Some two thousand years after he walked the earth, Jesus Christ is still a hot topic. And for all the ridiculous, twisted, Da Vinci Code-esque conspiracy theories and lies about Jesus that have permeated popular culture and even the academy over the years, the truth about his character, nature, and work has not changed. So what exactly is the truth about Jesus Christ?

Thats the question the authors of Vintage Jesus seek to answer by breaking it down into a number of sub-questions about Jesus, including Is Jesus the only God? Why did Jesus come to earth? Did Jesus rise from death? Why should we worship Jesus? and others. Nonbelievers and new Christians looking to sit down and delve into the topic of Jesus, asking the toughest, most confounding questions they can think of, will find solid, biblical answers presented in a relevant, accessible way.

MARK DRISCOLL is the founding pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle, one of the fastest-growing churches in America. He is president of the Acts 29 Church Planting Network and the Resurgence Missional Theology Cooperative.

GERRY BRESHEARS is professor of theology and chairman, Division of Biblical and Theological Studies, at Western Seminary. Dr. Breshears has taught at numerous Bible colleges and seminaries around the world and is a frequent guest on various radio and TV programs.

Michael Jay grew up in the late 60s, early 70s in a small conservative community town called Walla Walla Washington where the issues of the day were racism and the Vietnam War.

Michael Jay grows into a young man who takes a different road from that of those he grew up with and he begins to find new ways to view and deal with old problems and antiquated value systems.  His spiritual journey takes him from Walla Walla, Washington into the world of meditation, Eastern mysticism and to Maui.

In Gratitude to Dr. Dania Sheldon, Oxford

God Bless Our Soldiers

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You are the Star

I looked for your star

but couldn't find even one.

My heart aches because I almost gave up

wishing upon the Star

when I woke up, and looked there was only a moon,

and a very dark night

and an almost forgotten memory. Ithought about

love and all the times I gave up.

Not this one.

Not this time.

I have cried my tears. I have whispered my prayers

for you to Him. You may scorn me. You may laugh, I will

not give up on you. I follow Him. I will not chase after you

I chase after Him. The star that now hides will bring you back

to me because it is written in the sky "Love Never Ends."

It is written in your heart "Love Never Ends".

So at this moment when I can't find the star I will

remember it is with you.

Shining over you, it will bring you back to me.

We all know the story of how Eve was created from Adam's rib. But what if, perhaps, "rib" was a mistranslation and the body part she was really created from was Adam's penis bone? This would explain why human males don't have such a bone, unlike other male mammals. That's only one of many surprising and fun biblical twists readers will encounter in The Uncensored Bible. Here readers will learn that King David swore like a sailor, mandrakes were the biblical equivalent of Viagra^®, Cain was depressed, and Joseph's "coat of many colors" might have actually been a dress (which may explain why his brothers picked on him).

Authors Kaltner, McKenzie, and Kilpatrick bring some of the most outrageous speculations about the scriptures to light—all based on legitimate scholarship—revealing a stranger, bawdier side of the Good Book. The Uncensored Bible is a shocking, hilarious, and thought-provoking collection of the most recent, compelling, and racy interpretations of the Bible from the newest voices of Bible scholarship.

A concise, informative introduction to the origins, teaching, and practices of Mormonism today contrasted with historic Christianity.

Sociologist Rodney Stark estimates that by 2080, Mormonism will have 267 million adherents. As a leading rival to biblical Christianity in both America and Latin America, it is a religion to be reckoned with. However, Mormons are not so much a group to be feared by Christians, says author Andrew Jackson, as a mission field to be cultivated.

As a professor and a pastor in a city that boasts a large LDS community, Jackson has had not only many discussions with Mormon neighbors but with current and ex-members from every level of the church hierarchy. These conversations have led him to study this religion and write this book.

His systematic, concise, and well-documented work offers an easy-reading explanation of Mormon teaching and practice today. This book is the first place readers will want to turn for a primer on Mormonisms origins and specific doctrines, and what Mormons believe and why.

Andrew Jackson (MDiv, Fuller Theological Seminary) is a seminary professor and a senior associate pastor of discipleship and leadership development at a large non-denominational church in Mesa, Arizona. He has traveled to the original homelands of all the primary religions of the world, taught world religions on the college level, and is a frequent blogger and author.

The World English Bible (WEB) is the complete Old & New Testament in today's English. Carefully translated to retain the meaning and intent of the scripture, the text is easy to read and understand.

The original text used for translation is the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia, also called The Stuttgart Bible, in the Old Testament, and the Byzantine Majority Text as published for use with The Online Bible in the New Testament (M-Text). This choice of Greek text is very close to what the KJV translators used, but does take advantage of some more recently discovered manuscripts. Although there are good scholarly arguments both for and against using the Byzantine Majority Text over the "Alexandrian" text based on the dating and critical editing work of Nestle and Aland and published by the United Bible Societies (UBS), we find the following to be compelling reasons:

The UBS text has a lot of "dropout" errors relative to the M-Text. Diligent scribes with a respectfor God's Word are more likely to miss copying something (i.e. by skipping a line, etc.) than to make up a line to add in.

Different scribes copying the same passage aren't all likely to make the same mistakes at the same places, even though some mistakes are likely to be copied over many times.

When a scribe had a choice of manuscripts to copy, he would normally copy the one that he trusted the most, thus causing the most trusted text to be copied more often.

The UBS text relies heavily on the dating of the media upon which the text was written, but those texts that are used more and trusted more would both be copied more often and worn out from use sooner.

A great translation for study, and general daily reading, the World English Bible should be a part of everyone's library. Completely searchable text, extensive Table of Contents, easy to read on portable devices!