The First Christmas: What the Gospels Really Teach Us about Jesus's Birth (Borg Marcus J.)(Paperback)

The First Christmas: What the Gospels Really Teach Us about Jesus's Birth (Borg Marcus J.)(Paperback)

In The First Christmas, two of today's top Jesus scholars, Marcus J. Borg and John Dominic Crossan, show how history has biased our reading of the nativity story as it appears in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. The First Christmas explores the beginning of the life of Christ, peeling away the

Soul Smart: What The Dead Teach Us About Spirit Communication (Wilson Susanne J.)(Paperback)

Soul Smart: What The Dead Teach Us About Spirit Communication provides easy-to-follow steps that anyone can use to make his own direct connection with his own spirit guides and beloved people and pets now in spirit. Soul Smart presents a fascinating behind the scenes look at what the spirit world

Always with Us?: What Jesus Really Said about the Poor (Theoharis Liz)(Paperback)

A strong theological call for ending the abomination of systemic poverty Jesus's words 'the poor you will always have with you' (Matthew 26:11) are regularly used to suggest that ending poverty is impossible, that poverty is a result of moral failures, and that the poor themselves have no role in

Jesus the God-Man: The Unity and Diversity of the Gospel Portrayals (Bock Darrell L.)(Paperback)

What the Gospels Tell Us about Who Jesus IsThis clear, compact introduction surveys what the Gospels tell us about who Jesus is by exploring his teachings and actions in their contexts. Darrell Bock, a leading evangelical New Testament scholar who speaks and teaches around the world, and Benjamin

What Does the Bible Really Teach about Homosexuality? (DeYoung Kevin)(Paperback)

In this timely book, award-winning author Kevin DeYoung challenges each of us--the skeptic and the seeker, the certain and the confused--to take a humble look at God's Word regarding the issue of homosexuality. After examining key biblical passages in both the Old and New Testaments and the Bible's

The Path: What Chinese Philosophers Can Teach Us about the Good Life (Puett Michael)(Paperback)

For the first time, an award-winning Harvard professor shares his wildly popular course on classical Chinese philosophy, showing you how ancient ideas--like the fallacy of the authentic self--can guide you on the path to a good life today.Why is a course on ancient Chinese philosophers one of the

Days of Awe and Wonder - How To Be A Christian In The Twenty-First Century (Borg Marcus J.)(Paperback / softback)

Distilled into a single volume, here is the essence of Marcus Borg: the world's leading spokesman for progressive Christianity until his death in 2015, and one of the most widely respected and influential theologians of our

The Greatest: The Quest for Sporting Perfection (Syed Matthew)(Paperback)

What can Roger Federer teach us about the secret of longevity? What do the All Blacks have in common with improvised jazz musicians? What can cognitive neuroscientists tell us about what happens to the brains of sportspeople when they perform?And why did Johan Cruyff believe that beauty was more

Can We Trust the Gospels? (Williams Peter J.)(Paperback)

Is there evidence to believe the Gospels? The Gospels--Matthew, Mark, Luke, John--are four accounts of Jesus's life and teachings while on earth. But should we accept them as historically accurate? What evidence is there that the recorded events actually happened? Presenting a case for the

Unfinished Business: What the Dead Can Teach Us about Life (Van Praagh James)(Paperback)

'He helps a lot of people. He really is a healer. I think he's basically on this earth right now at this time and place to heal. He is the real thing. I can't tell you how many times he's been right with me.' -- Shirley MacLaine 'It has such a hopeful message. Even though he's telling stories of

Intimate History of Premature Birth - And What it Teaches Us About Being Human (DiGregorio Sarah)(Paperback / softback)

Inspired by Sarah DiGregorio's harrowing experience giving birth to her premature daughter, An Intimate History of Premature Birth is a compelling and empathetic blend of memoir and rigorous reporting that tells the story of neonatology - and explores the questions raised by premature

50 Things about Us: What We Really Need to Know about Britain (Thomas Mark)(Paperback)

In 50 Things About Us, Mark Thomas combines his trademark mix of storytelling, stand-up, mischief and really, really well-researched material to examine how we have come to inhabit this divided wasteland that some of us call the United Kingdom. Based on his latest show, 50 Things About Us, Mark

The Heart of Christianity: Rediscovering a Life of Faith (Borg Marcus J.)(Paperback)

In The Heart of Christianity, bestselling author Marcus J. Borg shows how we can live passionately in today's world by practicing the vital elements of Christian faith. For the millions of people who have turned away from many traditional beliefs about God, Jesus, and the Bible, but still long for

Gametek (Engelstein Geoffrey)(Paperback)

What games can teach us about life, the universe and ourselves. If you shuffle a deck of cards what are the odds that the sequence is unique? What is the connection between dice, platonic solids and Newton's theory of gravity? What is more random: a dice tower or a number generator? Can you

Thank You for Arguing - What Cicero, Shakespeare and the Simpsons Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion (Heinrichs Jay)(Paperback / softback)

Corona, Climate, Chronic Emergency: War Communism in the Twenty-First Century (Malm Andreas)(Paperback)

What does the COVID 19 tell us about the climate breakdown, and what should we do about it? The economic and social impact of the coronavirus pandemic has been unprecedented. Governments have spoken of being at war and find themselves forced to seek new powers in order to maintain social order and

The Meaning of the Bible: What the Jewish Scriptures and Christian Old Testament Can Teach Us (Knight Douglas a.)(Paperback)

In The Meaning of the Bible: What the Jewish Scriptures and Christian Old Testament Can Teach Us, preeminent biblical scholars Douglas A. Knight and Amy-Jill Levine deliver a broad and engaging introduction to the Old Testament--also known as the Tanakh or Hebrew Bible--offering a wealth of

Watching Over Us - What the Spirits Can Teach Us About Life (Van Praagh James)(Paperback / softback)

Bestselling author James Van Praagh is the celebrity medium whose work is a major inspiration behind the hit TV show 'Ghost

The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us about Living Fully (Ostaseski Frank)(Paperback)

The cofounder of the Zen Hospice Project and pioneer behind the compassionate care movement shares an inspiring exploration of the lessons dying has to offer about living a fulfilling life. Death is not waiting for us at the end of a long road. Death is always with us, in the marrow of every

Birth Order: What Your Position in the Family Really Tells You about Your Character (Blair Linda)(Paperback)

On the basis of over 25 years' clinical experience and psychological research, Linda Blair reveals how your birth order position, as well as the spacing between you and your siblings and the sex of your siblings, impact your childhood, your adult life and your relationships. Packed with new

Reading the Bible Again for the First Time: Taking the Bible Seriously But Not Literally (Borg Marcus J.)(Paperback)

Many Christians mistakenly believe that their only choice is either to reconcile themselves to a fundamentalist reading of scripture (a 'literal-factual' approach) or to simply reject the Bible as something that could bring meaning and value into their lives. In Reading the Bible Again for the

What the Dead Are Dying to Teach Us: Lessons Learned from the Afterlife (Broad Claire)(Paperback)

The Life and Death of Latisha King: A Critical Phenomenology of Transphobia (Salamon Gayle)(Paperback)

What can the killing of a transgender teen can teach us about the violence of misreading gender identity as sexual identity?The Life and Death of Latisha King examines a single incident, the shooting of 15-year-old Latisha King by 14-year-old Brian McInerney in their junior high school classroom in

Maturity: Growing Up and Going on in the Christian Life (Ferguson Sinclair B.)(Paperback)

What are the most important lessons the New Testament has to teach us about being a Christian? Sinclair Ferguson shows that a deep-seated concern of the writers of the New Testament was to see Christians grow to spiritual maturity‚'‚€‚'and if that was the concern of the first