Brand Jesus
Brand Jesus

Author: Tyler Wigg Stevenson

Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.

Published: 2007-05-01

Total Pages: 255

ISBN-13: 1596271744

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In this provocative book, the author argues that American Christianity, especially evangelicalism, has been corrupted by the dominance of consumerism in modern life. The church's mostly uncritical adoption of this secular condition has resulted in an idolatrous morphing of the message of Christ into just another brand. With Brand Jesus, Wigg Stevenson names the growing concern felt by many Christians at the commodification of their faith. Using Paul's letter to the Romans as a starting point, Wigg Stevenson 'reads' the letter to today's church, speaking to our consumerist situation through the parallels with Paul's Rome. Though rooted unapologetically in a love for the church, Brand Jesus does not shy away from provocative claims about the melding of Christian faith and consumer ideals; the rise of market-driven theology; the blurring boundaries between the law and religion; and other topics. Wigg Stevenson describes the current situation of both church and society and issues a challenge to it: When faith is a product for consumption, how can the church be faithful to Christ as living Lord, instead of as Brand Jesus?

Brand Jesus
Brand Jesus

Author: Tyler Wigg Stevenson

Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.

Published: 2007-05

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9781596270497

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American evangelical faith has been corrupted by a series of forces at work in Americaconsumerism, the economy, and American politicsand has become idolatrous. Using Pauls letter to the Romans as a starting point, Stevenson reads the letter to todays American church.With provocative discussions of Christian hypocrisy, megachurches, the ways in which Christian ideas are distressingly combined with private property and market-driven economics, the blurring boundaries between law and religion, and other topics, Stevenson offers an analysis of where the American church finds itself, and how that place is quite different from that which Paul wrote of. He seeks to answer the question; in this age of consumerism and politicization of religion, how will the church reject the idolatry of Jesus as brand, and embrace Him as He asked to be?

Jesus Brand Spirituality
Jesus Brand Spirituality

Author: Ken Wilson

Publisher: Thomas Nelson Publishers

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780849921117

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Combining candor, curiosity and rare insight, the author explores four dimensions of the spirituality Jesus left in his wake--active, contemplative, biblical, and communal. Practical, engaging and compelling, this fresh illumination of an ancient path is both moving and thought provoking.

How Jesus Became the World's Best Selling Brand
How Jesus Became the World's Best Selling Brand

Author: DEJI McWORD

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2012-08-07

Total Pages: 229

ISBN-13: 1477239790

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The book 'How Jesus Became The World's Best Selling Brand', in a lucid narrative, explores the human side of a being whose birthday remains the world's most celebrated and commercialized event/season, as His biography is an all-time world bestseller. It scoops pragmatic celebrity pr/personal branding tutorials from His life and exploits. It's like dissecting Jose Mourinho or Jack Welch's brand and telling the world what makes him thick. It does not only tell you how Jesus became the world's best-selling brand, it brings to your knowledge what He did to weigh so much on the scale of relevance and how you can do the same to be the best you can be. It is a genuine and sure road map that shows the way from the obscure backside of the woods to the fore front of life where you become the very centre of attraction even as you assume the status of a good-doing brand It is for positioning quantum that wrought top-of-the-mind visibility, fulfillment, profitability and social relevance for personal brands in their various leagues-taking cognizance of the realities of the modern world.

Brand it like Jesus
Brand it like Jesus

Author: George A. Spoetl

Publisher: TWENTYSIX

Published: 2020-12-19

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 3740771658

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A tale about marketing and the best marketer of all time: Can Jesus teach us anything about marketing? Well, Brand it like Jesus is a business fable filled with useful marketing ideas. Travel back in time and meet Marcus Mercatus and his friend, a charismatic carpenter with high ideals. Join them as they search for answers to fundamental questions of good marketing.

Raising Jesus
Raising Jesus

Author: E.J. Sweeney

Publisher: WestBow Press

Published: 2018-10-31

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 1973637596

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Life is hard . . . then you die. It’s as simple as that. Dead bodies stay dead. So in this modern, scientific age, how can any reasonable person possibly believe that Jesus actually rose from the dead? Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy turned out to be myths. How is Jesus’s Resurrection any different? How can there possibly be any credible evidence for an event that happened two thousand years ago? The resurrection of Jesus is the most important event in the history of the world—if it’s true. If Jesus did rise, then he is God, the ultimate reality itself. In him, you can find the meaning of life, the secret of happiness, and the way to eternal life. Raising Jesus provides the evidence to show that it really is true. In this era of “alternative facts,” Raising Jesus relies on the most balanced and up-to-date scholarship to shed trustworthy new insights into the evidence. It does this in an easy-to-follow, systematic way using engaging illustrations to reveal the logic of complex arguments. Most importantly, it deals head on with the biggest problem most people in our modern, scientific age have with the resurrection: the philosophical objection that dead people simply don’t come back from the dead. Raising Jesus ultimately shows how believing Jesus rose from the dead is, in fact, the most reasonable conclusion you can make.

In the Likeness of God
In the Likeness of God

Author: Philip Yancey

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 2010-10-05

Total Pages: 563

ISBN-13: 0310862604

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The human body is a likeness of God, its design revealing insights into the church, the “body of Christ” For bestselling author Philip Yancey, the late Dr. Paul Brand—the brilliant hand surgeon who devoted his life to the poorest people of India and Louisiana—was also a likeness of God, living the kind of Christian life that exemplified what God must have had in mind. In the Likeness of God combines the complete texts of Fearfully and Wonderfully Made and In His Image—both Gold Medallion Award–winners which together have sold more than half a million copies—into one volume. Also included for the first time are eight beautiful litanies of praise on the human body by Dr. Brand. In Fearfully and Wonderfully Made, Dr. Paul Brand and bestselling writer Philip Yancey explore the wonder of the human body and uncover the eternal statements that God has made in the very structure of our bodies. Their remarkable journey through inner space—the world of cells, systems, and chemistry—points to a still deeper unseen reality of God’s work in our lives. In His Image takes up where the first book leaves off. In five sections—Image, Blood, Head, Spirit, and Pain—the authors unlock the remarkable living lessons contained in our physical makeup.

The Case for Jesus
The Case for Jesus

Author: Brant Pitre

Publisher: Image

Published: 2016-02-02

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 0770435491

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“This book will prove to be a most effective weapon… against the debunking and skeptical attitudes toward the Gospels that are so prevalent, not only in academe, but also on the street, among young people who, sadly, are leaving the Churches in droves.” – Robert Barron, author of Catholicism For well over a hundred years now, many scholars have questioned the historical truth of the Gospels, claiming that they were originally anonymous. Others have even argued that Jesus of Nazareth did not think he was God and never claimed to be divine. In The Case for Jesus, Dr. Brant Pitre, the bestselling author of Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist, goes back to the sources—the biblical and historical evidence for Christ—in order to answer several key questions, including: • Were the four Gospels really anonymous? • Are the Gospels folklore? Or are they biographies? • Were the four Gospels written too late to be reliable? • What about the so-called “Lost Gospels,” such as “Q” and the Gospel of Thomas? • Did Jesus claim to be God? • Is Jesus divine in all four Gospels? Or only in John? • Did Jesus fulfill the Jewish prophecies of the Messiah? • Why was Jesus crucified? • What is the evidence for the Resurrection? As The Case for Jesus will show, recent discoveries in New Testament scholarship, as well as neglected evidence from ancient manuscripts and the early church fathers, together have the potential to pull the rug out from under a century of skepticism toward the traditional Gospels. Above all, Pitre shows how the divine claims of Jesus of Nazareth can only be understood by putting them in their ancient Jewish context.

The Art of Marketing Jesus
The Art of Marketing Jesus

Author: Robert Wachter

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2021-07-21

Total Pages: 154

ISBN-13: 1725281694

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Jesus is the most attractive person in human history. Professional fishermen dropped everything to follow him. Social outcasts were transformed into outspoken ambassadors; sinners, repulsed by their religious leaders, were drawn to Jesus by the scores. Today, everyday believers are called to attract people to Jesus. But how do we do that? God’s plan to reach the world is not through commercialism or trendy marketing gimmicks—it’s through you. However, some are caught in the performance trap of doing more and trying harder to please God, which produces the unintended consequences of spiritual brokenness and judgmental attitudes that render the believer ineffective at reflecting the heart of God. The Art of Marketing Jesus is an easy-to-understand spiritual growth process that has helped many believers internalize the life-giving promises of the new covenant and produce an abundance of love, joy, and peace in their lives—which is precisely the attitudes and characteristics required to attract people to Jesus. If you want to live free and attract more people to Jesus, perhaps it’s time to become a new wineskin. It’s time to say goodbye to old thoughts that keep you in bondage and place your light on the lampstand of spiritual freedom.

Fearfully and Wonderfully
Fearfully and Wonderfully

Author: Dr. Paul Brand

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Published: 2019-08-06

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 0830865683

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The human body is a window into the very structure of God's creation and a testament to God's glory. Renowned leprosy surgeon Dr. Paul Brand and bestselling writer Philip Yancey offer a new audience timeless reflections on the body in this updated and combined edition of the award-winning books Fearfully and Wonderfully Made and In His Image.