Books have an important role to play when it comes to affecting the way people think about controversial topics. They have the power to change the way people think, and that can change lives.
In November of 2009, Ray Comfort, a New Zealand Christian author who now lives in the U.S., gave away 170,000 copies of On the Origin of Species to students at 100 of America’s top universities. This special edition of the book has a foreword by Comfort that explains the Christian position on the evolution controversy. [Read More]
The Expanded Bible from Thomas Nelson Publishers
If you loved The Amplified Bible released by the Lockman Foundation 50 years ago, you’re probably going to love The Expanded Bible offered by Thomas Nelson Publishers. After all, “expanded” is just a synonym for “amplified,” and both follow the same plan of inserting words in the Bible text to clarify the meaning. You can score a free copy of the New Testament of The Expanded Bible in PDF format.
The Amplified Bible was first released in 1958 and was published by Zondervan. It was a unique translation. Nelson’s expression of the old classic is a new translation too, but they both come from the same mold.
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Most people don’t become Christians because they believe the Bible is true or because someone has beat them down with intellectual arguments. People come to Christ because they have a spiritual yearning they want to satisfy. All humans have that yearning.
As we read through the New Testament we see that most people sought Christ out of their emotional need rather than expecting Him to satisfy their intellectual curiosity. Jesus did not traffic in intellectualism at all; he spoke in parables– little stories that touched the hearts of people and caused them to think about spiritual things. [Read More]
Philip Yancey is a respected Christian author and editor at large of Christianity Today. Yancey’s most recent book is Prayer. His other books include Rumors of Another World (2003), Reaching for the Invisible God (2000), The Bible Jesus Read (1999), What’s So Amazing About Grace? (1998), The Jesus I Never Knew (1995) and Where is God When It Hurts (1990). He gave this exclusive interview to ChristianWritingToday.com editor Donald L. Hughes. [Read More]
Elijah Parish Lovejoy was an important American writer, editor and publisher. He was born in Albion, Maine in 1802 and decided to seek his fortune “out West” after his graduation from college.
Even though he had no money, he had a tenacious spirit and walked the 1200 miles to St. Louis, Missouri where he eventually became editor and part owner of the St. Louis Times.
Like thousands of others, he was caught up by the revival of biblical faith in the Great Revival of 1831 that did so much to shape America. When he became a Christian, he felt God was leading him to become a pastor so he enrolled in Princeton Theological Seminary in New Jersey. [Read More]
