Many of us are introduced to Jesus at a young age, and the version of him we initially encounter is quite often an incomplete version of the historical figure. Over time, many have begun to question those curated snapshots of the Nazarene and have rediscovered Jesus as a man, a mystic, a wisdom teacher, and a blueprint for how to be a better human being, among other things.
Year B - Set 1
This RBTL resource follows the Revised Common Lectionary with text selections for Year B - Set 1. There are 52 lessons the year.
Year C - Set 1
This RBTL resource follows the Revised Common Lectionary with text selections for Year C - Set 1. There are 52 lessons for each volume/year.
Years A, B and C - Set 1
This RBTL resource follows the Revised Common Lectionary with text selections for Years A, B and C - Set 1. There are 52 lessons for each volume/year.
Year B - Set 2
This RBTL resource follows the Revised Common Lectionary with text selections for Year B - Set 2. There are 52 lessons the year.
Year C - Set 2
This RBTL resource follows the Revised Common Lectionary with text selections for Year C - Set 2. There are 52 lessons for each volume/year.
A Different History of the First-Century Church
The message was simple. Love God. Love your neighbor. Join hands in a fellowship of peace and justice. It was an invitation to fulfillment, accepted by many.
By Rick Fabian
Jesus’ words and Paul’s words have changed millions of lives, and will change yours. The Bible records their teachings separately, so we must join them afresh as one. This book will open your ears and your heart to their shared work.
By Dag Øistein Endsjø
Learn about how people have sought physical immortality since the beginning of time, what means are employed to escape death, how various religions promise you eternal life, and about the men and women who are said to have already become immortal.
"The Fugitives of Gethsemane" dramatizes the story about four apostles during the 3 days between the crucifixion and the resurrection of Jesus.
How religion is about what you do, not what you believe
In Doing Christianity Paul Higginson encourages us, in nine simple steps, to look afresh at the words of Jesus in the Gospel. Jargon-free and full of practical steps you can apply each day, Doing Christianity can help to refresh your faith, deepen your relationships and give you a new sense of hope for the future of the Christian Gospel.
Uneasy about religion but not sure why? A God of Our Invention will make it clear.
A “humane, thoughtful, and intelligent” (The New York Times Book Review) bestselling Biblical scholar reveals why our popular understanding of the Apocalypse is all wrong- and why that matters.
A Journalist's Academic Report on LBGTQ and Christianity
The book series provides solid arguments for inclusion of LGBTQ+ Christians in the world’s religious denominations. This book also examines the continuing exodus for those in the LGBTQ+ community and others who have no interest in being included in today’s mainstream churches.
A Journalist's Academic Report on LBGTQ and Christianity
In this Book II of the series, Day explores the impacts of critical historical Biblical interpretation and suggests LGBTQ people have been asking the wrong questions about the Bible.
Saints and heroes of the LGBTQ community come alive through bold artwork in 'Heavenly Homos, Etc'. by Dutch priest Jan Haen. He paints diverse people of faith, courage, and love who can inspire readers with new models of queer holiness. The clear, concise style packs a whole pantheon of saints into a single user-friendly volume.
In this new book, Robert Harris looks at six radical ideas advanced by Jesus concerning the nature of God, blessing, incarnation, piety, salvation, and atonement.
A Book Review
Honest to God: Christianity at the Convergence of Tradition, Reason and Mystery by John Speers is a fascinating analysis of the current challenges facing the Christian church.
As Christianity continues in search of a reformation adequate to our modern experience, it is amazing--through it all--how we continue to be fascinated by Jesus.
365 Readings and Meditations
A true religious renewal, according to Fox, can arise only through the mystical dimension of faith.
Presented in Four Paths, Twenty-Six Themes, and Two Questions
Here is a reissue of the critically acclaimed bestseller, named one of the "20 books that changed the world" in New Age Journal's Annual Source Book for 1995.
Stories in the Scriptures offers a way of reading familiar texts from a fresh perspective. Robert Crompton comes to the ancient narratives in the role of a story-teller and asks, not, “What must we believe?” but, “What real situations might have prompted people just like ourselves to tell these tales?”
God is not an idea to be grasped but a presence to be enjoyed. This is the central message of the 14th-century mystical text The Cloud of Unknowing, which many readers today find less-than-accessible due to the medieval milieu in which it was written.
Following Jesus, Engaging the Powers, Transforming the World
The Cross in the Midst of Creation: Following Jesus, Engaging the Powers, Transforming the World links Christian understandings of creation, atonement, and the biblical principalities and powers.
The Human Calling is a vigorously researched and profoundly spiritual narrative history of the world’s religious movements as they relate to society’s collective understanding of the duties they have to fellow people and looks ahead to what lessons from history can be applied as people navigate a technological age.
Years A, B and C - Set 2
This RBTL resource follows the Revised Common Lectionary with text selections for Years A, B and C - Set 2. There are 52 lessons for each volume/year.
How Jesus Waged Peace Throughout Holy Week
Throughout Holy Week, two competing approaches to peacemaking collide. What if we've embraced the wrong one?
Scripture straight up, with spiritual nudges, common sense, and other good stuff (not for fundamentalists)
Ever felt bitten by a fundamentalist? Or had your biblical understanding discounted by a conservative? Or the validity of your beliefs questioned by a zealous evangelical? If you have, then you will find Faith without Fear absolutely therapeutic, with its fresh, honest, and unique approach to both Scripture and the faith.
In his inspirational novel, A Man Called Jesus, author, Dr. Rick Herrick, presents a Jesus with irresistible compassion who is deeply infused with God's love.
A Novel Revised and Annotated
Have you ever wondered about Nazareth as a place to live in the first century? How about Jesus the miracle worker: how did he do the great deeds reported of him in the New Testament? "A Man Called Jesus" answers those questions and more.