Websightings Include Free e-books, Moody Publishers Contest, 70% off Yancey e-books, threats to our marriages, and a Meta-Waste of Time








Moody Cover to Cover contest
Win free books for a year!

Five entries will be selected to receive the ultimate library package—more than 80 books over the course of 2014!
Each winner receives monthly shipments of new releases from Moody Publishers, with titles from some of the best Christian authors like Gary Chapman, Wes Stafford, Tony Evans, Dannah Gresh, Juli Slattery, John MacArthur and many more. You'll even receive the much-anticipated, single-volume Moody Bible Commentary, written and edited by the professors of Moody Bible Institute. The total package is valued at over $1,200!

To make the deal even better, you can choose a free e-book download from four of Moody Publishers' best titles in 2013. Download your free e-book in a format that best works for your tablet, e-reader or computer.

Speaking the Truth in Love
By David Powlison
Free on Kindle today

· Have you ever wondered how to be a more effective counselor?

· Have you ever looked for a better way to talk to difficult people?

· Have you ever wanted to express faith and love more naturally in your relationships?

Practical in its approach yet comprehensive in its scope, Speaking Truth in Love is sure to become required reading for anyone interested in pursuing a career as a counselor or anyone else who longs for ways to redeem relationships.

Can choose format most conducive to your device
free e-book (99 cents on Amazon)


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NSA Data Has No Discernible Impact on Terrorism
Gathering American citizen's metadata is a meta-waste of time or, worse, the beginnings of a police state, in my opinion.  U.S. authorities may be seeking to set this up in order to protect the citizenry (in order to prevent an attack or in the event of a catastrophe but it could also lead to Big Brother surveillance of our every move). 

6 Deadly Enemies of Marriage

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