What Paul Meant
10 best books like What Paul Meant (Garry Wills): Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why, Last of the Breed, Help Thanks Wow: The Three Essential Prayers, The Story of Christianity: Volume 1: The Early Church to the Reformation, Never Alone: A Personal Way to God, Influencer: The Power to Change Anything, The Story of Christianity: Volume 2: The Reformation to the Present Day, Discovering a Sermon: Personal Pastoral Preaching, Eucharist, Bishop, Church: The Unity of the Church in the Divine Eucharist and the Bishop During the First Three Centuries, The New Oxford Annotated Bible: New Revised Standard Version
Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why
| Author | Bart D. Ehrman |
| ISBN | 0060859512 |
For almost 1,500 years, the New Testament manuscripts were copied by hand––and mistakes and intentional changes abound in the competing manuscript versions. Religious and biblical scholar Bart Ehrman makes the provocative case that many of our widely held beliefs concerning the divinity...
| Author | Louis L'Amour |
| ISBN | 0553280422 |
Here is the kind of authentically detailed epic novel that has become Louis L’Amour’s hallmark. It is the compelling story of U.S. Air Force Major Joe Mack, a man born out of time. When his experimental aircraft is forced down in Russia and he escapes a Soviet prison camp, he must call upon the ancient...
Help Thanks Wow: The Three Essential Prayers
A New York Times bestseller from the author of Hallelujah Anyway, Bird by Bird, and Almost Everything
Author Anne Lamott writes about the three simple prayers essential to coming through tough times, difficult days and the hardships of daily life
Readers of all ages have followed...
| Author | Justo L. González |
| ISBN | 0060633158 |
For a very general introduction to the early history of the Church up until the Protestant Reformation, I would recommend this book. But only as a primary introduction.
Its chief virtues are that it is highly readable (high school reading level) and easy to understand; the chapters are brief...
| Author | Joseph F. Girzone |
| ISBN | 0385476833 |
The #1 Publishers Weekly religious best-seller now becomes a best-selling paperback! Joseph Girzone, author of Joshua, takes us on a personal spiritual quest in his first book of nonfiction. Joseph Girzone is that singular publishing phenomenon, an author who answers...
Influencer: The Power to Change Anything
From the bestselling authors who taught the world how to have Crucial Conversations comes Influencer, a thought-provoking book that combines the remarkable insights of behavioral scientists and business leaders with the astonishing stories of high-powered influencers from all walks of life....
The Story of Christianity: Volume 2: The Reformation to the Present Day
| Author | Justo L. González |
| ISBN | 0060633166 |
Another excellent survey of Christian history from the Reformation up to the early 21st century. As in his previous volume, Gonzalez is attentive to those voices who have been unrepresented in the Christian narrative, especially women and the Third World. Gonzalez paints a more positive picture...
Discovering a Sermon: Personal Pastoral Preaching
| Author | Robert C. Dykstra |
| ISBN | 0827206275 |
Robert C. Dykstra is the Charlotte W. Newcombe Professor of Pastoral Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary, where he earned both the M.Div. and Ph.D. degrees. A native of Minnesota, he is a lifelong member of the Presbyterian Church (USA) and an ordained Presbyterian minister. He served for...
Eucharist, Bishop, Church: The Unity of the Church in the Divine Eucharist and the Bishop During the First Three Centuries
| Author | Jean Zizioulas |
| ISBN | 1885652518 |
Eucharist, Bishop, Church aims to define the relationship connecting the unity of the Church with the Eucharist and the Bishop as it was understood in the consciousness of the early Church. Written as the author's doctoral dissertation in 1965 for the University of Athens, the issues raised in this...
The New Oxford Annotated Bible: New Revised Standard Version
| Author | Anonymous |
| ISBN | 0195288807 |
Countless students, professors and general readers alike have relied upon The New Oxford Annotated Bible for essential scholarship and guidance to the world of the Bible. Now the Augmented Third Edition adds to the established reputation of this premier academic resource. A wealth of new maps, charts,...
Hawaii the Big Island Revealed: The Ultimate Guidebook
| Author | Andrew Doughty |
| ISBN | 0971727945 |
Travel books can sometimes be a tedious read, but there is a reason why this book is the top-rated book on the Big Island on Amazon. Reading this feels like talking with a friend. The tone is personable, with jokes and asides, plus lots of practical knowledge you don't see elsewhere--like when the winds...
All Saints: Daily Reflections on Saints, Prophets, & Witnesses for Our Time
| Author | Robert Ellsberg |
| ISBN | 0824515994 |
*Everyone* should read Robert Ellsberg's "All Saints: Daily Reflections on Saints, Prophets, and Witnesses for Our Time." That's right, I mean *everyone*. Everyone on the planet. All six billion of you. Normally I would never say that in a book review. Some audiences prefer thrillers, some like mysteries,...
5 Rules for Writing Effective User Stories
User Stories are a great method for expressing stakeholder requirements, whether your projects follow an Agile, Iterative, or a Waterfall methodology. They are the basis for developers to deliver a suitable information technology (IT) app or application. Well-structured user stories express...
The Constitution of the United States with Index and The Declaration of Independence
| Author | Founding Fathers |
| ISBN | 0880801441 |
The Constitution of the United States, with Index, and The Declaration of Independence: Pocket Edition This Constitution was proofed word for word against the original Constitution housed in the Archives in Washington, D.C. It is identical in spelling, capitalization and punctuation. It is sized...
Did Jesus Rise From The Dead?
DID JESUS RISE FROM THE DEAD? OR IS IT THE HOAX OF THE AGES?
Seems reasonable . . . perhaps Jesus was comatose. Or perhaps his body was stolen. Or maybe the women arrived at the wrong tomb . . . they were grieving, after all; it would have been an honest mistake. There are any number of explanations....
The Expanded Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training Manual: Practical DBT for Self-Help, and Individual and Group Treatment Settings
| Author | Lane Pederson |
| ISBN | 1936128128 |
In addition to fresh updates on the classic modules of Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation, and Interpersonal Effectiveness, this manual expands skills training into the areas of Dialectics, Shifting Thoughts, Building Routines, Problem- Solving, and Boundaries. Straight-forward...
Alive: A Cold-Case Approach To The Resurrection
"If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins" (1 Cor. 15:17).
The resurrection. As far as doctrines go, it's a game changer. Many accept the resurrection without giving it much thought. But isn't something so important worthy of our wrestling with it? What...
Mindfulness for Borderline Personality Disorder: Relieve Your Suffering Using the Core Skill of Dialectical Behavior Therapy
| Author | Blaise A. Aguirre |
| ISBN | 1608825655 |
If you are like many others living with borderline personality disorder (BPD), you know what it’s like to be overwhelmed by intense and fluctuating emotions; to have difficulty with relationships; and to constantly struggle with troubling thoughts and behaviors. BPD can be especially difficult...
