Jesus
By: Alton Gansky.
Series: The indispensable guide to practically everything
Publisher: Guideposts; Distributed by Ideals Publications
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York; Nashville, Tenn
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780824947743
Subjects: Jesus Christ -- Person and offices
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Discovering Jesus in the pages of the Bible; title: How the Bible reveals Jesus; title: What makes the Gospels so great?; title: Why we can trust the Gospels; title: Gospel differences; title: The men who wrote the Gospels; title: The land and people of Jesus' day; title: Jesus arrival; title: Jesus before his birth; title: What He left behind to come here; title: An angelic birth announcement; title: Can the virgin birth be real?; title: Mary, the mother; title: Joseph, the father; title: The day Mary gave birth; title: The little town of Bethlehem; title: What is a manger and why is it important?; title: Eyewitnesses : shepherds, wise men, and angels; title: The amazing people in Jesus' lineage; title: King Herod's horrible response; title: What was Jesus like?; title: Jesus' first public appearance; title: How Jesus faced temptation; title: Many names and titles, one person; title: Jesus at the temple, unafraid of confrontation; title: How Jesus lived sinless in a world of sinners; title: Suffocated by crowds, Jesus dealt with the masses; title: Jesus need to get away; title: I am how Jesus described himself; title: Who do people say I am?; title: The emotional Jesus, the times Jesus wept; title: Jesus came for reasons different than expected; title: Jesus is more than He seems transfiguration; title: How Jesus worked; title: Jesus, the itinerant preacher; title: Loving what society rejects, lepers and others; title: Working with society's outsiders, adulterers, prostitutes, outcasts; title: Erasing the lines of prejudice; title: Jesus shows compassion for the conquerors; title: Breaking social rules; title: The meaning of miracles; title: Types of miracles; title: The first miracle; title: Miracles over disease; title: Miracles done over distance; title: Miracles involving the dead; title: Miracles over nature; title: Miracles with messages; title: The world's greatest teacher; title: Jesus' parables; title: The rich man and Lazarus : a different kind of story; title: Jesus' Sermon on the Mount; title: Jesus' teachings about God's desire; title: Jesus' teachings about our need for forgiveness; title: Jesus' teachings about our responsibility to others; title: Jesus' teachings about prayer; title: Jesus' teachings about our relationship to Him; title: Jesus' teachings about His death and resurrection; title: Jesus' teachings about His Second Coming; title: Private sermons to the disciples; title: Jesus' final message; title: Friends and enemies; title: Mary Magdalene and other women who followed Jesus; title: Supporters and followers : Mary, Martha and Lazarus; title: Joseph of Arimathea and the body of Jesus; title: Out of the shadows, Nicodemus and Jesus' burial; title: Those who hated Him most, the Pharisees; title: Those who challenged Jesus, the Sadducees; title: Those who tried to outsmart Jesus, the scribes; title: The end of the beginning; title: The triumphal entry into Jerusalem; title: The Lord's supper : portraying His own death; title: Alone in the Garden of Gethsemane; title: Jesus unanswered prayer; title: Jesus on trial; title: The Barabbas mystery; title: The death Jesus died; title: Buried in a tomb; title: The first Easter : Resurrection; title: The lesson of angels at the tomb; title: The twelve resurrection appearances of Christ; title: Jesus ascent to heaven; title: How Jesus changed the world; title: Working through the apostles; title: Working through the church; title: The persecutor who met Jesus; title: From Jerusalem to the world the message continues; title: Personal and knowable.