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New Book Imagines Thomas Jefferson Wandering Into the Modern World
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David E. Pullmann has published "Zechariah meets Thomas Jefferson," a short novel built on a simple premise: a young man named Zechariah finds Thomas Jefferson wandering his neighborhood, invites him home, and ends up walking the third president through two centuries of change. The book, published through Christian Faith Publishing, runs 20 pages and became available in paperback on September 17, 2026.
As narrator, Zechariah introduces Jefferson to the digital revolution, advances in medicine, social progress, and the evolution of the democratic ideals Jefferson himself championed. According to the publisher, the book uses that setup to ask how a founder might judge whether the country lived up to what he envisioned, and what from his era still holds up.
Pullmann spent more than three decades at the Library of Congress, starting as a music cataloger before moving into systems analysis, where he wrote software for cataloging operations. He holds a graduate degree in musicology and a library science degree from Catholic University, and worked separately as a flight instructor in the Washington, D.C. area. The publisher’s announcement frames that career-long focus on how information gets organized and passed down as the throughline behind the book’s premise.
"I wanted to create a space where readers could reimagine history through fresh dialogue," Pullmann said in the announcement. "By placing Jefferson in our world, we can examine both how far we’ve come and what we might have lost in the process."
The book is described as blending humor with more serious reflection as Jefferson reacts to a world he couldn’t have anticipated. It’s available through major retailers including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Google Play, and the Apple iTunes Store, as well as through Christian Faith Publishing directly.
Studio CarryOnHarry finds the premise an efficient device for a civics conversation dressed up as fiction — the kind of book likely to find its audience among readers already inclined to think about founders and legacy, rather than one aiming for a wide crossover readership.
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Gordon (Gabe) Gabelmann has released a new book, "The Church Breaker: God’s In-House Evangelist," laying out what he describes as a spiritual awakening that reshaped his understanding of Christian faith after decades in the church.
Gabelmann identifies himself as a cradle Christian who spent years sensing a gap between regular church attendance and what he calls authentic relationship with God. According to the announcement, that gap closed through what he describes as a divine vision revealing what Scripture terms the Way of the Breaker, a concept he ties to Micah 2:12-13. He has worked as an evangelist since 2007, and this book follows an earlier one documenting his first steps into ministry; the publisher describes "The Church Breaker" as the point where that calling, in Gabelmann’s account, took its clearest shape.
The book itself, per the publisher’s description, combines personal narrative with scriptural argument to make the case that the Spirit of Christ lives in all believers independent of religious ritual or institutional structure. Gabelmann presents the matter as urgent and contemporary, contending that believers can access the supernatural realm of God in the present moment, not reserved for an afterlife.
"My passion is to awaken the Church to understand that Jesus Christ is alive and present today," Gabelmann said in the announcement. "I want to lead God’s people out of the confining walls built by religion and into the true freedom of a relationship with Christ Jesus."
The book is published through Christian Faith Publishing and is available in paperback, as well as through Apple Books, Amazon, Google Play, and Barnes & Noble. Studio CarryOnHarry notes that Gabelmann’s argument sits within a long tradition of evangelists distinguishing personal faith from institutional religion — the specifics of his biblical interpretation are what readers will have to judge for themselves.
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Pharmacist-Turned-Theologian Randy Skirvin Publishes ‘The Return of Christ,’ a Study of End-Times Prophecy
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Randy Skirvin has published a new book, "The Return of Christ," a 220-page study of biblical prophecy surrounding the Second Coming, through Christian Faith Publishing. The book was released September 25, 2026.
Skirvin earned his pharmaceutical doctorate from the University of Arizona and maintained a pharmacy practice across multiple states over the course of his career. He is also active in ministry at Tri County Calvary Chapel in Oregon, where he has spent years studying Scripture and eschatology, the branch of theology concerned with end-times prophecy. The book joins a long tradition of Christian writing on the subject, a field that includes works like Thomas Ice and Timothy Demy’s "The Return," with its foreword by theologian Charles Ryrie, and G.C. Berkouwer’s 1972 "The Return of Christ," both of which took up similar territory from different theological vantage points.
According to the publisher’s description, Skirvin’s book examines the Jewish lunar calendar, sacred feasts, and wedding customs of the first century, arguing that these carry prophetic significance tied to the Second Coming. The book also addresses a specific element of the Book of Daniel: a mathematical problem the publisher describes as being presented to the prophet by an archangel, which Skirvin works through as part of his framework for the timing of Christ’s return. The publisher’s materials frame the book as addressing why centuries of predictions about Christ’s return have gone unfulfilled, and whether believers today might expect to see it occur in their own lifetimes.
"The evidence for Christ’s return is woven throughout Scripture, and when we examine the Jewish customs and prophetic timelines carefully, we discover patterns that point unmistakably toward his coming," Skirvin said in a statement accompanying the release. "My prayer is that readers will not only understand when Christ might return, but will be spiritually awakened to prepare their hearts for that glorious day."
"The Return of Christ" is available in bookstores and through major online retailers including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Google Play, and the Apple iTunes Store.
Studio CarryOnHarry notes that end-times prophecy remains one of the most heavily revisited subjects in religious publishing, and what distinguishes entries in the genre is usually the specific interpretive method an author brings to the text — in Skirvin’s case, a scientific background applied to calendar and numerical analysis in Daniel.
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