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3) Don't know much about the Bible: everything you need to know about the Good Book but never learned
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English
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Presents information about the history, people, places, and events of the Bible, presented in question and answer format.
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Beacon Pub
Pub. Date
[2010]
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English
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Over the past 20 years, Matthew Kelly has seen more of the world than most presidents and more of the Church than most bishops. Now, in this unique and timely book, he proposes that Catholicism is not a lifeless set of rules and regulations , but a way of life designed by God to help each person reach his or her full potential. With remarkable insight, Kelly dispels dozens of myths that surround the rejection of Catholicism today and provides a
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Thomas Nelson
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English
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"From Genesis to Revelation, the people, events, and teaching of the bible are God's treasury of wisdom and guidance for anyone who has been called to be a person of influence. Whether you're an executive, a pastor, an entrepreneur, a parent, a coach, or a teacher, you are a leader, someone who influences and encourages others. From Adam and Even in the Garden, the first leaders to learn from failure, to the apostle John on the Isle of Patmos, an...
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Baker Books
Pub. Date
[2007]
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English
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Understanding the New Testament is a daunting but exciting task. Our world is so different from that of the first century. Yet it is important to understand the context and content of the New Testament if we are to be faithful followers. Now in paper, this survey addresses the who, what, where, when, why, and how questions that readers of the Bible may have, such as: How can we tell if what is written in the New Testament is true history or just mythology?...
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HarperOne
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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A global and pioneering leader of progressive Christianity and the bestselling author of Why 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. A man who has consciously and deliberately walked the path of Christ, John Shelby Spong has lived his entire life inside the...
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English
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Friends are the people we spend the most time with, go through struggles with, and who know us best. Peter, John, Matthew, Judas, Mary Magdalene, and Lazarus traveled with Jesus and were part of His daily ministry, and each has a compelling story to tell. Emotionally powerful and thought-rovoking, The Friends of Jesus will help you to understand how the Bible applies to your relationships with the most important people in your life.
9) The Gospels
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Modern Library
Language
English
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"Destined to become a definitive edition, an eminently readable new translation of the Gospels from one of today's most respected exponents of ancient literature, allowing readers from all walks of life to appreciate these important texts with fresh eyes and renewed understanding. In this remarkable new translation of the Gospels, Sarah Ruden treats the books of Mark, Matthew, Luke, and John with unprecedented precision, uniquely concentrating on...
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Brazos Press
Pub. Date
[2005]
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English
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The Bible doesn't come with a secret decoder ring, which means that it is left to church theologians to make sense of the Bible's many intricate and overlapping themes. Over the centuries, the church has identified several themes--such as love and covenant--that have helped the faithful to better understand a sometimes bewildering book. In Holy People, Holy Land, authors Dauphinais and Levering make the case that holiness--which they define as communion...
12) God's story in 66 verses: understand the entire Bible by focusing on just one verse in each book
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Nelson Books, an imprint of Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
Description
The Bible can seem like a big, intimidating book -- mysterious, archaic, and often hard to understand. Written over a span of fifteen hundred years, and completed nearly two millennia ago, God's Word sometimes feels like a mishmash of stories and literary styles. How can twenty-first-century readers -- like you -- make sense of it all? Author Stan Guthrie's answer: begin by zooming in on one key verse for each of the Bible's sixty-six books. Seeking...
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English
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The ESV Reader's Bible was created for those who want to read the books of Scripture precisely as they were originally written. Verse numbers, section headings, and translation footnotes are helpful navigational and interpretive tools, but they are also relatively recent conventions. In the Reader's Bible they have been removed from the Bible text, and the result is a new kind of Bible-reading experience in a volume that presents Scripture as one...
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Zondervan Academic
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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"The New Testament in Its World brings together decades of ground-breaking research, writing, and teaching into one volume that will open readers' eyes to the larger world of the New Testament. It presents the New Testament books as historical, literary, and social phenomena located in the world of Second Temple Judaism, amidst Greco-Roman politics and culture, and within early Christianity. "--
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William B. Eerdmans Pub
Pub. Date
2009.
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English
Description
In this book respected New Testament scholar Pheme Perkins delivers a clear, fresh, informed introduction to the earliest written accounts of Jesus-Matthew, Mark, and Luke-situating those canonical Gospels within the wider world of oral storytelling and literary production of the first and second centuries. Cutting through the media confusion over new Gospel finds, Perkins's Introduction to the Synoptic Gospels presents a balanced, responsible look...
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HarperOne/HarperCollins Pub
Pub. Date
[2011]
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English
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In Re-Claiming the Bible for a Non-Religious World, bishop and social activist John Shelby Spong argues that 200 years of biblical scholarship has been withheld from lay Christians. In this brilliant follow-up to Spong's previous books Eternal Life and Jesus for the Non-Religious, Spong not only reveals the crucial truths that have long been kept hidden from the public eye, but also explores what the history of the Bible can teach us about reading...
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English
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"Marvin Meyer, one of the foremost scholars of the Gnostic Gospels: translates and introduces the Gnostic and New Testament texts that together reveal the story and importance of Mary Magdalene; includes new translations of the Gospels of Mary, Thomas, Philip, and related texts about Mary Magdalene; discloses, with Esther A. De Boer, the long-suppressed story of Mary's vital role in the life of Jesus and in the formative period after his crucifixion;...
18) Matthew
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English
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Word for word dramatization of Jesus' life, crucifixion, and resurrection based on the Gospel of Matthew. Taken from the text of the New International Version.
In the footsteps of Jesus: "Bruce Marchiano shares the gripping story of his quest to know the heart and reality of Jesus, and to bring them to life in Matthew. The actor takes us behind the scenes and shares intimate details of the Lord's work on the set, climaxing in a breathtaking exposition...
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University of North Carolina Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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"For 4 million slaves, emancipation was a liberation and resurrection story of biblical proportion, both the clearest example of God's intervention in human history and a sign of the end of days. In this book, Matthew Harper demonstrates how Black Southerners' theology, in particular their understanding of the end times, influenced nearly every major economic and political decision they made in the aftermath of emancipation. From considering what...