Samizdat Creative: 7 books

Reading the Gospel stories of Jesus is for many of you not unlike watching a 3D movie without wearing 3D glasses. You can make out a few details and get a vague sense of what’s going on, but the whole screen is fairly distorted and if you stare too long, your head starts to hurt. This book seeks to change that.

One thing is common in all of these interactions: we have no idea what sex is, or the power it wields, or the consequences of its misuse, or even the promise sex makes about our spirituality. Sex is everywhere, and because of that, the Church needs to do a better job of framing sexuality in the right...

Most people have heard that following Christ ought to be life changing. But even Christians know that life often feels too hard, even purposeless, and God seems too distant. It’s time we understood just how embedded we are with God, so that we can live free from guilt over past sins, free from spiritual failure resulting from ignoring God, and free from loneliness and spiritual isolation.

Author Dr. David McDonald explores the reason, the anticipation, and the hope of Advent. Discover the real meaning behind this liturgical season. Dream once again about the life you want and the ways you can cooperate with God to begin living that life now. With a helpful, practical study guide at...

In this concise book, Raj Samuel cuts to the heart of the question why "Jesus is Good News but the Church...?" His timely and penetrating analysis of how creeping institutionalisation has stifled the Holy Spirit's vibrancy, not only in the mainstream denominations but in the newer groupings that see themselves as Charismatic or Pentecostal.

Paul wrote Colossians to people searching for more. They wondered whether Jesus was everything they'd originally hoped. They felt drawn toward other paths of spiritual fulfillment. Jesus is fine, but is he really enough? Is he everything we need? Don't we need to grow, to evolve, to move on from Jesus?...

What if, through modern science, we had the power to resurrect Jesus?First, the dreams came. And then the blood. Young Jacob had always known he was different, but he was beginning to lose control. Unknown to him, Nica, the skeptical New York journalist was beginning to pull the pieces together:...