Audiobooks Narrated by Mark L. Strauss

How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth: Audio Lectures: An Introduction for the Beginner

How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth: Audio Lectures helps disciples of all kinds get the most out of their Bible-reading experience. This vital set of lessons taught by author Mark Strauss focuses on historical contexts of the Bible and explains differences between Old Testament narratives, the Epistles, Gospels, Parables, Psalms, and more.

Douglas Stuart, Gordon D. Fee, Mark L. Strauss (Author), Douglas Stuart, Gordon D. Fee, Gordon Fee, Mark L. Strauss, Mark Strauss, Tom Parks (Narrator)

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Four Portraits, One Jesus (Audio Lectures): A Survey of Jesus and the Gospels

To Christians worldwide, the man Jesus of Nazareth is the centerpiece of history, the object of faith, hope, and worship. Even those who do not follow him admit the vast influence of his life. For anyone interested in knowing more about Jesus, study of the four biblical Gospels is essential. Four Portraits, One Jesus is a thorough yet accessible introduction to these documents and their subject, the life and person of Jesus. Like different artists rendering the same subject using different styles and points of view, the Gospels paint four highly distinctive portraits of the same remarkable Jesus. With clarity and insight, Mark Strauss illuminates these four books, first addressing their nature, origin, methods for study, and historical, religious, and cultural backgrounds. He then moves on to closer study of each narrative and its contribution to our understanding of Jesus, investigating things such as plot, characters, and theme. Finally, he pulls it all together with a detailed examination of what the Gospels teach about Jesus' ministry, message, death, and resurrection, with excursions into the quest for the historical Jesus and the historical reliability of the Gospels. (This product is an audio lecture by the author recorded before a live audience, and is based on the text of the book Four Portraits, One Jesus.)

Mark L. Strauss (Author), Mark L. Strauss, Mark Strauss (Narrator)

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Jesus Behaving Badly: The Puzzling Paradoxes of the Man from Galilee

Everybody likes Jesus. Don't they? We overlook that Jesus was Judgmental? preaching hellfire far more than the apostle Paul Uncompromising? telling people to hate their families Chauvinistic? excluding women from leadership Racist? insulting people from other ethnic groups Anti-environmental? cursing a fig tree and affirming animal sacrifice Angry? overturning tables and chasing moneychangers in the temple He demanded moral perfection, told people to cut off body parts, made prophecies that haven't come true, and defied religious and political authorities. While we tend to ignore this troubling behavior, the people around Jesus didn't. Some believed him so dangerous that they found a way to have him killed. The Jesus everybody likes, says Mark Strauss, is not the Jesus found in the Gospels. He's a figure we've created in our own minds. Strauss believes that when we unpack the puzzling paradoxes of the man from Galilee, we find greater insight into his countercultural message and mission than we could ever have imagined.

Mark L. Strauss (Author), Mark L. Strauss (Narrator)

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