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  • Jesus and Personality Theory: Exploring the Five-Factor Model, By James R. Beck
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    Jesus and Personality Theory

    Exploring the Five-Factor Model

    by James R Beck

    In recent years researchers in human personality have come to a rarely achieved near unanimous conclusion: human personality is structured around a very few major traits, probably five in number. These factors, sometimes called the Big Five and represented by the acronym OCEAN, are

    • Openness to experience
    • Conscientiousness
    • Extroversion
    • Agreeableness
    • Neuroticism

    How ...

  • Jesus Without Religion: What Did He Say? What Did He Do? What's the Point?, By Rick James
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    Jesus Without Religion

    What Did He Say? What Did He Do? What's the Point?

    by Rick James

    Great. Another book about Jesus. Whose agenda will the author be lugging along this time?Author Rick James begins by clearing his throat. Free of creeds, quarrels and specialized theologies, he speaks of Jesus.No dogma, no politics, no moral at the end.Jesus. What he said. What he did. And what, exactly, was the point.The answers about Jesus, according to Rick James, are in the context. In his own ...

  • Jesus and the Logic of History, By Paul W. Barnett
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    Jesus and the Logic of History

    New Studies in Biblical Theology

    by Paul W. Barnett
    Series edited by D. A. Carson

    At the heart of the Christian faith stands a man, Jesus of Nazareth.Few people seriously question whether Jesus existed in history. But many, influenced by the more skeptical scholars, doubt that the Christ of orthodox Christianity is the same asthe Jesus of history.In this New Studies in Biblical Theology volume, historian Paul W. Barnett lays these doubts to rest. He uncovers the methodological ...

  • Jesus, the Temple and the Coming Son of Man: A Commentary on Mark 13, By Robert H. Stein
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    Jesus, the Temple and the Coming Son of Man

    A Commentary on Mark 13

    by Robert H. Stein

    The Gospels contain many hard sayings of Jesus, but perhaps none have puzzled and intrigued readers as much as Jesus? discourse on the coming of the Son of Man in Mark 13. Is Jesus speaking entirely of an event in the near future, a coming destruction of the temple? Or is he referring to a distant, end-of-the-world event? Or might he even be speaking of both near and distant events? But in that ...

  • Jesus' Final Week, Edited by Cindy Bunch
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    Jesus' Final Week

    LifeGuide Bible Studies

    Edited by Cindy Bunch

    The events that took place during Jesus' final week on earth—Palm Sunday, the Last Supper, the trial, Jesus' death and his resurrection—are foundational to your salvation and your Christian life. As these Bible studies allow you to focus more closely on these amazing events, you'll gain new understanding about who Jesus is and how he loves you.

    This eight-session LifeGuide® Bible ...

    Number of Studies: 8

  • Jesus: Lord & Savior, By F. F. Bruce
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    Jesus: Lord & Savior

    The Jesus Library

    by F. F. Bruce

    F. F. Bruce re-examines the biblical evidence for who Jesus was, what his ministry was like and how he related to his disciples and other Jews. In fascinating detail he also considers Jesus' last meals, his arrests and trial, and his resurrection. Throughout the book Bruce looks at the implications for us in recognizing Jesus as Son of God, the incarnate Word, our Lord and Savior. We find him to ...

  • The Essential Jesus: 100 Readings Through the Bible's Greatest Story, By Whitney T. Kuniholm
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    The Essential Jesus

    100 Readings Through the Bible's Greatest Story

    by Whitney T. Kuniholm

    Jesus is the most influential person of human history."Jesus never became a political, military or government leader; he never wanted to. He never owned a multinational corporation or acquired any wealth to speak of; he didn't need it. He never wrote a book, never staged a concert tour, never appeared on television and never had a radio talk show--or even his own blog. . . . What's so special about ...

    Number of Studies: 20

  • Knowing Jesus Through the Old Testament, By Christopher J. H. Wright
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    Knowing Jesus Through the Old Testament

    Knowing God Through the Old Testament Set

    by Christopher J. H. Wright

    We cannot know Jesus without knowing his story.Today the debate over who Jesus is rages on. Has the Bible bound Christians to a narrow and mistaken notion of Jesus? Should we listen to other gospels, other sayings of Jesus, that enlarge and correct a mistaken story? Is the real Jesus entangled in a web of the church's Scripture, awaiting liberation from our childhood faith so he might speak to our ...

  • Family Discipleship That Works: Guiding Your Child to Know, Love, and Act Like Jesus, By Brian Dembowczyk
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    Family Discipleship That Works

    Guiding Your Child to Know, Love, and Act Like Jesus

    by Brian Dembowczyk
    Read by Tim Morgan

    Christianity Today Book Awards Finalist—Marriage, Family, and Singleness

    Family discipleship is one of the most basic ways God has ordained to build his kingdom—and yet most parents struggle to do it consistently.

    Amid our busyness, the multitude of different approaches, and our own self-doubts, the deck seems stacked against us. But Brian Dembowczyk ...

  • Jesus' Resurrection: Fact or Figment?: A Debate Between William Lane Craig  Gerd Ludemann, Edited by Paul Copan and Ronald K. Tacelli
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    Jesus' Resurrection: Fact or Figment?

    A Debate Between William Lane Craig Gerd Ludemann

    Edited by Paul Copan and Ronald K. Tacelli

    Was the resurrection of Jesus a fact of history or a figment of imagination? Was it an event that entailed a raised and transformed body and an empty tomb? Or was it a subjective, visionary experience--a collective delusion? In the view of many, the truth of Christianity hangs on the answer to this question.Jesus' Resurrection: Fact or Figment? is a lively and provocative debate between ...