Résultats pour "Jesus" dans Littérature, romans et fiction

The last survivors of humanity have just been deposited on Pandora, a horrific, poisonous planet rife with deadly nerve-runners, hooded dashers, airborne jellyfish, and intelligent kelp. The determined colonists attempt to establish a bridgehead on the deadly, inhospitable planet, but more trouble arises. Their sentient ship - backed up by an impressive array of armaments - has decided it is God and is insisting the colonists find appropriate ways to worship it.

Gibran's Jesus: The Son of Man is a portrayal of Christ through the eyes of His contemporaries - men and women who knew him as an enemy, friend, teacher, and Son.

The characters, including Mary Magdalen, Simon Peter, Pontius Pilate, and Barabbas are brought to life against the social, political, and religious realities of Palestine and Rome at that period.

Obra mais conhecida da escritora mineira Carolina Maria de Jesus, Quarto de despejo reúne entradas dos diários que a autora manteve enquanto vivia na favela do Canindé, em São Paulo. Publicado em 1960, o livro narra o cotidiano de Carolina, a criação de seus filhos, seu trabalho como catadora de papel e escritora, suas preocupações literárias, afetos e a vida com outros moradores do Canindé. Quarto de despejo serve como porta de entrada para a escrita de uma autora fundamental, traduzida para inúmeros idiomas, que arrebata leitores de todo o mundo por sua precisão e força literária.

Wer hat das originale Jesus-Video gestohlen? Stephen Foxx war immer überzeugt, dass es Agenten des Vatikans gewesen sein müssen und dass der Überfall ein letzter Versuch war, damit ein unliebsames Dokument aus der Welt zu schaffen. Es ist schon fast zu spät, als er die Wahrheit erfährt: Tatsächlich steckt eine Gruppierung dahinter, von deren Existenz Stephen zwar weiß, von deren wahrer Macht er aber bis dahin nichts geahnt hat. Die Videokassette spielt eine wesentliche Rolle in einem alten Plan von unglaublichen Dimensionen.

Let's talk about the second coming of our Lord Jesus, the benefits to the world, Christians and the dangers to the non-believers.

Gladys Hight lives alone in a cozy little house in southeastern Wisconsin. Occasionally, her family has heard her speaking with Harry, her husband, who died four years ago. Her daughter, Patty, the type-A opposite of Gladys, worries about her mother’s sanity. At 78, even Gladys has her doubts.

What could be better than marrying your soulmate, with whom you can share the rest of your life? Sharing Jesus with that person.

This fourth book in the Seeing Jesus series introduces Karl Meyer, whose retirement becomes a lonely prospect when his wife leaves him and his dog dies. Such losses might test one’s sanity. That’s what Karl assumed was happening when he began to hear noises, and then voices, in his old house. Though dizzying at times, what follows fills Karl’s home with beloved companions and hope for the future.

Ya puedes escuchar El evangelio según Jesucristo, que tanto sorprendió al mundo católico, presenta una visión mundana de los hechos relativos a Jesús: las circunstancias de su nacimiento, el descubrimiento del amor junto a María Magdalena, la angustia por saber cuál es el verdadero sentido de su existencia ante los ojos de Dios....

Paul Bailey is a daytime TV actor in Hollywood. His faith has been on hold for a few years as he focuses on his career. And he hasn’t been following all the rules church people generally expect. He’s still reeling from his father leaving when he was a kid, his brother overdosing and his sister succumbing to a mysterious illness. His faith was always too fragile to help him fully recover from any of that. Paul goes home to comfort his mother after his sister’s death. His mom is all he has left. To please her, he takes the starring role in her church’s annual passion play.

In 2003 Tildy Hawkins is wondering if she can trust her friend A.J. with all her secrets. Can she tell A.J. that she lives with her grandma because her mother is in drug rehab? Can she tell her that her irresponsible dad abandoned her? Can she explain what it feels like to be neither white nor black? And can she tell A.J. that she’s tempted to try cutting herself? All that is too much to tell, too much to trust to another eleven-year-old.

Alone again and working another meaningless job, Johnny Bailey gets an invitation to his son’s wedding. The last time he talked to his son was to see if he could borrow money from him again. Maybe he’ll pay him back before attending the wedding. Maybe. Bad luck. That’s what it is. The theme of Johnny’s life. The antidote for that bad luck was usually drinking or some kind of drug, legal or otherwise. But he’s been clean for almost a year. He goes to the meetings. Yet he is clearly losing his mind. Because in his apartment is a man … or not really a man … not just a man.

Bei Ausgrabungen in Israel findet der Archäologe Stephen Foxx in einem 2000 Jahre alten Grab die Bedienungsanleitung einer Videokamera, die erst in einigen Jahren auf den Markt kommen soll. Es gibt nur eine Erklärung: Jemand muss versucht haben, Aufnahmen von Jesus Christus zu machen! Der Tote im Grab wäre demnach ein Mann aus der Zukunft, der in die Vergangenheit reiste. Und irgendwo in Israel wartet das Jesus-Video darauf, gefunden zu werden. Oder ist alles nur ein großangelegter Schwindel? Eine turbulente Jagd beginnt.

Trudy Jensen has been caring for other people for over twenty years, their broken hearts, broken lives and broken relationships. Now she’s thinking about her own relationships, particularly with men. Should she try online dating? What if one of her counselling clients found her online? Even as she stalls over these questions she meets an intriguing man.

When he meets a strangely dressed man on the bus, he stops worrying about his grandmother, who’s in the hospital, and starts questioning his own mental health. Apparently no one else can see the strange guy. Which must mean he’s not really there. Except there he is always hanging around, all day long. And for days in a row.

Bethany Hight has followed her heart toward a dream of her own and away from her mother’s ambitions for her. Instead of bright lights on shiny stages, Bethany aspires to teach music to children. She will have to pursue her own dream without the support of her mother, which includes working in a diner.

After crossing oceans, a man and a boy arrive in a new land. Here they are each assigned a name and an age, and held in a camp in the desert while they learn Spanish, the language of their new country. As Simón and David they make their way to the relocation centre in the city of Novilla, where...

Walter Wangerin Jr. is know for his powerful storytelling in such books as The Book of the Dun Cow, The Book of God, and Paul: A Novel. Now he offers the most important story of the Christian faith—the life of Jesus presented in the author’s inimitable style. Rich in atmosphere and...

Denis Johnsons Storysammlung Jesus' Son, 1992 in den USA erschienen, berichtet von Verwirrung, Leiden und Heilung eines jungen Drifters und hat den Autor zur lebenden Legende gemacht. Dies ist eines der herausragendsten Bücher der jüngeren amerikanischen Literatur; es schuf einen Ton, der in zuvor nie gehörter Weise Grauen und Komik, Schrecken und Zärtlichkeit einschließt.

Eu era apenas um adolescente perdido quando encontrei o poder transformador do evangelho durante o que ficou conhecido como O movimento de Jesus. Milhares de jovens como eu, que tinham procurado sentido em todos os lugares errados, foram arrastados por um despertar espiritual que ninguém previu. As igrejas encheram-se, os batismos transbordaram e uma nova vaga de crentes apaixonados espalhou-se pelo mundo.