In modern Christendom, religious catchphrases and spiritual slogans abound, but too often these buzzwords are a smoke screen for lives without substance. At best, they are the peripherals that threaten to overshadow the one thing we truly need ... more intimacy with Jesus. In It's All About You, Jesus, Fawn Parish offers fresh insight on the distorted emphasis on worship in our churches and how we can change it. Readers will learn how to make Jesus the focus of every aspect of life through...
Shadow of Death (Child's Life of Christ, #7) (They Met Jesus, #7)
by Katheryn Maddox Haddad
Growing up in the Tennessee hills, Alvin York was equallyrenowned as a marksman and as a hard-drinking brawler. A dramatic New Year’s conversionconvinced him that killing was against God’s will, and yet this shy, big-bonedmountaineer singlehandedly dispatched two dozen Germans and captured 132 in theclosing days of World War I. He earned the Medal of Honor and a ticker tapeparade but refused to cash in on his fame, insisting “Uncle Sam’s uniform ain’tfor sale.” This succinct and gripping new ac...
Everybody likes Jesus. Don't they? We overlook that Jesus was Judgmental-preaching hellfire far more than the apostle PaulUncompromising-telling people to hate their familiesChauvinistic-excluding women from leadershipRacist-insulting people from other ethnic groupsAnti-environmental-cursing a fig tree and affirming animal sacrificeAngry-overturning tables and chasing moneychangers in the temple He demanded moral perfection, told people to cut off body parts, made prophecies that haven't come t...
Writing with his usual flair and reader-friendly style, renowned scholar, author, and lecturer Ben Witherington III offers a balanced approach to the New Testament in this faith-friendly introductory text. An ideal textbook for college survey courses, this volume is also captivating reading for seminary students and general readers.FEATURES* Numerous dynamic color photos keep students engaged * Maps and charts provide visual overviews at a glance* Marginal definitions bring students up to speed...
The Life and Teachings of Jesus (Classic Reference Library)
by James Stalker
John Michael Perry considers how God was experienced in the Old and New Testaments. In the context of the Ancient Near East, Exploring the Evolving View of God chronicles Israel's development to monotheism, as well as the apostles' evolving understanding of Jesus as the fulfillment of Hebrew prophecy. Exploring the Evolving View of God outlines cultural and historical limitations that continue to shape our language and ideas about God. It relates abstract thinking about God to the concrete hist...
En este libro, el autor best seller Max Lucado revela porque gracias a Belén, tenemos la promesa de que Dios está cerca de nosotros, siempre por nosotros y siempre con nosotros. Cada año, la temporada navideña impulsa a las personas a hacerse las preguntas sobre la navidad: ¿cuál es el objetivo del bebé en el pesebre? ¿Quién era él? ¿Qué tiene que ver su nacimiento conmigo? De todas las respuestas, hay una que sobresale: Gracias a Belén, Dios supo lo que es ser humano. Cuando hablamos con Dios...
Becoming Human Together (Good News Studies, v. 2) (Michael Glazier Books: Good News Studies)
by Jerome Murphy O'Connor
