Tag: Gospel

Free Download Michael Horton, "The Gospel-Driven Life: Being Good News People in a Bad News World"
English | 2009 | ISBN: 0801014638, 0801013194 | EPUB | pages: 272 | 3.3 mb
In his well-received Christless Christianity, Michael Horton offered a prophetic wake-up call for a self-centered American church. With The Gospel-Driven Life he turns from the crisis to the solutions, offering his recommendations for a new reformation in the faith, practice, and witness of contemporary Christianity. This insightful book will guide readers in reorienting their faith and the church’s purpose toward the Good News of the gospel. The first six chapters explore that breaking news from heaven, while the rest of the book focuses on the kind of community that the gospel generates and the surprising ways in which God is at work in the world. Here is fresh news for Christians who are burned out on hype and are looking for hope. Now available in trade paper.

Free Download Bart D. Ehrman, Dennis Boutsikaris (Narrator), "The Lost Gospel of Judas Iscariot: A New Look at the Betrayer and Betrayed"
English | ASIN: B000JMKHES | 2006 | MP3@64 kbps | ~08:49:00 | 229 MB
The recent National Geographic special on the Gospel of Judas was a major media event, introducing to tens of millions of viewers one of the most important biblical discoveries of modern times. Now, a leading historian of the early church, Bart Ehrman, offers the first comprehensive account of the newly discovered Gospel of Judas, revealing what this legendary lost gospel contains and why it is so important for our understanding of Christianity.
Ehrman, a featured commentator in the National Geographic special, describes how he first saw the Gospel of Judas-surprisingly, in a small room above a pizza parlor in a Swiss town near Lake Geneva-and he recounts the fascinating story of where and how this ancient papyrus document was discovered, how it moved around among antiquities dealers in Egypt, the United States, and Switzerland, and how it came to be restored and translated. More important, Ehrman gives the reader a complete and clear account of what the book teaches and he shows how it relates to other Gospel texts-both those inside the New Testament and those outside of it, most notably, the Gnostic texts of early Christianity. Finally, he describes what we now can say about the historical Judas himself as well as his relationship with Jesus, suggesting that one needs to read between the lines of the early Gospels to see exactly what Judas did and why he did it.

Free Download The Rest of the Gospel: When the Partial Gospel Has Worn You Out By Dan Stone, David Gregory
2014 | 258 Pages | ISBN: 0736956387 | EPUB | 2 MB
"Do I have life ‘more abundant’?" That’s a question millions of Christians have asked down through the ages. Dan Stone asked that question during a time of spiritual frustration in his own life and God answered by showing Dan he had been living only a part of the gospel message. Dan’s search led him to discover the truth of "Christ in you" as "the rest of the gospel" that most Christians overlook. Readers who are hungry for a deeper experience with God will resonate with Dan’s discovery of "the rest of the gospel," which is indeed rest for everyone who is willing to finally let go and let God.

Free Download Adele Reinhartz professor and chair Department of Classics and Religious Studies Universi, "The Gospel of John and Jewish-Christian Relations"
English | ISBN: 1978703481 | 2018 | 246 pages | EPUB, PDF | 13 MB + 3 MB
The Fourth Gospel is at the same time a sublime work that has inspired and enriched the faith of countless Christians and a problematic text that has provided potent anti-Jewish imagery exploited in anti-Jewish and anti-Semitic discourse over the course of two millennia. The Fourth Gospel contains approximately 70 references to hoi ioudaioi, a designation most often (and best) translated as "the Jews." Several of these references are neutral or descriptive, referring to Jewish festivals or specific practices, and some depict individual Jews or Jewish groups as interested in Jesus’ message. The vast majority, however, express a negative or even hostile stance towards the Jews. These passages express several themes that became central to Christian anti-Jewish and anti-Semitic discourse. These include the charge of deicide – killing God – and the claim that the Jews have the devil as their father (8:44).

Free Download Paul Jaesuk Jo, "Introduction to the Literary Art of the Gospel of John: A Biblical Approach"
English | ISBN: 1666735558 | 2022 | 232 pages | EPUB | 3 MB
The Gospel of John is a magnificent book. Intricate fabrics interweave its beautiful robe and its material is a finely twisted linen of many colors. Throughout the history of the church, interpreters have long been captivated by its loveliness and power. Many modern interpreters, however, would not hesitate to call it puzzling, confusing, or ridden with riddles at least. "What is John?" is therefore a fascinating question that lingers.

Free Download Ken Ham, "Gospel Reset: Salvation Made Relevant"
English | ISBN: 1683441141 | 2018 | 128 pages | EPUB, PDF | 1420 KB + 3 MB
Our gospel conversations can be far more effective. Today’s increasingly secular culture requires a new approach.

Free Download Brian McLaren, "Healing the Gospel: A Radical Vision for Grace, Justice, and the Cross"
English | 2012 | pages: 136 | ISBN: 1620321629, 1498215289 | EPUB | 0,4 mb
Why did Jesus have to die? Was it to appease a wrathful God’s demand for punishment? Does that mean Jesus died to save us from God? How could someone ever truly love or trust a God like that? How can that ever be called "Good News" It’s questions like these that make so many people want to have nothing to do with Christianity. Healing the Gospel challenges the assumption that the Christian understanding of justice is rooted in a demand for violent punishment, and instead offers a radically different understanding of the gospel based on God’s restorative justice. Connecting our own experiences of faith with the New Testament narrative, author Derek Flood shows us an understanding of the cross that not only reveals God’s heart of grace, but also models our own way of Christ-like love. It’s a vision of the gospel that exposes violence, rather than supporting it-a gospel rooted in love of enemies, rather than retribution. The result is a nonviolent understanding of the atonement that is not only thoroughly biblical, but will help people struggling with their faith to encounter grace.

Free Download N.T. Wright and Dallas Willard, "The King Jesus Gospel: The Original Good News Revisited"
English | 2016 | pages: 208 | ISBN: 0310531454 | PDF | 1,1 mb
Contemporary evangelicals have built a "salvation culture" but not a "gospel culture." Evangelicals have reduced the gospel to the message of personal salvation. This book makes a plea for us to recover the old gospel as that which is still new and still fresh. The book stands on four arguments: that the gospel is defined by the apostles in 1 Corinthians 15 as the completion of the Story of Israel in the saving Story of Jesus; that the gospel is found in the Four Gospels; that the gospel was preached by Jesus; and that the sermons in the Book of Acts are the best example of gospeling in the New Testament. The King Jesus Gospel ends with practical suggestions about evangelism and about building a gospel culture.

Free Download Gary Michuta, "The Gospel Truth: How We Can Know What Christ Taught"
English | ISBN: 1645852962 | 2023 | 176 pages | EPUB | 4 MB
Hundreds of books have been written to vindicate the Gospels by noting that they were written closer to the events they record than any other ancient history. But how do we know that they accurately recorded what Jesus said and did? How do we know they didn’t fabricate their contents? That Jesus really did work the miracles reported in the Gospels? Most important of all, how do we know what is the authentic interpretation of his words and deeds?

Free Download Bruce R. Reichenbach, "Diving into the Gospel of John: Life through Believing"
English | ISBN: 1666742074 | 2023 | 316 pages | EPUB | 1340 KB
Diving into the Gospel of John displays the rich and diverse arguments John presents for his thesis that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing, readers/listeners will find eternal life. John’s arguments are developed in four parts. The first two chapters develop the author’s literary techniques that are often based on ambiguity and his key symbols and concepts, the understanding of which are essential to fully appreciate the Gospel. Chapters 3 through 6 progressively portray the author’s evidence for his thesis in the form of signs, testimony of those who encounter Jesus, Jesus’s self-identification, and Jesus’s relationships to others. Chapters 7 and 8 show how the author uses theatrically patterned dialogues and triadic discourses to convey Jesus’s identity and mission. Finally, chapters 9 through 11 provide important hints that the author gives for his thesis: Jesus’s appeals to time, the indirect use of seven as the number of completeness, and invocation of parentage in pointing to salvation. Through diving into the Gospel, readers will discover the richness of John’s argument, the Jesus he portrays, and the God Jesus reveals. The book aims to stimulate commitment, challenge mind and spirit, and encourage further reflection and conversation.