Noviana Malewa, the only girl to escape the malicious beheadings that took place in Indonesia on October 29, 2005 in Central Sulawesi, will receive treatment from VOMedical. The surgery is to alleviate the constant pain she still endures from a sword slash to her face and neck by militant Muslims. Walking through a cocoa plantation on the way to her private Christian high school in Poso Kota subdistrict, 15-year-old Noviana and three fellow students were ambushed by six masked Islamic terrorists. Theresia Morangke, 15, Yarni Sambue, 15, and Alfita Poliwo, 17, were all decapitated and their heads found in bags on the steps of a church and along the road to a police station with the message, “We will murder 100 more Christian teenagers and their heads will be presented as presents.” Their bodies were discarded at different locations. Two of the girls’ heads were left along the roadside.

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The Nativity Story is scheduled for a December 1 theatrical release.
Screenwriter Mike Rich has previously written The Rookie and Radio.

I have to thank Metropolitan Tabernacle (C. H. Spurgeon's historic church in London) for providing this reading list. Books marked with an asterisk (*) should be read first.

Note: I have not read every book on this list, but I am impressed by the comprehensiveness and quality of the list. It is now added to my "to read" list.

*The Baptist Confession of Faith: 1689. Wakeman Trust.
*Adams, Jay. From Forgiven to Forgiving. Calvary Press.
*Angell, James J. Christian Fellowship. Qinta Press.
*Berkhof, Louis. A Summary of Christian Doctrine. Banner of Truth.
*Bickersteth, E. H. The Trinity. Kregel.
Bobgan, Martin & Deidre. PsychoHeresy. Eastgate.
*Broadbent, E. H. The Pilgrim Church. Gospel Folio Press.
*Bunyan, John. The Holy War. Ambassador Productions.
*--. The Pilgrim's Progress. Penguin.
--. Prayer. Banner of Truth.
*--. Your Victory in Christ. Whitaker House.
*Carey, S. Pearce. William Carey. Wakeman Trust.
Dallimore, Arnold. George Whitefield: Evangelist of the 18th-Century Revival. Wakeman Trust.
*--. Spurgeon. Banner of Truth.
*Di Gangi, Mariano. A Golden Treasury of Puritan Devotion. P & R.
Edwards, Jonathan, ed. The Life and Diary of David Brainerd. Baker.
Fish, Henry. Handbook of Revivals for the Use of Winners of Souls. Sprinkle.
Grier, W. J. The Momentous Event. Banner of Truth.
*Ham, Ken. The Lie: Evolution. Master Books.
Hand, Chris. Falling Short: The Alpha Course Examined. Day One Publications.
*Heinze, Thomas F. Answers to My Catholic Friends. Chick.
*Lundgaard, Kris. The Enemy Within. P & R.
MacArthur, John. Ashamed of the Gospel. Crossway.
Martin, Hugh. The Shadow of Calvary. Banner of Truth.
Masters, Peter. Are We Fundamentalists? Sword & Trowel.
*--. Baptism, the Picture and its Purpose. Sword & Trowel.
--. Biblical Strategies for Witness. Wakeman Trust.
*--. The Goal of Brotherly Love. Sword & Trowel.
*--. The Healing Epidemic. Wakeman Trust.
*--. Only One Baptism of the Spirit. Wakeman Trust.
*--. The Purposes of the Lord's Supper. Sword & Trowel.
*--. Seven Certain Signs of True Conversion. Sword & Trowel.
*--. Should Christians Drink? Sword & Trowel.
*--. Stand for the Truth. Sword & Trowel.
*--. Steps for Guidance. Wakeman Trust.
*--. Tithing. Sword & Trowel.
*--. Your Reasonable Service in the Lord's Work. Sword & Trowel.
*-- & John C. Whitomb. The Charismatic Phenomenon. Wakeman Trust.
-- & Malcolm H. Watts. The Necessity of Sunday Schools. Wakeman Trust.
Merle D'Aubigne, J. H. The Triumph of Truth: A Life of Martin Luther. BJU Press.
Murray, Iain H. Spurgeon vs. Hyper-Calvinism. Banner of Truth.
Owen, John. Communion with God. Banner of Truth.
Pache, Rene. The Inspiration & Authority of Scripture. Sheffield Publishing.
Pickering, Ernest D. The Tragedy of Compromise. BJU Press.
*Pink, A. W. The Attributes of God. Baker.
*--. The Divine Inspiration of the Bible. Baker.
Power, P. B. A Book of Comfort. Banner of Truth.
Reymond, Robert L. A New Systematic Theology of the Christian Faith. Nelson.
Ryle, J. C. Five English Reformers. Banner of Truth.
*Seaton, W. J. The Five Points of Calvinism. Banner of Turuth.
Sproul, R. C. Willing to Believe. Baker.
Spurgeon, C. H. The Soul Winner. Eerdmans.
Stone, Nathan. Names of God. Moody Press.
Watts, Malcolm H. The Lord Gave the Word. TBS.
Winslow, Octavius. The Work of the Holy Spirit. Banner of Truth.