Sunday Devotional

Taming the TongueJames 3:3-12Everyone struggles with controlling their tongue. Jesus said it was a fire, yet we don’t spend enough time learning what it means to control our mouth. To illustrate this, I played a little game with the teens in my youth group. The rules were simple. Before the students arrived, I set out enough Life Savers candies and plates for each one. Across...

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Winners!!

It's always so much fun to give away great books!! Congratulations to this week's lucky winners:Nicole Simon - The Country House Courtship by Linore Rose Burkhard.Kim (kntsmom) - Faith Deployed by Jocelyn Green.K - Battlefields and Blessings by Jocelyn Green.renee - Love Finds You in Hershey, Pennsylvania by Cerella Sechrist.Winners of this weeks books, please email me with...

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Weekly Drawing

Entering our weekly drawing is easy:1. Leave a comment on Fridays or...2. Sign up to follow The Borrowed Book. Followers will automatically be entered for a chance to win that week's drawing!This week, The Borrowed Book is giving away FOUR great books: The Country House Courtship by Linore Burkard ~ The year is 1818 and Miss Beatrice Forsythe is determined to marry well....

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Reader Excerpt ~ The Country House Courtship by Linore Burkard

CHAPTER 1London, England, 1818Mr. Peter O'Brien felt surely he had a devil plaguing him, and the devil's name was Mr. Phillip Mornay.The paper in his hand should have made him happy. Indeed, it ought to have elicited nothing but joy after two years of holding a curacy that didn't pay enough to feed a church-mouse. Yet, instead he was staring ahead after reading a letter of...

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Author Interview ~ Linore Rose Burkard

Linore Rose Burkard creates Inspirational Romance for the Jane Austen Soul. Her characters take you back in time to experience life and love during the era of Regency England (circa 1800 - 1830).Ms. Burkard's novels include Before the Seasons Ends, The House in Grosvenor Square, and The Country House Courtship. Her stories blend Christian faith and romance with well-researched...

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Author Interview ~ Jocelyn Green

Jocelyn Green, a former Coast Guard wife, is the author of Faith Deployed: Daily Encouragement for Military Wives (along with 14 contributing writers). She is also co-author of Battlefields & Blessings: Stories of Faith and Courage from the War in Iraq & Afghanistan and the contributing editor to the award-winning Battlefields & Blessings: Stories of Faith and...

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Author Interview ~ Cerella Sechrist

While growing up, I adored books. I think it started with my mom, who read to me consistently as a child. Being a theater buff, every storybook was a production of appropriate voices, exclamations and characterizations. I fell in love with stories at an early age.Like most children, I spent quite a bit of time considering what I would like to ‘be’ when I grew up. My ambitions...

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Debut ~ The Borrowed Book!

So, it’s Monday, which means normally, I would host a debut author. But it's also the first full week in the life of this blog. So...instead of interviewing an author, I thought you might like to know how The Borrowed Book did in its first week of life.Here are the figures for the first week, as reported by Stat Counter:Unique Visitors: 98First Time Visitors: 65Returning Visitors: 33Page Loads: 169Highest Traffic Day: FridayNow, you would think...

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Sunday Devotional

Falling AwayJohn 6:60-71Often times, people who are new to Christianity find that what they expected or hoped to find by accepting Christ is not what they get. Instead of being easy, walking with Christ often proves difficult. Trials come. Life hits them hard. Sometimes, one hit is all it takes to get that person to fall away. Other times, it’s several hits, but the result...

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Winners!!

It's always so much fun to give away great books!! Congratulations to this week's lucky winners:Jess - The Silent Seduction of Self-TalkVickie - The Call of ZulinaCarole - Walking on Broken Glass.Ladies, please email me with your mailing address so I can forward your information to the authors. Then, sit back and wait for your book to arrive.Thank you all so much for stopping...

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Weekly Drawing

Entering our weekly drawing is easy:1. Leave a comment on Fridays or....2. Sign up to follow The Borrowed Book. Followers will automatically be entered for a chance to win that week's drawing! .This week, The Borrowed Book is giving away THREE great books: The Silent Seduction of Self-Talk by Shelly Beach ~ We speak to ourselves at a rate of 1,300 words per minute, making...

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Reader Excerpt ~ The Call of Zulina by Kay Marshall Strom

CHAPTER 1West Africa, 1787 Hot, dry harmattan winds swept across the African savanna and awakened the yellow-brown sand, whipping it up with wild gusts that swirled and soared high into the air. The sandy clouds that blew in with the first shards of daybreak to shroud the dawn in grit refused to release their grip, and by late afternoon a thick layer of dust coated the entire...

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Author Interview ~ Kay Marshall Strom

Kay Marshall Strom is the author of thirty-six published books, including her fiction trilogy, Grace In Africa. Her writing credits also include magazine articles, short stories, prize-winning screenplays, booklets for writers, and anything else that will help make the house payments. Kay is an in-demand speaker at events throughout the country.When did you decide to be a...

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