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The Original Jesus: The Life and Vision of a Revolutionary

The Original Jesus: The Life and Vision of a Revolutionary

by N. T. Wright

In The Original Jesus biblical historian Tom Wright focuses on key stages in the life of Jesus, and key elements of his teaching, revealing a vivid reconstruction of what Jesus himself was aiming to achieve, and how the movement he began can best be understood in relation to the turbulent politics and fervent aspirations of his day. Tom Wright also looks at the way we interpret the different Gospel narratives... (more)

The Grand Weaver: How God Shapes Us Through the Events of Our Lives

The Grand Weaver: How God Shapes Us Through the Events of Our Lives

by Ravi Zacharias

With inspiring stories and thought-provoking questions, Ravi Zacharias traces the multiple threads of our lives, describing how the unseen hand of God guides our joys, our tragedies, our daily humdrum to weave a pattern of divine providence and meaning.

Jesus for the Non-Religious

by John Shelby Spong

Writing from his prison cell in Nazi Germany in 1945 Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a young German theologian, sketched a vision of what he called "religionless Christianity." In this book, John Shelby Spong puts flesh onto the bare bones of Bonhoeffer's radical thought. The result is a strikingly new and different portrait of Jesus of Nazareth—a Jesus for the non-religious. Spong challenges much of the traditional... (more)

The Scandalous Gospel of Jesus: What's So Good About the Good News?

The Scandalous Gospel of Jesus: What's So Good About the Good News?

by Peter J. Gomes

Jesus came preaching, but the church wound up preaching Jesus. Why does the church insist upon making Jesus the object of its attention rather than heeding his message ? Esteemed Harvard minister Peter J. Gomes believes that excessive focus on the Bible and doctrines about Jesus have led the Christian church astray. "What did Jesus preach?" asks Gomes. To recover the transformative power of the gospel—"the good... (more)

Jesus: 90 Days With the One and Only

by Beth Moore

Best-selling author Beth Moore has an amazing gift for insightful Bible character studies. Millions have been drawn to her inspired lessons, and the media has called her "America's Bible teacher." The PERSONAL REFLECTIONS series reintroduces Beth's most beloved character-driven books, expanding them into 90-day experiences that include nearly all of the text from her original work, plus thoughtful questions and... (more)

Heaven and Hell: a Novel: A Journey of Chris and Serena Davis (Tears of Heaven)

Heaven and Hell: a Novel: A Journey of Chris and Serena Davis (Tears of Heaven)

by Kenneth Zeigler

Heaven and Hell takes you on a journey through Heaven and Hell, as viewed through the eyes of Chris and Serena Davis, who come to experience their reality first hand. Through God s mercy, those who dwell in Heaven, have no recollection of loved ones in Hell. At least, most don t. Yet, in the most beautiful place in the universe, one man s troubling dreams lead him to realize that the love of his earth life has... (more)

Generous Orthodoxy, A: Why I am a Missional, Evangelical, Post/Protestant, Liberal/Conservative, Mystical/Poetic, Biblical, Charismatic/Contemplative, ... Emergent, Unfinished Christian

Generous Orthodoxy, A: Why I am a Missional, Evangelical, Post/Protestant, Liberal/Conservative, Mystical/Poetic, Biblical, Charismatic/Contemplative, ... Emergent, Unfinished Christian

by Brian D. McLaren

By celebrating strengths of many traditions in the church (and beyond), this book will seek to communicate a "generous orthodoxy."

Walking with God: Talk to Him. Hear from Him. Really.

Walking with God: Talk to Him. Hear from Him. Really.

by John Eldredge

"This is a series of stories of what it looks like to walk with God, over the course of about a year." So begins a remarkable narrative of one man's journey learning to hear the voice of God. In Walking wtih God by John Eldredge, the details are intimate and personal. The invitation is for us all. What if we could hear from God . . . often? What difference would it make? All day long we are making... (more)

The Apologetics Study Bible (Holman Christian Standard Bible)

The Apologetics Study Bible (Holman Christian Standard Bible)

Understand Why You Believe

The Apologetics Study Bible will help today's Christian better understand, defend and proclaim their beliefs in this age of increasing moral and spiritual relativism. More than one-hundred key questions and articles placed throughout the volume about faith and science prompt a rewarding study experience at every reading. Highlights of this new thinking person’s edition of God’s Word include the full text of... (more)

Ben Hur

A Tale of the Christ

by Lew Wallace

Judah Ben-Hur lives as a rich Jewish prince and merchant in Jerusalem at the beginning of the 1st century. His old friend Messala arrives as commanding officer of the Roman legions. They become bitter enemies. Because of an unfortunate accident, Ben-Hur is sent to slave in the mines while his family is sent to leprosy caves. As Messala is dying from being crushed in a chariot race, he reveals where Ben-Hur's... (more)

The Mystical Life of Jesus: An Uncommon Perspective on the Life of Christ (Unabridged)

The Mystical Life of Jesus: An Uncommon Perspective on the Life of Christ (Unabridged)

by Sylvia Browne

Responding to the extraordinary number of questions raised by recent cultural phenomena such as The Gospel of Judas and The Da Vinci Code , New York Times bestselling author Sylvia Browne brings readers the full story of the life of Jesus New discoveries in archaeology and recent bestsellers and movies such as The Da Vinci Code and The Passion of the Christ have sparked a renaissance of the... (more)

My Miracle: Based on a True Story

by Rodney Barnes

My Miracle was first started about 8 years ago (around 2000). I wrote about 5,000 words, showed it to a couple of friends, and then put it away with all my other paper work and notes. About 4 years after that I got a phone call from a friend who was working at HealthSouth Rehabilitation Center and told me about a video tape she had found with me in it. Now, up to this point it had been about 12 years since my... (more)

Rejesus: A Wild Messiah for a Missional Church

Rejesus: A Wild Messiah for a Missional Church

by Michael Frost, Alan Hirsch

ReJesus asks the following questions: * What ongoing role does Jesus the Messiah play in shaping the ethos and self understanding of the movement that originated in him? * How is the Christian religion informed and shaped by the Jesus that we meet in the Gospels? * How do we assess the continuity required between the life and example of Jesus and the subsequent religion called Christianity? * In how... (more)

Live from Golgotha/the Gospel According to Gore Vidal

Live from Golgotha/the Gospel According to Gore Vidal

by Gore Vidal, Gore Vidal

Twentieth-century television networks compete murderously for exclusive rights to broadcast the Crucifixion, in an irreverent assault on religious, sexual, and commercial mores by the author of Lincoln. Reprint. 35,000 first printing. $35,000 ad/promo. NYT.

The Return of the Prodigal Son : A Story of Homecoming

The Return of the Prodigal Son : A Story of Homecoming

by Henry J. M. Nouwen, Henri J. M. Nouwen

Seeing a reproduction of Rembrandt's The Return of the Prodigal Son catapulted Henri Nouwen on a long spiritual adventure. Here he shares the deeply personal meditation that led him to discover the place within where God has chosen to dwell.

So Great Salvation : What It Means to Believe in Jesus Christ

So Great Salvation : What It Means to Believe in Jesus Christ

by Charles Ryrie

Scholar and theologian Charles Ryrie writes on the subject of salvation with humility and compassion. He brings clarity where there is confusion. While he quotes carefully and accurately from a wide range of authors, his final authority is the Word of God.

The NKJV Study Bible: Second Edition

by Thomas Nelson

The NKJV Study Bible, Second Edition, the most comprehensive study Bible available, is now better than ever! The acclaimed The NKJV Study Bible is the most complete study system for pastors, teachers or Bible students who desire accurate study in God's Word. It is now better than ever, including more features to make it the best all-purpose study Bible available. Using the trusted New King James Version, ... (more)

Messiah

by Boris Starling

The first victim was found hanging from a rope. The second, beaten to death in a pool of blood. The third, decapitated. Their backgrounds were as strikingly different as the methods of their murders. But one chilling detail linked all three crimes: their tongues had been cut out and replaced with a silver spoon. The local police had enough evidence to believe they were witnessing a rare--and... (more)

A Harmony of the Gospels: With Explanations and Essays

A Harmony of the Gospels: With Explanations and Essays

by Robert L. Thomas, Stanley N Gundry

This resource encourages a deeper understanding of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ by harmonizing the accounts of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John so as to assemble as many details as possible into a chronologically meaningful sequence.

The Last Week: What the Gospels Really Teach About Jesus's Final Days in Jerusalem

The Last Week: What the Gospels Really Teach About Jesus's Final Days in Jerusalem

by John Dominic Crossan, Marcus J. Borg

Top Jesus scholars Marcus J. Borg and John Dominic Crossan join together to reveal a radical and little-known Jesus. As both authors reacted to and responded to questions about Mel Gibson's blockbuster The Passion of the Christ , they discovered that many Christians are unclear on the details of events during the week leading up to Jesus's crucifixion. Using the gospel of Mark as their guide, Borg and Crossan... (more)

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