'No other gods' 3rd place at Christian Indie Awards

Have you ever taken the courage to enter your work in a writing contest or up for a book award? There are plenty of awards given out to indie writers and independent small publishers each year.

Hey, not everyone is a big name in the book industry and most of us don't sell millions of books. Each year, 500,000 to 1 million new books come out. Including self-published authors, the count reaches close to 4 million new book titles each year. It is certainly not easy to have your work noticed.

When I decided (back in September of last year) to enter my book 'No other gods' in the Christian Indie Book Awards 2025, I was hopeful and doubtful at the same time.

Awards and honorable mentions

Hopeful, because I have received awards and honorable mentions for my books in the past. To be precise:

• 'Grace of Giving' won gold in the 2011 Reader's Favorite Awards, category Christian Non-Fiction
• 'In My Name' was a finalist in the 2020 International Book Awards, category Christian Inspirational, and also a finalist in the 2020 Top Shelf Book Awards, category Non-Fiction - Religion/Philosophy
• 'True Worshippers' won bronze in the 2021 Illumination Book Awards, category Christian Living

#TenCommandments

At the same time, I felt a little doubtful because I feared rejection. But, I entered the book anyway, and YES, 'No other gods' won 3rd place in the Christian Indie Book Awards, category Christian Living. 'No other gods' is the final book in a an eye-opening series about the Ten Commandments in the 21st century and it deals with the first commandment: You shall have no other gods before Me.

Each chapter starts with a travel story, travels we made all over the world throughout the years. Travels that introduced us to other religions than the one we grew up with, to other cultures, and to other gods... The subtitle says: Why undivided loyalty to the One and only living God matters these days.

'No other gods' is available as e-book ($2.99) and paperback ($9.90) at your online bookseller.

List of all 2025 Christian Indie Awards winners.

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Like trees, my people will live long lives. They will fully enjoy the things that they have worked for.

[Isaiah 65:22]

➤For more on this book, read my post 'Travels, Jesus, and other gods'.