New Releases by Lloyd C. Douglas

The Big Fisherman by Lloyd C. Douglas is an epic tale of transformation and faith. It follows the journey of Simon Peter, a humble fisherman, who becomes a devoted follower of Jesus. Through trials and triumphs, his life is forever changed, offering a powerful exploration of spiritual growth and redemption.

In White Banners, Lloyd C. Douglas weaves a heartfelt story of hope, sacrifice, and the power of kindness. Set in a small American town during the Great Depression, this inspiring novel explores how acts of selflessness and faith can uplift the human spirit, even in the darkest of times.

Nan has written her brothers and sisters that they are invited (and must come) home for Christmas. They had not all been home together for years. No spouses or children . Just the five siblings. They really didn''t want to go, it did not sound like fun. The story of a family reunion in the old homestead, planned by the youngest member of the family, resisted and scoffed at by the eldest—and successfully brought off.

The book is an autobiographical account of the author''s early life and his family. He intended to write a second volume covering his ministerial career and his life as a novelist but he died not long after this one was published.

Doctor Hudson''s Secret Journal is the scandalous and suspenseful journal of a highly successful doctor during World War I. Excerpt: "THIS has been an eventful day. We formally opened our new hospital this afternoon. The city''s medical profession was ably represented and many of our well-to-do philanthropists came for tea and a tour of inspection. Everybody commented on our astounding luck in disposing of the shabby old building in Cadillac Square for a quarter of a million."

Written by Lloyd C. Douglas , the book became one of the most loved books of him and was later adapted into a Hollywood movie

"Forgive us our trespasses" is a novel-like tribute to the life of a young man, from his birth to his twenties. He is a young man making his own way in the world, born into a hostile environment and endowed with a rebellious soul. It narrates the conversion of the cynical and embittered young man to faith in the magical power of forgiveness, combined with a touch of slightly mystical communion with an ambiguous divinity.

Young medical student John Wesley Beaven is torn between the detached, cold pragmatism of Dr. Forster and the humanistic attitudes of kindly Dr. Cunningham. Matters are brought to a head when Beaven must choose between his career and impending marriage to fellow student Audrey Hilton.

Published in 1935, ''Green Light'' is a novel written by American minister and author Lloyd C. Douglas, who was born and spent some time of his boyhood in Columbia, Indiana. The novel tells the story of Newell Paige, a rising young surgeon whose career is destroyed when he takes the blame for his mentor, Dr Endicott, who botches an operation and causes the death of a patient.

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The Robe is a 1942 historical novel about the Crucifixion of Jesus written by Lloyd C. Douglas. The book was one of the best-selling titles of the 1940s. It entered the New York Times Best Seller list in October 1942, and four weeks later rose to No. 1. It held the position for nearly a year. The Robe remained on the list for another two years, returning several other times over the next several years including when the movie version was released in 1953.The book explores the aftermath of the crucifixion of Jesus through the experiences of the Roman tribune Marcellus Gallio and his Greek slave Demetrius. Prince Gaius, in an effort to rid Rome of Marcellus, banishes Marcellus to the command of the Roman garrison at Minoa, a port city in southern Palestine. In Jerusalem during Passover, Marcellus ends up carrying out the crucifixion of Jesus, but is troubled since he believes Jesus to be innocent of any crime. When he wears Jesus'' robe reluctantly on request, Marcellus suffers a nervous breakdown and returns to Rome. After again touches the robe, his mind is restored and Marcellus, who now believes that the robe has some power, returns to Judea and follows the path Jesus after Demetrius. Later, Marcellus frees Demetrius who escapes, but both Marcellus and his new wife Diana are executed by the new emperor, Caligula. Marcellus arranges that the robe be given to "The Big Fisherman."Though more than two million copies of the book were sold in its first edition, The Robe is more familiar today as a 1953 Biblical epic film that tells the story of a Roman tribune named Marcellus Gallio (Richard Burton) who commands the unit that crucifies Jesus Christ. There was a sequel known as Demetrius and the Gladiators starring Victor Mature as the title character who fights in the Roman arena.Cassel Douglas (Doya C. Douglas), was born in Columbia City, Indiana on August 27, 1877. He spent part of his boyhood in Monroeville, Indiana, Wilmot, Indiana and Florence, Kentucky, where his father, Alexander Jackson Douglas, was pastor of the Hopeful Lutheran Church. He was married to Bessie I. Porch and had two children: Bessie J. Douglas (1906), and Virginia V Douglas (1908). After receiving the A.M. degree from Wittenberg College, Springfield, Ohio, in 1903, Douglas was ordained in the Lutheran ministry. He served in pastorates in North Manchester, Indiana, Lancaster, Ohio, and Washington, D.C. He was director of religious work at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 1911 to 1915, and minister of The First Congregational Church in Ann Arbor, Michigan, from there moving to Akron, Ohio. He served as the Sr. Minister of the First Congregational Church of Akron from 1920-26 and then to Los Angeles, California and finally to the St. James United Church at Montreal, Quebec. Douglas was one of the most popular American authors of his time. His written works were of a moral, didactic, and distinctly religious tone. His first novel, Magnificent Obsession, published in 1929, was an immediate and sensational success. Critics held that his type of fiction was in the tradition of the great religious writings of an earlier generation, such as Ben-Hur and Quo Vadis.Later, Douglas wrote Forgive Us Our Trespasses; Precious Jeopardy; Green Light; White Banners; Disputed Passage; Invitation To Live; Doctor Hudson''s Secret Journal; The Robe, and The Big Fisherman. The Robe sold more than 2 million copies, without any reprint edition. His last book, Time To Remember, was autobiographical, with description of his childhood and education for the ministry. He died in Los Angeles, California on Fbruary 13, 1951, before he was able to write the second volume which was completed in The Shape of Sunday by his daughters, Virginia Douglas Dawson and Betty Douglas Wilson. Douglas is buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.