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The Holy Bible (King James Version) This is the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible, traditionally the principal English translation. The KJV is considered one of the masterpieces of early modern English literature, although most modern readers find the language a bit dated and occasionally...

Few people have had a greater impact on our lives-and our concept of God-than Moses. His unlikely start in life was guided by God, as was his mission to deliver Israel from bondage. During that mission, Moses wrote the first five books of the Old Testament, became Israel's first and greatest...

The Politics of Jesús is a powerful new biography of Jesus told from the margins. Renowned ethicist Miguel De La Torre argues that we all create Jesus in our own image, reflecting and reinforcing the values of communities—sometimes for better, and often for worse. In light of the increasing economic...

When Pontius Pilate ordered the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, he thought he was putting an end to the Jewish uprising that had been threatening the authority of the Roman Empire. What Pilate didn’t realize, however, was that real revolution was just getting started. Based on the epic NBC television...

Magnificat is a book by Peter M. Blaiwas, part of The Pocket Devotional Series.

'When Jesus Came to Hollywood' investigates how movies have helped shape our perceptions of Jesus. Take a close look at some of the dozens of interpretations of Jesus, from the sugary Victorian to the angst-ridden postmodern. The New Testament has provided rich fare for moviemakers for well...

‘There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.’ (Galatians 3.28) The revolutionary writings of St Paul have had an incalculable impact on Western history, and continue to influence directly the two billion...

This is the story of Lina Joy, a vibrant woman, strong Christian, loving wife, and doting mother. A woman also apparently blessed by God with the same type of bone marrow as a leukemia sufferer desperate for a bone marrow transplant. This is also the story of Lina Joy after the bone marrow...

Part of the Jewish Encounter series One of the world’s best-known attorneys gives us a no-holds-barred history of Jewish lawyers: from the biblical Abraham through modern-day advocates who have changed the world by challenging the status quo, defending the unpopular, contributing to the rule...

The Original Text of Nicolas Notovitch's 1887 Discovery  

This is a collection of twelve biographical sketches of Bible characters. Moody is known for being down to earth, real, and conversational, with this book being no exception. This edition includes an Active Table of Contents. Contents: 01. The Captives In Babylon. 02. Thou Art The...

Edgar Cayce, America's greatest psychic, gave many readings on the events surrounding the life of Jesus. Kirk Nelson has brought together the biblical events surrounding Jesus and filled in the blanks with Cayce's insights. This book reads like a powerful novel, arranged in such a way that the entire...

In his staggeringly popular work of fiction, Dan Brown states up front that the historical information in the The Da Vinci Code is all factually accurate. But is this claim true? As historian Bart D. Ehrman shows in this informative and witty book, The Da Vinci Code is filled with numerous historical...

The name Maccabee in Hebrew, means "hammer". This is properly applied to the first leader of the revolt, Judas, third son of Mattathias, whose attacks were "hammer-like". The name came to be used for his brothers as well, which accounts for the title of the book. The text...