Historical Christ

“This book will prove to be a most effective weapon against the debunking and skeptical attitudes toward the Gospels that are so prevalent, not only in academe, but also on the street.”—Robert Barron, author of Catholicism For well over a hundred years now, many scholars have questioned...

History of Paul the Apostle The Man With Two Names A Cinematic Novel of Faith, Fire, and the Birth of the Church Before he was Paul, he was Saul — feared, brilliant, relentless. Before Christianity spread across the Roman Empire, it survived fire, betrayal, and quiet compromise. And before history remembered the apostle Paul as a towering figure of faith, two men carried the truth through shadows: the persecutor who became a witness, and the physician who refused to let memory be erased. History of Paul the Apostle: The Man With Two Names is a sweeping, edge-of-your-seat historical novel ...

Ruth’s beau died - simply because he was a slave. She is determined to help other enslaved people as she assists with the Underground Railroad. Recently freed and illiterate, Ruth is hired to bake mouth-watering delicious bread in a Philadelphia bakery. Her boss Joseph is kind, handsome, and determined to put an end to slavery. She feels emotionally connected to him as they work together for a common cause. His presence is like a fresh splash of spring rain on her parched soul. However, Joseph has plans. He’s determined to make some major changes in his life. He desperately wants to ...

Jesus of Nazareth wrote nothing. No letter, no saying in his own hand, not a single line. The most consequential life in Western history left, from the man himself, not one word — and everything we think we know about him comes to us through others: through Paul, who barely mentions his life; through four anonymous Gospels written decades later, in a language he did not speak, that disagree on the most basic facts; through the heretics who were silenced and the councils that voted on his nature. This book is about that gap — and why two thousand years of searching have never closed it. ...

Jesus’ teachings have affected the lives of billions. What do both modern and ancient authorities say about Jesus Christ’s existence? What is the solid basis that scholars have for believing that Jesus existed? What references have first- and second-century historians made to Jesus and the early Christians? In 2006, the book Jesus and Archaeology said: “No reputable scholar today questions that a Jew named Jesus son of Joseph lived; most readily admit that we now know a considerable amount about his actions and his basic teachings.” What is the historical evidence that Jesus Christ ...

The internationally renowned novel about the life and death of Jesus Christ. Hailed as a masterpiece by critics worldwide, The Last Temptation of Christ is a monumental reinterpretation of the Gospels that brilliantly fleshes out Christ’s Passion. This literary rendering of the life of Jesus Christ has courted controversy since its publication by depicting a Christ far more human than the one seen in the Bible. He is a figure who is gloriously divine but earthy and human, a man like any other - subject to fear, doubt, and pain.

A mute twelve-year-old girl, a former socialite, and a troubled blacksmith… When Francine’s husband is unexpectedly killed, she loses her wealth. A former socialite, she’s now alone and impoverished. She must find a way to make a living when she’s never worked in her entire life. When she collides with the new handsome blacksmith, her entire world changes. Twelve-year-old Esther witnessed a double murder. She’s been unable to speak since that painful day. Will she ever find the courage to speak again? Benjamin Jackson has been plagued with guilt since his wife was murdered. He ...

In the early books of the Old Testament, the mysterious "Angel of the Lord" repeatedly appears—visibly, audibly, even physically—to the Patriarchs, to Moses, to the Prophets. Who is this Angel? Exploring the biblical texts, the testimony of church history, and the insights of Systematic Theology, Matt Foreman and Doug Van Dorn argue that the answer is beyond doubt: the Angel of the Lord is a manifestation of God the Son. Even more, they argue that this Angel appears more often than people realize, because he appears under different titles, including: the Word, the Name, the Glory, the ...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Anne Rice’s second book in her hugely ambitious and courageous Life of Christ series begins during his last winter before his baptism in the Jordan and concludes with the miracle at Cana. It is a novel in which we see Jesus—he is called Yeshua bar Joseph—during a...

Are the biblical gospels historically reliable eyewitness accounts? What does the evidence say? And if they are, what implications does that have for what these writers claim about Jesus? In this book, Christian Apologist and self-proclaimed Bible Nerd Evan Minton defends the reliability of the gospels. He looks into the issue of whether the New Testament writings we have today reflect what the originals said 2,000 years ago, whether Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John whose names are at the top of the gospels are really the people who wrote these books, whether secular extra biblical documents ...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the acclaimed author of No god but God comes “a lucid, intelligent page-turner” (Los Angeles Times) that challenges long-held assumptions about Jesus. “Riveting . . . [Reza] Aslan synthesizes Scripture and scholarship to create an original account...

The Roman sword cannot stop the truth. The religious elite cannot hide it. The Blueprint is about to be unsealed. It is c. 51 AD. The Apostle Paul arrives in the sprawling, pagan metropolis of Corinth alone, exhausted, and carrying the marks of Roman scourging on his back. Hunted by the empire and despised by his own people, he possesses only one weapon against the overwhelming darkness of the city: the unencrypted truth of the living God. Setting up a quiet beachhead in the home of a wealthy Roman named Justus, Paul and his fellow tentmakers—Aquila, Priscilla, Silas, and Timotheus—...

Historical Jesus is the most comprehensive chronology of events in the life of Jesus, the Son of God ever written. Jesus Christ, the Son of God visited this Earth at a point in history. The Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John give four accounts of the one story of Jesus' ministry. ‘Historical Jesus’ sets all the events of his ministry in the order they occurred and places each one on a specific date or period in history. Seeing the events set in history helps solidify the faith of those who believe in Jesus, and it will help satisfy the curiosity of those who seek to know if, and ...

Historical Theology presents the key pillars of the contemporary church and the development of those doctrines as they evolved from the history of Christian thought. Most historical theology texts follow Christian beliefs in a strict chronological manner with the classic theological loci...

The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ is the remarkable new piece of fiction from best-selling and famously atheistic author Philip Pullman. By challenging the events of the gospels, Pullman puts forward his own compelling and plausible version of the life of Jesus, and in so doing, does what all great books do: makes the reader ask questions.

A classic of faith, fortitude, and inspiration, this faithful New Testament tale combines the events of the life of Jesus with grand historical spectacle in the exciting story of Judah of the House of Hur, a man who finds extraordinary redemption for himself and his family. Judah Ben-Hur lives as a rich Jewish prince and merchant in Jerusalem at the beginning of the first century. His old friend, Messala, arrives as commanding officer of the Roman legions.

A Two Thousand Year Old Mystery. A Cursed King. A Brilliant Divine Rescue. Right at the opening pages of the New Testament, readers run into one of the deepest and most startling puzzles in biblical history. The Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Luke give two completely different family trees for Jesus Christ. Matthew tracks the royal line through King Solomon, while Luke tracks the bloodline through David's other son, Nathan. For centuries, skeptics have pointed to this sharp divide and laughed, claiming the Bible is full of errors. But these two lists are not mistakes. They are the ...

The search for the historical Jesus is a hot topic in both popular and academic circles today and has drawn a lot of attention from national magazines, such as Time, Newsweek, and U.S. News & World Report. Further, the media has given an undue amount of attention to the Jesus Seminar's outlandish statements, a self-selected liberal group representing a tiny percentage of New Testament scholarship. Dr. Gary Habermas will address the questions surrounding the debate over the historical Jesus and show a significant number of historical facts about Jesus in secular and non-New Testament sources...

A brilliant skeptic, Jose Saramago envisions the life of Jesus Christ and the story of his Passion as things of this earth: A child crying, the caress of a woman half asleep, the bleat of a goat, a prayer uttered in the grayish morning light. His idea of the Holy Family reflects the real complexities of any family, and, as only Saramago can, he imagines them with tinges of vision, dream, and omen.

Historical Theology presents the key pillars of the contemporary church and the development of those doctrines as they evolved from the history of Christian thought. Most historical theology texts follow Christian beliefs in a strict chronological manner with the classic theological loci...