Christ the King Books

Clopper and the Night Travelers is a picturebook for Christian children, told from the perspective of a friendly donkey who was present for the birth of Jesus Christ. Clopper and the Night Travelers further tells the tale of how Jesus' mother and father followed the guidance of an angel to hide the baby Jesus from the wicked King Herod's dominion. "When we got to Israel, Joseph heard that Herod's cruel son Archelaus ruled the land around Bethlehem. In a dream, God warned Joseph not to go back there. So we kept going north, all the way to Nazareth. That was a long trip and my hooves needed a rest!" Jovial, cartoony illustrations endear this story, which makes the early years of Jesus' family's life accessible to young readers. A welcome addition to Christian children's picturebook shelves. Also highly recommended is the previous picturebook in the Clopper series, "Clopper the Christmas Donkey."

Clopper and the Night Travelers is a well-grounded, child-friendly telling of the first years of Jesus' life. Shared through the eyes (and ears) of a donkey, the readers hear the story from a new voice. Nearly each page set has (on a parchment page) the Biblical words allowing older children to learn not only Clopper's story, but The Story. Illustrated by Ed Olson, the inviting characters add to the tale. Emily King (be sure to read her stories of Mrs. Twiggimbotham) continues in her use of fine language and correct grammar to present a new Christmas book, both pleasing to children and adults.

Clopper is an adorable storyteller. He includes scriptures on many pages as he describes his experiences during his time with Jesus. The pictures also show accurately that Jesus wasn't a newborn when the wise men came to visit the Lord. The story follows a progression of events including the time Mary and Joseph stayed in Egypt with Jesus until they were told it was safe to return. But because of the reputation of Herod's evil son, they took no chances and decided to continue on to Nazareth. A map shows the route their journey took. I enjoyed the detailed illustrations and the story given from the donkey's point of view. This book could be read any time of the year even though it's geared toward Christmas time.

I liked this book so much, I bought several for members of my prayer group. We now have discussions on its contents. This is just what I have been looking for. After reading Jeanne Guyon first book on "Experiencing the Depths of Jesus Christ", I knew I had to read her other writings.

Madame Guyon used simple short words to speak out deep truth in different people's spiritual life. More than that, she gave appropriate medicine to the person in that situation. The book is awesome. Every piece of advice is precious pure gold. Thank God for this wonderful supply.

Writing a review for a Madame Guyon book is a bit like submitting a critique of Shakespeare. Her writings are classic. Who hasn't read her? What can I add?

Personally, my moments with Guyon are treasured and vital. Like an aspirin for pain, a dose of Jeanne Guyon brings relief to the hurried, exterior western mindset. Radical in her day, her thoughts continue to challenge the religious. Her mystic writings cut through the fog of our present culture. Her words often pierce by surprise. Her truths are exacting and accurate in this collection of letters. The focus is clear: turn from self to Christ; abandon yourself to God. Trust His love and grace for all spiritual progress.

My only objection to this edition is its subtitle, "Sit at the feet of the greatest woman in church history." Although I might personally agree with that statement, if Madame Guyon isn't rolling over in her grave at that accolade, she has most certainly protested to her Beloved about it. Her key objective in this text, and in all her writings, is to lead others to sit at HIS feet. As she writes in chapter 30: "See God alone. Fix your eyes on Him and never put them on yourself." It is ironic that the publisher would so violate her vision in circulating her material. Having said that, I am grateful to the Seed Sowers for providing the text - and highly recommend it.

The Shepherd's Song is written in an engaging style making it easy to read. It brings scenes and events from David's life alive and then shows how the same struggles are ours today. This book takes you beyond seeing David as a dirty, shepherd boy watching sheep and writing songs to the man his own mighty men feared. The Shepherd's Song reviews David's failings and his restoration by God's grace when David turned in repentance and sought the Lord's will. In reference to David's adulterous affair, the author states we are a very deceptive people--how often does the phone wake you and you tell the other person "no you didn't wake me."

This is a good book for independent reading. At the back of the book discussion questions are divided by chapter, so Sunday School classes or small groups could use it as a study.

An easy read that draws you in and holds you long after you've finished the book.This is the best study of David's life that I've ever read.It goes into depth on David from his youth to death not just his shining moment with Goliath and his dark one with Bathsheba, and holds a mirror up to our own lives as in relation to his.It makes David real to you and shows how much we can still learn from his example.And shows how the God who shaped David will shape you too.It's written from a christian perspective.It was fist released under the title "Finding the Heart to Go On."

I read this book nearly two years ago and based a Sunday School adult class on the practical lessons each chapter contains. One of the most popular classes at our Church. The reader comes to understand how a man who sinned so grievously, time after time could be reffered to by God himself as "a man after my own heart". By discovering how God could possibly see David as a man after God's own heart, the reader comes to understand that he too can have a God like heart even though he makes mistakes.

Threads of love and joy are woven into this Palm Sunday tale, told through the eyes of a young colt called upon to carry a king. The animal is fearful when he is led through noisy streets to the olive grove. But Jesus comforts him: "In his voice was a river of quiet; in his touch a shelter of peace." His fear leaves him and he knows, then, that he is bearing a true king on his back in the triumphal procession into Jerusalem. Evocative and richly detailed illustrations in warm Mediterranean hues accompany the tale--creating places, creatures, and moments so real that readers can almost touch them. Together, Marni McGee and John Winch have created an elegant and eloquent book.

I don't know of any other picture books specifically about Palm Sunday, but if there are any I'm sure none are as beautiful and moving as this one. Sometimes in books for children the art alone makes the book worth buying. That's certainly true here, but this one knocks you out with the words, too. They're gentle and musical and powerful. I'm not a religious person, but this book is on my shelf for keeps. Every kid should have it.

I first took this book out of the library to share the Easter story with my daughters, ages 3 and 4. They just loved the illustrations. These made the story so alive to them they wanted to kiss away the hurt they thought Jesus was feeling. It was great to see the stained glass-like art work while reading the elegant words from the King James Bible. This book is a must for any parent trying to figure out how to present this story to young kids in a beautiful yet realistic way.

The stain-glass like illustrations and the King James text make this picture book appropriately sacred. Although the story is told briefly, many key details are nonetheless included. For example, the text mentions the last supper, doubting Thomas, and several of Christ Jesus' appearances after the resurrection, including the morning meal at the sea of Tiberias. This book is an excellent choice for parents and grandparents who want to be sure their children are biblically literate.

This book was very readable, engaging and ultimately inspiring. It actually surprised me: I started out a bit skeptical that I would find it enjoyable, but the profiles of Christian heroes from many traditions and backgrounds were really fascinating. In the end, I found myself wanting to put their examples to work in my own life. This book is worth reading by anyone who wonders if there is a practical way to "be more like Christ."

How do Christians model themselves after the leaders they respect the most? "Hero for Christ: 30 Ways You Can Be More Like Mother Teresa, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Twenty Other World Changing Christians" is a self-improvement manual that gives people hope and advice for emulating the positive qualities of great men and women. With tips on defending one's beliefs, leadership, charity, and maintaining one's ethics in a world that can be surprisingly hostile to the devout Christians, "Hero for Christ" is a must for anyone who wants to make themselves more like their heroes.

I have found volume two to be as exciting and rewarding as HRAY MAH Jesus Christ is Coming! which is volume one of the three book series.

I was drawn deeper into scripture and easilly into the understanding of the Simplicity of the Gospel of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. My thirst was quenched within the Holy Word.

This writer has brought fresh knowledge to the scriptures so that I as an individual could discover for myself within the Word of God and in my own favorite translation ( KJV ) is mine.

I feel so renewed into the Gospel as it was ment to be read and understood so even a small child could comprehend it. That is what this book has done for me.

The revealing of the End Times is upon us!

I have now learned to watch and pray what Jesus asked His followers called Christians to pray and seek: Remarkable how simple it was!

Greater is He that is in us than he that is in the world. Amen and Amen

I recommend this book highly.

HRAY-MAH GODS WORD TO A MAN VOLUME TWO

I found his writing style easily opened the scriptures so that I could understand and check from my own bible exactly what was being shared and revealed as I read his first Hray Mah book. I found the warning to be exactly as it was given and the closeness of the Lord's Return is at hand. No christion writer I have read before has so deeply touched my thoughts and brought me with a deep thirst to seek the Living Word from scripture on my own reading as this author. The Fruits of the Spirit flow in gentleness in his writings, and he asks every reader to test his Fruits of the Spirit exactly as Jesus told us to do.

THIS BOOK IS FOR THOSE CALLING THEMSELVES AS
CHRISTIANS IN THE BODY OF JESUS CHRIST OF NAZRETH.

I agree: Jesus is Coming!


I am looking forward to reading all his other books. Clearly, this is Christianity as it was really meant to be: Simple and direct...and based only on Jesus Christ of Nazareth as our Lord Savior. Amen!

I have also bought Mr. Vincents' book titled:

NINE MONTHS PLUS ONE DAY
Nine Months Plus One Day: By Robert William Vincent

This story brought me to wonderful warm tears. It reminded me of the wonder of motherhood and the mysteries within. I was amazed that a man could write in such depth to touch gently the within of a woman. It was fantastic! I became attached to the baby telling the story as if it were my own and within my own womb. I felt once again the warmth of motherhood and the feelings which pregnancy brings
upon a mother and her bonding with the child growing inside. I laughed at the humor and was awed at the depth I was drawn to perceive. The author's ability to comprehend is dramatic and his perceptions right on.

The illustrations are child-like perceptions that of themselves also depicted a story. Mr. Vincents' use of art he created is heartfelt.

I recommend this book to all women and especially to
all carrying a blessing. I believe this book could easily
be used as a tutor for teenage children for sharing how and why children are conceived and arrive into this world. In a true and comforting way of sharing the answers all children one day ask of their parents.

I admit, I have now read it at least four times through and still find warm tears and joy arrive each time. Wow!

Nine Months Plus One Day: By Robert William Vincent

Or at Kindle:
NINE MONTHS PLUS ONE DAY

As to the title of this review, all works I have considered so far on the topic of the historical Jesus are speculative, most are scholarly to a greater or lesser extent, and many are dishonest to varying degrees in a variety of ways. If the purpose of these works is to reveal to the reader an objective picture of the life and ministry of Jesus, quite a number are useless while a majority are marginally to moderately useful. Albert Schweitzer famously disposed of most of the first quest for the historical Jesus by German scholars of the nineteenth century in one terse sentence. The second quest following Bultmann and Dibelius found that a true picture was unobtainable considering the source information available. And, the third quest that commenced in or shortly before the nineteen seventies has produced a wide variety of different and mutually incompatible results. It is a tribute to the pluralism of our contemporary society that in this third quest we can find a portrait of Jesus to suit any one's needs and prejudices. I have read or reread over sixty works in this cycle of study on the topic of the historical Jesus with well over forty of these works being from the third quest. And at this point, I am inclined to agree with Willian E. Arnal's assessment that the third quest is just about as abject a failure as were the first two.

This book is the work of a mature scholar at the height of his powers. Conclusory assumptions appear to be totally missing from this work. This book is a methodical presentation of fact, theory, and speculative deduction that is honest in separating fact from opinion. The reader is invited to form his own interpretations by interacting with the author's methodological practices, operating theories, and factual presentations. However, for the reader to accomplish this, they need to be nearly as well informed on the material covered as is the author. Buchanan's writing is crisp, clear, and easily understandable. But, this is a dense scholarly book that deserves and demands careful consideration to be fully appreciated and engaged. The first chapter is a inquiry into the meaning of the terms "Kingdom of God" and the "Kingdom of Heaven" in the Old Testament, Targumim, New Testament, and Rabbinic literature. The author finds these phrases connote the promised land under Jewish control and that all the titles of Jesus in the N.T pertain to kingship. Next is a technical section on "Rhetoricians, Philosophers, and Literary Forms." Buchanan presents an advanced form criticism based on literary conventions and usages in antiquity. He finds the chreia to be a basically trustworthy device that was relied upon by ancient historians for reliable information. Material so encapsulated retained its accuracy over periods of time spanning many centuries. The New Testament is loaded with chreias that in all likelihood represent the true teachings of Jesus.

Mindful of the above conclusion regarding the "Kingdom," the author provides an analysis of Jesus' ministry in the next five chapters. Each chapter tries to isolate one aspect of that ministry and investigate it by considering the chreias, parables, and other materials that pertain. Buchanan finds in Jesus a political messiah planning for the military removal of the occupying power from the promised land so as to bring the "Kingdom of God" to earth. However, the author readily admits that in the ministry of Jesus no overt acts of a revolutionary character took place with the possible exception of the cleansing of the Temple. Furthermore, the immediate transition upon Jesus' death of His movement into pacifistic non-violence is acknowledged. While I am dubious about the proposition of Jesus as a military Messiah, the handling and analysis of the N. T. and other source materials is much of the time extremely fresh, exciting, and persuasive. In the chapter, "Law and Liberty," a remarkably insightful exposition of Jesus' conflicts with the Levitical law is provided. The chapter, "The Royal Treasury," breaks new ground on the topic of repentance and forgiveness. Following these chapters Buchanan provides a technical explanation on "Cycles of Time and Their Signs" which provides the basis for the closing section on "The Church Writes History." It is clearly explained that the ancients, both Greek and Semitic, viewed history as a cyclical process. Once this fact is established, a clear presentation is provided of how traditions, chreias, parables, and other materials were integrated by standard literary conventions and devices to produce the gospels.

Elsewhere, I have supported the concept of a major political component in Jesus' ministry. Therefore, Buchanan's analysis of Jesus' aims is not alien to my thinking. However, I find R. David Kaylor's profile of a pacifistic, political messiah more persuasive. But, this ultimately begs the question. If Buchanan's critical analysis of the applicable ancient literature is correct, a good deal of other third quest scholarship is of questionable value. And, in my opinion, much of the literary critical analysis presented in "Jesus: The King and His Kingdom" is not only correct but often times brilliant and occasionally magisterial. Failure to deal with Buchanan's work and its implicit dismantlement of much later scholarship on the topic may lead to blind spots in any interested party's assessment of the historical Jesus. This book demonstrates that the critical analysis of the Jesus Seminar is anachronistic and, therefore, largely counterproductive. Equally, the other great contemporary school of thought which presents us with a Jesus thoroughly at home in first century CE Pharisaic Judaism is shown to be factually incorrect in significant ways. As with all purely historical considerations of the career of Jesus, this book does not answer questions about the universal Christ of faith. However, it should be noted that a political take on the the earthly ministry of Jesus does not in any way deny the possibility of the deified Jesus Christ. This book should be considered mandatory reading for students and scholars concerned with the historical Jesus. This is a book that I shall read again from time to time.

George Wesley Buchanan believes that Bible scholars haven't had the courage to face the historical Jesus, or at least to communicate the truth about Jesus to ordinary Christians.

He uses form criticism to discover what can be known about Jesus. I learned everything I know about "chreias" from this book. Chreias are memory devices Greek rhetoricians used. Buchanan believes that Bible writers remembered events in Jesus's life in chreia form. He believes he can identify them where they occur, and that chreia portions of the Gospels can be trusted as reliable. This provides an answer to the synoptic problem.

Using both Christian and non-Christian literature, he traces chreias in literature through hundreds of years, showing how the meaning remained the same, but the wording varied .

Buchanan believes that parables are less reliably preserved than chreias. He notices hints of military terminology in the parables. This leads him to suspect that Reimarus was too quickly dismissed, and that at least at one time Jesus probably was organizing an insurrection against the Romans.

He has a chapter on cycles of time that helps explain eschatological thinking during Bible times.

The book is much better than this review. Buchanan presents lots of data, but tries not to be dogmatic. In spite of the depressing conclusions that Buchanan seems to reach about Jesus, you should read the book. You won't stay up nights any more wondering why Matthew, Mark, and Luke report the same events in different words after reading about chreias.

None of Buchanan's books are boring, and none are a rehash of what others have said before him. They are always full of original thought and interesting data.

Thius collection of essays is an invaluable tool for all serious students of the Book of Mormon, focusing on King Benjamin's farewell speech as contained in Mosiah 1-6 of the text, such as providing exegesis of certain pericope and showing the ancient background of the speech, such as the speech's roots in ancient kingship rituals.

In chapter 4, "Benjamin's Sermon as Traditional Ancient Farewell Address" by John W. Welch and Daryl R. Hague, shows that King Benjamin's farewell address may qualify as the best existing example of an ancient farewell speech rooted in early biblical tradition. Non-LDS scholar William S. Kurz has examined numerous ancient farewell speeches and identified 20 elements that appear commonly (no one speech has all 20). Sixteen of the elements are directly present in Benjamin's speech, and two others are implied. No other ancient farewell speech has a greater number of these elements. Further, Benjamin's speech is well focused on the most important elements typical of Old Testament traditions.

Overall, this book provides very stong evidence conducive to the ancient roots of the Book of Mormon volume, something that Joseph Smith could not possibly have hoped for if it were all a fraud.

High recommended.

That Ye May Learn Wisdom is the best commentary so far available for this incredible speech. It provides information from a variety of topics: the temple, coronation, widsom literature, doctrine and also a chapter on the use of King Benjamin's speech in the words of the latter-day prophets and apostles. An invaluable resource on those seeking a more scholarly look at the LDS scriptures.

Jejus said, "I am road, truth and life."

Big enough to stop a bullet, but small enough for a jacket pocket. Big, Big print for a pocket Bible. Awesome verse ref. and Messianic prophesies. Survived Combat and two car accidents only one torn page. Only Bible I've ever had to survive total immersion in water and not become fat as a tree trunk!I keep buying other thin/pocket Bibles, but I always go back to this one. This will be my second time replacing from this same publisher. I ride a Harley with the Servants For Christ Motorcycle Ministry in all weather conditions. It has to be tough!