Franklin and Bessie’s Picks—May 2025
May 1, 2025
Categories: Books and Gifts, Ruth's Attic Bookstore
Each month, Franklin Graham picks a book based on its inspirational message, while Bessie picks a book for children to enjoy.
Franklin’s Pick: The Spirit Code: 40 Truths About the Holy Spirit That Every Believer Should Know by O. S. Hawkins
Find answers to your heart’s questions about the Holy Spirit, understand His power, and embrace His work in your life today.
In The Spirit Code, trusted Bible teacher O. S. Hawkins introduces us to the Holy Spirit: God in us, with us, and for us!
Find renewed spiritual transformation as you discover:
- Ways the Holy Spirit appears in the Bible from Genesis to Revelation
- How we know when the Spirit is at work in us
- Why it matters that the Holy Spirit has been present since before the beginning of time
- What we can learn about the Holy Spirit from the book of Acts
- What it means to be “sealed” with the Holy Spirit
By unlocking the code of how the Spirit worked in the first-century church, we can understand how God longs to work in our communities and hearts today. It is He who convicts, converts, commends, commands, consoles, and ultimately completes us. The Holy Spirit is an essential part of our faith journeys—God alive in each of us!
Bessie’s Pick: Your Family Is God’s Plan: His Mercy from Generation to Generation by Ray and Jani Ortlund with Illustrations by Ahya Kim
God fills the world with families!
Your family is unlike any other on earth. But why did God make all these families?
In this colorful picture book, you’ll visit modern-day families of all shapes and sizes along with families from the Bible. Along the way, you’ll see that families have always been a part of God’s plan! From the beginning, He has used them to do amazing things, and He can do the same with your family today.
Whether a family is big or small, near or far, God is there, working His plan from one generation to another. And each child is an important part! This celebration of families will encourage you to keep saying “Yes!” to God and to watch His mercy reach your special family for generations to come.
Stop by Ruth’s Attic bookstore in the Billy Graham Library to purchase your copy of these featured books and more. Not in Charlotte? Call (704) 401-3242 or email ralibrary@bgea.org to place your order. Orders can be shipped within the U.S. or curbside pickup is available in Charlotte, N.C., at the Billy Graham Library.