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As believers, our walk with God is motivated by hope-not the bland, vague notion most people have, but the expectation of an exotic, pleasurable inheritance that guides us and fires our passion...or, at least, should.Ted Dekker has written an expose on the death of pleasure within the Church. Because many of us have set aside hope and the inspired imagination that drives it, Dekker says we have been lulled into a slumber of boredom, even despondency. Our faith wanes, the joy at having been liberated fades, and we feel powerless. The Slumber of Christianity explores what robs us of happiness and how we can rediscover it and live lives that rekindle hope. The pursuit of pleasure is a gift to all humans-a function of the Creator himself, who is bent upon our happiness.It's time for Christians to reclaim our inheritance of pleasure. The Slumber of Christianity will inflame hearts toward full-fledged, mind-expanding encounters with hope, through the imagination.

Some say the great mystery of how one can live in two worlds at once died with Thomas Hunter many years ago. Still others that the gateway to that greater reality was and is only the stuff of dreams.They are wrong. In the small town of Eden, Utah, a blind girl named Rachelle Matthews is about to find out just how wrong.When a procedure meant to restore Rachelle's sight goes awry, she begins to dream of another world so real that she wonders if Earth might only be a dream experienced when she falls asleep in that reality. Who is a simple blind girl to have such strange and fantastic dreams?She's the prophesied one who must find and recover five ancient seals--in both worlds--before powerful enemies destroy her. If Rachelle succeeds in her quest, peace will reign. If she fails, both worlds will forever be locked in darkness.So begins a two-volume saga of high stakes and a mind-bending quest to find an ancient path that will save humanity. The clock is ticking; the end rushes forward.Ready? Set?Dream.

Some say the great mystery of how one can live in two worlds at once died with Thomas Hunter many years ago. Still others that the gateway to that greater reality was and is only the stuff of dreams. They are all wrong. Rachelle Matthews, who grew up in the small town of Eden, Utah, discovered just how wrong when she dreamed and awoke in another world. There she learned that she was the 49th Mystic, the prophesied one, tasked with finding five ancient seals before powerful enemies destroy her. If Rachelle succeeds in her quest, peace will reign. If she fails, the world will forever be locked in darkness. In The 49th Mystic, Rachelle found the first three of those five seals through great peril and mind-altering adventure. But two seals remain hidden and the fate of both worlds hangs in their balance. As Rachelle Matthews sits deep in a dungeon, Vlad Smith is just getting started. Thomas Hunter's world is about to be turned inside out. The mystics say that there is no defense against the Fifth Seal--but finding it will cost Rachelle everything. So begins the final volume of high stakes in one girl's quest to find an ancient path that will save humanity. The clock is ticking; the end rushes forward. Ready? Set? Dream.

Imagine answering your cell phone to a mysterious voice that gives you three minutes to confess your sin or you die. You have one huge problem: you don't have a clue what that sin is.Kevin Parson escaped a twisted childhood and built his own life, leaving his bizarre past behind him. . .until his cell phone rings and a gravelly voice calling himself Slater tells him he has just three minutes to confess his “sin” or his car will be blown to pieces.Kevin panics. Who would make such a demand, and what sin is he supposed to confess? Not sure what else to do, Kevin swerves into a parking lot and runs from his car. . . just in case. Exactly three minutes later, a massive explosion sets his world on a collision course with madness.Obsessed both with Kevin's downfall and the number 3, Slater initiates a game in which Kevin must answer riddles to avoid Slater's destructive, murderous retribution.From #1 bestselling author Ted Dekker comes a powerful story of good, evil, and all that lies between.The perfect blend of suspense, mystery, and horror in one psychological thrillerNow a major motion picture!Also by bestselling author Ted Dekker: The Circle Series, Saint, and Sinner

It was an absolutely perfect day . . . until everything went absolutely perfectly wrong.Kent Anthony is a brilliant software engineer who is cashing in on a brilliant career. He's finally living the idyllic life, far from thoughts of theft and murder and other kinds of horrible criminal behavior.He's left his past far behind. Or so he thinks.But in Heaven's Wager Kent will come face-to-face with a hidden world more real than most people ever realize--a world where the unseen is more powerful than anything seen.Book 1 in the Heaven/Martyr's Song trilogyBonus book 1.5: The Martyr's SongBook 2: When Heaven WeepsBook 3: Thunder of HeavenBook length: appr. 80,000 wordsGripping supernatural suspenseNew York Times bestselling author Ted Dekker's first novelAlso by Ted Dekker: The Circle Series (Black, Red, White, Green)

A thriller unlike any you have ever read. A love strong enough to bring a tremor to your bones. A sacrifice powerful enough to make heaven weep.At the close of World War II, a shell-shocked solider, Jan Jovic, was forced to inflict a game of life and death on a peaceful Bosnian community. In a few short hours, this young man was confronted by more love—and hate—than most experience in a lifetime.Years later, Jan has become a world-renowned writer with widespread influence in the United States, his past buried deep in his memory. Until, at the most inopportune time, the game Jan witnessed comes back to haunt him . . . and unwittingly leads him to a beautiful broken woman caught in an underworld of crime.Jan must now defeat an evil rarely seen. But there is a price. One that even this war-scarred solider can’t imagine.Praise for When Heaven Weeps:“Ted Dekker is one of the most remarkable creative writers of our time . . . engrossing and spiritually inspiring . . . highly recommended!” —Bill Bright, founder and president, Campus Crusade for Christ International“When Heaven Weeps is a first in Christian fiction: a bold, knock-your-socks off, four-hankie, romantic supernatural thriller. And a brilliantly written one to boot. Hang on for something brand new.” —Mark Olsen, screenwriter and bestselling author of HadassahBook 2 in the Heaven/Martyr’s Song trilogyBook 1: Heaven’s WagerBonus book 1.5: The Martyr’s SongBook 2: When Heaven WeepsBook 3: Thunder of HeavenBook length: app. 80,000 words

The world’s worst fears have dawned. Nothing stands in the way of total destruction . . . except the love of one woman.Deep in the Amazon jungle a young American woman and the son of plantation owners fall madly in love. For Tanya and Shannon, life is a paradise most only dream about.But today paradise ends.The jungle has hatched more than idyllic love. It has also spawned insidious evil. An evil shrouded in a plot so diabolically brilliant that all of America will be brought to its knees at the hands of a few terrorists.The plan is executed to perfection. There is no way out . . . save an ancient woman whose dark past has led her to a life of prayer in preparation for the unspeakable terror coming unleashed.Book 3 in the Heaven/Martyr’s Song trilogy:Book 1: Heaven’s WagerBonus book 1.5: The Martyr’s SongBook 2: When Heaven WeepsBook 3: Thunder of HeavenBook length: app. 80,000 words

Large Print. Danny Hansen is a priest who lives by a law of love and compassion. It is powerful men and hypocrites who abide by legal law but eschew the law of love that most incense Danny. As an avenging angel, he believes it is his duty to show them the error of their ways, at any cost.

El autor de gran éxito de ventas según el New York Times, Ted Dekker, revela su novela más fascinante hasta el momento... un escurridizo asesino en serie cuyas víctimas mueren por causas desconocidas y un psicólogo obsesionado con atraparlo.El psicólogo de conducta del FBI, Daniel Clark, se ha hecho famoso por sus argumentos de que la religión es uno de los antagonistas más grandes de la sociedad. Lo que Daniel no sabe es que su persecución obsesiva de un asesino en serie conocido sólo como "Eva" terminará en su propia muerte en manos de Eva. Después de veinte minutos Daniel es resucitado, sólo para luego sentirse perseguido por esos veinte minutos perdidos de vida.De pronto se hace dolorosamente evidente que la única manera de detener a Eva es recobrando esos minutos perdidos al morirse... otra vez. Lo que no es tan claro es cuántas veces tendrá que morir para descubrir la verdad, no sólo acerca de Eva, sino de sí mismo. Daniel tendrá que enfrentar realidades que lo persiguen en cuanto a posesiones demoníacas en el mundo moderno, y volver a evaluar su propio prejuicio en contra de la religión, para detener al asesino.AdamNew York Times best-selling author Ted Dekker unleashes his most riveting novel yet... an elusive serial killer whose victims die of unknown causes and the psychologist obsessed with catching him.FBI behavioral psychologist Daniel Clark has been made famous by his arguments that religion is one of society's greatest antagonists. What Daniel doesn't know is that his obsessive pursuit of a serial killer known only as "Eve" will end in his own death at Eve's hand. Twenty minutes later Daniel is resuscitated, only to be haunted by those twenty missing minutes of life.It soon becomes painfully clear that the only way to stop Eve is to recover those missing minutes by dying, again. Daniel will have to face haunting realities about demon possession in the modern world, and reevaluate his own prejudice against religion, to stop the killer.

Entre a la epopeya rociada de adrenalina donde se estrellan los sueños y la realidad. Nada es como parece, cuando Negro se convierte en Rojo.Hace menos de un mes, Thomas Hunter era un escritor fracasado vendiendo café en Java Hut en Denver. Ahora se encuentra en una búsqueda desesperada para evitar que dos mundos se desmoronen. En un mundo, él es un general devastado por la guerra al mando de un ejército de guerreros primitivos. En el otro, está apresurado para derrotar el intento de terroristas sádicos de crear un caos global mediante un virus imparable.Dos mundos al borde de la destrucción. Una solución inimaginable.RedEnter an adrenaline-laced epic where dreams and reality collide. Nothing is as it seems, as Negro turns to Rojo.Less than a month ago, Thomas Hunter was a failed writer selling coffee at the Java Hut in Denver. Now he finds himself on a desperate quest to rescue two worlds from collapse. In one world, he's a battle-scarred general commanding an army of primitive warriors. In the other, he's racing to outwit sadistic terrorists intent on creating global chaos through an unstoppable virus.Two worlds on the brink of destruction. One unthinkable solution.

Nunca rompa el círculo.En esta tercera parte de la innovadora Serie del círculo, Thomas Hunter sólo tiene días para sobrevivir en dos mundos diferentes, llenos de peligro, engaño y destrucción. El destino de ambos mundos depende de su singular habilidad de cambiar realidades por medio de sus sueños. Ahora, guiando un pequeño grupo multiforme conocido como El Círculo, Thomas se encuentra enfrentando nuevos enemigos, desafíos interminables y el amor prohibido de una mujer de lo más insólita.Entre a la Gran Búsqueda, donde Thomas y una pequeña banda de seguidores deben decidir rápidamente en quién pueden confiar, tanto con sus propias vidas como con el destino de millones de personas.WhiteNever break the circle.In this third installment of the groundbreaking Circle series, Thomas Hunter has only days to survive two separate realms of danger, deceit, and destruction. The fate of both worlds hinges on his unique ability to shift realities through his dreams. Now leading a small ragtag group known as The Circle, Thomas finds himself facing new enemies, never-ending challenges, and the forbidden love of a most unlikely woman.Enter the Great Pursuit, where Thomas and a small band of followers must decide quickly who they can trust, both with their own lives and the fate of millions.

Nada es como parece cuando se estrellan los sueños y la realidad.Huyendo de sus agresores por callejones abandonados, Thomas Hunter apenas se escapa yéndose al techo de un edificio. Luego una bala silenciosa de la noche roza su cabeza... y su mundo se vuelve negro. De la negrura surge la asombrosa realidad de otro mundo, un mundo donde domina el mal. Un mundo en el que Thomas Hunter se enamora de una mujer hermosa. Pero luego se acuerda del sueño en el que lo perseguían por un callejón mientras extiende su mano para tocar la sangre en su cabeza. ¿Dónde termina el sueño y comienza la realidad? Cada vez que se queda dormido en un mundo, se despierta en otro. Pero en ambos, le aguarda un desastre catastrófico... quizás incluso sea causado por él.Algunos dicen que el mundo depende frágilmente de cada decisión que tomamos. Ahora el destino de dos mundos depende frágilmente de las decisiones de un hombre.BlackNothing is as it seems when dreams and reality collide.Fleeing his assailants through deserted alleyways, Thomas Hunter narrowly escapes to the roof of a building. Then a silent bullet from the night clips his head . . . and his world goes black. From the blackness comes an amazing reality of another world, a world where evil is contained. A world where Thomas Hunter is in love with a beautiful woman. But then he remembers the dream of being chased through an alleyway as he reaches to touch the blood on his head. Where does the dream end and reality begin? Every time he falls asleep in one world, he awakes in the other. Yet in both, catastrophic disaster awaits him . . . may even be caused by him.Some say the world hangs in the balance of every choice we make. Now the fate of two worlds hangs in the balance of one man's choices.

Two abandoned souls are on the hunt for one powerful man. Soon, their paths will cross and lead to one twisted fate.Danny Hansen is a Bosnian immigrant who came to America with hopes of escaping haunted memories of a tragic war that took his mother's life. Now he's a priest. Yet that does not stop him from acting as an avenging angel on those who stay within the criminal law but live outside the laws of love and compassion. Renee Gilmore is the frail and helpless victim of one such powerful man. Having escaped his clutches, she now lives only to satisfy justice by destroying him, regardless of whom she must become in that pursuit.But when Danny and Renee's paths become inexorably entangled, neither of them may make it out of this hunt alive.

The world as we know it is unrecognisable.Almost 500 years have passed since civilization's brush with extinction. Perfect order reigns and humanity's gretaest threats have been silenced by the ruling totalitarian government. There is no disease. No passion. No hate. No war. There is only peace.Until one man discovers the truth hidden in a secret journal: the human heart has been stripped of all that makes it human and exists only in a kind of living death. But when Rom exposed himself to the vial of blood contained in the journal he was filled with uncontrollable emotions. Only Rom is now truly alive, and only he has the knowledge that can reawaken humanity. But the way is dangerous and the cost staggering . . . the way is forbidden.

THE SANCTUARY is the gripping story of vigilante priest, Danny Hansen, who is now serving a fifty year prison term in California for the murder of two abusive men. Filled with remorse, Danny is determined to live out his days by a code of non-violence and maneuvers deftly within a ruthless prison system. But when Renee Gilmore, the woman he loves, receives a box containing a bloody finger and draconian demands from a mysterious enemy on the outside, Danny must find a way to escape. They are both drawn into a terrifying game of life and death. If Renee fails, the priest will die; if Danny fails, Renee will die. And the body count will not stop at two. THE SANCTUARY is Ted Dekker at his best, a powerful thriller that relentlessly plumbs the depths of punishment and rehabilitation, both in a flawed corrections system and in the human heart.

New York Times bestselling author Ted Dekker delivers the gripping story of Maviah, a women whose life is radically transformed when she meets Jesus. They call her the Queen of the Outcasts. Maviah, a woman whose fate was sealed on her birth by this world-unwanted, illegitimate, female, a slave-subject to the whims of all. But then she met a man named Yeshua who opened her eyes. She found strength in his words, peace from the brutal word around her. Because of what he taught her, she has gathered her own traveling kingdom of outcasts deep in the desert, wielding an authority few have seen. But when her growing power threatens the rulers around her, they set out to crush all she loves, leaving her reeling as a slave once more. She must find Yeshua to save her people, but when she does, she will be horrified to discover that he faces his own death. Enter a story full of intrigue, heart-wrenching defeat, uncompromising love and staggering victory-one that re-examines everything you thought you knew about the heart of Jesus's stunning message and the power that follows for those who follow his easily forgotten way.

New York Times bestselling author Ted Dekker delivers the gripping story of Maviah, a slave who becomes a queen in Arabia, A.D. 33. They call her the Queen of the Outcasts. Maviah, a woman whose fate was sealed on her birth by this world-unwanted, illegitimate, female, a slave-subject to the whims of all. But then she met a man named Yeshua who opened her eyes. She found strength in his words, peace from the brutal word around her. Because of what he taught her, she has gathered her own traveling kingdom of outcasts deep in the desert, wielding an authority few have seen. But when her growing power threatens the rulers around her, they set out to crush all she loves, leaving her reeling as a slave once more. She must find Yeshua to save her people, but when she does, she will be horrified to discover that he faces his own death. Enter a story full of intrigue, heart-wrenching defeat, uncompromising love and staggering victory-one that re-examines everything you thought you knew about the heart of Jesus's stunning message and the power that follows for those who follow his easily forgotten way.

A sweeping epic set in the harsh deserts of Arabia and ancient Palestine. A war that rages between kingdoms on the earth and in the heart.The harrowing journey of the woman at the center of it all.Step back in time to the year of our Lord...A.D. 30.The outcast daughter of one of the most powerful Bedouin sheikhs in Arabia, Maviah is called on to protect the very people who rejected her. When their enemies launch a sudden attack with devastating consequences, Maviah escapes with the help of two of her father's warriors--Saba who speaks more with is sword than his voice and Judah, a Jew who comes from a tribe that can read the stars. Their journey will be fraught with terrible danger. If they can survive the vast forbidding sands of a desert that is deadly to most, they will reach a brutal world subjugated by kings and emperors. There Maviah must secure an unlikely alliance with King Herod of the Jews. But Maviah's path leads her unexpectedly to another man. An enigmatic teacher who speaks of a way in this life which offers greater power than any kingdom. His name is Yeshua, and his words turn everything known on its head. Though following him may present even greater danger, his may be the only way for Maviah to save her people--and herself.

A sweeping epic set in the harsh deserts of Arabia and ancient Palestine.A war that rages between kingdoms on the earth and in the heart.The harrowing journey of the woman at the center of it all.Step back in time to the year of our Lord...A.D. 30.The outcast daughter of one of the most powerful Bedouin sheikhs in Arabia, Maviah is called on to protect the very people who rejected her. When their enemies launch a sudden attack with devastating consequences, Maviah escapes with the help of two of her father's warriors--Saba who speaks more with is sword than his voice and Judah, a Jew who comes from a tribe that can read the stars. Their journey will be fraught with terrible danger. If they can survive the vast forbidding sands of a desert that is deadly to most, they will reach a brutal world subjugated by kings and emperors. There Maviah must secure an unlikely alliance with King Herod of the Jews.But Maviah's path leads her unexpectedly to another man. An enigmatic teacher who speaks of a way in this life which offers greater power than any kingdom. His name is Yeshua, and his words turn everything known on its head. Though following him may present even greater danger, his may be the only way for Maviah to save her people--and herself.

Stephen Friedman is making a good living in good times. He's just an ordinary guy. Or so he thinks.But one day an extraordinary piece of information tells him differently. It's a clue from the grave of a Holocaust survivor. A clue that makes him heir to an incredible fortune . . . a clue that only he and one other man can possibly understand.That man is Roth Braun, a serial killer who has been waiting for Stephen for thirty years. Roth was stopped once before. This time nothing will get in his way.Known worldwide for page-turning, adrenaline-laced thrillers, Dekker raises the stakes in this story of passion, revenge, and an all-consuming obsession for the ultimate treasure.