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What exactly was Jesus's relationship with the Beloved Disciple, with Mary and Martha? What was he like to be with, and how did he have such an impact on followers from diverse backgrounds? This faction story is an eye-opening look at what life was like in Palestine during the life of Jesus, at how society functioned, the social pressures of the time, and above all at what the teaching of Jesus on the Kingdom of God really meant. The beloved Disciple...
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A revised, extended and enriched edition of John Henson's most provocative, most controversial, most subversive book. From the very beginning, Christians have deviated by word and deed from the teachings of Jesus Christ. Why, and is there something that we can learn about the Early Church by examining those deviations? When Luke wrote Acts, the sequel to his Gospel, was he fully aware of the difficult path he was taking? Did he write simply to extol...
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The Christian life is not about giving up, but taking up. The call of Jesus to discipleship is a positive one-love God and your neighbour. It's not about being serious, but happy and loving. It's not a constant battle against small temptations. It's because Jesus didn't spend all his energy fighting the temptations of the world that he was able to withstand genuine temptation. This series of studies of his life takes-a-look at stories from the gospels,...
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Other Prayers of Jesus opens up a new and alternative way of understanding an important item of Christian spirituality. A call to adventure and freedom in the name of Jesus, it is a substantial work that follows his career in the gospels, showing the part that 'talking with God' (as the author prefers to call prayer) plays in the development of Jesus' ministry, in particular his inclusion of the outsider. Three important strains in Jesus' life of...
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Mass, Eucharist, Holy Communion, The Lord's Supper, Breaking of Bread-the communal meal stands at the center of worship in most Christian traditions. In this new edition of John Henson's classic, we are again confronted with the question, Have we been doing it right? John Henson suggests that by basing our practice and understanding of communion on the event of the Betrayal Night we have ignored those other occasions when Jesus ate and drank with...