c. 1998 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ Best-selling author Philip Yancey has won the 1998 Charles `Kip’ Jordon Christian Book of the Year Award from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association for”What’s So Amazing About Grace?” The award, renamed from the ECPA Gold Medallion Christian Book of the Year Award to honor the former publisher of Word Publishing who died last year, was presented along with announcements of book winners in 19 categories at a banquet Saturday (July 11) in Dallas.”Kip Jordon was held in high regard by all of us in Christian publishing,”said ECPA President Doug Ross in a statement.”ECPA launched the Christian Book of the Year in 1992 and since that time three of the seven awards were given to … books that Kip Jordon worked on.” Yancey’s book, published by Zondervan Publishing House, marks the second time the author has received ECPA’s top honor. He also received it in 1996 for”The Jesus I Never Knew.” Sam Moore, president and CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishing, was honored with the Gold Medallion Life Achievement Award.
Jim Carlson, founder of Logos Bookstores and Spring Arbor Distributors, was recognized with ECPA’s Chairman’s Award.
Recipients of the 1998 Gold Medallion Book Awards were chosen from 525 book entries by 65 publishers. Close to 200 judges evaluated the entries for literary quality, design, content and significance in the marketplace.
Other winners included:
Bible Study:”God’s Story: Finding Meaning for Your Life in Genesis,”by Anne Graham Lotz (Word Publishing).
Bibles:”The MacArthur Study Bible,”edited by John MacArthur (Word Publishing).
Biography/autobiography:”Just as I Am,”by Billy Graham (Zondervan Publishing House and HarperSanFrancisco).
Christian education:”Gospel Light’s Little Blessings: A Complete Nursery Kit for Loving God’s Little Ones,”edited by Sheryl Haystead (Gospel Light).
Christian living:”Prayer _ The Great Adventure,”by Dr. David Jeremiah (Multnomah Publishers).
Christian ministry:”Reaching a Generation for Christ,”edited by Richard R. Dunn and Mark H. Senter III (Moody Press).
Christianity and society:”Their Blood Cries Out,”by Paul Marshall (Word Publishing).
Devotional:”Experiencing God Day-By-Day,”by Henry Blackaby and Richard Blackaby (Broadman & Holman Publishers).
Elementary Children:”The Jubilee Family Illustrated Bible,”edited by Dr. Claude-Bernard Costecalde (Jubilee Publishing Group).
Family and parenting:”Extraordinary Kids,”by Cheri Fuller and Louise Tucker Jones (Focus on the Family Book Publishing).
Fiction:”Only the River Runs Free,”by Bodie & Brock Thoene (Thomas Nelson).
Gift book/poetry:”Tell Me the Truth,”by Joni Eareckson Tada and Ron DiCianni (Crossway Books/Good News Publishers).
Inspirational:”What’s So Amazing About Grace?”by Philip Yancey (Zondervan Publishing House).
Marriage:”Men and Sex,”by Dr. Clifford Penner and Joyce Penner (Thomas Nelson).
Missions/evangelism:”An Unchanging Faith in a Changing World,”by Kenneth D. Boa and Robert M. Bowman Jr. (Thomas Nelson).
Preschool children:”The Parable Series (Set of 4), by Liz Curtis Higgs (Tommy Nelson).
Reference works/commentaries:”Dictionary of the Later New Testament and Its Developments,”by Ralph P. Martin and Peter H. Davids (InterVarsity Press).
Theology/Doctrine:”Jesus and the Gospels,”by Craig L. Blomberg (Broadman & Holman Publishers).
Youth:”It’s Time to Be Bold,”by Michael W. Smith (Word Publishing).
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