Our Father Abraham: Jewish Roots of the Christian Faith
10 best books like Our Father Abraham: Jewish Roots of the Christian Faith (Marvin R. Wilson): The Chosen, The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare, This Present Darkness, My Utmost for His Highest, The Sabbath: Its Meaning for Modern Man, Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church, Jesus Calling: Enjoying Peace in His Presence, Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus: How the Jewishness of Jesus Can Transform Your Faith, Walking in the Dust of Rabbi Jesus: How the Jewish Words of Jesus Can Change Your Life, Restoring the Jewishness of the Gospel: A Message for Christians
| Author | Chaim Potok |
| ISBN | 0449213447 |
Danny Saunders en Reuven Malter groeien in de jaren veertig van de vorige eeuw op in een gemeenschap van chassidische joden in New York. Danny is orthodox opgevoed en voorbestemd zijn vader op te volgen als rabbijn. Het milieu waarin zijn vriend Reuven opgroeit, is veel moderner. Steeds meer wordt Danny...
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare
| Author | G.K. Chesterton |
| ISBN | 0375757910 |
G. K. Chesterton's surreal masterpiece is a psychological thriller that centers on seven anarchists in turn-of-the-century London who call themselves by the names of the days of the week. Chesterton explores the meanings of their disguised identities in what is a fascinating mystery and, ultimately,...
| Author | Frank E. Peretti |
| ISBN | 1581345283 |
"For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places."
Ephesians 6:12
Ashton is just a typical small town. But when a skeptical...
My Utmost for His Highest
| Author | Oswald Chambers |
| ISBN | 1586608290 |
For nearly seventy-five years, countless millions of Christians the world over have trusted the spiritual companionship of Oswald Chambers's daily devotional, "My Utmost for His Highest." These brief scripture-based readings--by turns comforting and challenging--will draw you into God's...
The Sabbath: Its Meaning for Modern Man
| Author | Abraham Joshua Heschel |
| ISBN | 0374529752 |
Elegant, passionate, and filled with the love of God's creation, Abraham Joshua Heschel's The Sabbath has been hailed as a classic of Jewish spirituality ever since its original publication-and has been read by thousands of people seeking meaning in modern life.
In this brief yet profound meditation...
Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church
| Author | N.T. Wright |
| ISBN | 0061551821 |
In Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church, top-selling author and Anglican bishop, N.T. Wright tackles the biblical question of what happens after we die and shows how most Christians get it wrong. We do not “go to” heaven; we are resurrected and heaven...
Jesus Calling: Enjoying Peace in His Presence
| Author | Sarah Young |
| ISBN | 1591451884 |
After many years of writing her own words in her prayer journal, missionary Sarah Young decided to be more attentive to the Savior's voice and begin listening for what He was saying. So with pen in hand, she embarked on a journey that forever changed her—and many others around the world.
In...
Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus: How the Jewishness of Jesus Can Transform Your Faith
| Author | Ann Spangler |
| ISBN | 0310284228 |
A rare chance to know Jesus as his first disciples knew him.What would it be like to journey back to the first century and sit at the feet of Rabbi Jesus as one of his Jewish disciples? How would your understanding of the gospel have been shaped by the customs, beliefs, and traditions of the Jewish culture...
Walking in the Dust of Rabbi Jesus: How the Jewish Words of Jesus Can Change Your Life
| Author | Lois Tverberg |
| ISBN | 0310284201 |
In Walking in the Dust of Rabbi Jesus, Lois Tverberg challenges readers to follow their Rabbi more closely by re-examining his words in the light of their Jewish context. Doing so will provide a richer, deeper understanding of his ministry, compelling us to live differently, to become more Christ-like....
Restoring the Jewishness of the Gospel: A Message for Christians
| Author | David H. Stern |
| ISBN | 9653590014 |
Do you want to reach Jews with the Gospel? This is a great place to start. Do you want to see a road of reconciliation between Jews and Gentiles? This is a great place to begin. Do you struggle with understanding concepts of Law/Torah/Grace and how they pertain to both historic and modern Christians? I'd...
Find Your Why: A Practical Guide to Discovering Purpose for You and Your Team
| Author | Simon Sinek |
| ISBN | 0143111728 |
The next step for applying the life-changing lessons of the bestseller Start With Why.
With Start With Why, Simon Sinek inspired a movement to build a world in which the vast majority of us can feel safe while we are at work and fulfilled when we go home at night. However, many people have had...
| Author | Adina Hoffman |
| ISBN | 0805242589 |
One May day in 1896, at a dining-room table in Cambridge, England, a meeting took place between a Romanian-born maverick Jewish intellectual and twin learned Presbyterian Scotswomen, who had assembled to inspect several pieces of rag paper and parchment. It was the unlikely start to what would prove...
| Author | Shaye J.D. Cohen |
| ISBN | 0664227430 |
In this new edition of a best-selling classic, Shaye Cohen offers a thorough analysis of Judaism's development from the early years of the Roman Empire to the formative period of rabbinic Judaism. Cohen's synthesis of religion, literature, and history offers deep insight into the nature of Judaism...
| Author | Oswald Chambers |
| ISBN | 0929239199 |
The book exposes the fact that regardless of our place in the Christian walk, the experience of pain and suffering can give us new understanding of our God's majesty, goodness, and even plan for us. Indeed, few of us will ever suffer as Job did, so his character and understanding in the extremes of life...
The Lipstick Gospel: A Story about Finding God in Heartbreak, the Sistine Chapel, and the Perfect Cappuccino
| Author | Stephanie May Wilson |
Inspired by a broken heart and a wicked hangover, sorority girl Stephanie May Wilson throws in the towel on the life she's been living and packs her bags for a pilgrimage across three continents. Like so many great travelers before her, she finds herself and something completely unexpected along the...
Understanding the Difficult Words of Jesus (REV)
In my continued studies on the Hebrew backgrounds to the Bible, including the New Testament language and culture, I ran across this title and scooped it up. I found it to be very informative, even though somewhat brief. The major part of the book is set out to prove that the New Testament books, most specifically...
| Author | Nickolas Butler |
| ISBN | 0062469738 |
In this moving new novel from celebrated author Nickolas Butler, a Wisconsin family grapples with the power and limitations of faith when one of their own falls under the influence of a radical church
Lyle Hovde is at the onset of his golden years, living a mostly content life in rural Wisconsin...
My Utmost for His Highest Journal
| Author | Oswald Chambers |
| ISBN | 1572930810 |
My sister Luan gave my sister Dawn and me copies of this beautiful, leather-bound, gilt-edged book so we could read the daily devotionals and share our insights via email. I started later than they did and continued back to the beginning to catch the ones I had missed. I have just finished all 365 selections...
Devotions for a Deeper Life: A Daily Devotional
| Author | Oswald Chambers |
| ISBN | 0310387108 |
Few have understood the nature of sanctification, or the nature of God, better than Oswald Chambers. His insights into holiness, absolute devotion, and the pursuit of God have inspired countless Christians, challenging them to give their "utmost for His highest." Devotions for a Deeper Life is a...
The Love of God: An Intimate Look at the Father-Heart of God
| Author | Oswald Chambers |
| ISBN | 0929239040 |
Excellent book by a man who knows God and His ways. Lots of great thoughts to ponder: "Christianity is not a thing of times and seasons, but of God and faith. Drink deep and full of the love of God and you will not demand the impossible from earth's loves; then the love of wife and child, of husband and friend,...
If You Will Ask: Reflections on the Power of Prayer
| Author | Oswald Chambers |
| ISBN | 0929239067 |
***If you never read another book on prayer, read this one***
This small book on prayer is taken from lectures Oswald Chambers gave at the Bible Training College in London where he focused on all aspects of prayer, from prayer’s simplicity to intercessory prayer for others. He believed that...
THE Complete Works Of Oswald Chambers
A must for Chambers aficionados - the complete Oswald Chambers library. Transcribed by his wife Biddy, and drawn from his numerous sermons, lectures, and speeches, this monumental book includes more than forty titles from the popular, thought-provoking chaplain, including never-before published...
Studies in the Sermon on the Mount: God's Character and the Believer's Conduct
| Author | Oswald Chambers |
| ISBN | 1572930098 |
“All Christians need desperately to read this little volume again and again, until it sinks down into our subconscious minds—all that matters is our relationship with God!”—P. L., Michigan
Oswald Chambers’ most well-known title, the devotional My Utmost for His Highest, has...
Prayer: A Holy Occupation
| Author | Oswald Chambers |
| ISBN | 0929239598 |
“You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives” (James 4:3).
What might the right motives be? In Prayer: A Holy Occupation Oswald Chambers shares his heart’s desires in prayer to help you: know Jesus better, to discern His will, and to make Christ’s will your...
Biblical Psychology: Christ-Centered Solutions for Daily Problems
| Author | Oswald Chambers |
| ISBN | 0929239601 |
Christ Centered Solutions, by Oswald Chambers, Biblical Solutions!
Each of you are in a journey of transformation as Oswald, presents this incredible study in Biblical Psychology.. I wish I would have been presented this year's ago. I present it to you as a must read, slowly,, in prayer, for...
Aspects of Rabbinic Theology: Including the Original Preface of 1909 & the Introduction by Louis Finkelstein
| Author | Solomon Schechter |
| ISBN | 1879045249 |
The classic statement of the ideas which form the religious consciousness of the Jewish people at large, by one of the great minds of Jewish scholarship of our century. His creative scholarship, compelling English style, and warm personality have given this book lasting influence on Jew and non-Jew...
The Sage from Galilee: Rediscovering Jesus' Genius
| Author | David Flusser |
| ISBN | 0802825877 |
Introduction by James H. Charlesworth
This new edition of David Flusser's classic study of the historical Jesus, revised and updated by his student and colleague R. Steven Notley, will be welcomed everywhere by students and scholars of early Christianity and Judaism. Reflecting Flusser's...
Pagan Christianity?: Exploring the Roots of Our Church Practices
This book traces the historical roots of Protestant church practices and asks if the modern-way of doing church is a departure or a development from what Jesus and the apostles taught. A recent interview where the authors (George Barna and Frank Viola) answer objections and challenges: http://frankviola.org/2012/06/04/geor...
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| Author | Robert L. Hubbard Jr. |
| ISBN | 0802825265 |
This thorough commentary mines recent research to give the Book of Ruth's literary, grammatical, and theological dimensions a rigorous treatment. Hubbard pays particular attention to the skillful literary devices and unique theological perspective of Ruth, using them to propose a new date and...
God, I Have Issues: 50 Ways to Pray No Matter How You Feel
| Author | Mark E. Thibodeaux |
| ISBN | 0867165367 |
Human lives—and human issues—run the gamut from addiction and anger to weariness and worries. God, I Have Issues is a gentle call to prayer in the midst of our good and bad times, trusting our problems and joys to a God who wishes to share them all with us. Each "issue" opens with a Scripture passage...
