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Author
Publisher
HarperSanFrancisco
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
When Biblical scholar Ehrman first began to study the texts of the Bible in their original languages, he was startled to discover the multitude of mistakes and intentional alterations that had been made by earlier translators. For almost 1500 years these manuscripts were hand copied by scribes who were influenced by the cultural, theological and political disputes of their day. Both mistakes and intentional changes abound in the surviving manuscripts,...
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Publisher
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Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
"This work addresses the issue of what the New Testament actually teaches, and it's not what most people think. The author, a Bible expert demonstrates that the New Testament is riddled with contradictory views about who Jesus was and the significance of his life. He reveals that many of the books were written in the names of the apostles by Christians living decades later, and that central Christian doctrines were the inventions of still later...
Author
Publisher
Regnery Publishing, a division of Salem Media Group
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"In Jesus Is Risen, #1 bestselling author David Limbaugh provides a riveting account of the birth of Christianity. Using the Book of Acts and six New Testament epistles as his guide, Limbaugh takes readers on an exhilarating journey through the sorrow and suffering, as well as the joys and triumphs, of the apostles and other key figures as Christianity bursts through the borders of Judea following the death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus Christ....
Author
Publisher
HarperOne
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
A global and pioneering leader of progressive Christianity and the bestselling author ofWhy Christianity Must Change or Die and Eternal Life explains why a literal reading of the Gospels is actually heretical, and how this mistaken notion only entered the church once Gentiles had pushed out all the Jewish followers of Jesus. In Biblical Literalism: A Gentile Heresy, Spong illuminates the gospels as never before and provides a better blueprint for...
Author
Publisher
HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Five hundred years after Martin Luther and his Ninety-Five Theses ushered in the Reformation, bestselling author and controversial bishop and teacher John Shelby Spong delivers twelve forward-thinking theses to spark a new reformation to reinvigorate Christianity and ensure its future.
At the beginning of the sixteenth century, Christianity was in crisis-a state of conflict that gave birth to the Reformation in 1517. Enduring for more than 200 years,...
Author
Publisher
Regnery Publishing, a division of Salem Media Group
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Combines the four Gospel stories of Matthew, Mark, Luke and john into a unified account and guides readers on a faith journey through the Four Evangelists' testimonies of the life of Jesus Christ (From book jacket).
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
℗♭2015.
Language
English
Description
"In The Spiritual Child, psychologist Lisa Miller presents the next big idea in psychology: the science and the power of spirituality. She explains the clear, scientific link between spirituality and health and shows that children who have a positive, active relationship to spirituality: *are 40% less likely to use and abuse substances *are 60% less likely to be depressed as teenagers *are 80% less likely to have dangerous or unprotected sex *have...
Author
Publisher
Zondervan Pub. House
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
John Ortberg invites you to consider the incredible potential that awaits you outside your comfort zone. Out on the risky waters of faith, Jesus is waiting to meet you in ways that will change you forever, deepening your character and your trust in God. The experience is terrifying. It's thrilling beyond belief. It's everything you'd expect of someone worthy to be called Lord.
Author
Publisher
HarperSanFrancisco
Pub. Date
©1996
Language
English
Description
"With a keen eye and years of deliberate investigation, Spong traces the long period of history in which the Gospels were "cut away from their essential Jewishness" and interpreted as if they were primarily gentile books, distorting their meaning with a deeply prejudiced anti-Jewish bias. To remedy both that bias and the continued misinterpretation of the Gospels' message, Spong believes we must recognize the Gospels as the thoroughly Jewish books...
Author
Publisher
HarperOne
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The renowned scholar, Anglican bishop, and bestselling author widely considered to be the heir to C. S. Lewis contemplates the central event at the heart of the Christian faith -- Jesus' crucifixion -- arguing that the Protestant Reformation did not go far enough in transforming our understanding of its meaning. In The Day the Revolution Began, N. T. Wright once again challenges commonly held Christian beliefs as he did in his acclaimed Surprised...
15) The God of the Way: a journey into the stories, people, and faith that changed the world forever
Author
Publisher
W Publishing Group, an imprint of Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
God's story of His people and biblical truths that offer life, hope, and direction for today.
Author
Publisher
Baker Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
What would it be like for modern readers to sit down beside Jesus as he explained the Bible to them' What life-changing insights might emerge from such a transformative encounter' Lois Tverberg knows the treasures that await readers willing to learn how to read the Bible through Jewish eyes. By helping them understand the Bible as Jesus and his first-century listeners would have, she bridges the gaps of time and culture in order to open the Bible...
Author
Publisher
Salem Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Look at the daily news and you'll see stories about plague, famine, unexplained deaths, artificial intelligence, looming nuclear war, inflation, transhumanism, wokeness, cancel culture, gender identity crises, and mass shootings. Is this the end of the world? Or are these just precursors to the end of the world? Biblical prophecy expert Paul Begley and former investigative journalist Troy Anderson team up to compare today's headlines with the events...
Author
Series
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son. That whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eterna life." John 3:16. To understand this verse is to undersstand the central message of God's love. Intermixed with Max's message are honest responses from teens-thoughts, struggles, confessions, prayers, and praise-for a truly life-changing experience.