Apocalypse Rising (Episode 2 of 4)


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The Apocalypse is Now The second story in an epic four-episode, binge-worthy story season told through full-length, complete novels with cliff-hangers that make you hunger for more. The year is AD 2125. After apostasy rises in the remnant of Christianity and the Republic launches a murderous campaign of persecution against the Church—the unthinkable happens: The Seven Trumpets from the Book of Revelation begin to blast, ushering in a rising apocalypse with Christians fighting to make sense of it all. But there is hope. For Alexander Zarruq and Rebekah Kony travel back in time to the Council of Nicaea to retrieve the memory at the heart of the Christian faith: the Nicene Creed. Its defense of Jesus’ divine status and saving death are what the Church need to remain faithful during these dark, apocalyptic times. Yet a series of bewildering events threaten not only their mission—but introduce a menacing turn that could alter future Christianity itself. They must solve these mysterious events in order to preserve the memory of the Creed and safeguard the future faith—but the outcome is uncertain. Not only that, John Mark Ford and his crew search for the mysterious Order of Thaddeus Remnant and witnesses the devastation wrought by the Second Trumpet blast—leading to an unexpected twist and a new mission that takes the Ichthus Resistance into the heart of the Republic to preserve the Church—and save the world. Will they succeed in retrieving what the Church needs to survive the Great Tribulation? Devour the next episode to find out in the thrilling follow-up season to the celebrated "Apostasy Rising" that readers agree is “Great reading and relevant in today’s times”! End Times Chronicles is an explosively inventive time-travel series that recasts the Christian struggle in a future world rife with social and religious challenges combined with technological and political change that feels close to home—inviting readers to experience the sacrifices and struggles to persevere unto victory in the face of hostile forces, both in the future and the past. Not since the blockbuster Left Behind series has a story captured the heart of the Church's mission in these last days—offering a unique, page-turning adventure that not only entertains through thrilling action and mysterious suspense, but captures the urgency of our own day and inspires for the journey of faith.




Apostasy Rising (Episode 2 of 4)


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The Church's future is history. The second book in a four-episode, binge-worthy story season released monthly, told through full-length, complete novels with cliff-hangers that make you hunger for more! The year is 2123. The citizens of the world have united. Peace, prosperity, and progress reign supreme. Rising apostasy threatens to consume Ichthus, the last remnant of Christianity. And the Church's most chaotic hour since the Protestant Reformation has dawned with the dissolution of the faith and creation of a one-world religious assembly, Panligo. Standing at the center in this second episode continuing the epic story is a broken parish priest whose faith in the future of the Church is beginning to fray—and whose life has just been decimated by an act of terror. Only questions swirl around who perpetrated the act of persecuting violence. And evidence begins to surface of an old nemesis of Ichthus rising from the shadows to once again bring the Church to its knees. The only hope for Christianity's future survival seems to be a lost religious order, and discovering its beginning and end means traveling back in time to visit one of Christ's apostles. Will the future Church survive forces threatening her from inside and out? Will Ichthus retrieve from history what it needs to survive the future? And will ordinary believers rise to do the impossible when the Church needs them most? End Times Chronicles is an explosively inventive series that recasts the Christian struggle in a future world rife with social and religious challenges combined with technological and political change that feels close to home—inviting readers to experience the sacrifices and struggles to persevere unto victory in the face of hostile forces, both in the future and the past. Not since the blockbuster Left Behind series has a story captured the heart of the Church's mission in these last days—offering a unique, page-turning adventure that not only entertains through thrilling action and mysterious suspense, but captures the urgency of our own day and inspires for the journey of faith. Continue the adventure with episode 2 in the epic 4-part series by bestselling author J. A. Bouma about the future Church under siege.




Antichrist Rising (Episode 2 of 4)


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Resistance Is the Only Way The second story in an epic four-episode, binge-worthy story season told through full-length, complete novels with cliff-hangers that make you hunger for more. Pre-order now and receive delivering August 1, 2023! The Antichrist has risen. Prepare for the beginning of the end. Antichrist Rising is the climactic end to the explosively inventive time-travel series that recasts the Christian struggle in a future world rife with social and religious challenges combined with technological and political change that feels close to home—inviting readers to experience the sacrifices and struggles to persevere unto victory in the face of hostile forces, both in the future and the past. Friends will die under torturous persecution. Lovers will be separated and find the unexpected. Survival will hinge on the Resistance, which is the only way during these last days. The only way to remain faithful, to find victory in the face of overwhelming odds. To survive until Jesus returns to fight the final fight. The ultimate, climactic battle between good and evil. Between Christ and Antichrist. And you will have a front seat for it all — diving into the depths of what it means to live not by lies, to take up your cross and follow Christ in these last days, to Resist in the face of overwhelming odds. End Times Chronicles is an explosively inventive time-travel series that recasts the Christian struggle in a future world rife with social and religious challenges combined with technological and political change that feels close to home—inviting readers to experience the sacrifices and struggles to persevere unto victory in the face of hostile forces, both in the future and the past. Not since the blockbuster Left Behind series has a story captured the heart of the Church's mission in these last days—offering a unique, page-turning adventure that not only entertains through thrilling action and mysterious suspense, but captures the urgency of our own day and inspires for the journey of faith.




Apocalypse Rising (Episode 4 of 4)


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The Apocalypse is Now The final story in an epic four-episode, binge-worthy story season told through full-length, complete novels. The year is AD 2125. End time events have risen to a fevered pitch of catastrophic mayhem—forcing Christians to make sense of the Great Tribulation and confront a new normal that threatens it all. Then the unthinkable happens. Something foretold but all-together unbelievable. A paranormal power is unleashed with the Sixth Trumpet that promises something far more sinister and terrifying than has ever visited Earth. Something mysterious, something ancient that has remained in the shadows of biblical memory from the dawn of time. An alien demonic force ratcheting the stakes to a mind-blowing degree. Which not only anticipates the coming Antichrist and its horror. But also threatens all that one faithful Remnant holds dear—putting everything on the line and revealing just how eternally threatening the stakes really are. Alexander Zarruq and John Mark Ford must uncover the mystery and retrieve the Church’s suffering memory if Ichthus and Solterra has any chance of survival. But forces far more dangerous and powerful than the Church has faced stand in the way. And when the Republic does something no one expected—all seems lost. Will the Ichthus Remnant succeed in retrieving what the Church needs to survive the Great Tribulation and save the world from an eternal, hellish fate? Devour the final episode to find out in the epic follow-up season to the celebrated Apostasy Rising that readers agree is “Great reading and relevant in today’s times”! Then get ready in 2022 for Antichrist Rising—the thrilling Season 3 conclusion that ushers in Christ’s glorious return. End Times Chronicles is an explosively inventive time-travel series that recasts the Christian struggle in a future world rife with social and religious challenges combined with technological and political change that feels close to home—inviting readers to experience the sacrifices and struggles to persevere unto victory in the face of hostile forces, both in the future and the past. Not since the blockbuster Left Behind series has a story captured the heart of the Church's mission in these last days—offering a unique, page-turning adventure that not only entertains through thrilling action and mysterious suspense, but captures the urgency of our own day and inspires for the journey of faith.




Templars Rising


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A legend 900 years in the making rises again to protect the Church The day before Easter 1119, 700 unarmed Jerusalem Christian pilgrims were savagely attacked by Muslims from two nearby cities. Three hundred were slaughtered, sixty more were taken as slaves—and nine men rose to avenge their deaths and pledge their lives to "the defense of Jerusalem and the protection of pilgrims." The Knights Templar, robed in white with crimson crosses and armed to protect Christians from threatening persecution. Nine hundred years later, a series of similar devastating, coordinated attacks leaves the Church reeling during Holy Week—and bewildered by the possibility that the legendary Knights of Christ have risen from the shadows of legend into the light of activation. When the Order of Thaddeus, ancient defender of the Christian faith, is embroiled in the mayhem without any answers, SEPIO launches its most harrowing operation yet—to not only protect the Church and bring the perpetrators to justice, but to confront the mysterious men in white avenging Christian persecution once again. Templars Rising is a story of faith and persecution, vengeance and martyrdom that leverages the familiar conspiracy suspense of Dan Brown, the special-ops muscle of James Rollins's Sigma Force novels, and the historical insight of Steve Berry's Cotton Malone series—delivering an explosive religious thriller that abandons Hollywood-style Templar conspiracies for the remarkable historical truth behind the ancient religious order. In a truly original story ripped from the unreported headlines chronicling the horrifying persecution of the worldwide Church, J. A. Bouma combines fact, faith, and fiction like few contemporary religious storytellers—weaving an adventurous, action-packed page-turner with a compelling, inspiring message for believers and non-believers alike about the nature of faith and ones unashamed commitment to it—even unto death. Grab the 6th book in the bestselling religious suspense series readers say offers a "highly entertaining" and "compelling read"!




Apostasy Rising (Episode 1 of 4)


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The Church's Future Is History. The first story in an epic four-episode, binge-worthy story season told through full-length, complete novels with cliff-hangers that make you hunger for more! The year is 2123. The citizens of the world have united. Peace, prosperity, and progress reign supreme. Rising apostasy threatens to consume Ichthus, the last remnant of Christianity. And the Church's most chaotic hour since the Protestant Reformation is about to dawn. Standing at the center is a broken parish priest whose faith in the future of the Church is beginning to fray. When news breaks of Christian leaders dismantling the faith, Father Alexander Zarruq receives a mysterious visitor bearing an urgent request from a former mentor that turns his world upside down. What's more: An old friend makes history discovering what may be the Church's only hope—time travel. Will the future Church survive forces threatening her from inside and out? Will Ichthus retrieve from history what it needs to survive the future? And will ordinary believers rise to do the impossible when the Church needs them most? End Times Chronicles is an explosively inventive series that recasts the Christian struggle in a future world rife with social and religious challenges combined with technological and political change that feels close to home—inviting readers to experience the sacrifices and struggles to persevere unto victory in the face of hostile forces, both in the future and the past. Not since the blockbuster Left Behind series has a story captured the heart of the Church's mission in these last days—offering a unique, page-turning adventure that not only entertains through thrilling action and mysterious suspense, but captures the urgency of our own day and inspires for the journey of faith.




Apocalypse Rising (Episode 3 of 4)


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The Apocalypse is Now The third story in an epic four-episode, binge-worthy story season told through full-length, complete novels with cliff-hangers that make you hunger for more. The year is AD 2125. After apostasy rises in the Christian Remnant and the Republic unleashes a murderous campaign of persecution against the Church—the world as we know it takes an apocalyptic turn: End times events rise to a fevered pitch of mayhem that forces Christians to make sense of the Great Tribulation—and confront a new normal that threatens it all. But there is hope. For Alexander Zarruq and Rebekah Kony are on the verge of retrieving the memory marker at the heart of Christianity: the Nicene Creed. Except their mission and the Creed itself are threatened in ways unimagined after opening the portal to the past. Will they find within themselves the courage to confront the threats and save the future faith from the consequences of time travel? Meanwhile, John Mark Ford and his crew are trapped in the Neutral Zone seeking intel from the ruins of the Order of Thaddeus—but then the unthinkable happens. The Fourth and Fifth Trumpets unleash a new wave of God’s judgment that ratchets up the stakes. Not only for preserving the remnant Church, but bringing Christ’s salvation to unbelieving Solterra before the world ends at the hands of a demonic invasion. Will the Remnant succeed in retrieving what the Church needs to survive the Great Tribulation and save the world during these dark, apocalyptic times? Devour the next episode to find out in the thrilling follow-up season to the celebrated Apostasy Rising that readers agree is “Great reading and relevant in today’s times”! End Times Chronicles is an explosively inventive time-travel series that recasts the Christian struggle in a future world rife with social and religious challenges combined with technological and political change that feels close to home—inviting readers to experience the sacrifices and struggles to persevere unto victory in the face of hostile forces, both in the future and the past. Not since the blockbuster Left Behind series has a story captured the heart of the Church's mission in these last days—offering a unique, page-turning adventure that not only entertains through thrilling action and mysterious suspense, but captures the urgency of our own day and inspires for the journey of faith.




Holy Shroud


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An ancient threat. A sacred relic. A religious belief under siege. Silas Grey—ex-Army Ranger, professor of religious studies, and leading relics expert—is on the verge of rocking the religious and nonreligious alike with scientific proof of the Church’s central belief: Jesus Christ’s resurrection. Proof he believes has been hidden all along within the Shroud of Turin, the Christian relic purported to be the burial cloth of Jesus. But a series of suspicious deaths and devastating attacks not only threaten Silas’s shocking announcement and those close to him. They are a sign of an even greater threat reemerging from the shadows of history. Coming to his aid is the Order of Thaddeus, a religious order that has been battling for the very survival of the Church since its birth. Soon it becomes clear that an ancient cultic enemy has risen to once again wage war against the Church and destroy the Christian faith—beginning with its most sacred relic and teaching. Spanning the globe from Washington to Paris to Jerusalem, Silas and the Order combine forces to plunge into a desperate mission for the very survival of the Church and all it holds dear. Can they preserve the memory of its central belief before its archenemy erases it forever? Holy Shroud is the first book in the inventive bestselling Order of Thaddeus action-adventure thriller series leveraging the familiar conspiracy suspense of Dan Brown with the special-ops thrill of James Rollins, wrapped in the historical insight of Steve Berry and inspiration of Ted Dekker. Embark on this new action-packed adventure by emerging author J. A. Bouma that combines faith, fact, and fiction like few religious writers—delivering a “highly entertaining” and “compelling” page-turner people have all agreed “you won't want to put it down!”




Hidden Covenant


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The Lost Ark is more than a Hollywood blockbuster. FACT: the Ark of the Covenant was a real religious object, a wooden box overlaid with gold and crowned with two golden cherubim. FACT: the Ark served as the central religious artifact of the ancient Israelites for worship and sacrifice. FACT: around 586 BC the Ark vanished from Israel’s temple, never to be seen again. What happened to it and where did it go? The world is about to find out. Silas Grey—ex-Army Ranger and leading relics professor—is drawn back into the fray with an urgent mission from the ancient religious Order of Thaddeus after a former professor makes headlines for unveiling the location of the Lost Ark. But soon it is clear things are not as they seem—and the struggle has never been greater for the Church. Because not only is there a startling discovery that changes the mission entirely. Matt Gapinski and a new SEPIO recruit track a high-value operative of the Order’s ancient nemesis that reveals the stakes are even higher for both the ancient Jewish relic and the Christian faith. In this explosive third adventure in the bestselling Order of Thaddeus religious conspiracy thriller series, twists and turns spanning three continents will leave you wondering where the Ark of the Covenant has been hidden for two and a half millennia—and what would happen to the world religious scene if it were found. Will Silas and the SEPIO operatives stop the threat against the Church and the Ark before it’s too late? Once again, emerging author J. A. Bouma leverages the familiar elements of Dan Brown’s religious conspiracy and James Rollin’s special-ops suspense, informed by Steve Berry’s historical insights and Joel Rosenberg’s thrilling inspiration—delivering “a passionate historical fiction that draws you into the story from the very beginning.” Devour this propulsive new archaeological thriller adventure straddling thrill and thought, faith and doubt—combining fact, faith, and fiction like few contemporary religious writers.




Not of This World


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Stand Against the Darkness Monday morning, a Catholic priest is discovered dead inside a locked confessional both. The manner of death is clear. The rest…not so much. Who killed him, how did they accomplish the feat, and why did they commit such brazen, depraved sacrilege? There’s only one hope to answering the murky questions surrounding this inexplicable, criminal mystery. Group X. Elijah Fox and Gina Anderson, two former FBI agents, headline the newly formed investigative agency of the Order of Thaddeus, ancient defender of Christianity. Both solved bizarre cases with a paranormal edge that confounded the U.S. government—and they’re back to solve the Church's unexplainable, supernatural mysteries. Questions abound the deeper they investigate, and a dark, primal power stalks them from the shadows of the Unseen Realm. They must solve this inexplicable puzzle threatening the Church to confront a rising, monstrous darkness from devouring communities across America. Dark, gritty supernatural suspense at its finest, fans of Frank Peretti and Dean Koontz will devour this briskly paced, heart-pounding puzzle mystery that will leave you breathless—a haunting tale highlighting the fantastical side to life waged by the dark, powerful forces of the Unseen Realm.