The original book, released in 2006 by NavPress, sold 81,000 copies and centered on Miller's childhood without a father. Father Fiction features 30% new material, including an account of Miller's meeting of his biological father, Howard officials said.

After Pistachio, the best-selling DVDs were: 2. Miracle Dogs Too (GT Media/EMI CMG); 3. Indescribable (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG); 4. The Ultimate Gift (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment/Word); 5. Lord of the Beans, VeggieTales (Big Idea/Word); 6. VeggieTales: An Easter Carol (Big Idea Productions/Word); 7. The Best of Guy Penrod by Guy Penrod (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); 8. Fireproof (Provident Films/Provident-Integrity Distribution); 9. How Great Is Our God, Louie Giglio (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG); and 10. No Greater Love (Lionsgate Home Entertainment/Thomas Nelson).

Christian retailers should be cautious about undercutting themselves in their cornerstone category, the Bible, according to leading publishers.

While Bibles remain the Christian retail channel's best area for setting themselves apart from and above other sales venues with superior customer service, stores may be too quick to feel they have to compete on price, too.

Faith-based movies are making waves in theaters and bringing hopes of a high tide for Christian retailers.

Ancillary product tie-ins and DVD sales present opportunities for stores to benefit from the strongest mainstream media buzz about Christianity on screen since Mel Gibson's The Passion of The Christ in 2004.

In his book, Yousef, 32, reveals that he became one of the top spies for Israel's internal security arm, the Shin Bet. "I absolutely know that in anybody's eyes I was a traitor," he told The Wall Street Journal. "To my family, to my nation, to my God. I crossed all the red lines in my society. I didn't leave one that I didn't cross. ... The problem is not in Muslims. The problem is with their God. They need to be liberated from their God. He is their biggest enemy. It has been 1,400 years they have been lied to."

Running through March 30, the show is hosted by Christian Retailing magazine, highlighting some of the key new and backlist products from leading suppliers.

Since its original release in 1995 by Visual Bible, The Gospel According to Matthew--featuring Bruce Marchiano, known as the "smiling Jesus" for his portrayal of Jesus in the "Visual Bible" series--has sold millions of copies worldwide, company officials said. The film features a word-for-word account of the book of Matthew, using the New International Version and showing the chapters and verses in the lower corner of the screen.