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Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus: How the Jewishness of Jesus Can Transform Your Faith
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Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus: How the Jewishness of Jesus Can Transform Your Faith

by Ann Spangler, Lois Tverberg and Laural Merlington

Narrated by Laural Merlington

What would it be like to journey back to the first century and sit at the feet of Rabbi Jesus as one of his Jewish disciples?Join award-winning author Ann Spangler and Lois Tverberg as they reveal the Jewish Jesus that his first disciples knew.Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus takes you on an in-depth tour of the Jewish world of Jesus, offering inspira… Read more…

How Harry Cast His Spell: The Meaning behind the Mania for J. K. Rowling's Bestselling Books

How Harry Cast His Spell: The Meaning behind the Mania for J. K. Rowling's Bestselling Books

by John Granger

More than any other book of the last fifty years (and perhaps ever), the Harry Potter novels have captured the imagination of children and adults around the world. Yet no one has ever been able to unlock the secret of Harry's wild popularity . . . until now. Updated and expanded since its original publication as Looking for God in Harry Potter (and now c… Read more…

Muslims Next Door: Uncovering Myths and Creating Friendships

Muslims Next Door: Uncovering Myths and Creating Friendships

by Shirin Taber

This insider’s view of how North American Muslims think and live goes beyond false stereotypes and provides practical suggestions on how to establish friendships that can point to Christ. Since September 11, 2001, Americans are more curious about the followers of Islam. We can no longer afford to be ignorant of such an influential and historical world reli… Read more…

How Christianity Changed the World

How Christianity Changed the World

by Alvin J. Schmidt

Western civilization is becoming increasingly pluralistic,secularized, and biblically illiterate. Many people todayhave little sense of how their lives have benefited fromChristianity’s influence, often viewing the church withhostility or resentment.How Christianity Changed the World is a topicallyarranged Christian history for Christians and non-Christian… Read more…

Five Cities that Ruled the World: How  Jerusalem, Athens, Rome, London, and New York Shaped Global History

Five Cities that Ruled the World: How Jerusalem, Athens, Rome, London, and New York Shaped Global History

by Douglas Wilson

In Five Cities that Ruled the World, theologian Douglas Wilson fuses together, in compelling detail, the critical moments birthed in history’s most influential cities —Jerusalem, Athens, Rome, London, and New York. Wilson issues a challenge to our collective understanding of history with the juxtapositions of freedom and its intrinsic failures; liberty … Read more…

Love Is an Orientation: Elevating the Conversation with the Gay Community

Love Is an Orientation: Elevating the Conversation with the Gay Community

by Andrew Marin

Outreach Magazine Resource of the Year Award winnerGolden Canon Leadership Book Award winnerRelevant Magazine: Top 20 Best Overall Books winnerEnglewood Review of Books: Top 20 Best Overall Books winnerChristian Manifesto Lime Award winnerAndrew Marin's life changed forever when his three best friends came out to him in three consecutive months. Suddenly… Read more…

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Dude Abides: The Gospel According to the Coen Brothers

Dude Abides: The Gospel According to the Coen Brothers

by Cathleen Falsani and Secher Allen

Fans of the eccentric and edgy films of the Coen brothers know there's more going on in their films than meets the eye. Award-winning author and columnist Cathleen Falsani is the perfect guide for Coen fans, inviting them to take a deeper look at the popular films, from their debut Blood Simple to the recent Burn After Reading and all the strange and won… Read more…

Breath for the Bones: Art, Imagination and Spirit:  A Reflection on Creativity and Faith

Breath for the Bones: Art, Imagination and Spirit: A Reflection on Creativity and Faith

by Luci Shaw and Thomas Nelson

“The double question we must always ask is,‘How does faith inform art?’ and ‘How can art animate faith?’”Imagination, appreciation of beauty, creativity: all of these qualities have been given to us by God. For the Christian artist, the drive to create something wonderful is also a means to glorify and better understand our Lo… Read more…

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Incredible Mysteries of the Bible: A Visual Exploration

Incredible Mysteries of the Bible: A Visual Exploration

by Stephen M. Miller

Where was the garden of Eden?What happened to the ark of the covenant?What is the unforgivable sin Jesus spoke of?If you’ve ever wondered about these or other questions while reading the Bible, then this is the book for you. Here is a fascinating look at some of the most perplexing mysteries found in the pages of the Bible. Drawing from the latest research… Read more…

Jesus, the Middle Eastern Storyteller

Jesus, the Middle Eastern Storyteller

by Gary M. Burge

Storytellers made history, and Jesus was the greatest of them all. But how can modern readers know what he actually meant in such iconic parables as the Prodigal Son and the Good Samaritan? Jesus, the Middle Eastern Storyteller combines the readability of a popular novel and the authority of scholarship to uncover the hidden meaning of references too often m… Read more…

Bible and the Land

Bible and the Land

by Gary M. Burge

As the early church moved away from the original cultural setting of the Bible and found its home in the west, Christians lost touch with the ancient world of the Bible. Cultural habits, the particulars of landscape, even the biblical languages soon were unknown. And the cost was enormous: Christians began reading the Bible as foreigners and missing the orig… Read more…

Amazing Discoveries That Unlock the Bible: A Visual Experience

Amazing Discoveries That Unlock the Bible: A Visual Experience

by Douglas Connelly

What was unearthed in Solomon’s great cities? Where did archaeologists learn about the great flood? How do these discoveries reveal secrets about King Herod? The events of the Bible may have happened long ago and far away, but they happened to real people living in real places. Modern archaeologists have made stunning finds over the past century or so that… Read more…


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