ChurchWatch: Craig von Buseck

july 14, 2006

All Good Things Must End … and Be Rewarded at CBA

The annual CBA "International Christian Retail Show" wraps up today in Denver with thousands of people having attended from across the U.S. and around the world.

Of course, every year the CBA and its affiliated members honor those who have done outstanding work in taking the Christian message to hurting people through creative and innovated means.

Here are some of the winners of the Retailers Choice award, given by Christian Retailing:

• Bible -- The Message, Eugene Peterson
• Biography/Autobiography -- When I Lay My Isaac Down, Carol Kent (NavPress)
• Charismatic -- Drawing Near, John Bevere (Nelson)
• Children's -- Flo, the Lyin' Fly, Max Lucado (Tommy Nelson)
• Christian Living -- Come Thirsty, Max Lucado (W Publishing/Nelson)
• Devotionals -- Praying the Names of God, Ann Spangler (Zondervan)
• Evangelism -- The Case for a Creator, Lee Strobel (Zondervan)
• General Fiction -- Beyond Tuesday Morning, Karen Kingsbury (Zondervan)
• Gift Book -- Don't Waste Your Life, John Piper (Crossway)
• Health/Fitness -- The Maker's Diet, Jordan Rubin (Siloam/Strang)
• Mystery/Suspense Fiction -- The Circle Trilogy, Ted Dekker (Westbow/Nelson)
• Music -- Arriving, Chris Tomlin (sixstepsrecords/Sparrow)
• Nonfiction -- Breaking the Da Vinci Code, Darrell Bock (Nelson)
• Relationships -- Love and Respect, Dr. Emmerson Eggerichs (Integrity Publishers)
• Self-Improvement -- In Every Pew Sits a Broken Heart, Ruth Graham with Stacy Mattingly (Zondervan)
• Series -- Reunion, Karen Kingsbury with Gary Smalley (Tyndale House)
• Social Issues -- The Truth About Same-Sex Marriage, Erwin Lutzer (Moody Publishers)
• Spiritual Growth -- Believing God, Beth Moore (Broadman & Holman)
• Women's Fiction -- Every Storm, Lori Wick (Harvest House)
• Women's Nonfiction -- For Women Only, Shaunti Feldahn (Multnomah Publishers)
• Video/DVD -- Sumo of the Opera, Veggie Tales (Big Idea)

More from the floor:

Baker Books and Emergent, a nonprofit organization that networks innovative church leaders, have agreed to a multiyear deal to publish a series of books by Emergent authors.

Thomas Nelson has released The Word Becomes Flesh, the first women's audio Bible featuring well-known Christian women reading the New Century Version (NCV) of the New Testament.

Zondervan has obtained the rights to sell Condi: The Condoleezza Rice Story in Christian bookstores and markets.

Tomorrow: Even more from the floor…

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