The powerful firsthand account of life in the streets of Sao Paulo that drew international attention to the plight of the poor. Includes eight pages of photographs and an afterword by Robert M. Levine
Translated from the Portuguese by David S. Clair
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It takes tremendous courage and honor to live up to what being a true Christian is all about. You have to be consistent in your thoughts, words and actions towards others. However, there are so many challenges and hurdles in your journey that sometimes, it feels like you are alone and have no one to[...]
There's a surging hunger among teenagers for Jesus. New research shows that they want a clearer understanding of what Jesus really said and did, and how faith in matters in their lives. In fact, that desire is so deep, it's #1 on their "wish list" for what they'd like to talk about at church.
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Ancient texts reveal that Jesus spent 17 years in the Orient. They say that from age thirteen to age twenty-nine Jesus traveled to India, Nepal, Ladakh and Tibet as both student and teacher. For the first time, Elizabeth Clare Prophet brings together the testimony of four eyewitnesses and three vari[...]
The first definitive account of what scholars and the media are calling 'the most important archaeological discovery' about Jesus and his family. This is the definitive story of the recent discovery of the first-century ossuary (limestone bone box) with the legend 'James, son of Joseph, brother of J[...]
Did Jesus claim to be the Messiah?Did he promise to return and usher in a new age?How did Jesus envision the Kingdom of God?The Five Gospels answers these questions in a bold, dynamic work that will startle traditional readers of the Bible and rekindle interest in it among secular skeptics. In 1985 [...]
Draws on the author's research on the Nag Hammadi and other texts to present new translations of every Gnostic Gospel, preceding each text with explanatory introductions while offering perspectives on Jesus's role as a teacher of wisdom who regularly defied the conventions of His lifetime. 30,000 fi[...]
In 1969, I was teaching at two seminaries in the Chicago area. One of my courses was on the parables by Jesus and the other was on the resurrection stories about Jesus. I had observed that the parabolic stories by Jesus seemed remarkably similar to the resurrection stories about Jesus. Were the latt[...]
This is a small, softcover booklet with a big message. The Story of Jesus uses the clear, accessible language of the New International Version to tell, in just 96 pages, the story of the most significant human being who ever lived. Compelling and powerful, it s also a compact, low-priced way to shar[...]
In his recent book How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher From Galilee historian Bart Ehrman explores a claim that resides at the heart of the Christian faith--- that Jesus of Nazareth was, and is, God. According to Ehrman, though, this is not what the earliest disciples believed,[...]
Lament does not seem to be a pervasive feature of the New Testament, particularly when viewed in relation to the Old Testament. A careful investigation of the New Testament, however, reveals that it thoroughly incorporates the pattern of Old Testament lament into its proclamation of the gospel, espe[...]
âWhether you conclude that this book is the most alarming heresy of the millennium or the mother of all revelations, The Jesus Mysteries deserves to be read.â
Fort Worth Star -Telegram
What if . . .
* there were absolutely no evidence for the exis[...]
-So that in everything He might have the supremacy.- --Colossians 1:18 Christians have made the gospel about so many things--things other than Christ. Religious concepts, ideas, doctrines, strategies, methods, techniques, formulas, -its- and -things- have all eclipsed the beauty, the glory, and the [...]
"The Jesus Dynasty" offers a startling new interpretation of the life of Jesus and the origins of Christianity that is grounded in careful analysis of the earliest Christian documents and recent archaeological discoveries, including the much-discussed "Jesus family tomb."
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Jesus se comporto con las mujeres de una forma nueva, incluso escandalosa para la cultura de su tiempo. Las amo, las valoro y tuvo para con ellas una especial consideracion. Este libro desentrana la particular relacion que el Senor establecio con algunas de ellas: Maria Magdalena, ejemplo de fe; la [...]