Megachurch pastor Ron Carpenter’s The Necessity of an Enemy is climbing up the Top 20 General best-sellers list from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA). The book by the senior pastor of Redemption World Outreach Center in Greenville, S.C., ranks second on the list for the week ending March 3, according to Pubtrack Christian data.

The Top 20 General best-sellers are: 1. Jesus Calling, Sarah Young, hardcover (Thomas Nelson); 2. The Necessity of an Enemy, Ron Carpenter Jr. (WaterBrook Press); 3. Jesus Calling: Large Print Deluxe Edition, Young (Thomas Nelson); 4. Heaven Is for Real, Todd Burpo (Thomas Nelson); 5. The 5 Love Languages, Gary Chapman (Northfield Publishing); 6. The Harbinger, Jonathan Cahn (FrontLine/Charisma House Book Group); 7. Jesus Calling: Deluxe Edition, Young (Thomas Nelson); 8. One Thousand Gifts, Ann Voskamp (Zondervan); 9. Crazy Love, Francis Chan (David C Cook); 10. The Resolution for Men, Stephen Kendrick, Alex Kendrick, Randy Alcorn (B&H Books); 11. Bonhoeffer, Eric Metaxas, softcover (Thomas Nelson); 12. Battlefield of the Mind, Joyce Meyer (FaithWords); 13. The Resolution for Women, Priscilla Shirer (B&H Books); 14. Not a Fan, Kyle Idleman (Zondervan); 15. Made to Crave, Lysa TerKeurst (Zondervan); 16. Downfall, “Intervention,” No. 3, Terri Blackstock (Zondervan); 17. A Praying Life, Paul Miller (NavPress); 18. Love & Respect, Emerson Eggerichs (Thomas Nelson); 19. Nearing Home, Billy Graham (Thomas Nelson); and 20. The Love Dare, Stephen Kendrick, Alex Kendrick (B&H Books).

The Top 10 Fiction best-sellers are: 1. The Harbinger, Jonathan Cahn (FrontLine/Charisma House Book Group); 2. Downfall, “Intervention,” No. 3, Terri Blackstock (Zondervan); 3. Courageous (B&H Books); 4. Longing, “Bailey Flanigan Series,” No. 3, Karen Kingsbury (Zondervan); 5. My Foolish Heart, “Deep Haven,” No. 4, Susan May Warren (Tyndale House Publishers); 6. Leaving, “Bailey Flanigan Series,” No. 1, Karen Kingsbury (Zondervan); 7. Springtime of the Spirit, Maureen Lang, “The Great War,” No. 2 (Tyndale); 8. Day of War, “Lion of War,” No. 1, Cliff Graham (Zondervan); 9. Almost Heaven, Chris Fabry (Tyndale); and 10. The Tehran Initiative, Joel C. Rosenberg (Tyndale).

The top five Bibles are: 1. The Story, NIV, hardcover (Zondervan); 2. NIV True Images, hardcover (Zondervan); 3. NIV Adventure Bible, hardcover (Zondervan); 4. The Life Recovery Bible, New Living Translation, softcover (Tyndale); and 5. ESV Thinline Bible, TruTone, Celtic cross design, red letter, charcoal (Crossway).

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