The Sword of His Mouth


Book Description

'The Sword of His Mouth' is a study of the rhetorical and poetic form of synoptic sayings which argues that many of these sayings use a Òdepth rhetoricÓ which seeks to challenge the hearer's fixed structures of meaning and value, moving one to new action by awakening new insight. This study brings to light important but neglected features of the texts and demonstrates the value of this new approach for gaining fresh insight into their significance. Special attention is given to pattern and tension. An attempt is made to show how form and content merge in producing utterances with provocative verbal power. Jesus emerges from this study as one whose language must be distinguished from casual speech.




Therefore, Repent!


Book Description

"Once the Christians have floated bodily into the sky, life goes on pretty much as usual for the immoral majority... . except that magic works . . . "-Publisher.




Sword of My Mouth


Book Description

The concrete shell of Detroit's cracked open to reveal loamy soil, rich with potential. But someone knows there's more profit in controlling hunger than selling food... the world was simpler before the righteous floated away into the sky, and magic started working. The all-new six-issue story spinning out of the acclaimed graphic novel Therefore, Repent! continues here.




Revelation


Book Description

The final book of the Bible, Revelation prophesies the ultimate judgement of mankind in a series of allegorical visions, grisly images and numerological predictions. According to these, empires will fall, the "Beast" will be destroyed and Christ will rule a new Jerusalem. With an introduction by Will Self.







Dressed to Kill


Book Description

In Dressed To Kill, Rick explains with exacting detail the purpose and function of each piece of Roman armor. In the process, he describes the significance of our spiritual armor not only to withstand the onslaughts of the enemy and but also to overturn the tendencies of the carnal mind. Furthermore, Rick delivers a clear, scriptural...




What Jesus Meant


Book Description

“Garry Wills brings his signature brand of erudite, unorthodox thinking to his latest book of revelations. . . . A tour de force and a profound show of faith.” (O, the Oprah Magazine) Look out for a new book from Garry Wills, What The Qur'an Meant, coming fall 2017. In what are billed “culture wars,” people on the political right and the political left cite Jesus as endorsing their views. But in this New York Times-bestselling masterpiece, Garry Wills argues that Jesus subscribed to no political program. He was far more radical than that. In a fresh reading of the gospels, Wills explores the meaning of the “reign of heaven” Jesus not only promised for the future but brought with him into this life. It is only by dodges and evasions that people misrepresent what Jesus plainly had to say against power, the wealthy, and religion itself. But Wills is just as critical of those who would make Jesus a mere ethical teacher, ignoring or playing down his divinity. An illuminating analysis for believers and nonbelievers alike, What Jesus Meant is a brilliant addition to our national conversation on religion.







The Warrior Priesthood Revolution


Book Description

This book uncovers and systematically integrates ancient religious mythologies; archaeological mysteries; and End-time prophecies. It presents a very unorthodox view of the basic struggles (mind-battles) that non-professional Christians have regarding their personal Spiritual Wars. It covers a variety of topics to include our personal Wars on: racism, sex, drugs, money, plagues (COVID), hell, suicide and eternal judgment. It introduces some of the most unexpectedly rational and exotically strange hidden mysteries of the Holy Scriptures that critically challenge the traditional views of organized christianity (that are not based on the Bible). It also proposes a biblical theory for the origin of Racism. Jesus said, "The truth will set you Free," (Jn. 8:32). But pursuing freedom, will require the reader to have an open mind to new possibilities, think outside the box, and put aside their religious bigotry. This book is dedicated to the brave Christian warriors of Ethiopia that continue to "fight the good fight," (1 Tim. 6:12). The Ethiopian empire is the only region of Africa to remain defiantly Christian and survive the expansion of Islam as a Christian state. Throughout history, they have remained faithful to Christ, even while facing opposition and religious, racial, and political persecution from Roman Catholicism and Islam. New archaeological evidence has revealed that the African nation of Ethiopia was one of the first Christian Nations on planet earth. We now have scientific evidence, that all humans descended from a single migration from Africa in Ethiopia. So, we know that God's chosen people the Israelites, and Jesus and his Apostles were also descendants from Africa and therefore were a colored people. In light of these facts, this book is also dedicated to Christian Warriors such as Martin Luther King, Jr. and other black, indigenous and people of color in the worldwide Black Church throughout history that have suffered persecution and death for their faith in Christ. We know that racial misinterpretations of the "Curse of Ham" were used throughout history even by religions of Christianity to justify and prolong the black inferiority myth and the enslavement of black people. The Bible informs us that it was Satan's plan from the beginning to curse and destroy God's chosen "colored" people (Gen. 3:15). The New Testament Bible tells us that Philip baptized an Ethiopian eunuch near Jerusalem in the first century Early Church (Acts 13:1, 8:38). Bible scholars inform us that this was the beginning of Jesus' prophecy to his disciples to be his witnesses "... to the ends of the earth," (Acts 1:8).My purpose in writing this book is to proclaim that Jesus came to prepare his disciples and his future church for a complete spiritual revolution, because religious, racial, and political persecution would be coming upon them from their own family members who reject "The Way" (Acts 24:22). The goal is to empower readers to further mine the riches of God's Word to prepare God's warriors for the revolution. The Apostles John, Peter, and even Moses proclaimed that God: "has made us to be a Kingdom and Priests to serve his God and Father," (Rev. 1:6, 5:10; 1 Pet. 2:9; Ex. 19: 5,6). So, between now and the Second Coming, Jesus commands his Royal Priesthood Army to lead this anti-religious revolution by continuing the Great Commission. I pray that its uncensored truth will set those in the Royal Priesthood free from the bondage of repressive religious guilt, persecution, and the moral injuries that perpetuate the symptoms of religious addiction. It is also my goal to assist with providing guidance for discipleship and healing to God's people to unite the Army of the Lord to fulfill the Great Commission to: " ... Go and make disciples of all nations, ..." (Mt. 28:19).




Letters to the Seven Churches of Asia In their Local Setting


Book Description

With a new foreword by David E. Aune, this modern classic by Colin J. Hemer explores the seven letters in the book of Revelation against the historical background of the churches to which they were addressed. Based on literary, epigraphical, and archaeological sources and informed by Hemer's firsthand knowledge of the biblical sites, this superb study presents in the clearest way possible a picture of the New Testament world in the later part of the first century and its significance for broader questions of church history.