Download or read book Jesus in America written by Richard W. Fox and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 989 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where else but America do people ask: What Would Jesus Do? What Would Jesus Drive? What Would Jesus Eat? "This book is for believers and non-believers alike. It is not a book about whether one should believe in Jesus, but about how Americans have believed in and portrayed him."—from the Introduction Jesus in America is a comprehensive exploration of the vital role that the figure of Jesus has played throughout American history. Written by one of our most distinguished historians, Richard Wightman Fox, this book provides a brilliant cultural history of Jesus in America from its origins to today, demonstrating how Jesus is the most influential symbolic figure in our history. Benjamin Franklin understood Jesus as a wise man worthy of imitation. Thomas Jefferson regarded him as a moral teacher. The assassination of Abraham Lincoln, which occurred on Good Friday, was popularly interpreted as paralleling the crucifixion of Jesus . . . as one preacher put it, "Jesus Christ died for the world, Abraham Lincoln died for his country." Elizabeth Cady Stanton appropriated Jesus' message to champion women's rights. George W. Bush named Jesus as his favorite political philosopher—and several other GOP candidates followed suit—during the last presidential race. As we have seen in recent presidential elections, the name of Jesus is often thrust into the center of political debates, and many Americans regularly enlist Jesus, their ultimate arbiter of value, as the standard-bearer for their views and causes. Fox shows how Jesus influenced such major turning points in American history as: Columbus's voyage of discovery The arrival of the English puritans and Spanish missionaries The American Revolution The abolition of slavery and the Civil War Labor movements Social and cultural revolutions of the sixties and beyond The swelling tide of Christian voices in the politics and entertainment of today Fox gives an expert, lively account of all the ways that Jesus is portrayed and understood in American culture. Extensively illustrated with images representing the multitude of American views of Jesus, Jesus in America reveals how fully and deeply Jesus is ingrained in the American experience.
Download or read book Experiencing Christ written by Randall J. Brown and published by Horizon. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although we may profess a belief in Jesus Christ as the Son of God and the Savior of the world, we may not have yet witnessed His power in our lives. Perhaps we have not personally experienced the surety of His promises to us. In other words, maybe we have not yet experienced an intimate relationship with Jesus Christ as our personal Savior.Experiencing Christ: Coming to Know Your Savior offers hope by illustrating that every affliction and trial of mortality serves a sacred purpose that of turning us to Christ. with that knowledge, we can understand that each of us will be tutored on a personal level through our unique God-given challenges. It is after we have experienced illness that we comprehend our need for a physician. It is after we have experienced bondage that we understand our need for deliverance. and it is by experiencing spiritual and physical death that we can know the glory of eternal life.For those who may only know the Savior intellectually, this book will guide you in coming to know Him through personal experience. There is no other way!
Download or read book Sharks in the Time of Saviours written by Kawai Strong Washburn and published by Canongate Books. This book was released on 2020-04-02 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'As vivid as it is splendid' New York Times 'Beautifully written and completely absorbing' Sarah Moss, Guardian A BARACK OBAMA BOOK OF THE YEAR, 2020 A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR in the NEW YORK TIMES, GUARDIAN, IRISH TIMES, OPRAH MAGAZINE and BBC CULTURE At seven years old, Nainoa falls into the sea and a shark takes him in its jaws – only to return him, unharmed, to his parents. For the next thirty years Noa and his siblings struggle with life in the shadow of this miracle. Sharks in the Time of Saviours is a brilliantly original and inventive novel, the sweeping story of a family living in poverty among the remnants of Hawai‘i’s mythic past and the wreckage of the American dream.
Download or read book Gps for Life written by Brandy A. Coffee Marks and published by Brandy A Coffee Marks, DRS. This book was released on 2011-06 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "GPS for Life" shows what to do once one becomes a believer. For those who want to learn and grow in the Lord, the author provides challenging questions and space for adding one's own comments.
Download or read book Pagan Christianity written by Frank Viola and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2010-09-30 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wondered why we Christians do what we do for church every Sunday morning? Why do we “dress up” for church? Why does the pastor preach a sermon each week? Why do we have pews, steeples, and choirs? This ground-breaking book, now in affordable softcover, makes an unsettling proposal: most of what Christians do in present-day churches is rooted, not in the New Testament, but in pagan culture and rituals developed long after the death of the apostles. Coauthors Frank Viola and George Barna support their thesis with compelling historical evidence and extensive footnotes that document the origins of modern Christian church practices. In the process, the authors uncover the problems that emerge when the church functions more like a business organization than the living organism it was created to be. As you reconsider Christ's revolutionary plan for his church—to be the head of a fully functioning body in which all believers play an active role—you'll be challenged to decide whether you can ever do church the same way again.
Download or read book Savior written by Jennifer I Saviano and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-20 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please read entire description before purchase.*When a Biker with a tortured past, meets a mysterious woman in a dangerous situation, she becomes a light in his dark life that he'll do anything to keep. But she has a dark past of her own. One that is creeping ever closer, threatening to extinguish that light forever....*This is the story of Dean and Vanna. Two star crossed lovers who come to realize that they need each other to survive, in more ways than one. *Dean Keegan is a Vigilante Biker with a tortured past, who makes abusers of women and children pay for their crimes against the innocent. The story begins with Dean at rock bottom, on the verge of giving up after having lost his marriage and about to be thrown out of his club. His personal life is a wreck, but then Dean meets a unique woman named Vanna, who is unbeknownst to him, in hiding from her ex fiance cop currently doing time for nearly killing her years prior. They both have emotional scars and inner demons they're dealing with, that effect their lives and especially their budding relationship.*This is an in depth love story between two damaged characters that takes place in a small country town in a fictionalized region of the Carolina's. *The main story line of this book is wrapped up by the end, with a happily ever after for now (HEAFN), however there is a building story in the background that will continue and carry over into the upcoming Book 2. So technically you could say there is a "cliffhanger". *This isn't exactly an insta-love story, but could be considered a mutual insta-lust, that develops into true love. The circumstances around their relationship are unique and complicated at times, especially coming from two different walks of life. Dean and Vanna DO NOT cheat on each other, and though Vanna self identifies as a pagan witch, this is NOT written as a paranormal romance. There are witches in the world, just as there are bikers. It's up to the reader to decide whether or not spells or magic are real. Also, there isn't an extreme age gap (28h/37H)* SAVIOR Book 1, is not your typical MC Romance style book, though the main character is a Biker with connections to an MC. At 660+ pages, it is fast paced, and centers more heavily on the love story than MC politics, for a majority of the book. The MC politics are brewing in the background throughout the story, and will carry over into the sequel.* TRIGGER WARNING: Contains Explicit Adult Content: Sex, Profanity, Violence, Blasphemy, Brief Depictions of Abuse. Not recommended for anyone under the age of 18, or anyone triggered by the above mentioned.
Download or read book The Savior in Kirtland written by Karl R. Anderson and published by Deseret Book. This book was released on 2012 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Become Your Own Savior written by Asmait Yohannes and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2020-10-28 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What would like to change about your life? Are you willing to begin this process by making the simple admission that you are your own savior? Your life begins by understanding you have everything to succeed in life within you. You don’t need anyone or anything to be happy and content. In Become Your Own Savior, author Asmait Yohannes empowers women throughout the world to discover their inner superhero. She discusses how the most remarkable thing about finding your inner superhero is that once you discover it, and you know it’s there, you can never lose it. It’s time we, as women, let our inner superheroes out to play. It’s time we celebrate our own powers, and it’s time we rejoice in what we offer to the world rather than trying to find it somewhere else. It’s time women across the globe help each other unleash the superpowers within. Yohannes encourages us to see how strong we are as women. In Become Your Own Savior, she guides us to becoming a better version of ourselves.
Download or read book Savior written by Frank Camelio and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-09-20 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compelling High-Tech Drama and International Intrigue! In Frank Camelio’s gripping new thriller Savior, Swiss geneticist Joshua Mason has made a discovery that promises good health and long life for all humanity. He wants everyone inoculated with his special serum – but on his terms only. Mason is also concealing the serum's full impact on humans and taking extravagant measures to hide his past. Meanwhile, the Supreme Trust, a clandestine international cabal, is funding its own genetic research with the purpose of controlling global population and demographics. As Mason and the Trust move separately and secretly to shape the future, their plans collide, prompting an investigation by the U.S. National Security Agency. The conflict entangles American geneticist Joyce Ching, historian Jim Rogers, and National Security agent Laura Andrews, who face mortal dangers in pursuit of the truth. As the three begin to comprehend the magnitude of Mason’s findings and the Trust's grand strategy, shocking revelations surface – disclosures that alter history and foreshadow a precarious future. Whichever future prevails, Savior will make readers ask themselves, “Given the choice, would I take Mason’s serum?"
Download or read book Why Do We Need a Savior written by Tracy M. Sumner and published by Barbour Publishing. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is it enough in God’s eyes to be a “good person”? Why do we need a “savior”? These very important questions get Bible-based answers in this book. Why Do We Need a Savior? describes—directly from God’s Word—why human beings are separated from God and in desperate need of salvation. And that’s just as true for “good people” as well as the “bad guys” we so easily identify. Built on familiar verses such as Romans 3:23 (“For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God”) and Romans 6:23 (“for the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord”), yet drawing support from passages throughout scripture, Why Do We Need a Savior? will encourage those already in the faith while challenging others to accept God’s free gift of salvation.
Download or read book Saviors written by Paul Eggers and published by Houghton Mifflin. This book was released on 1998 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a refugee camp for Boat People in Malaysia, a crew of international administrators fight chaos and each other. One of the protagonists is an American sanitation engineer, posted to the camp as punishment. A first novel by a former United Nations relief worker.
Download or read book The Living Age written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 838 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The World s Sixteen Crucified Saviors written by Kersey Graves and published by Cosimo Classics. This book was released on 2016-03-10 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Khrisna of India. Thammuz of Syria. Esus of the Celtic Druids. Mithra of Persia. Quexalcoati of Mexico. All were crucified gods, and all met their fates hundreds of years before Jesus appeared on the scene. In this foundational work of modern atheism, American spiritualist KERSEY GRAVES (1813-1883) breaks the Christ myth down into its component parts and ably demonstrates how the story of Jesus has its roots in the depths of antiquity. Here you'll read about the surprising prevalence throughout global folklore of: . the miraculous and immaculate conception of the gods . stars that point out the time and place of a savior's birth . angels, shepherds, and magi visiting an infant savior . the 25th of December as the universal birth date of gods . saviors who descend into Hell . and much more. This is essential reading for students of comparative mythology and modern freethinkers. Also available from Cosimo: Graves's The Biography of Satan and The Bible of Bible.
Download or read book The World s Sixteen Crucified Saviors written by Kersey Graves and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book No More Heroes written by Jordan Flaherty and published by AK Press. This book was released on 2016-10-24 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Missionaries of the left, saviors are people of privilege who believe they have all the answers. They want to help, but don’t want to listen; they lead but never follow. From post-Katrina New Orleans, to anti-sex-traficking work, to do-gooder journalists, Flaherty’s book reveals saviors’ misdeeds but also shows how activists can build new, stronger movements.
Download or read book Tales from the American Hobbit written by George Wheeler and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001-10-30 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hobos, space aliens, a day in the life of a Rescue Mission, chillers, thrillers - all in a collection of short stories by South Carolina's author of "The American Hobbit". Spiced with a delicious flavor that even your mother will approve of, "Tales from the American Hobbit" takes you on a fantasy ride through the lives of the downtrodden in the United States and its surrounding galaxies. This is a book about today, yesterday, and tomorrow, all wrapped up under one cover.
Download or read book Littell s Living Age written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 898 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: