Bestselling authors, Valorie Burton (Successful Women Think Differently -- Nonfiction) and Vanessa Davis Griggs (Forever Soul Ties -- Fiction) lead the bestsellers list of Black Christian authors on the February 2012 edition of the Black Christian News/Black Christian Book Company National Bestsellers List. BCNN1.com has also released the February 2012 edition of the BCNN1/Amazon.com Kindle E-book Bestsellers List. This list ranks African-American Christian e-books based upon their sales rankings in the Amazon Kindle e-book store. Also, BCNN1 is releasing the February 2012 edition of the BCNN1/Barnes & Noble Nook E-book Bestsellers List. This list ranks African-American Christian e-books based upon their sales rankings in the B&N Nook e-book store.

There are seasons of incredible joy in ministry, and there are inevitably seasons where conflict rears its ugly head and needs to be dealt with. 

WITH DANIEL WHYTE III

The Bible says in James 4:7: "Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you."

I Peter 5:8 and 9 says: "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world."

Being a church leader is harder than ever in the U.S. Actually, I think it's more difficult to be in any kind of leadership position--whether political, spiritual, media, economic, or otherwise. Here are three reasons:

These days it seems like so many things are coming against marriage. So many, from the top down, are vying to destroy the very fabric and foundation of marriage and its original institution.

It is one thing to read about how to witness to someone; it is another to put into practice what you've learned. I tell my students, "If you want to witness, then go witness." That is the best, though not the easiest, way to learn. I call it "Trust and Go." Trust God and go witness. My very first evangelistic endeavor was just such a case. This is what happened.

Form 1099s are due on February 29, 2012, for the 2011 tax year, and churches that need to issue these forms should take note this year: a failure to send them on time has doubled from $50 per form to $100 per form.