9780310889441
$25.27 USD $31.99 USD
Pack containing one softcover Participant Guide and one DVD. In The Christ Files, a four-session video-based small group Bible study, bible scholar John Dickson examines the Christian faith through a historical look at the Christian faith and life of Jesus from both Scriptural and other non-Bible documentation.
Unique among the world’s religions, the central claims of Christianity concern not just timeless spiritual truths, but tangible historical events as well. Historian John Dickson examines Christianity’s claims in the light of history, opening you and your group to a wealth of ancient sources and explaining how mainstream scholars – whether or not they claim Christian Faith personally – reach their conclusions about history’s most influential figure, Jesus of Nazareth.
In The Christ Files, Dickson skillfully highlights sources and historical methods used to study Christianity’s assertions. He illustrates how historians assess the reliability of data, and provides an honest and informed perspective on where historical issues or clear-cut and where personal faith comes into play.
The Christ Files will help you and your small group expand your understanding of early Christianity and the life of Jesus.
The 110-page Participant's Guide includes seven chapters of reading and background contextual information, along with questions for four impactful small group sessions. The DVD features four sessions of live teaching from John Dickson. This pack includes both the Participant Guide and DVD.
Chapter titles:
1. The Game of Scholarship…How to Read between the Haedlines
2. Secret Gospels…Jesus in the Gnostic Writings
3. The Troublemaker…Jesus in Ancient Pagan Writings
4. Deceiver and Magician…Jesus in Ancient Jewish Writings
5. Behind the New Testament…Earliest Christian Sources
6. Before the Gospels…Jesus in the Oral Tradition
7. Jesus in Context…Background Sources for the Study of Jesus
Sessions include:
1. Gnostics and Romans
2. Jews and Christians
3. Lost Sources and Oral Traditions
4. Archaeologists and Artifacts
Contributor(s) | John Dickson |
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About the Contributor(s) |
John Dickson John Dickson (PhD, Macquarie University, Sydney) is a senior research fellow of the Department of Ancient History, Macquarie University; co-director of the Centre for Public Christianity; and senior minister at St. Andrew’s Roseville. The author of more than a dozen books, he is the host of two major historical documentaries for Australian television and is a busy public speaker in corporations, universities, churches, and conferences. |
UPC | 025986889449 |
ISBN-10 | 0310889448 |
ISBN-13 | 9780310889441 |
Publish Date | Jan 11, 2011 |
Weight (lbs) | 0.5400 |
Height | 8.5 |
Width | 5.5 |
Length | 0 |
Length Unit | Pages |
Publisher | Zondervan |
Format | Paperback w/DVD |
Language | English |
$21.85 USD $26.99 USD
We all love the benefits of technology, but even with the upsides, many of us suspect there are negative consequences beyond our control. In this timely small-group study, pastor and bestselling author Craig Groeschel shows how we can stay engaged with technology in our social-media saturated world while still keeping our eyes focused on Jesus.
Sessions include:
Designed for use with the #Struggles Study Guide (9780310684855).
Contributor(s) | Craig Groeschel |
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About the Contributor(s) |
Craig Groeschel New York Times bestselling author Craig Groeschelis the founding and senior pastor of LifeChurch.tv, a pacesetting multicampus church and creators of the popular and free YouVersion Bible App. He is the author of several books, including Fight, Altar Ego, Soul Detox, Weird, The Christian Atheist, and It. Craig, his wife, Amy, and their six children live in Edmond, Oklahoma. |
UPC | 025986684730 |
ISBN-10 | 0310684730 |
ISBN-13 | 9780310684732 |
Publish Date | Oct 27, 2015 |
Weight (lbs) | 0.2400 |
Height | 7.50 |
Width | 5.38 |
Length | 00:50:00 |
Length Unit | Running Time |
Publisher | Zondervan |
Format | DVD Video |
Language | English |
$24.44 USD $26.99 USD
The 40 Days of Community five-session DVD—part of the Living with Purpose small group bible study by Rick Warren—is a dynamic individual or small group study that will help you learn how to fulfill God’s five purposes for your life.
By unpacking the biblical support for each of the five purposes (fellowship, spiritual growth, service, worship, and sharing the good News) you’ll learn the ways it applies to you and your circle of influence, and how you can use this knowledge to benefit God’s kingdom.
Through it, Warren also explains how God planned for Christians to fulfill his purposes in community with each other in our church families, small groups, and in the world as a whole. Why did God plan it this way? Because we’re better together!
40 Days of Community will deepen your understanding of how God uses community for your own good and growth, as well as help you cultivate deeper relationships with those around you. Learn to fulfill God’s purposes … discover how we are better together. This five-session DVD is designed for use with the 40 Days of Community Participant's Guide and 40 Days of Community Devotional Journal.
Sessions include:
1. We’re Compelled to Love God’s Family
2. We’re Commissioned to Reach Out Together
3. We’re Chosen to Fellowship Together
4. We’re Connected to Grow Together
5. We’re Called to Serve Together
6. We’re Created to Worship Together
Contributor(s) | Rick Warren |
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About the Contributor(s) |
Rick Warren Dr. Rick Warren is pastor, author, global strategist, theologian, and philanthropist. His book The Purpose driven Life has been called the bestselling non-fiction hardback in publishing history by Publishers Weekly, having sold more than 32 million copies. Warren founded Saddleback Church in 1980 with his wife, Kay. In addition to a 120-acre campus in Lake Forest, CA, the church has ten satellite campuses in Southern California and three international campuses. |
UPC | 025986689124 |
ISBN-10 | 0310689120 |
ISBN-13 | 9780310689126 |
Publish Date | May 8, 2012 |
Weight (lbs) | 0.1600 |
Height | 7.56 |
Width | 5.31 |
Length | 02:00:00 |
Length Unit | Running Time |
Publisher | Zondervan |
Format | DVD Video |
Language | English |
$40.45 USD $49.99 USD
The Bible is the inspired Word of God, and over the centuries it has changed people’s lives and led them to God. Yet sometimes it can be a difficult book to understand. The culture in which the Bible was written is so different from our own that at times we struggle to understand what it means or how it is relevant to our modern lives.
In A Brief Survey of the Bible, Bible professors John Walton and Mark Strauss give you the background you need to successfully understand even the difficult parts of the Word of God. They provide an overview of the Bible’s key themes, show what the teachings meant to the people at the time, and explain how those teachings apply to your life today. By the end, you will have a greater understanding of Scripture, know how all the books work together, and understand what God has done to make a way for you to come to him.
The DVD features:
The participant’s guide includes:
Contributor(s) | John H. Walton , Mark L. Strauss |
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About the Contributor(s) |
John H. Walton John H. Walton (PhD, Hebrew Union College) is professor of Old Testament at Wheaton College Graduate School. He is the author or coauthor of several books, including Chronological and Background Charts of the Old Testament; Ancient Israelite Literature in Its Cultural Context; Covenant: God’s Purpose, God’s Plan; The IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament; and A Survey of the Old Testament. Mark L. Strauss Mark Strauss (PhD, Aberdeen) is professor of New Testament at Bethel Seminary in San Diego. He has written The Davidic Messiah in Luke-Acts, Distorting Scripture?: The Challenge of Bible Translation and Gender Accuracy, Luke in the Zondervan Illustrated Bible Background Commentary series, and Mark in the Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament. |
UPC | 025986897529 |
ISBN-10 | 0310897521 |
ISBN-13 | 9780310897521 |
Publish Date | Dec 15, 2015 |
Weight (lbs) | 0.5550 |
Height | 8.50 |
Width | 5.50 |
Length | 0 |
Length Unit | Pages |
Publisher | Zondervan |
Format | Paperback w/DVD |
Language | English |
$14.92 USD $14.97 USD