Author: Fred Von Kamecke
“Reputation management” is the new buzzword on the Internet. There are companies that will alert you if someone says something bad about you online so you have a chance to challenge it. These companies are going to make a mint off the egocentric and thin-skinned. Christ and Christians have been getting a bad rap for millennia, yet the Lord abides, and the righteous endure no matter what people say, so should Christians play the reputation game?
In his book, Busted: Exposing Popular Myths about Christianity, it appears that Fred Von Kamecke is taking a shot at doing reputation management for Jesus, the Bible and matters of Christian faith. He is not on that Quixotian journey however – his approach is much more fun – he is a theological myth buster.
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Authors: Gary M. Burge, Lynn H. Cohick and Gene L. Green
Do you know why Jesus did not write his autobiography era book outlining his theology? It was because all the teachers of this time gained popularity by the number of students they attracted, not the number of books they wrote. None of the great teachers of that era wrote books–they left it to their students to do compilations of their teaching.
That’s the sort of background information you’ll get from The New Testament in Antiquity, by Gary M. Burge, Lynn H. Cohick and Gene L. Green, a trio of professors from Wheaton College and Graduate School. [Read More]
Thomas Nelson and Zondervan were among the first publishers to release titles for Apple’s new iPad digital-media device this past weekend, according to Christian Retailing magazine. Over 300,000 iPads sold on the launch day last Saturday and more than 250,000 e-books were downloaded.
Nelson released 1,200 titles on the iPad, including Max Lucado’s Fearless and Dave Ramsey’s The Total Money Makeover. They were available available for download Saturday on iBooks, Apple’s digital book store. Nelson CEO Michael Hyatt said, “We are extremely pleased that Thomas Nelson has the largest collection of inspirational titles available on such a revolutionary reading device.”
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.– Zondervan has signed an agreement with attorney Craig Parshall and Tim LaHaye, creator and co-author of the world renowned Left Behind series. Three years after the final installment of the Left Behind series, LaHaye returns to publish Edge of Apocalypse, the first book in a new series called The End. [Read More]
Thomas Nelson Publishers, the 7th largest trade publisher, with a predominately Christian catalog, has sued the Zondervan Corporation, the Christian publishing division of HarperCollins, the number 2 trade publisher, which is owned by Newscorp. At stake is the fate of Gigi, God’s Little Princess and the Princess Twins, books and multimedia products aimed at girls 4-8 years old. [Read More]
