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Excellent Books -
Assumptions That Affect Our Lives by Christian Overman
Book Description - The visible actions of people are first shaped by invisible thoughts, deep in the unseen world of the human mind and heart. What factors influence those invisible ideas? For people who live in the Western world, the answers can be found by examining the two major roots of Western thought--the ancient Greeks and the ancient Hebrews. Assumptions That Affect Our Lives takes the reader back to the roots of the modern conflict between Christianity and secular humanism through a comparison of ancient Greek and Hebrew culture. What the reader will discover is, the current tension between evangelical Christians and the non-biblical ideas with which they are surrounded is an age old conflict. By viewing the current situation in the context of the ancient Greeks and Hebrews, contemporary Christians can be better equipped to deal with the challenges of living in a predominately Greek-based culture today.
Torah Rediscovered by Ariel and D'vorah Berkowitz
Believer-do you know your identity in Messiah? Are you free to Be all He made you to be?
Torah Rediscovered lovingly challenges readers, Jewish and non-Jewish alike, to take an honest new look at the true nature of the first five books of the Bible (the Torah). Torah Rediscovered reveals the beauty and depth of God’s divine covenantal revelation. In doing so, Torah Rediscovered attempts to demonstrate to all who seek to understand it how its divinely inspired pages can help them to learn in greater depth what it means to be new creations in Messiah.
Torah Rediscovered lovingly challenges readers, Jewish and non-Jewish alike, to take an honest new look at the true nature of the first five books of the Bible (the Torah). Torah Rediscovered reveals the beauty and depth of God’s divine covenantal revelation. In doing so, Torah Rediscovered attempts to demonstrate to all who seek to understand it how its divinely inspired pages can help them to learn in greater depth what it means to be new creations in Messiah.
Time is the Ally of Deceit by Richard Rives
There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. ...Proverbs 16:25 Many aspects of Traditional Christianity cannot be found in the Bible. They can however be traced directly to the worship of pagan gods which predate Christianity by centuries. How is it that precepts that have nothing to do with Christ and everything to do with pagan sun worship have found their way into our churches? History reveals that there is one very good answer: Time is the Ally of Deceit. FLEE TO THE MOUNTAINS First century believers, based on the warning by Jesus left Jerusalem prior to its destruction in 70 A.D. BAAL COMES TO ROME During the third century Roman emperors brought the worship of Baal to Rome consolidating the worship of all the sun gods under the title Sol Invictus. THE PERSIAN SUN GOD MITHRA Historians report that during the 4th century the worship of the Persian sun god Mithra mysteriously vanished as Christianity was established as the religion of the empire. Was it Mithraism that vanished? or true Christianity? CONSTANTINE AND THE NICAEAN COUNCIL While his coins state that he was committed to the sun god Sol Invictus, Constantine became known as the First Christian Emperor. Presiding over the Council of Nicaea the date for the observance of Passover was changed from the Biblically prescribed timing. REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY Many theologians would tell us that Sunday has replaced the 7th day Sabbath: that in fact the law has been "nailed to the cross." Jesus said that unitl heaven and earth pass away not even the slightest aspect of the law would change.