Download or read book The Bible Cause written by John Fea and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-03-03 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Endorsed in its time by Francis Scott Key, John Jay, and Theodore Roosevelt, the American Bible Society (ABS) is a seminal institution for American Protestants. The group was founded in 1816 with the goal of distributing free copies of the Bible in local languages throughout the world. Today, the ABS is a Christian ministry based in Philadelphia with a $300 million endowment and a mission to engage 100 million Americans with the Bible by 2025. In The Bible Cause, noted historian of American religion John Fea demonstrates how the ABS's primary mission - to place the Bible in the hands of as many people as possible - has caused the history of the organization to intersect at nearly every point with the history of the United States. For the last two hundred years, the ABS has steadily increased its influence both at home and abroad, working with all Christian denominations in the US and internationally, aligning itself whenever possible with the gatekeepers of American religious culture. Over the years ABS Bibles could be found in hotel rooms, bookstores, and airports; on steam boats, college and university campuses; the Internet; and even behind the Iron Curtain. Its agents, Bibles in hand, could be found on the front lines of every American military conflict from the Mexican-American War to the Iraq War. However and wherever the United States developed, the ABS was there. Throughout the last two centuries ABS has never wavered in its mission, and its commitment to be the guardian of a Christian civilization has been proven many times over.

Download or read book Read and Learn Bible written by American Bible Society and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2014-01-21 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Timeless stories from the Bible for children and parents to share. Parents and children can deepen their understanding of the Bible by reading Bible stories together. The Read and Learn Bible features stories from the Old and New Testament including: Genesis, Noah and the Flood, Exodus, Daniel in the Lion's Den, The Story of Queen Esther, The Nativity, Jesus the Teacher, Jesus Comes to Jerusalem, and many more. Illustrated in full color with callouts to help deepen the meaning of the stories, and parent pages to help in discussion, this is a Bible that children can share with their parents, and that parents will want to share with their children.

Download or read book Bible Now written by American Bible Society and published by . This book was released on 2002-07 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ideal for readers ages 4 to 8, "Bible Now!" is filled with stories illustrated in full color and easy-to-read captions. Reading "toolboxes" includes tools to help children remember important people, places, words, and topics from the Bible. Maps and illustrated time lines. Text is adapted from the Contemporary English Version.

Download or read book An American Bible written by Paul C. Gutjahr and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An American Bible is an extremely compelling piece of cultural history that succeeds in making rich rather than schematic sense of the major dramas that lay behind the production of over 1,700 different American editions of the Bible in the century after the American Revolution. Gutjahr's book is especially powerful in demonstrating how nineteenth-century efforts to purge the Bible of textual and translational impurities in search of an 'authentic' text led ironically to the emergence of entirely new gospels like the Book of Mormon and the massive fictionalized literature dealing with the life of Christ." --Jay Fliegelman, Stanford University During the first three-quarters of the nineteenth century, American publishing experienced unprecedented, exponential growth. An emerging market economy, widespread religious revival, educational reforms, and innovations in print technology worked together to create a culture increasingly formed and framed by the power of print. At the center of this new culture was the Bible, the book that has been called "the best seller" in American publishing history. Yet it is important to realize that the Bible in America was not a simple, uniform entity. First printed in the United States during the American Revolution, the Bible underwent many revisions, translations, and changes in format as different editors and publishers appropriated it to meet a wide range of changing ideological and economic demands. This book examines how many different constituencies (both secular and religious) fought to keep the Bible the preeminent text in the United States as the country's print marketplace experienced explosive growth. The author shows how these heated battles had profound consequences for many American cultural practices and forms of printed material. By exploring how publishers, clergymen, politicians, educators, and lay persons met the threat that new printed material posed to the dominance of the Bible by changing both its form and its contents, the author reveals the causes and consequences of mutating God's supposedly immutable Word.

Download or read book The Acts of the Apostles written by P.D. James and published by Canongate Books. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acts is the sequel to Luke's gospel and tells the story of Jesus's followers during the 30 years after his death. It describes how the 12 apostles, formerly Jesus's disciples, spread the message of Christianity throughout the Mediterranean against a background of persecution. With an introduction by P.D. James

Download or read book Faith and Liberty Bible Gnt written by American Bible Society and published by American Bible Society. This book was released on 2021-05-03 with total page 1472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Faith and Liberty Bible offers 813 articles and quotations from people in American history who have drawn on the Bible in their work and writings. Each piece is annotated and reviewed by a team of scholars of American history, law, and religion and placed near a biblical passage it quotes. As a reference (including an index of Bible citations and allusions) it will help you discover new depths to history as you uncover the significant influence of the Bible on the American experience. But the Faith and Liberty Bible also invites you into your own encounter with the Bible's message in the company of the parents, leaders, writers, educators, and reformers whose lives and work it has touched. The articles are organized by six values--faith, liberty, justice, unity, hope, and love--and ten topical tracks from Liberty and Law to Education and Virtue to Slavery and Abolition. Discover how, in the American experience ... faith guides liberty toward justice. This edition features the accessible and reliable Good News Translation(R) of the Bible

Download or read book My First Read and Learn Love Kindness Bible Stories written by American Bible Society and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2017-12-26 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highlighting timeless love and kindness stories and verses from the Bible, My First Read and Learn Love & Kindness Bible Stories is the ideal storybook for parents and children to enjoy together as they deepen their faith. Featuring passages that highlight key love and kindness virtues from both the Old and New Testaments and simply written and colorfully illustrated throughout, this is a perfect introduction to the heart of the Bible that little readers and their caregivers will cherish. A loving new addition to the bestselling My First Read and Learn Bible line with more than 3.4 million copies in print!

Download or read book The Jefferson Lies written by David Barton and published by Thomas Nelson Inc. This book was released on 2012 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Noted historian Barton sets the record straight on the lies and misunderstandings that have tarnished the legacy of Thomas Jefferson.

Download or read book Bedtime Prayers Baby s First Bible Stories written by and published by Little Shepherd. This book was released on 2021-02-02 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cozy up with your little one and this padded board book for a gentle prayer just-right for bedtime. In coordination with the American Bible Society, this padded board book is the perfect way to say your blessings before bed. Featuring cozy, classic illustrations and gentle rhyming text, this is the just-right gift for baptisms, baby showers, Easter baskets, birthdays, and more. Build your child's religious library with Baby's First Bible Stories!

Download or read book Saving the Bible from Ourselves written by Glenn R. Paauw and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2016-03-30 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Has dividing the Bible into chapters and verses led to sampling Scripture rather than reading it deeply? According to author Glenn R. Paauw, misreading the Bible has divorced it from its context, leaving only a database of quick answers to life's questions. In these pages he introduces us to seven new understandings of Scripture to help us read and live the Bible well.

Download or read book American Bible Society Sacred Places written by American Bible Society and published by Liberty Street. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jesus didn't preach in Manhattan, and Moses didn't part Lake Michigan. Sacred Places takes you from the comforts of 21st Century living and transports you to the sights and sounds that the Bible characters experienced. When we hear of Bible characters or read their story, we often visualize scenes drawn from our own bank of experiences rather than the real places. Sacred Places explores these real locations. The Red Sea, Mt. Sinai, Jericho, Golgotha-each forms a textured backdrop to a story of the Bible. This book frames Biblical events in their original settings and brings them to life. More than just settings from a distant, historical event, readers will discover how many of these locations remain important destinations in the faith development of modern Bible readers. Because the Bible and faith continue to influence people around the world, this book will escort readers to some of Christianity's major locations-both inside and outside the Holy Land. Sacred Places will help readers complete a virtual pilgrimage through houses of worship around the world, seeing impressive cathedrals and simple, dirt floor churches-and everything in between. No matter the location or the expanse of the sanctuary, the believers who meet there are joined through sacred faith and belief in the Bible that helps unify them.

Download or read book Holy Bible written by American Bible Society and published by . This book was released on 2000-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suitable for personal use, in the home or for worship. Reader's aids and supplements. 1,551 pp. Easy to read 12 pt. font.

Download or read book Freedom Bible CEV written by American Bible Society and published by American Bible Society. This book was released on 2011-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes over 3,500 highlighted verses revealing the Bibles astonishing message of Freedom. We all long for freedom. Sometimes it seems impossible to grasp. The Bibles message of freedom is clear but to many it can feel remote. Not anymore. In this version of the Bible, the text is highlighted so there is no mistaking its liberating theme. Directions are included to make everything accessible and the personal stories included bring it alive. Jesus said, the truth will set you free. Open this book and find out what He meant. The Freedom Bible gives you: 1) Clear accessible CEV text 2) Highlighted verses to clarify your understanding of God's passion for freedom 3) A unique 48 page study section to support your individual research and group discussion 4) Inspiring stories of freedom

Download or read book The English Bible in America written by Margaret T. Hills and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book History of the American Bible Society from Its Organization to the Present Time written by William Peter Strickland and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Bible Course written by Rev. Andrew Ollerton and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Five minute Bedtime Bible Stories written by and published by Little Shepherd. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parker presents twelve of the most popular Bible stories, retold in condensed versions to introduce children to the Bible.