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Frank E. Peretti

Born

in Canada

January 13, 1951

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Mystery & Thrillers, Religion & Spirituality

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FROM HIS WEBSITE:
With more than 12 million novels in print, Frank Peretti is nothing short of a publishing phenomenon and has been called “America’s hottest Christian novelist.”

Peretti is a natural storyteller who, as a youngster in Seattle, regularly gathered the neighborhood children for animated storytelling sessions. After graduating from high school, he began playing banjo with a local bluegrass group. He and his wife were married in 1972, and Peretti soon moved from touring with a pop band to launching a modest Christian music ministry. Peretti later spent time studying English, screen writing and film at UCLA and then assisted his father in pastoring a small Assembly of God church. In 1983, he gave up his pastoring position and bega FROM HIS WEBSITE:
With more than 12 million novels in print, Frank Peretti is nothing short of a publishing phenomenon and has been called “America’s hottest Christian novelist.”

Peretti is a natural storyteller who, as a youngster in Seattle, regularly gathered the neighborhood children for animated storytelling sessions. After graduating from high school, he began playing banjo with a local bluegrass group. He and his wife were married in 1972, and Peretti soon moved from touring with a pop band to launching a modest Christian music ministry. Peretti later spent time studying English, screen writing and film at UCLA and then assisted his father in pastoring a small Assembly of God church. In 1983, he gave up his pastoring position and began taking construction jobs to make ends meet. While working at a local ski factory, he began writing This Present Darkness, the book that would catapult him into the public eye. After numerous rejections from publishers and a slow start in sales, word-of-mouth enthusiasm finally lifted This Present Darkness onto a tidal wave of interest in spiritual warfare. The book appeared on Bookstore Journal’s bestseller list every month for more than eight years. Peretti’s two spiritual warfare novels, This Present Darkness (1998) and Piercing the Darkness (1989), captivated readers, together selling more than 3.5 million copies. The Oath was awarded the 1996 Gold Medallion Award for best fiction.

For kids, Peretti wrote The Cooper Kids Adventure Series (Crossways and Tommy Nelson), which remains a best-selling series for children with sales exceeding 1 million copies. In August 2000, Peretti released the hilarious children’s audiocassette series titled Wild and Wacky Totally True Bible Stories, reprising his role as Mr. Henry, the offbeat substitute Sunday School teacher found in two Visual Bible for Kids videos.

Peretti released his first-ever non-fiction book, The Wounded Spirit in 2000, which quickly became a best-seller. The book addresses the pain of “wounded spirits” and was written as a result of painful childhood experiences.

Frank Peretti and his wife, Barbara Jean, live in the Western U.S. In spite of sudden fame and notoriety, Frank still lives a simple, well-rounded life that includes carpentry, banjo making, sculpturing, bicycling and hiking. He is also an avid pilot.
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CATTLE, SHEEP, AND PIGEONS, Part Two

Hello, everyone. I posted Part One of this yesterday, so if you haven’t read that yet, it should be the one before this one. Anyway, here’s the second part.

One can imagine how the Temple became so cluttered. Jews coming from afar had to have animals to sacrifice, so it just made sense to make those animals available right there in the Temple. But you know ho

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	This Present Darkness (Darkness, #1) 4.23 avg rating — 105,066 ratings — published 1986 — 90 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Piercing the Darkness (Darkness, #2) 4.32 avg rating — 62,127 ratings — published 1989 — 59 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Oath 4.06 avg rating — 28,537 ratings — published 1995 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	House by Frank E. Peretti, Ted Dekker (Goodreads Author) 3.56 avg rating — 26,320 ratings — published 2006 — 73 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Monster 3.82 avg rating — 23,399 ratings — published 2005 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Visitation 3.93 avg rating — 20,873 ratings — published 1999 — 51 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Prophet 3.93 avg rating — 15,202 ratings — published 1992 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hangman's Curse (Veritas Project, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 10,157 ratings — published 2001 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nightmare Academy (Veritas Project, #2) 3.86 avg rating — 6,384 ratings — published 2002 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Illusion 3.91 avg rating — 6,016 ratings — published 2012 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“You want proof there's a God? Look outside, watch a sunset.”
― Frank Peretti

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“Comfort can be a dangerous thing. You stick around home all the time where it’s safe and nothing ever changes, and before you know it, you get set in your ways and you quit learning, you quit changing, you don’t grow anymore.”
― Frank Peretti, Monster

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“Sin is the Monster we love to deny. It is crouching at the door and it wants you, but you must overcome it.”
― Frank Peretti

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This is the poll for May's Books of the Month - the two with the most votes will be selected.

Deceived (Private Justice, #3) by Irene Hannon

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Secrets by Kristen Heitzmann

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Small Town Girl by Ann H. Gabhart

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Kept by Sally Bradley

4 votes 10.3%

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The Widow of Larkspur Inn (Gresham Chronicles #1) by Lawana Blackwell

The Widow of Larkspur Inn by Lawana Blackwell

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All She Ever Wanted by Lynn Austin

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Captives (Safe Lands, #1) by Jill Williamson

Captives by Jill Williamson

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The Day We Met by Dusti Bowling

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The Covered Deep by Brandy Vallance

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A Sensible Arrangement (Lone Star Brides, #1) by Tracie Peterson

A Sensible Arrangement by Tracie Peterson

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Mercy Killer by James H. Pence

1 vote 2.6%

Rocky Mountain Dreams by Danica Favorite

1 vote 2.6%

The Mountain Between Us by Charles Martin

1 vote 2.6%

Unlimited by Davis Bunn

1 vote 2.6%

Illusion by Frank E. Peretti

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Troublesome Creek by Jan Watson

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