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"How does the parable of the good Samaritan redefine acts of social justice not just acts of mercy? What does the story of the five talents teach us about daily spiritual life? How might the unmerciful servant have justified his behavior and why does it matter to us? Fresh Eyes on Jesus' Parables offers a new perspective on Jesus' stories to His disciples. Doug Newton provides life-changing techniques for reading Scripture, such as skills in interpreting...
2) Jesus to Jesus: The Tale of the End Times & Interfaith Harmony, Giving Christians & Jews a New Pe
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"Jesus To Jesus" is a religious fiction narrative that dives into the eternal story of Jesus as represented in Islamic tradition. From his miracle birth to his predicted return. This religious fiction book reveals a new perspective on Jesus' life across two millennia. As the novel goes on, readers get pulled into an engaging religious tale that ends in an epic showdown between Jesus and the Dajjal, exploring faith, prophecy, and conflict between good...
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The new wine contains life. The life that man lost in the Garden of Eden is very much present in the new wine. It comprises the main component of the new wine. This new life grants man dominion over the earth. Whomever takes in this new seed, takes life and gets to experience the God-kind of life.This new wine when taken grants us the image of Christ, which is the image of God, because Jesus and His Father are one. Taking up the new wine and its seed...
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For being in all aspects of life, Jesus did not only come with a SPIRITUAL MISSION, but also with a POLITICAL one.With a political mission in mind, Jesus shall assert the SOVEREIGNTY of his Father over the earth to usher in the "KINGDOM OF GOD ON EARTH," replacing the "KINGDOM OF SATAN" that our world has.Jesus is entering politics. He will field his own candidates in the elections. He is aiming to put "CAESARS OF GOD" at the helm of every government...
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New Testament scholar James D. G. Dunn has published his research on Christian origins in numerous commentaries, books, and essays. In this small, straightforward book designed especially for a lay audience, Dunn focuses his fifty-plus years of scholarship on elucidating the New Testament witness to Jesus, from Matthew to Revelation. Dunn's Jesus according to the New Testament constantly points back to the wonder of those first witnesses and greatly...
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Not long ago, most white American Christians believed that Jesus blessed slavery. God wasn’t bothered by Jim Crow. Baby Jesus had white skin. Meet Plantation Jesus: a god who is comfortable with bigotry, and an idol that distorts the message of the real Savior.
That false image of God is dead, right? Wrong, argue the authors of Plantation Jesus, an authoritative new book on one of the most urgent issues of our day.
Through their shared passion...
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"World renowned artists [have been] selected to to illustrate this multicultural collection of stories about Jesus based on content found in the Archbishop Desmond Tutu's beloved Children of God Storybook Bible. The culturally unique illustrations allow readers young and old to experience Jesus's life--from teh beginning of his ministry through his ascenison--in a way they never have before through words and images that speak to their hearts. Archbishop...
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Whether you're looking to help a new Christian on the discipleship path or are a new believer yourself, you'll benefit from this concise mentoring guide by Search for Truth's Brian Johnston, which walks through 8 key areas for early spiritual development, including the importance of a relationship with Jesus, the role of the Holy Spirit, learning to talk with God, and how to walk victoriously as a disciple.
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This book retells the narrative of Christ's redemptive journey by looking at some of the Gospel's underlying assumptions and showing how they are both reasonable and credible. For Christians, faith is not contrary to reason, but presupposes and even builds on it. This faith asks us to put aside whatever preconceptions we may have regarding the Gospel message and listen with an open heart to the way it speaks to the universal human condition. The seed...
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In this highly accessible discussion, Bart Ehrman examines the most recent textual and archaeological sources for the life of Jesus, along with the history of first-century Palestine, drawing a fascinating portrait of the man and his teachings.
Ehrman shows us what historians have long known about the Gospels and the man who stands behind them. Through a careful evaluation of the New Testament (and other surviving sources, including the more recently...
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Great Courses volume 24
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Although the New Testament was codified in the fourth century, apocryphal books continued to be written into the Middle Ages. Round out the course by surveying the later Christian apocrypha and witness the way the creative flourishing of Biblical writing continued through the Middle Ages and even into the present.
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In this compelling study, renowned author James D. G. Dunn provides a critique of the quest for the historical Jesus. Dunn claims that the quest has been misguided from the start in its attempt to separate the historical Jesus from the Christ of faith.Dunn argues that Jesus scholars have consistently failed to recognize how the early disciples' pre-Easter faith and a predominantly oral culture shaped the way the stories about Jesus were told and passed...
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The New Revised Jesus, Mary, Joseph Novena Manual was originally written for the world-wide communities of the Sisters Adores of the Precious Blood and the lay-members of the Confraternity of the Precious Blood. Similar to the Novena medal of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, the Novena Manual features devotions to the Precious Blood of Jesus, to Mary Immaculate from whom Jesus drew the first drops of His Precious Blood, and to St. Joseph, the guardian of Him...
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Based on a careful reading of Pope Benedict's 2009 encyclical Caritas in Veritate ("Charity in Truth"), the essays in this substantial volume explore how an encounter with the person of Jesus Christ is the true basis for economic and social progress. The authors are experts in a wide range of disciplines - theology, philosophy, biblical studies, political science, economics, finance, environmental science - and represent a broad spectrum of Catholic...
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Christianity's bold claim is that the Lord God Almighty mysteriously and miraculously became incarnate in a single individual, in an obscure land, in an ancient time. Why would God do that, and what did God accomplish? How does the Second Person relate intrapersonally to and with Jesus of Nazareth? This book offers suggestive, provocative new answers. It also explores long neglected topics in this never to be repeated event, the most important in...
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In Recovering Jesus, Thomas R. Yoder Neufeld leads you through an honest and careful study of the testimony of Jesus's first-century followers, as well as more recent scholarly and popular witnesses. The result is a journey that will challenge you to move beyond the Jesus you think you know to a deeper understanding of who he was and why he matters. This text will be a valuable tool in academic settings, as well as for believers and nonbelievers alike...
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Jesus cannot be domesticated! In Resurrecting Jesus Kim asks the fundamental two-prong question, "What, then, can we learn from Jesus, and how can we build on the significance of his life and work as we do theology for our day in the here and now?" Kim abandons the traditional divide between criticism and theology and argues that a solid New Testament theology can be reconstructed from a critical study of the historical Jesus. Jesus is put back into...
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Understanding the New Testament volume 11
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The unknown Christian who wrote the gospel now called Matthew presents a different theological portrait of Jesus and his ministry than Mark. Whereas Jesus in Mark is a mysterious figure, Matthew emphasizes Jesus' divinity. In this episode, compare the two gospels and what scholars believe about their composition.
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