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EbookInsider Jesus
Theological Reflections on New Christian Movements
by William A. Dyrness
- Christianity Today's 2017 Book of the Year Award of Merit - Missions/Global Church
Amidst the variegated spread of global Christianity, followers of Jesus are showing up in unexpected places. Today we hear of culturally embedded insider movements, Jesus followers in the folds and creases of Islamic, Hindu, Buddhist, and other cultural fabrics. They elude ...
EbookRediscovering Jesus
An Introduction to Biblical, Religious and Cultural Perspectives on Christ
by David B. Capes, Rodney Reeves, and E. Randolph Richards
Readers' Choice Awards Honorable Mention
One of Nijay Gupta's Best Academic New Testament Books
Who is your Jesus? Matthew's teacher? John's Word made flesh? Hebrews' great high priest? What if it turned out that your Jesus is a composite of your favorite selections from the New Testament buffet, garnished with some Hollywood and Americana?
Rediscovering ...
EbookThe Challenge of Jesus
Rediscovering Who Jesus Was and Is
by N. T. Wright
In the midst of many well-publicized and controversial books on Jesus, N. T. Wright's lectures and writings have been widely recognized for providing a fresh, provocative, and credible portrait. Originally published in 1999 and with a new introduction in 2015, The Challenge of Jesus presents an accessible introduction to the "quest for the historical Jesus" and why it matters ...
EbookFollowing Jesus
LifeGuide Bible Studies
by Douglas Connelly
In this study Douglas Connelly looks at various metaphors for how we grow more spiritually mature in Christ, including running a race, carrying a cross, constructing a building, fighting a battle and more.
This eight-session LifeGuide® Bible Study features questions for starting group discussions and for meeting God in personal reflection, as well as a "Now or Later" section following ...
Number of Studies: 8
EbookEncountering Jesus
LifeGuide Bible Studies
by Douglas Connelly
Jesus can change you, no matter what your life situation.
He can give you peace, hope and joy in the most desperate circumstances.
But you need a life-changing encounter with him.
In this eight-session LifeGuide® Bible Study, Douglas Connelly examines the stories of how eight people—among them a scholar, a failure, a blind man and an adulteress—found their lives changed ...
Number of Studies: 8
EbookMeeting Jesus
LifeGuide Bible Studies
by Leighton Ford
Once you've met Jesus, you are never the same again. His teaching challenges your thinking. His compassion softens your heart. His love turns your life around.
In this thirteen session LifeGuide® Bible Study, evangelist LeightonFord leads you through thirteen studies from the four Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) that will open your eyes anew--or for the first time--to Jesus ...
Number of Studies: 13
EbookFabricating Jesus
How Modern Scholars Distort the Gospels
by Craig A. Evans
Modern historical study of the Gospels seems to give us a new portrait of Jesus every spring--just in time for Easter. The more unusual the portrait, the more it departs from the traditional view of Jesus, the more attention it gets in the popularmedia.
Why are scholars so prone to fabricate a new Jesus? Why is the public so eager to accept such claims without question? What methods and assumptions ...
EbookThe 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
EbookAt the Feet of Jesus
A Guide to Encountering Christ in the Gospels
by D. Bruce Hindmarsh and Carolyn Hindmarsh
Transform Your Prayer Life and Draw Closer to Jesus
At the Feet of Jesus isn't just another book about prayer. It's a guided adventure into the heart of the gospel story, inviting you to step into the lives of someof Jesus' closest friends—Mary, Martha, and Lazarus. Picture yourself sitting at Jesus' feet in faith, just like Mary did, or finding hope and love in his ...
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At a time when few of the nearly seven million English-speaking North American Native people have access to biblical resources, IVP now offers an indigenous translation of the New Testament with the August 31 release of the First Nations Version: An Indigenous Translation of the New Testament.
