Download or read book The Nativity written by Douglas Schnurr and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-09-27 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book in the set of three. It is a children's book about the untold love story of Mary and Joseph.

Download or read book Mary and Joseph s Untold Story written by R. Wright and published by . This book was released on 2018-12 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The premise of Mary and Joseph's Untold Story is that the first Christmas wasn't the cute, cuddly, and comfortable scene that is played out every year through children's pageants presented, the front of Christmas cards sent and received, and Christmas Eve worship every December 24th. But then I thought, "What was it like? What might have really happened?" Scripture gives us the basics, but it doesn't really tell us much. "Mary and Joseph's Untold Story" is about what might have happened between the lines. In other words, we know what Matthew and Luke wrote, but what didn't they tell us and why? And what did they or didn't they know since Mary was their only reliable source. Did they filter her words for the sake of brevity or did much of what happened for a year and half to two years after the birth of her first born remain in her heart, never to be told? Was her story and Joseph's not seemingly important? These are some of the mysteries I have explored. "Mary and Joseph's Untold Story" is speculative historical fiction. First, let me make it clear, I'm not a heretic trying to change the beliefs or idyllic pictures you may have held onto your whole life. In fact, I'm an evangelical Christian (aren't labels great) and the book is a work of fiction! It is not a theological treatise on the birth of the Christ. It is not a commentary on what Matthew and Luke wrote or what they really meant. There is very little theology anywhere in the book. Why? Because my concern is not with what was written or interpreting it. I want to know what happened where nothing was written and what were the human and emotional reactions of Mary and Joseph when God decided to rock their world.The book is an historical novel. It's basis is in recorded history. Mary and Joseph are very real. Elizabeth and Zechariah are very real. Simeon and Anna are very real. And Herod and his offspring are very, very real. The events I'm writing about are also historical. There is Mary's story, a visit to Elizabeth, Joseph's story, the trip to Bethlehem and the birth of Christ, the flight to Egypt and the return to Nazareth. They are all very real.But here's where the fiction comes in...the rest of the characters? All fictional. All figments of my imagination and you know the disclaimer: any resemblance to any person, living or dead, is coincidental. I doubt any of my fictional characters ever lived, but it is possible someone similar to them might have. And this is where the speculation comes in.Other than the historical facts, did anything in my book ever happen? Who knows. It might have. I can't really say I'm right, but you can't say it didn't happen. That's why it goes beyond fiction to become speculative fiction. My sole purpose was to try to create a good story and get you to think. Perhaps revisit some of your preconceived notions about the cuteness, cuddliness, and comfortableness of the first Christmas.

Download or read book Mary and Joseph s Untold Story written by R. Marshall Wright and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-17 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Real-life isn't always cute, cuddly, and comfortable. The first Christmas was anything but, and yet the love story that surrounds it defies imagination. The author narrates the story of what might have happened through a combination of humor, speculation, and contemporary application to our lives. The book is written to show us God's love and how hard it is for us to sometimes accept God's plan for our lives. It will cause us to reflect and consider all our preconceived notions of the first Christmas. Mary and Joseph's story is a love story, pure and simple. It's the story of a young couple that overcame obstacles you never dreamed of. We have a hero every girl dreams of meeting. We have a heroine every girl admires. And we have every trope, emotion, and roadblock to wedded bliss you could ever fathom. Matthew and Luke wrote the outline that R. Marshall Wright has turned it into the greatest love story God ever told.Just imagine? What if your name is Mary, and an angel appeared and told you that you are going to have God's baby? What if you are only fourteen years old? What if you weren't married? What if your name is Joseph, and you are engaged to Mary? You haven't been intimate and one day you find out she's pregnant? What do you do with a girl you thought you loved who is having a baby by another man? What do you do when the angel tells you to marry her? How do you tell your very pregnant wife she's going to stay in a barn? How do you tell a young mother, at two in the morning, to pack her things to leave for Egypt? How does your conscience handle 65 babies dying so yours can live? How do you return home to the family who rejected you and start over? Let's look at some possible answers to tough these questions and find love along the way.

Download or read book The Nativity written by Douglas Schnurr and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-10-28 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the second book in the series. A continuation of the untold love story of Mary and Joseph before their journey to Bethlehem.

Download or read book Behind the Scenes Volume 2 written by DAVID VINCENT. KING and published by Advantage Academic. This book was released on 2019-03-07 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joseph was a middle-aged Jewish widower, devout but poor. He met Mary, a teenage shepherd girl, whose skin tone was dark, but she was articulate, literate and a skilled musician. He wished she might tutor his children, but her parents refused - unless he married her. Joseph agreed. Mary and Joseph travelled to Bethlehem, where Mary's holy child was born, but they had to flee to Egypt, where Jesus was doted on as an only child. Back in Nazareth, a torrent of troubles engulfed him. At home, Jesus was barely tolerated by Joseph's older children. In the synagogue, he was hounded for being born out-of-wedlock. In the village, he was racially vilified as the son of this foreign-looking shepherd woman. . . . And so began Jesus' life: a 'man of sorrows', 'acquainted with every grief' known to humans. He was 'made perfect through suffering', so that he could 'help us in our time of need'.

Download or read book Joseph of Bethlehem written by Terry R. Hill and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-11-06 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does a man do when his wife-to-be says she's carrying the child of God? Joseph of Bethlehem finds himself in circumstances that would test anyone's faith, when suddenly responsible for a young girl named Mary, and in the path of an unrelenting waterfall of events for which no one was prepared. How close is the Nativity story of today to what was told a few generations after Jesus' birth? Is Joseph the man you thought him to be? How will Joseph overcome all that threatens the birth of Mary's child, and would history have played out differently if another man had been chosen? There is always another side to every story. Generations have passed since God was an active participant in lives of the tribes of Jerusalem, and the Roman occupation of the Holy land was becoming increasingly intolerable. Experienced from the perspective of Joseph leading up to the days of Jesus' birth, it is the untold story of a man who learns to love again and a renewal of faith in his God. Joseph of Bethlehem brings this unique man out from the shadows of history and presents a relatable tale of man who faced difficult tests of character and faith. Hill based "Joseph of Bethlehem" upon the biblical and ancient texts written around the same time as those included in the Bible and the Quran Surah, and expands upon what is commonly taught about this holy couple and the turns leading up to the birth of Jesus.

Download or read book The Real Untold Story written by Doug Strouse and published by Baker's Plays. This book was released on 1985 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Joseph is Dead written by D. Paul Schulz and published by . This book was released on 2017-03-31 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Family was more important to Jesus than you think. Discover the hidden narrative throughout the Gospels that was lost in translation... until now. "A sweeping story of family, political and social struggle, and death and redemption that embodies the very message of Christian faith." (Midwest Book Review) Jesus' family played an important role in his ministry, death, and resurrection. This narrative is often missed because of translation misunderstandings from the original Greek. Let D. Paul Schulz fill in these critical gaps to broaden your understanding of Jesus' life. While many Christians think they know about the life of Jesus, few realize the less obvious--and rarely discussed--family ties woven throughout his ministry. For example, Mary didn't plan on having baby Jesus in a stable but with family living close by. When you learn the meaning and context of these family connections and how they motivated Jesus, you'll add new depth and vibrancy to your understanding of the Gospels. In Joseph is Dead, you'll discover: - The true sequence of events between Jesus' birth and the arrival of the Wise Men - The role that Joseph and his family played in the unrecorded "silent years" - What could have motivated Judas to betray Jesus in the way he did - New meaning behind Jesus' appearance to Mary Magdalene and the Apostle Peter that provides greater comprehension of the Easter story - Why Jesus was rejected by his hometown of Nazareth, and much, much more Joseph is Dead uses biblical scholarship and insightful psychoanalysis to help draw conclusions about how Jesus' life relates to ours today. If you like boldly written Christian scholarship that's deeply insightful and accessible to the armchair reader, then you'll love D. Paul Schulz's revolutionary new book. Buy Joseph is Dead today to experience Jesus in a whole new light.

Download or read book The Book of Mary written by Alan Gold and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-20 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She's the most famous woman in history, yet almost nothing is known about her. Although she's portrayed as the gentlest and most tragic of all women, her name has been used as an excuse for internecine hatred and wars between peoples. But who was Mary, mother of Jesus Christ? What type of family did she have? What was the community like in which she grew from child to teenager forced to marry a man three times her age? And why have virtually all the details of her early life been obscured and censored by the writers of the Bible? In The Book of Mary, novelist Alan Gold looks at first century Israel under the iron heels of Roman occupation and uncovers what life was like for a young woman in a distant outpost of the most aggressive and merciless Empire in history. Following Mary's story from teenager to a young woman married to a widower, to mother, and then to become a devotee of the new religion her Son had created. This tragic yet virtually unknown woman is forced to witness the excruciating pain of her son's crucifixion.

Download or read book Mary written by Jos Tharakan and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-16 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mary: Untold stories of the Mother of Jesus is a book of several stories about Mary and her childhood experience when she was expecting Jesus. Stories here tell the ordinary life of Mary and the way she lived it beautifully. While you will not find any extraordinary and miraculous events in these stories, what you will find is the ordinary events that became extraordinary for her and eventually her son Jesus and her husband, Joseph. Mary's experiences made her spiritually strong and mature. She saw God coming live through everyday life events. For her, everything was the manifestation of the divine that she simply could not ignore. In the sound of the birds, the wind on the mountaintops, and everything brought such joy; she shared them with those who came around her. Insignificant things we might ignore, she did not. She paid attention to each and every little thing that happened around her. She learned from them all and shared them with her dear son, Jesus, the Son of God. We all can follow her footsteps to find God in the small things around us so that we can find God in everything else. Read these stories to recognize how God could alive in our lives just as much as it did for Mary, the Mother of Jesus.

Download or read book The Untold Story of the Talking Book written by Matthew Rubery and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2016-11-14 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of audiobooks, from entertainment & rehabilitation for blinded World War I soldiers to a twenty-first-century competitive industry. Histories of the book often move straight from the codex to the digital screen. Left out of that familiar account are nearly 150 years of audio recordings. Recounting the fascinating history of audio-recorded literature, Matthew Rubery traces the path of innovation from Edison’s recitation of “Mary Had a Little Lamb” for his tinfoil phonograph in 1877, to the first novel-length talking books made for blinded World War I veterans, to today’s billion-dollar audiobook industry. The Untold Story of the Talking Book focuses on the social impact of audiobooks, not just the technological history, in telling a story of surprising and impassioned conflicts: from controversies over which books the Library of Congress selected to become talking books—yes to Kipling, no to Flaubert—to debates about what defines a reader. Delving into the vexed relationship between spoken and printed texts, Rubery argues that storytelling can be just as engaging with the ears as with the eyes, and that audiobooks deserve to be taken seriously. They are not mere derivatives of printed books but their own form of entertainment. We have come a long way from the era of sound recorded on wax cylinders, when people imagined one day hearing entire novels on mini-phonographs tucked inside their hats. Rubery tells the untold story of this incredible evolution and, in doing so, breaks from convention by treating audiobooks as a distinctively modern art form that has profoundly influenced the way we read. Praise for The Untold Story of the Talking Book “If audiobooks are relatively new to your world, you might wonder where they came from and where they’re going. And for general fans of the intersection of culture and technology, The Untold Story of the Talking Book is a fascinating read.” —Neil Steinberg, Chicago Sun-Times “[Rubery] explores 150 years of the audio format with an imminently accessible style, touching upon a wide range of interconnected topics . . . Through careful investigation of the co-development of formats within the publishing industry, Rubery shines a light on overlooked pioneers of audio . . . Rubery’s work succeeds in providing evidence to ‘move beyond the reductive debate’ on whether audiobooks really count as reading, and establishes the format’s rightful place in the literary family.” —Mary Burkey, Booklist (starred review)

Download or read book The Untold Story of Jesus written by and published by Urantia Press. This book was released on 2024-03-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jesus comes to life in this fascinating modern biography excerpted from The Urantia Book. Many of these historical stories are familiar to readers of the New Testament but dozens are new, including the missing years not found in the Bible. Here you discover Jesus presented as never before, both as divine Son and human hero whose matchless life inspires, comforts, and transforms you. It is beautifully written in modern, page-turning prose and complemented with 106 paintings from 35 renowned artists, including 42 originally commissioned works you will see for the first time. The paintings run the gamut of fine art celebrating the life of Christ, both classic and modern. These artists poured their souls into these portraits of higher spiritual reality. Our deep appreciation and humble gratitude go out to each one of them. These paintings illustrate Jesus' life journey from his humble birth and childhood to adolescence and manhood; from private to public ministry and on to his death, resurrection, and ascension. The artwork celebrates his diverse life as son, father-brother, carpenter, boat designer and builder, tutor, translator, caravan conductor, teacher, healer, minister, and friend. No one knows what Jesus looked like, but these artists painted their soulful interpretations to spark our imagination of these scenes from the Master's life. Our intent is to give you a visual communion with Jesus that complements the enthralling narrative. This impeccably designed book provides relevant and empowering spiritual insights, helping you navigate the challenging yet promising conditions of the 21st century. We live in an exciting era of unprecedented improvements in our material lives brought about by scientific, industrial, and social achievements. Yet despite all this progress, many souls feel lonely and displaced. We need God and have an innate thirst for spiritual answers because of that "still, small voice" that lives within us. Finding God by living the personal religion of Jesus satisfies that thirst. The search for the genuine Jesus continues to intrigue humanity. Since the Bible only records an estimated 50 days of his life, it follows that there is more to his story. You will find it here in this detailed history of the Master's entire life, including the public ministry recorded in the Gospels. It provides a coherent and seamless biography of this magnificent personality who continues to shape spiritual progress in our world. The story of Jesus is one of the most enthralling chapters in human history. The closing passage of the Apostle John's gospel speaks to a life larger than even the world itself. How fitting that the last words of his gospel should be the first words of this book: "But there are also many things which Jesus did; were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself would not contain the books that would be written." In John's day the Word was made flesh. In these days the Word is made book. The Untold Story of Jesus reveals the living Christ to members of the church that bears his name, as well as to worshipers of all world religions. It is sure to become a favorite volume for all who seek God.

Download or read book My Boy Jesus written by Ted Erekson and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2011-11-04 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a journey with Joseph as he shares his memories of the love of his life, Mary, and of rasing his stepson, Jesus, and as he tells us all what Christmas was really like. Feel the sweet tenderness of a loving father for his stepson and what it was like for Joseph to raise the Son of God. This story is written from a man's point of view. It delves deeply into the heart of Jospeh as he shares his innermost feelings about his special family.

Download or read book Mary and the Church at Vatican II The Untold Story of Lumen Gentium VIII written by Laurie Olsen and published by Emmaus Road Publishing. This book was released on 2024-07-01 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This masterful work by Dr. Laurie Olsen uncovers the behind-the-scenes story of the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium VIII based on unpublished records from the Vatican Apostolic Archives, including internal memoranda, private notes, never-before-heard audio recordings of closed-door sessions, and more. This monumental achievement of archival research provides a window into what really happened at Vatican II—the council’s inner workings and maneuvers to steer Lumen Gentium VIII in a direction that would profoundly affect marian devotion and the study of mariology from that moment on.

Download or read book Joseph the Silent written by Henri-Michel Gasnier and published by Scepter Publishers. This book was released on 2000 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Unholy Night written by Seth Grahame-Smith and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2012-04-10 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of the New York Times bestselling Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, comes Unholy Night, the next evolution in dark historical revisionism. They're an iconic part of history's most celebrated birth. But what do we really know about the Three Kings of the Nativity, besides the fact that they followed a star to Bethlehem bearing strange gifts? The Bible has little to say about this enigmatic trio. But leave it to Seth Grahame-Smith, the brilliant and twisted mind behind Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies to take a little mystery, bend a little history, and weave an epic tale. In Grahame-Smith's telling, the so-called "Three Wise Men" are infamous thieves, led by the dark, murderous Balthazar. After a daring escape from Herod's prison, they stumble upon the famous manger and its newborn king. The last thing Balthazar needs is to be slowed down by young Joseph, Mary and their infant. But when Herod's men begin to slaughter the first born in Judea, he has no choice but to help them escape to Egypt. It's the beginning of an adventure that will see them fight the last magical creatures of the Old Testament; cross paths with biblical figures like Pontius Pilate and John the Baptist; and finally deliver them to Egypt. It may just be the greatest story never told.

Download or read book Secrets of Mary Magdalene written by Dan Burstein and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2009-03-12 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dazzling look at the most elusive figure in Christ's life Mary Magdalene was a key figure in Christ's life. She was present at his Crucifixion and she was also the first person to see him resurrected. According to Dan Brown's multi-million selling THE DA VINCI CODE, she was also his wife and the mother of his children. In the Gospels, she is described as an outcast and a harlot. This may be due to the disciples' jealousy of Jesus' love for Mary and the closeness of his relationship with her that was not replicated in his relationships with them. In SECRETS OF MARY MAGDALENE, Dan Burstein explodes the myths and analyses who Mary Magdalene was, the true nature of her relationship with Christ and her role in the Christian faith. Did Mary write her own Gospel? If so, what did it say? Where did she come from? Was she Jewish? How did she live? So many questions exist about this lady, Google can find mention of her on 1,740,000 sites in 0.3 seconds. This book will find the answers.