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paperbackEconomic Parables
The Monetary Teachings of Jesus Christ
by David Cowan
Ever wondered how to pay the next bill? Felt the world is unfair in economic rewards? Been indecisive about investing wisely? These types of fiscal questions are addressed from a Christian viewpoint in Economic Parables. Using his vast experience in the financial world as well as church ministry, the author invites you to listen directly to the words of Jesus and reflect on a number of ...
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paperbackJudaism Before Jesus
The Events & Ideas That Shaped the New Testament World
by Anthony J. Tomasino
Turning the page from Malachi to Matthew, we skip a lot of history.
In fact, it is something like missing several key episodes in an ongoing television saga. The setting and main plot line are familiar, but new characters have appeared and more recent events and developments are assumed.
Did anyone record the episodes we missed?
Fortunately a few did. Their reception wasn't always ...
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paperbackLooking at the Life of Jesus
7 Seeker Bible Discussions on the Gospel of John
Saltshaker Resources
by Rebecca Manley Pippert
Who is Jesus? What was his life like? Why was he so unconventional in his day? Why is he still so controversial now? What does his life have to do with ours? Rebecca Manley Pippert creates a safe place to explore these and other questions you may have about Jesus on your own or with a group. In this discussion guide you'll take a closer look at John's narrative to discover more about who Jesus ...
Number of Studies: 7
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paperbackThe Ninefold Path of Jesus
Hidden Wisdom of the Beatitudes
by Mark Scandrette
What if we lived in a world of abundance?
In the Beatitudes, Jesus offers nine sayings that move us beyond our first instincts and instead embrace the deeper reality of the kingdom of God. They name the illusions and false beliefs that have kept us chained and imprisoned. We've learned to live from a mentality of anxiety and greed, but what if a world of abundance with solace ...
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paperbackJesus & the Hip-Hop Prophets
Spiritual Insights from Lauryn Hill and 2Pac
by John Teter and Alex Gee
Lauryn Hill and Tupac Shakur are modern-day prophets. Written on subway walls and tenement halls, their lyrics challenge us as individuals and as a society to stop doing wrong and learn to do right (Isaiah 1:16-17). They paint an honest picture of life as it is lived, and hint at a vision of life as it ought to be lived. With this book John Teter and Alex Gee invite us to enter into the world ...
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paperbackSocrates Meets Jesus
History's Greatest Questioner Confronts the Claims of Christ
by Peter Kreeft
What would happen if Socrates--yes, the Socrates of ancient Athens--suddenly showed up on the campus of a major university and enrolled in its divinity school? What would he think of human progress since his day? How would he react to our values? To our culture? And what would he think of Jesus? Peter Kreeft, Christian philosopher and longtime admirer of the historic Socrates, imagines the result. ...
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paperbackJesus with Dirty Feet Discussion Guide
10 Sessions for the Curious and Skeptical
by Don Everts and Douglas Scott
Have you suffered through a bad experience with church? Have you encountered one—or several—insensitive Christians? Please, says Don Everts, don't let that stop you from finding out more about the most compelling, audacious, wild-eyed, radical, revolutionary person that ever lived—Jesus! In this discussion guide, Everts and Douglas Scott offer ten sessions of candid inquiries into who Jesus was, ...
Number of Studies: 10
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paperbackA Week in the Life of a Roman Centurion
A Week in the Life Series
by Gary M. Burge
Enter a world of warfare and treachery, of duty and honor, of love and loyalty, interwoven with the inner workings of a Roman centurion's household. And then trace it as the road curves toward little Capernaum. Follow the story of Appius, a proud centurion, and Tullus, his scribe and slave. From a battle with the Parthians, through a tragic personal crisis, to the gladiator arena at Caesarea Maritima, ...
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paperbackKingdom Come
How Jesus Wants to Change the World
by Allen M. Wakabayashi
God is up to something! And his plans are far greater than you might imagine. Christianity is not merely about isolated individuals going to heaven. It's about God transforming the entire world and making things right. Sicknesses will be healed, sins will be forgiven, injustice will be eradicated, and all creation will be redeemed. But this is not merely a distant future. It's happening now ...
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paperbackReading Mark's Christology Under Caesar
Jesus the Messiah and Roman Imperial Ideology
by Adam Winn
The Gospel of Mark has been studied from multiple angles using many methods. But often there remains a sense that something is wanting, that the full picture of Mark's Gospel lacks some background circuitry that would light up the whole. Adam Winn finds a clue in the cataclysmic destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans in AD 70. For Jews and Christians it was an apocalyptic moment. The gods of Rome ...
