Eerdmans' Family Encyclopedia of the Bible

by Pat Alexander

The Gospel of John

by Unknown

Discover God's transforming message of love and hope in the NLT Gospel of John. It communicates the good news in a very personal and powerful way. This vivid and intimate portrait of Jesus Christ will transform your life as it has millions of others since it was first written over nineteen centuries ago! Featuring the New Living Translation, which is known for accuracy and precision as it presents God's Word in easy to understand, warm and inviting heart-language that will speak to you personally. Take an exciting journey through John's Gospel today.

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Architecture

by Unknown

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An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church

by Don S. Armentrout

A comprehensive, quick reference for all Episcopalians, both lay and ordained.

This thoroughly researched, highly readable resource contains more than 3,000 clearly entries about the history, structure, liturgy, and theology of the Episcopal Church―and the larger Christian church worldwide. The editors have also provided a helpful bibliography of key reference works and additional background materials.

“This tool belongs on the shelf of just about anyone who cares for, works in or with, or even wonders about the Episcopal Church.”―The Episcopal New Yorker

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Symbols of the Church Seasons & Days

by John Bradner

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When the Bottom Drops Out

by Robert Bugh

Nobody is immune to disappointment. Unfortunately, at some point all of us will face that horrific moment when the bottom completely drops out of out of our life, leaving us broken, devastated, and desperately searching for God’s grace.

Pastor and theologian Robert Bugh has experienced unthinkable pain and disappointment firsthand, having lost both his wife and his best friend to cancer within a year and a half of each other. Though devastating, Bugh’s tragedy also brought him into a stronger, deeper relationship with God.

When the Bottom Drops Out chronicles Rob’s journey from loss to restoration and shows readers how to find and hold tightly to Christ through even the most painful episodes of life. Bugh’s story is proof positive that while pain and disappointment are an unavoidable part of life, God is nonetheless faithful, holding us close at all times and in all circumstances.

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Excavating Jesus

Beneath the Stones, Behind the Texts

by John Dominic Crossan

The premier historical Jesus scholar joins a brilliant archaeologist to illuminate the life and teaching of Jesus against the background of his world. There have been phenomenal advances in the historical understanding of Jesus and his world and times, but also huge, lesser known advances in first-century Palestine archaeology that explain a great deal about Jesus, his followers, and his teachings. This is the first book that combines the two and it does it in a fresh, accessible way that will interest both biblical scholars and students and also the thousands of lay readers of Biblical Archaeology Review (150,000+ circulation), National Geographic, and other archaeology and ancient history books and magazines. Each chapter of the book focuses on a major modern archaeological or textual discovery and shows how that discovery opens a window onto a major feature of Jesus's life and teachings. This description may be from another edition of this product.

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Jesus and His Times

by Readers Digest

Aiming to blend biblical and historical accounts of the period of the New Testament, archaeologists and others answer questions about how people lived 2000 years ago and give new insights into the Bible and what tells us about the world Jesus knew.

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The Pilgrims New Guide to the Holy Land

by Stephen Doyle

More than an updated second edition, this book combines the best information from the popular first edition with new insights to help you turn your travels into pilgrimages. In this edition of The Pilgrim's New Guide to the Holy Land, Stephen Doyle adds the words to familiar hymns, and maps and photos, and includes new insights gathered from the documents of Vatican II, Paul VI's Decree on Evangelization, and prose and poetry that foster the spirit of prayer.

After a brief introduction to each Holy Place, Doyle provides the Scripture passages appropriate to those locations. In offering these passages, Doyle reminds us of Pius XII's statement that to find the meaning of God's word, we must go back to the original languages, determine the intention of the author, and take into account the literary form. Following Pius XII's suggestion, Doyle provides his own translation of Scripture passages. By presenting these passages he offers new meaning by exploring a new experience, in a new context, in a new culture.

Doyle explains that there are major differences between going to the Holy Land as a pilgrim and going there as a tourist, or even as a student of history or archaeology. People join a pilgrimage from faith and for faith. This is not the same as a deepening of theological insight, or becoming more knowledgeable about the facts and beliefs of Christianity. The basic vision that distinguishes a pilgrim from a tourist is summed up in a passage by Paul: 'Since you have accepted Christ Jesus as Lord, sink your roots deep in him, build your faith upon him, and overflow with thanksgiving' (Col. 2:6). In The Pilgrim's New Guide to the Holy Land, Doyle brings together the elements that facilitate that vision.

Chapters are "Jerusalem, Jerusalem," "Holy Places East of Jerusalem," "Holy Places West of Jerusalem," "Holy Places South of Jerusalem" and "Holy Places North of Jerusalem." Also includes appendices and an index.

Louis C. Tiffany and the Art of Devotion

The Essential: Louis Comfort Tiffany