us continues to stumble blindly into evil and turmoil, it’s easy to lose heart and grow weary in your faith. But what if God has been preparing you for this very time all along?

Everything changes when you say yes to God’s call to “be diligent” as you await “the coming of the day of God” (2 Peter 3:12, 15). Called to Take a Bold Stand  beckons you to live a biblically based, passionate faith – resilient, immovable, and effective in our chaotic and troubled world. Pastor and bestselling author Jack Hibbs provides biblical teaching and practical insights to help you represent Christ courageously to a world in need; influence our increasingly secular culture in transformative ways; overcome the fear of intimidation or persecution.  You have been commissioned by God to live a life of meaning, purpose, and holy sacrifice. Called to Take a Bold Stand equips you to heed this call as you engage the hostile and hurting world around you. Discover how to stand boldly in your faith and make every moment count!

Avatar

by Jonathan Cahn

Frontline

THE AVATAR, #1 New York Times bestselling author, Jonathan Cahn’s explosive newest book will change the way you see the world.   
 
THE AVATAR contains revelations so stunning and so shocking that they cannot even be revealed outside of its pages. 

• Who are the avatars?  
• And what do they have to do with the future of America and the world…and your life? 
• Could they lie behind the outcome of every recent American presidential election and the nation’s future? 

Jonathan Cahn, author of nine New York Times bestsellers, now releases what may be his most explosive book yet!

THE AVATAR will reveal what the media will never tell you – the ancient mystery at work, moving in secret, behind world events, behind the transformation of America and the West, behind specific world leaders, behind the changes that are touching each of our lives, and what is yet to come, our future.

THE AVATAR will take you on a journey across the earth to uncover the mystery of the ancient gods and avatars – to a land where the gods never left, to a haunted island, to the lady of the forest, and to a god that revealed itself live on television and the web before millions who had no idea what was actually happening.

• Is there an ancient mystery of kings and queens that will open up, in stunning clarity, the meaning of Donald Trump and every other American leader of recent times – why they rose – why they fell – or why they rose again?
• Could this be determined from ages past, the exact years of his presidency?
• What is the mystery behind the day he was born?
• What is the mystery of the priesthood that lay behind the day his life was almost taken? 
• Could the ancient god-kings and goddess-queens, the avatars, be returning to enter the political realm, our national stage, to take over and rule?
• THE AVATAR will open up the mystery of the avatar, one who has become a prominent leader on the American political stage and yet who has lived in the image of an ancient deity – of an ancient god, from birth – The American Avatar, instrument of the gods and their agenda. Who is the avatar? And what is the danger that all this poses?
• Is there an ancient object buried in the sand of the Middle East that foreshadow what is now taking place in America and that holds the key to our future?
• How much time do we have left? And what must we do?

THE AVATAR will reveal…

• The trickster god
• The Olympian mystery
• The return of the king 
• The goddess on the mountaintop
• The gods of the lake
• The Cosmic Queen
• The Altar of Ishtar
• The god of madness
• The Black Obelisk
• The mind-blowing mystery of Sharad Purnima and the Night of the Visitation
• The geographic formation of another planet that connects to the future of America
• What lies ahead – and the window of time we have left
• What you need to know…the answer
• And of course the Mystery of the Avatar
• And much, much more…

THE AVATAR will not only blow your mind, but change the way you see the world! THE AVATAR – by Jonathan Cahn – The Return of the Ancients & the Future of America. 

The book you cannot afford not to read!

Untangle Your Emotions

by Jennie Allen

Random House

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • ECPA CHRISTIAN BOOK AWARD FINALIST • The author of Get Out of Your Head provides a revolutionary path to embracing a healthy relationship with your emotions, one that leads to life-giving connection with God and others as well as to a richer understanding of yourself.

“This book is worth thousands of dollars of counseling.”—Jonathan Pokluda, bestselling author and host of the Becoming Something podcast

How often have you heard, “Don’t let your emotions get the best of you”? But what if instead of ignoring our feelings, we noticed them, named them, and let God use them to draw us closer to Himself and others? Many of us need to unlearn damaging messages about our emotions. We’ve been taught, for example, that emotions are untrustworthy, when, in fact, God can use them to help us see where we need His healing. 

In Untangle Your Emotions, Jennie Allen uses scientific research, biblical insight, and her own story to help you 

● exchange stuffing, dismissing, or minimizing your emotions for a five-step process to know what you feel and what to do about it
● debunk the myth that feelings are sinful by learning how emotional maturity leads to deeper connection with God and others
● live emotionally healthy by applying biblical wisdom and therapeutic research that works whether you self-identify as “emotional” or not
● sit with feelings that are confusing and painful by discovering the depth of God’s love and compassion for you

Feelings aren’t something to fix; they are something to feel. As we discover how to name and navigate our emotions, we’ll learn how they can draw us closer to the God who built us – soul, mind, and heart.

Exploring Ezekiel

by Amir Tsarfati

Harvest Prophecy

(Available October 7)

“Then you shall know that I am the Lord…” Ezekiel 37:13. God spoke those words to both challenge and encourage Israel at a dark time. Yet as He did so, He gave a strong message of hope for all believers.

Because Ezekiel is so rich with revelations about present-day Israel and the end times, it holds immense value and insight for both Jews and Christians today. Written to this purpose, Exploring Ezekiel tells the story of God’s astounding power and mercy to all His people. Clear and biblical, this guide will help you

• trace the outline of God’s past and future plans, with a special emphasis on the amazing prophecies in Ezekiel 36-39, which are unfolding now 
• find encouragement in God’s promises of restoration and spiritual renewal as you trust in Him 
• live in vigilant expectation of the end times and Christ’s return while remaining steadfast in your faith 

Regardless of your present circumstances or what’s happening today, Ezekiel extends the peace of knowing that in all situations, God is truly Lord over all. Exploring Ezekiel invites and equips you to be a proclaimer of God’s saving power and a watchman for the world to come!