Nick Page: 12 books
by Nick Page
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2018
Essential reading...enlightening and informative...you will be sure to learn something new. - Church of England Newspaper
In this illuminating read, Nick Page strips away centuries of misrepresentation and myth to reveal the real personality portrayed in the gospels. Drawing on a wealth of...
by Nick Page
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2013
From Abelard to Zwingli, via a multitude of saints and sinners, Nick Page guides us through the creeds, the councils, the buildings and the background of the Christian church in an illuminating, and perhaps ever so slightly irreverent way.
Well-known as a writer, speaker, unlicensed historian...
Revelation Road
One mans journey to the heart of apocalypse and back again
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2014
If you're reading this, we're still alive. The end of the world has not occurred. But it can't be long now, can it?
For two thousand years, the Book of Revelation has inspired countless conspiracy theorists, film-makers, writers and artists, as well as theologians and teachers. But why are...
A Nearly Infallible History of the Reformation
Commemorating 500 years of Popes, Protestants, Reformers, Radicals and Other Assorted Irritants
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2017
500 years ago, Martin Luther nailed his ideas to a church door - and the Reformation began. Or maybe it was a little more complicated than that.
Nick Page brings his skills as an unlicensed historian to bear on this key period in European (and world) history in order to uncover everything you...
The Wrong Messiah
The Real Story of Jesus of Nazareth
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2011
He came from the wrong social class, the wrong place and the wrong profession. He ate with the wrong people, championed the wrong causes and attracted the wrong kind of supporters. He even spoke with the wrong accent.
In fact everything about Jesus of Nazareth was wrong. How could this odd-job...
Kingdom of Fools
The Unlikely Rise of the Early Church
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2012
Fools. Rebels. Ignorant peasants.
That's how the Roman world saw the first Christians. Led by fishermen, tax collectors and renegade Pharisees, the first Christians shunned power and welcomed the poor and uneducated. Roman commentators mocked their upside-down values, but the apostle Paul - himself...
The Dark Night of the Shed
Men, the midlife crisis, spirituality - and sheds
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2015
Men, the midlife crisis, spirituality - and sheds
A new bike - running the marathon - splashing out on a sports car - having an affair - taking up triathlon - upping sticks and moving to the country - getting divorced - even going into the church...
There's a point in a man's life where...
And Now Let's Move Into a Time of Nonsense
Why Worship Songs are Failing the Church
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2004
Have you ever felt frustrated with the words of the worship songs that we sing? Why are they so forgettable? Why are they filled with such weird language? Where have all the writers gone?
Combining humour with strong argument, Nick Page analyses how worship song writers have bought into a disposable,...
by Nick Page
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2014
Jesus Christ is arguably the most important figure in human history. He never ran a country, led an army, or wrote a book. He lived and died in a geographic backwater. But today two billion people round the world claim to follow him. Yet for someone who has had so great an impact on history and human...
God's Dangerous Book
The Surprising History of the World'd Most Radical Book
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
God's Dangerous Book is the dramatic story of the history of the Bible. More, its a book about how the Bible has always been a dangerous, provocative text. The Bible is more than just a piece of literature. It's a challenge, an inspiration, a wild, unsettling mandate for revolutionary behaviour. And...
The Longest Week
The truth about Jesus' last days
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2010
What really happened during Jesus' final days? It was, historically speaking, nothing much; a death in Jerusalem, a routine execution at the edge of an empire. Yet that execution - and the events surrounding it - were to have a profound effect on the history of the world.
The last week of Jesus'...
by Nick Page
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2013
What makes the Bible the world's best-selling book, year after year after year? Where did it come from? What's it all about? And why does it continue to influence so many people around the world? Instant Experts: The Bible gives you everything you need to know about this ancient, unique and powerful...