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It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason it is called a FIRST Wild Card Tour is that you never know if the book will be fiction, non~fiction, for young, or for old...or for somewhere in between! Enjoy your free peek into the book! You never know when I might play a wild card on you! Today's Wild Card author is: Dwan Abrams and the book: Married Strangers Urban Books (December 1, 2008) ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Dwan Abrams is a full-time novelist, freelance editor, publisher and speaker. She's the best-selling author of Married Strangers , Divorcing the Devil , Only True Love Waits , The Scream Within , and Favor (a short story appearing in The Midnight Clear anthology). She's also the founder, publisher and editorial director of Nevaeh Publish...

Please forgive this rough draft format, as these are my raw study notes. I felt a great sense of urgency to publish them rather than waiting until I had the time to pretty them up. Thank you and I pray that God blesses you through this material. Stacey Take a few minutes to savor Revelation Chapter 9. Then return here and ponder the thoughts, answer the questions, and be sure to leave comments about your own revelations. 9:1 — 5th trumpet — star falls to earth and is given the key to the abyss. He opens it and smoke pours out, darkening the sun and sky. Locusts come out of the smoke with the power of scorpions to torture those without God's seal on their foreheads for 5 months. The star is the angel-king mentioned in 9:11. The Int'l Bible Commentary says this is probably a fallen angel. 9:2 — See Genesis 19:28; Exodus 19:18; Joel 2:10 (AMP) 9:3 - locusts — see Exodus 10:1-20 and Joel 1:2-2:11 for more background on locust plagues. See Exodus 2:12-15 (AMP) 9:4 — See Ezekiel 9:4 ...

It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason it is called a FIRST Wild Card Tour is that you never know if the book will be fiction, non~fiction, for young, or for old...or for somewhere in between! Enjoy your free peek into the book! You never know when I might play a wild card on you! Today we are doing something special for Wild Card. Since February is the month of LOVE, we have three (really four, one is a boxed set) books dealing with love. The authors are: Dr. Gary Chapman Cheryl and Jeff Scruggs Shaunti and Jeff Feldhahn and the books: Love as a Way of Life Devotional by Dr. Gary Chapman WaterBrook Press (October 7, 2008) I Do Again by Cheryl and Jeff Scruggs WaterBrook Press (December 16, 2008) For Couples Only by Shaunti and Jeff Feldhahn Mul...

It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason it is called a FIRST Wild Card Tour is that you never know if the book will be fiction, non~fiction, for young, or for old...or for somewhere in between! Enjoy your free peek into the book! You never know when I might play a wild card on you! Today's Wild Card author is: Virginia Smith and the book: Age before Beauty, book 2 in the Sister-to-Sister Series Revell (February 1, 2009) ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Virginia Smith is the author of eight novels, including Age before Beauty, Stuck in the Middle, and A Taste of Murder. In 2008 she was named Writer of the Year at Mount Hermon Christian Writers Conference. A popular retreat speaker, Ginny keeps audiences enthralled with her high-energy presentations. She and ...