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The Evangelical Christian Publishers Association is pleased to announce the Christian Book Award Winners for 2008, honoring the year’s finest in Christian publishing. Since 1978 the Christian Book Awards (formerly the Gold Medallion Awards) have awarded excellence in six categories: Bibles, Bible Reference & Study, Children & Youth, Inspiration & Gift, Christian Life, and Fiction. Five finalists are selected in each category following a stringent judging process by judging panels specially selected for each category. Each title is evaluated and scored based on category-specific criteria such as content, literary quality, design and impact. The top scoring book in each category is named the Christian Book Award Winner. The Christian Book of the Year is chosen among the finalists based on its overall impact on the consumer as measured by sales. The Christian Book Award Winners and Christian Book of the Year were announced at the CBA & ECPA Awards Celebration held in Orlando on July 13. Press Release 2008 Finalists More Information Program Sponsors |
The 2008 CHRISTIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR:
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2008 Christian Book of the Year Winner The Word of Promise™ New Testament Audio Bible, NKJV |
"MATTHEW: And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit. SOUNDS POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE, ROCKS SHATTERING, BUILDING RIPPING APART, PANICKED VOICES, PEOPLE RUNNING, SCREAMING . . . TEMPLE VEIL RIPPING SOUND Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split, and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; and coming out of the graves after His resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many. So when the centurion and those with him, who were guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, they feared greatly, CENTURION: Truly this was the Son of God! SOUNDS WOMEN WEEPING" |
Category: Bibles
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Winner Discover God Study Bible, NLT
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"All of our actions are driven by our view of God. Therefore, nothing in life could be more important than knowing who God really is." |
Category: Bible Reference & Study
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Winner An Old Testament Theology |
"God is a person … who chooses both to communicate with people whom he creates in his image and to intervene in their lives, as appropriate, according to their faith and ethical behavior." |
Category: Children & Youth
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Winner Teen Virtue: Confidential |
"Resist the urge to draw a road map for your life. If you live your life by a checklist, it allows God little room to direct your steps. Besides, God may not see eye-to-eye with everything on your checklist." |
Category: Christian Life
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Winner When the Game is Over, It All Goes Back in the Box |
"Life, like a game, is moving toward a goal. ...There are rules to follow in life, and each of us will develop a strategy. …Arrange your life around what matters most. Starting today." |
Category: Fiction
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Winner In Search of Eden |
"Dearest Eden, Today is your birthday. I don’t know if I will see you, or even if I’m a part of your life. …I pray I did the right thing’ …Thus wrote Miranda DeSpain on the anniversary of the day …her heart was torn in pieces." |
Category: Inspiration & Gift
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Winner Step into the Bible |
"…Because we want to do bad things more than we want to do good things, He gave us a set of rules. …But no one can keep them perfectly. Only one Person ever kept them and that was Jesus." |
