books about: apostles

books about: apostles

books:

Apostles

Jesus, the Apostles and the Early Church

Pope Benedict XVI

Ignatius Press, 2007

Insightful and heartfelt
Once again, Pope Benedict's talents for brilliant insight and concise communication are made evident in this book. "Jesus, the Apostles and the Early Church" is as profound as it is accessible. Benedict demonstrates, as expected, that he is not only a scholar, but a ...

St. Paul: Jubilee Year of the Apostle Paul Edition: A Bible Study for Catholics

Mitch Pacwa

Our Sunday Visitor, 2008

St. Paul study Guide Great!
Knowing Fr. Mitch Pacwa from EWTN I figured this would be a good study guide...but I was wrong. IT'S AN AWESOME STUDY GUIDE! In fact, it became such a good resource that we've ordered 25 books for the prayer and Bible study group at my Church. It's the perfect study ...

Paul: A Man of Grace and Grit (Great Lives from God's Word, Volume 6)

Charles R. Swindoll

Thomas Nelson, 2002

Yo, Dear consumer, Fellow
oh yeah, this book is wonderfull. Turned me into something like a Pauline. It gives great illustrations and its quite a good read; what I really got out of it was how Swindoll shows you a real person. Not just Paul the Apostle, not just him as one of the sons of ...

The Beautiful Soul of John Woolman, Apostle of Abolition
Thomas P. Slaughter

Hill and Wang, 2008

A biography of the famous eighteenth-century Quaker whose abolitionist fervor and spiritual practice made him a model for generations of Americans John Woolman (1720?72) was perhaps the most significant American of his age, though he was not a famous politician, general, or man of letters, and never held public office. A humble Quaker tailor in ...

The Apostles

Pope Benedict XVI

Our Sunday Visitor, 2007

The Apostles
I consider that nowadays Pope Benedict XVI is currently "an universal moral reference" for mankind, the Catholic Church is all over the world the only one of churches growing vigorously among the young and the intellectuals .. The message of Jesus is as fresh as always ...

The Gospel of Mary of Magdala: Jesus and the First Woman Apostle

Karen L. King

Polebridge Press, 2003

interesting
very inetersting and informative - well wriiten - easy to follow with many historical references -loved learning something new - highly recommended -thank you.

Twelve Ordinary Men

John MacArthur

Thomas Nelson, 2002

Excellent and highly informative
This is another great work of expository teaching by Dr. John MacArthur, pastor of Grace Community Church and the president of Grace to You radio ministry. In this book, Dr. MacArthur looks at Jesus's twelve disciples. You've heard their names, but what exactly do you ...

To Live Is Christ

Beth Moore

B&H Books, 2008

Awesome writer
I first became aware of the vibrancy of Beth Moore's teachings at my church's women's group. What an awesome teacher of God's word she is,and this book did not disappoint me. Beth takes a look at the life of Paul, from his birth, conversion from a zealous Jew to a ...

What Saint Paul Really Said: Was Paul of Tarsus the Real Founder of Christianity?

N. T. Wright

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1997

Great Explanation and Defense of New Perspective
This book is a well written explanation and defense of the New Perspective on Paul. Wright breaks down Paul's theology in a way that makes sense of his background as a first century Jewish Pharisee. He indeed shows that Paul's theology is not a new faith as a mixture ...

Praying with Saint Paul: Daily Reflections on the Letters of the Apostle Paul

Magnificat, 2008

Great resource
This great little resource first came to my attention when Archbishop Burke of St. Louis recommended it in his pastoral letter launching the Year of St. Paul. The book is a response to Pope Benedict's call for "special publications of Pauline texts" to mark the year. ...

In Search of Paul: How Jesus' Apostle Opposed Rome's Empire with God's Kingdom

Jonathan L. Reed

HarperOne, 2005

Best of the bunch
I'm a non-specialist in this area, learning about New Testament scholarship over the past few years. This was my first Marcus Borg book, and my favorite of the 20 or so books I've read so far. Borg is warmer and more sympathetic than Bart Erhman, for example, but like ...

The Gospel According to St. Paul: Meditations on His Life and Letters

Carlo Maria Martini

Word Among Us Press, 2008

The Gospel according to St. Paul
Cardinal Martini has provided a special meditation on St. Paul especially useful for the Holy Year dedicated to St. Paul. I have enjoyed many of Cardinal Martini's books over the years.

Dictionary of Paul and His Letters (The IVP Bible Dictionary Series)

Gerald F. Hawthorne, Ralph P. Martin

InterVarsity Press, 1993

Excellent Reference for Modern Pauline Scholarship.
`The Dictionary of Paul and His Letters' is a superb reference source if your primary objective is the study of Paul's writings. As a one-volume source, unlike, for example, the six volume Anchor Bible Dictionary, it is a far less expensive reference of all Pauline ...

Man in White

Johnny Cash

Thomas Nelson, 2006

Blinded by the Light
Anyone familiar with the tenets of Christianity know the conversion story of the apostle Paul, a persecutor of Christians, who came to faith in Jesus. After his conversion he became one of the early church's biggest missionaries, converting hundreds upon thousands and ...

Paul Apostle of the Heart Set Free

Frederick Fyvie Bruce

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2000

Wow, this book is great
I'm about half way thru this book. It is filled with info you need to know: the history of the early church; Roman politics, laws; what the Sanhedrin could/could not do; political/theological battles between the Pharisee and the Saducees; politics of Stephens death; ...