Download or read book The Bible Incorporated written by Thomas Nelson Publishers and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 1999-10-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This bestselling book addresses 101 work and business related topics. No fluff. No hedging on the issues. Nothing but pure Scripture.
Download or read book Evangelicals Incorporated written by Daniel Vaca and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2019-12-03 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new history explores the commercial heart of evangelical Christianity. American evangelicalism is big business. For decades, the world’s largest media conglomerates have sought out evangelical consumers, and evangelical books have regularly become international best sellers. In the early 2000s, Rick Warren’s The Purpose Driven Life spent ninety weeks on the New York Times Best Sellers list and sold more than thirty million copies. But why have evangelicals achieved such remarkable commercial success? According to Daniel Vaca, evangelicalism depends upon commercialism. Tracing the once-humble evangelical book industry’s emergence as a lucrative center of the US book trade, Vaca argues that evangelical Christianity became religiously and politically prominent through business activity. Through areas of commerce such as branding, retailing, marketing, and finance, for-profit media companies have capitalized on the expansive potential of evangelicalism for more than a century. Rather than treat evangelicalism as a type of conservative Protestantism that market forces have commodified and corrupted, Vaca argues that evangelicalism is an expressly commercial religion. Although religious traditions seem to incorporate people who embrace distinct theological ideas and beliefs, Vaca shows, members of contemporary consumer society often participate in religious cultures by engaging commercial products and corporations. By examining the history of companies and corporate conglomerates that have produced and distributed best-selling religious books, bibles, and more, Vaca not only illustrates how evangelical ideas, identities, and alliances have developed through commercial activity but also reveals how the production of evangelical identity became a component of modern capitalism.
Download or read book The Jumbo Bible Word Search Collection written by Barbour Bargain Books and published by Barbour Publishing. This book was released on 1997-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Puzzle fanatics looking for a real challenge are sure to find it in this word seach jumbo edition, featuring 200 word searches to occupy puzzle lovers for hours.
Download or read book The Ultimate Guide to the Bible written by Carol Smith and published by Barbour Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bible-it's the worldÆs best-known and best-selling book. But itÆs not always the best-understood. To learn more about the Bible, you could refer to a big, thick commentary. . .or check out the easy-to-read Ultimate Guide to the Bible. Theologically sound, but written in approachable layman's terms, The Ultimate Guide to the Bible offers overviews of the whole Bible and its individual books, explanations of confusing terms, a Bible timeline, and introductions to the important people, places, and events of Bible times. ItÆs a perfect resource for new Christians, or an enjoyable refresher course for long-time saints.
Download or read book Daily Office Readings written by Church Publishing and published by Church Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 1983 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lectionary texts for reading the daily office using the Revised Standard Version translation of the Bible.
Download or read book The Fun Bible Search Book written by Chad Frye and published by Barbour Publishing. This book was released on 1992 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow Rupert and his bird Reginald back into the Biblical era. Citations are given for each Bible story.
Download or read book The Bible for Grown Ups written by Simon Loveday and published by Icon Books. This book was released on 2016-08-04 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Loveday's case is that the mantle of historical truth and divine authority has placed upon the Bible an intolerable weight, crushing it as a creative work of immense imaginative and inspirational power. His argument is both fascinating and persuasive.' Matthew Parris The Bible for Grown-Ups neither requires, nor rejects, belief. It sets out to help intelligent adults make sense of the Bible – a book that is too large to swallow whole, yet too important in our history and culture to spit out. Why do the creation stories in Genesis contradict each other? Did the Exodus really happen? Was King David a historical figure? Why is Matthew's account of the birth of Jesus so different from Luke's? Why was St Paul so rude about St Peter? Every Biblical author wrote for their own time, and their own audience. In short, nothing in the Bible is quite what it seems. Literary critic Simon Loveday's book – a labour of love that has taken over a decade to write – is a thrilling read, for Christians and anyone else, which will overturn everything you thought you knew about the Good Book.
Download or read book All about the Bible written by Sidney Collett and published by Barbour Publishing. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Poetical Books written by Big Dream Ministries and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bible is simply a love letter compiled into sixty-six books and written over a period ofsixteen hundred years by more than forty authors living on three continents. Although theauthors came from different backgrounds, there is one message, one theme, one thread that runs throughout the entire Bible from the first book, Genesis, to the last book, Revelation. That message is God's redeeming love for mankind--a message that is as relevant for us today as it was two thousand years ago.The Poetical Books reveal the heart of the nation of Israel and are considered some ofthe finest literature ever written. It is as if the authors' very hearts have been openedup for all to see. Pain is not minimized, nor is man's struggle to understand God downplayed. Questions of suffering are boldly asked, worship is gloriously displayed, wisdom is held in highest esteem, married sexual love is unashamedly portrayed, and philosophy is openly debated.Hebrew poetry is not structured around the rhyme or meter we are used to reading andhearing. Instead, ideas are often stated in one line and then reinforced in the secondline, or a second line is composed to add to or complete the thoughts of the first. Inother forms, the second line of poetry contrasts the first.Job and Song of Solomon were written as dramatic poems that tell a story. Most ofthe psalms were written to be accompanied by an instrument and are thus examples oflyric poetry--rich in its language of worship and praise. Proverbs and Ecclesiastes areexamples of didactic poetry, giving instructions or lessons about life in short conciseverses.
Download or read book Selling Among Wolves written by Michael Pink and published by Bridge Logos Foundation. This book was released on 2000 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selling Among Wolves is a one-of-a-kind, principle centered sales education program, deriving its authority and inspiration from the Bible. All principles and strategies have been field tested in competitive selling environments with astounding success.
Download or read book Plain Bible Talk written by Ken Butterworth and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-10 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plain Bible Talk is just that: plain Bible talk! True to his convictions and habits, Ken Butterworth serves up truth that is simply simple. How should you perceive the Bible? Is it worth studying? And then, there is the church, purchased with Christ's blood. Are you dedicated to that church? Are you a star for God? Fifty-two major biblical topics flow out of down-home logic in Plain Bible Talk about what Granny would have said, about human suffering, about Satan's hydrophobia, and more. Simple. However, each lesson challenges the reader's comprehension with Bible research and thought questions. Take a simple step to talk smarter about Bible topics; Plain Bible Talk is delightful!
Download or read book The Complete Book of Bible Promises written by Ron Rhodes and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short introductory chapters help readers develop a life of faith and discern what is and what is not a promise. The main section of the book, which is organized into 200 alphabetized categories, provides a beautiful and easy-to- follow layout of each promise.
Download or read book Mysteries of the Bible written by and published by Readers Digest. This book was released on 1988 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers Biblical mysteries such as enigmas of time, miracles, lost cities, strange gods, and ancient customs
Download or read book Salem Kirban Reference Bible written by Salem Kirban and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 2003 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Guide to the Bible written by Carol Smith and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A simple introductory guide to the Bible with time lines, definitions, and book-by-book synopses.
Download or read book Old Testament Books Made Simple written by James E. Smith and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2007-11-01 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book-by-book survey of the thirty-nine books of the Old Testament.
Download or read book How the Bible Became a Book written by William M. Schniedewind and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-05-10 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the past two hundred years biblical scholars have increasingly assumed that the Hebrew Bible was largely written and edited in the Persian and Hellenistic periods. As a result, the written Bible has dwelled in an historical vacuum. Recent archaeological evidence and insights from linguistic anthropology, however, point to the earlier era of the late-Iron Age as the formative period for the writing of biblical literature. How the Bible Became a Book combines these recent archaeological discoveries in the Middle East with insights culled from the history of writing to address how the Bible first came to be written down and then became sacred Scripture. This book provides rich insight into why these texts came to have authority as Scripture and explores why Ancient Israel, an oral culture, began to write literature, challenging the assertion that widespread literacy first arose in Greece during the fifth century BCE.
