Faith News Network

We’ve heard the statistic before: “70% of young Christian adults drop out of church” —but the good news is that studies show that almost two-thirds return to their faith.

Within his new book, It’s PROOF TIME… There is Hope!, Andre’ K. Mickel uses an acronym, which spells out “PROOFTIME,” to guide readers in their response when they inevitably face tribulations. In following the author’s tried-and-true advice, readers will receive peace in the midst of adversity. Andre’ lists the steps: Praise, Remember, Obedient (twice), Focus, Trust, Inspire, Meditate, and Energized. These steps, when explained by the author and applied by the reader, have the power to change anyone’s life.

Chris Dorean’s new book, FLASHES OF GLORY: Revealing the truth of both Science and the Bible, but not evolution! ($14.99, paperback, 9781498422109) delves into the ongoing “Bible vs. Evolution” debate with evidence that disproves the evolution theory. The author hopes that, as a result of reading his book, readers will understand the Bible much better, divert from evolutionistic ideas, and find new happiness and peace of mind concerning what God says in the Bible.

In his new book, Tending The Warrior Soul, author Louis Harrison hopes to advance readers’ understanding of this soul damage; and to provide support, encouragement, biblical counsel, spiritual challenge, and helpful resources to those that need it.

Franklin, TN–Is it possible to have fun and encourage Biblical literacy at the same time? Tennessee parents Jeremy and Jennica Reis believe so and created a set of trading cards, Josiah Cards, as an alternative to fantasy trading cards. Josiah Cards teach kids about the people of the Bible using scripture. They have launched a Kickstarter campaign in order to raise the funding necessary to print, package and distribute the Josiah Cards which will come in trading packs of 1-30 or 1-60 numbered cards.

Faithful Servant LLC’s newest Newsletter, The Christian Transportation Investor, reached its third year of tracking by MarketWatch’s Hulbert Financial Digest as 2014 closed. Its model portfolios earned top-five ranking for both its one-year and three-year performance on the Hulbert Interactive website. Its one-year gain of 52.0% earned 3rd place among the 190 newsletters tracked at least one year, and its three-year annualized return of 32.2% placed it 5th against the 167 newsletters that age or more. The Wilshire 5000 Stock Index gain Hulbert Interactive cites as a performance benchmark for the market as a whole was 12.7% and 20.3% respectively for the one and three-year periods.