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Through The Family of Jesus, readers will develop an emotional connection to the family members of Jesus, learning about their lives and falling in love with Scripture along the way. Bible studies and devotionals abound, and in churches everywhere people gather to seek a deeper understanding of God's word and its application to their lives. But too often these studies engage only the analytic approach to Bible learning.
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In this novel about love and trust, hope and belief, Elizabeth Berg invites us to reimagine the events of the classic Christmas story. Mary and Joseph meet, become betrothed, and face an unexpected pregnancy. They endure challenges to their relationship as well as threats to their relationship as well as threats to their lives as they come to terms with the mysterious circumstances surrounding the birth of their child, Jesus. For Mary, the pregnancy...
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Jesus chronicles volume 1
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IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 17
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Here is a thrilling account of the life of the Man who came to fulfill the prophecies of the Old Testament and to save all of humankind, and of the disciple who was the last eyewitness to Jesus' glory.
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Christmas hope series volume 6
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An illustrated retelling of the Nativity Story.
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Chosen volume 2
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"Based on the acclaimed video series The Chosen, the most amazing story ever told - the life of Jesus - gets a fresh, new telling from New York Times bestselling author Jerry B. Jenkins. The Chosen: Come and See captures all the action and drama in season two of The Chosen TV series. But it does much more than reflect the show. It also takes us into the backstory, thoughts, and motivations of key characters like Simon (who will later be called Peter),...
6) Tenth stone
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A.D. chronicles volume 10
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[2009]
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Melchior the Magus, former court astronomer to King Phraates of Parthia, is a wealthy merchant, known for his integrity. It has now been over thirty years since the stars led him to Bethlehem. Melchior ponders the signs in the heavens. Could the time of the young Messiah's work on earth have come to fulfillment? Could Yeshua indeed be that child, now grown up and working miracles? And could any miracle save Melchior's son David? --Book jacket
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"Thomas and Tasmin, twin siblings hired to oversee a wedding feast in Cana, worry when the host runs out of wine . . . until a guest tells Tasmin to have the servants fill the pitchers by the gate with water from the cistern. Reluctantly, she obeys and is amazed when rainwater turns into the finest wine ever tasted in Cana. When Thomas impulsively decides to follow the teacher from Nazareth, he and Tasmin argue--since the twins have been together...
8) Son of God
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The story of Jesus in contemporary novel form. From the impacts of his teachings to the customs and cultures of the Jewish people and the officials who opposed them.
"The story of Jesus the Messiah comes to life in this epic new book by Roma Downey and Mark Burnett. Though based on the new Testament accounts, Son of God reads like a contemporary novel. The character of Jesus and the personalities and motives of all those who surround him come vividly...
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A.D. (Ted Dekker) volume 1
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"A sweeping epic set in the harsh deserts of Arabia and ancient Palestine. A war that rages between kingdoms on the earth and in the heart. The harrowing journey of the woman at the center of it all. Step back in time to the year of our Lord A.D. 30. The outcast daughter of one of the most powerful Bedouin sheikhs in Arabia, Maviah is called on to protect the very people who rejected her. When their enemies launch a sudden attack with devastating...
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2021.
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"In The First Christmas, Stephen Mitchell brings the Nativity story to vivid life as never before. A narrative that is only sketched out in two Gospels becomes fully realized here with nuanced characters and a setting that reflects the culture of the time. Mitchell has suffused the birth of Jesus with a sense of beauty that will delight and astonish readers. In this version, we see the world through the eyes of a Whitmanesque ox and a visionary donkey,...
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The sons of Joseph run a successful carpentry business in Nazareth. At least, it was successful until the eldest brother, Jeses, left home to tell the world he will forgive their sins and save their souls. Now everyone is hearing outlandish reports of healing and exorcisms. Business is suffering: not many people want a stool made by the family of the local crazy man. When one of his brothers starts listening to Jesus' troubling speeches and fanatical...
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Chosen novels volume 1
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"Based on the acclaimed video series The Chosen, the most amazing story ever told--the life of Jesus--gets a fresh, new telling from New York Times bestselling author Jerry B. Jenkins. What was it like to encounter Jesus face-to-face? How would he have made you feel, changed your way of thinking about God? Would he have turned your world upside down? Journey to Galilee in the first century. See the difference he made in the lives of those he called...
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"No one expected Barley to have an encounter with the Messiah. He was homeless, hungry, and struggling to survive in first century Jerusalem. Most surprisingly, he was a dog. But through Barley's eyes, the story of a teacher from Galilee comes alive in a way we've never experienced before. Barley's story begins in the home of a compassionate woodcarver and his wife who find Barley as an abandoned, nearly-drowned pup. Tales of a special teacher from...
14) Twelfth prophecy
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A.D. chronicles volume 12
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[2011]
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Abigail, a Samaritan woman, is threatened by the residents in her village because she is pregnant by a man other than her elderly husband and, seeking help, only feels love and kindness for the first time when she speaks with Yeshua of Nazareth.
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"Caught up in the maelstrom following the death of an obscure rabbi in the Roman backwater of first-century Palestine, Leah finds herself also engulfed in her own turmoil--facing the prospect of an arranged marriage to a Roman soldier, Alban, who seems to care for nothing but his own ambitions. Head of the garrison near Galilee, he has been assigned by Palestine's governor to ferret out the truth behind rumors of a political execution gone awry. Leah's...
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This novel imagines how a contemporary of Jesus, Simon, an ordinary spice merchant and a Jew without deeply felt religious beliefs, begins his lifelong journey as one of the first new Christians as his life intersects with Jesus at the major milestones of his life and ministry.
18) A woman of words
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Jerusalem Road volume 3
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"Disciple Matthew, a former tax collector, is invited to work with Peter, James, and John in Jerusalem. He dreams of preaching and performing miracles like his fellow apostles, but he finds his dreams postponed because of a request from Yeshua's mother. Well aware of the passing years, Mary asks Matthew to help her record the stories of Yeshua while the eyewitnesses are still alive. Reluctantly, he agrees, though the longer he and Mary work together,...
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A Celtic retelling of the story of Mary Magdalen in which Maeve, a slave determined to find her lost love, a young man named Esus, becomes an accomplished whore and a friend to the goddess Isis as she attempts to escape from slavery and draws together whores, virgins, priests, and royalty.
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Jesus chronicles volume 2
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Overhearing Jesus prophecies of events to come and witnessing such events as Judas' betrayal, Peter's denial, and the Resurrection, Mark becomes a devoted disciple of Christianity and Urges Peter to recount to him the story of Jesus' life on earth.
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