Oh the controversy!

at 02/08/10 8:50AM
Tim Tebow's mother is glad that she kept him. How dare she say such a thing on national TV! The horror of it all!

The nominations for Most Prematurely Overblown Super Bowl Ad are now closed.
  • serena
    No kidding. I would say its retarded, but that's not PC now either.
    by serena at 02/08/10 8:51AM
  • kevin
    "Casual Friday" or Punxsutawney Polamalu were the best IMO
    by kevin at 02/08/10 9:42AM
  • justg
    FOTF got so much bang for their advertising buck. Genius. I enjoyed Letterman, Oprah and Jay. I mean, haven't you felt like Jay, hair messed up and eating a bowl of chips...feeling kind of paranoid?
    by justg at 02/08/10 10:22AM
  • Megalexandros
    The Dorito's commercials were my favorite.
    by Megalexandros at 02/08/10 10:29AM
  • alex
    Betty White ad for snickers. lol
    by alex at 02/08/10 2:06PM
  • navydoc
    Did you hear about the gay commercial that was supposed air?
    There was gonna be 2 guys on a couch watching tv and they both reach for a bag of chips at the same time and in doing so, they brush hands. They then begin to make out. I'm glad it didn't air.
    by navydoc at 02/08/10 3:51PM
  • diminished_seventh
    Yeah, after that Tebow ad came on, all of us in the room stared at each other and said, "That was it?" It was like Y2K all over again.
    by diminished_seventh at 02/08/10 6:12PM
  • phorgain37055
    No kidding. I'm actually glad for the publicity it got. I'm sure it sparked thousands of conversations regarding abortion. Sure, the ad didn't air in its entirety, but did bring lots of attention to the subject.
    by phorgain37055 at 02/09/10 9:28AM

I like those odds...

at 02/03/10 3:00PM *
Three DeWard titles have reached the final 12 in the Nonfiction-Christian Living category of Christian Small Publishers Book of the Year Award.

Boot Camp (Jason Hardin)
From Gravel to Glory (Gina Calvert)
The Slave of Christ (Seth Parr)

Find the DeWard title you like best and vote here. Then, tell a friend.

(It looks like you also have to vote for each of the other categories. I'll let you decide how you want to divvy up those votes.)
  • ektustin
    You can vote for just one category....
    by ektustin at 02/03/10 3:25PM
  • ward
    Excellent. I'll delete that, then.
    by ward at 02/03/10 4:40PM
  • curlie
    May I write in Churches of the New Testament? :)
    by curlie at 02/03/10 6:07PM
  • ward
    You can try. We would have submitted it (though perhaps in another category), but its publication date was too early for entry. Had we known about the contest last year, we probably could have gotten it in.
    by ward at 02/04/10 9:00AM
  • markroberts
    enjoyed getting to put a face with a name and an email address - and was impressed with what you all are doing in the publishing business.
    by markroberts at 02/04/10 11:15PM
  • phorgain37055
    That is awesome. Good luck to you guys.
    by phorgain37055 at 02/06/10 12:36AM

helmet decor

at 02/02/10 1:16PM
Yesterday, I e-mailed the USF football general e-mail address and the director of basketball operations, asking if Skip Holtz and Stan Heath could find time in their busy day to autograph a little boy's cranial remolding helmet. If I get really lucky, both of them will respond positively and be sure to have a player or two around to sign it as well. Defintiely not holding my breath—not even for just the coaches—but that'd make it a great collector's item and keepsake for Silas.

In the meantime, it's been stickered-up properly.




  • justg
    Love, love, love the helmet! He looked precious on Sunday! The coaches will respond...just you wait!
    by justg at 02/02/10 2:09PM
  • madtomkidd
    Did you send those pictures to give them a taste of how they'll be participating? I think those pics would seal the deal!
    by madtomkidd at 02/02/10 2:45PM
  • theeditor
    ^ I agree. send the photos!
    by theeditor at 02/02/10 6:53PM
  • curlie
    I bet they will. :) Or you could have had Brooke e-mail them. Coaches woludn't want to disappoint the mama.
    by curlie at 02/02/10 7:03PM
  • abjb
    Nice! Even with your sadly mistaken choice for a Big East team, I love it. :-)
    by abjb at 02/02/10 11:11PM

new release from DeWard Publishing Company

at 01/25/10 12:10PM
DeWard Publishing Company is excited to announce today the release of their next book:

Hard Core - Defeating Sexual Temptation with a Superior Satisfaction .




- The adult entertainment industry brings in more money each year than the NFL, NBA, and Major League Baseball combined.
- 70 percent of American men aged 18–34 view Internet pornography at least once a month.
- The average porn viewer is 41 years old and earns an annual income of $60,000.
- Approximately 25 percent of porn viewers are women; 46 percent are married; 33 percent have children.

This is a straightforward book about an uncomfortable topic. So many—men and women included—are being slaughtered in their struggle with sexual sin. Individual lives, marriages, children, friendships, influences for good, ministries of gospel preachers, and entire congregations of the Lord’s people are being seriously impacted. It is commendable for us to sing, “Soldiers of Christ arise and put your armor on.” But if we sing those words, then proceed to ignore where the battle is being lost, the devastation will only continue to grow. If we are going to help men and women of all ages win this battle, we must strike at the root of the problem. We must unashamedly examine God’s boundaries. We must call sin, sin. We must sound the call for righteous warfare. We must encourage our brothers and sisters to be steadfast and immovable. We must dedicate ourselves to hardcore holiness and fight sexual temptation with a superior satisfaction.

Hard Core is available for pre-order today beginning today and will ship out the week of February 8th.

The pre-order price for the book is $10 and a Book/T-Shirt combo that will be available for $20. (Shipping included)



CLICK HERE TO ORDER HARD CORE NOW!
  • slave_of_jesus_jdb
    I'm glad a brother has decided to write on the topic and that you all have agreed to publish the book. If the book does anything at all to make the issue more acceptable to discuss among brethren, it is sure to be a grand slam.
    by slave_of_jesus_jdb at 01/27/10 8:10PM
  • uptownwmn
    Unfortunately no. Going to miss that. :(
    by uptownwmn at 02/02/10 9:16AM

plans for the year

at 01/23/10 9:45PM *
Depending on how things shake out with a few tentative titles, DeWard will be releasing 15–20 books in 2010. Is it me or is that just nuts?

(For the sake of comparison, from late-2007–2009 we released 14 books.)
  • hoose
    That is nuts. And awesome. Congrats!
    by hoose at 01/23/10 10:07PM
  • kitkat
    Wow, that sounds exactlyt he same as your Facebook status!
    by kitkat at 01/23/10 11:18PM
  • justg
    Great news!!!
    by justg at 01/24/10 1:00PM
  • jlmanager
    Yikes!
    by jlmanager at 01/24/10 10:42PM