Communal Reading in the Time of Jesus
Title | Communal Reading in the Time of Jesus PDF eBook |
Author | Brian J. Wright |
Publisher | Fortress Press |
Total Pages | 319 |
Release | 2017-12-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1506438490 |
Much of the contemporary discussion of the Jesus tradition has focused on aspects of oral performance, storytelling, and social memory, on the premise that the practice of communal reading of written texts was a phenomenon documented no earlier than the second century CE. Brian J. Wright overturns the premise that communal reading of written texts was a phenomenon documented no earlier than the second century CE by examining evidence for its practice in the first century.
Life Together
Title | Life Together PDF eBook |
Author | Dietrich Bonhoeffer |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Total Pages | 134 |
Release | 1978-10-25 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0060608528 |
After his martyrdom at the hands of the Gestapo in 1945, Dietrich Bonhoeffer continued his witness in the hearts of Christians around the world. His Letters and Papers from Prison became a prized testimony to Christian faith and courage, read by thousands. Now in Life Together we have Pastor Bonhoeffer's experience of Christian community. This story of a unique fellowship in an underground seminary during the Nazi years reads like one of Paul's letters. It gives practical advice on how life together in Christ can be sustained in families and groups. The role of personal prayer, worship in common, everyday work, and Christian service is treated in simple, almost biblical, words. Life Together is bread for all who are hungry for the real life of Christian fellowship.
Slow Church
Title | Slow Church PDF eBook |
Author | C. Christopher Smith |
Publisher | InterVarsity Press |
Total Pages | 251 |
Release | 2014-05-06 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0830841148 |
In today's fast-food world, Christianity can seem outdated or archaic. The temptation becomes to pick up the pace and play the game. But Chris Smith and John Pattison invites us to leave franchise faith behind and enter the kingdom of God, where people know each other well and love one another as Christ loves the church.
She Reads Truth
Title | She Reads Truth PDF eBook |
Author | Raechel Myers |
Publisher | B&H Publishing Group |
Total Pages | 186 |
Release | 2016-10-04 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1433688980 |
Born out of the experiences of hundreds of thousands of women who Raechel and Amanda have walked alongside as they walk with the Lord, She Reads Truth is the message that will help you understand the place of God's Word in your life.
Saving the Bible from Ourselves
Title | Saving the Bible from Ourselves PDF eBook |
Author | Glenn R. Paauw |
Publisher | InterVarsity Press |
Total Pages | 233 |
Release | 2016-03-30 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0830851240 |
Has dividing the Bible into chapters and verses led to sampling Scripture rather than reading it deeply? According to author Glenn R. Paauw, misreading the Bible has divorced it from its context, leaving only a database of quick answers to life's questions. In these pages he introduces us to seven new understandings of Scripture to help us read and live the Bible well.
Jesus' Little Instruction Book
Title | Jesus' Little Instruction Book PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas Cahill |
Publisher | Bantam |
Total Pages | 256 |
Release | 2011-11-02 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0307807584 |
Jesus' teachings have reached across two millenia, inspiring, informing, and uplifting people from all walks of life. In this elegant little volume, a noted religious publisher and biblical student has collected Jesus' key messenges, culled from the Gospels. Organized thematically, Jesus' words speak directly to contemporary lives and convey a man unlike any other man whose life contains a message for all. Engaging and nondoctrinal commentary throughout places the sayings in their historical context and drawn to this simple and beautiful rendering of Jesus' unique--an, even today, unconventional--message for the heart.
When the Church was a Family
Title | When the Church was a Family PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph H. Hellerman |
Publisher | B&H Publishing Group |
Total Pages | 242 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0805447792 |
A study of the early Christian church in the Mediterranean region and its emphasis on collective good over individual desire clarifies much about what is wrong with the American church today.