Miracles At The Jesus Oak

In the tradition of The Return of Martin Guerre and The Great Cat Massacre, Miracles at the Jesus Oak is a rich, evocative journey into the past and the extraordinary events that transformed the lives of ordinary people. In the musty archive of a Belgian abbey, historian Craig Harline happened upon a vast collection of documents written in the seventeenth century by people who claimed to have experienced miracles and wonders. In Miracles at the Jesus Oak, Harline recasts these testimonies into engaging vignettes that open a window onto the believers, unbelievers, and religious movements of Catholic Europe in the Age of Reformation. Written with grace and charm, Miracles at the Jesus Oak is popular history at its most informative and enlightening.

STORIES FROM THE BIBLE

As the Son of God and Creator of the earth, Jesus can do anything. Beginning with the miracle of turning water into wine, and building up to the greatest miracle of all—the Resurrection, teach your children about the infinite power of Jesus Christ with this simple, yet beautiful, narrative of the Lord’s ministry on earth.

A paraplegic on a rooftop and a woman with a hemorrhage that lasts 12 long years, what do they have in common? Another woman outcast by society and a religious ruler with a sick kid, what do they share? The one thing all these people have is an encounter with Jesus. We know the story told in the bible, but what about the story left untold? The thoughts, feelings and reactions of the people who lived on the other side of the miracles are largely unknown. The Other Side of Miracles looks at what else may have happened that day.

Borislav Pekic spent six years in jail as a political prisoner, his only reading material the Bible. In 1965, ten years after his pardon, his first novel, The Time of Miracles, was published and became an overnight sensation. A set of parables based on the miracles of the New Testament, the book rewrites the story of Jesus from the perspective of Judas (who is obsessed with the idea prophecy must be fulfilled) and from that of the individuals upon whom miracles were performed--without their consent and, in most cases, to their eventual dissatisfaction. Filled with humor and poignancy, The Time of Miracles is a trenchant commentary on the power of ideology in one's life, upon what it means to hold beliefs, and upon the nature of faith.