The Discovery Of The Secret Gospel Of The Rich And Powerful
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The Discovery of the Secret Gospel of the Rich and Powerful
Author | : Gary Tutty |
Publsiher | : Outskirts Press |
Total Pages | : 254 |
Release | : 2020-06-29 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781977229823 |
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Have you ever wondered from just what gospel our political leaders, who proudly proclaim they are devout Christians, get their inspiration when they espouse hate and intolerance and seek revenge on anyone who disagrees with them? How about those self-proclaimed devoted Christian business leaders who work hard to increase profits by suppressing their workers' wages and denying them benefits? What about those fiery evangelical preachers, who are complicit in the actions of these leaders by their avid support or even their silence? Wonder no longer! In this satirical novel, The Discovery of the Secret Gospel of the Rich and Powerful: the Gospel of Saint Avarice, you will meet Brett, a young man who is introduced to that very gospel by his billionaire father. You encounter the Jesus these leaders are emulating. He is a Jesus who teaches his apostles to mock others, to never admit guilt, and to create their own version of the truth. With our discovery of this new Jesus, known only to the most rich and powerful until now, we begin to realize that these leaders have been emulating Jesus all along and actually are doing God's work after all.
The Discovery of the Secret Gospel of the Rich and Powerful
Author | : Gary Tutty |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2020-05-18 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 1977222560 |
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Have you ever wondered from just what gospel our political leaders, who proudly proclaim they are devout Christians, get their inspiration when they espouse hate and intolerance and seek revenge on anyone who disagrees with them? How about those self-proclaimed devoted Christian business leaders who work hard to increase profits by suppressing their workers' wages and denying them benefits? What about those fiery evangelical preachers, who are complicit in the actions of these leaders by their avid support or even their silence? Wonder no longer! In this satirical novel, The Discovery of the Secret Gospel of the Rich and Powerful: the Gospel of Saint Avarice, you will meet Brett, a young man who is introduced to that very gospel by his billionaire father. You encounter the Jesus these leaders are emulating. He is a Jesus who teaches his apostles to mock others, to never admit guilt, and to create their own version of the truth. With our discovery of this new Jesus, known only to the most rich and powerful until now, we begin to realize that these leaders have been emulating Jesus all along and actually are doing God's work after all.
The Secret Gospel
Author | : Morton Smith |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 188 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : Bible |
ISBN | : UCSC:32106012295538 |
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In 1958, Morton Smith Traveled to Jerusalem to do research in the monastery library of Mar Saba, in the Judean Desert. What he found was no routine corroboration of New Testament history, but a precious fragment of a second-century document that would change our understanding of the work and teaching of Jesus of Nazareth.
The Gospel According to Mark
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Canongate Books |
Total Pages | : 73 |
Release | : 1999-01-01 |
Genre | : Bibles |
ISBN | : 9780857860972 |
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The earliest of the four Gospels, the book portrays Jesus as an enigmatic figure, struggling with enemies, his inner and external demons, and with his devoted but disconcerted disciples. Unlike other gospels, his parables are obscure, to be explained secretly to his followers. With an introduction by Nick Cave
The Temple Sleep of the Rich Young Ruler
Author | : Edward Reaugh Smith |
Publsiher | : SteinerBooks |
Total Pages | : 269 |
Release | : 2011-11 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780880108270 |
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Who wrote the Gospel of John? The author identifies himself only as "the disciple whom Jesus loved," and Christian tradition tells us that this disciple was the apostle John. However, during the past century, scholars have increasingly come to doubt that attribution. In 1902, Rudolf Steiner wrote that the author of the Gospel of John was in fact Lazarus. Steiner's position stemmed from his insight that Lazarus's encounter with death involved far more than people realized --an initiation into higher spiritual realities that uniquely qualified him to write this gospel. Edward Smith takes up this argument and shows that subsequent research has tended to favor Lazarus for reasons grounded in John's Gospel itself. More important, Smith shows that subsequent discoveries at Nag Hammadi and Mar Saba corroborate Steiner's reasoning about the nature of the raising of Lazarus, pointing to Lazarus as "the rich young ruler" of Mark's Gospel.
Hope In Small Doses
Author | : Nikki Stern |
Publsiher | : Nikki Stern/Ruthenia Press |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 2015-04-09 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9182736450XXX |
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What is hope? Is it instinctive or learned? How do we add it to our lives? In HOPE IN SMALL DOSES, author Nikki Stern searches to find hope after tragedy strikes. She devises a version that doesn't require guarantees but relies on the promise of possibility. The perfect antidote to our cynical troubled times, HOPE IN SMALL DOSES offers a workable blueprint for a happy life. Original photography by Cherie Siebert.
Secret Gospels
Author | : Marvin Meyer |
Publsiher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2003-02-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780567544018 |
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Marvin Meyer is one of the leading experts on the secret gospels-Gospel of Thomas, Secret Gospel of Mark, and others-who has changed forever how we read the canonical gospels and understand early Christianity. In this new collection of his work, Meyer looks at these revolutionary texts in original and illuminating ways. He writes, for example, about the naked youths in the villa of the Mysteries. On the walls of a villa in Pompeii, a famous mural depicts a naked male reading from a scroll, a look of wonder on his face. A naked youth again appears in the Gospel of Mark, abandoning his garment and fleeing naked when apprehended during Jesus' arrest. A similar youth appears in the Secret Gospel of Mark. These youths, Meyer proposes, serve as an image of religious initiation, candidates for the mysteries of Dionysus or of Christ. This is one of the many aspects of the secret gospels that Meyer examines with expert insight and creativity. Topics range from gender and infancy stories to discipleship and the relationship of the Gospel of Thomas to Islamic literature. Meyer's spellbinding readings of these materials offer fresh understandings of the canonical gospels. Marvin Meyer is Griset Professor of Bible and Christian Studies, and Director of the Albert Schweitzer Institute at Chapman University, Orange, California. He is author of The Secret Teachings of Jesus: Four Gnostic Gospels and The Gospel of Thomas: The Hidden Sayings of Jesus, and co-editor of Jesus Then and Now (Trinity Press International).
Beyond Belief
Author | : Elaine Pagels |
Publsiher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2004-05-04 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781400079087 |
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In Beyond Belief, renowned religion scholar Elaine Pagels continues her groundbreaking examination of the earliest Christian texts, arguing for an ongoing assessment of faith and a questioning of religious orthodoxy. Spurred on by personal tragedy and new scholarship from an international group of researchers, Pagels returns to her investigation of the “secret” Gospel of Thomas, and breathes new life into writings once thought heretical. As she arrives at an ever-deeper conviction in her own faith, Pagels reveals how faith allows for a diversity of interpretations, and that the “rogue” voices of Christianity encourage and sustain “the recognition of the light within us all.”