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The theater of the mind is impossible to compete with, and I like the idea that with a few suggestions, each reader forms in his or her own mind what a character or a place looks like.
Jerry B. Jenkins
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Jerry B. Jenkins
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: September 23
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Jerry Bruce Jenkins
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We at the Christian Writers Guild couldn't be more proud of Brandy Vallance. Let her debut novel transport you to an entirely fresh time and place where you'll soon forget you're turning pages and find yourself riveted to the destinies of characters who'll leave a lasting impression on your heart.
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I put off writing the first Left Behind book for a year because I got invited to assist Billy Graham in his memoirs, and had we known what we were putting off for a year, we might not have put it off.
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Actually 'Soon' has more than the Left Behind series, but I really believe less is more.
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The most comforting feeling ever is knowing that someone truly likes your entire existence. I feel that way right now. Thank you.
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No life is messier than one in ministry
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My dream remains to inform and entertain through fiction in the form of novels and movies that compete in the marketplace of ideas.
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While writing my first 90 books, I was magazine editor, publisher, book publisher, executive, etc., so I was established in publishing. three of my seven or so books were biographies of sports stars and really opened doors for me in that area.
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Christianity is not a religion, it’s a relationship with God through Christ.
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I was raised as a Christian but the transaction has to be made by yourself - you and God - at some point.
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Of course, bad marriages are so pervasive that they have invaded the faith community too.
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I've written enough books with real celebrities, such as Walter Payton and Hank Aaron and Billy Graham, to know that fame looks good only to people who don't have it.
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When you come to Christ as a real young person, I think when you become a teen-ager either you rebel or you search, doubt, and wonder.
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I love inventing worlds and characters and settings and scenarios.
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We sometimes idealize the early church and want our churches to go back to the simple, old ways. We need to carefully read the history. Harmony takes work.
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I was raised in a Christian home and, in fact, my mother led me to Christ as a youngster.
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