Christian Books and Movies
Heaven is for Real
When
Colton Burpo made it through an emergency appendectomy, his family was
overjoyed at his miraculous survival. What they weren’t expecting, though, was
the story that emerged in the months that followed—a story as beautiful as it
was extraordinary, detailing their little boy’s trip to heaven and back. Colton, not yet four years old, told his parents he left his body during the
surgery–and authenticated that claim by describing exactly what his parents
were doing in another part of the hospital while he was being operated on. He
talked of visiting heaven and relayed stories told to him by people he met
there whom he had never met in life, sharing events that happened even before
he was born. He also astonished his parents with descriptions and obscure
details about heaven that matched the Bible exactly, though he had not yet
learned to read. With disarming innocence and the plainspoken boldness of a child, Colton
tells of meeting long-departed family members. He describes Jesus, the angels,
how “really, really big” God is, and how much God loves us. Retold by his
father, but using Colton’s uniquely simple words, Heaven Is for Real offers
a glimpse of the world that awaits us, where as Colton says, “Nobody is old and
nobody wears glasses.” Left to Tell
I first read this book because I was interested in learning about the Rwandan Genocide. After reading Left To Tell I thought it was more about Immaculee's faith. She truly felt God and trusted that He would protect her and He did. It's hard to believe that Immaculee had such strong faith in such a difficult and scary time.
He Chose the Nails
The
wood. The thorns. The nails. Christ's sacrifice has defined the very essence of
mankind's faith for the past 2000 years. And now, Max Lucado invites you to
examine the cross, contemplate its purpose, and celebrate its significance with
He Chose the Nails.With his warn, caring style, Max examines the symbols
surrounding Christ's crucifixion, revealing the claims of the cross and
asserting that if they are true, then Christianity itself is true. The
supporting evidence either makes the cross the single biggest hoax of all time,
or the hope of all humanity. More than a book, the campaign includes the first
stand-alone workbook, leaders guide, and video package from Max, as well as a
praise & worship CD from Here to Him music featuring several of today's
favorite Christian artists.
A Year of Biblical Womanhood
What is “biblical
womanhood” . . . really? Strong-willed
and independent, Rachel Held Evans couldn’t sew a button on a blouse before she
embarked on a radical life experiment—a year of biblical womanhood. Intrigued
by the traditionalist resurgence that led many of her friends to abandon their
careers to assume traditional gender roles in the home, Evans decides to try it
for herself, vowing to take all of the Bible's instructions for women as literally as possible for a year.
Pursuing a different virtue each
month, Evans learns the hard way that her quest for biblical womanhood requires
more than a “gentle and quiet spirit” (1 Peter 3:4). It means growing out her
hair, making her own clothes, covering her head, obeying her husband, rising
before dawn, abstaining from gossip, remaining silent in church, and even
camping out in the front yard during her period. See what happens when a thoroughly
modern woman starts referring to her husband as “master” and “praises him at
the city gate” with a homemade sign. Learn the insights she receives from an
ongoing correspondence with an Orthodox Jewish woman, and find out what she
discovers from her exchanges with a polygamist wife. Join her as she wrestles
with difficult passages of scripture that portray misogyny and violence against
women. With just the right mixture of humor
and insight, compassion and incredulity, A Year of Biblical Womanhood is
an exercise in scriptural exploration and spiritual contemplation. What does
God truly expect of women, and is there really a prescription for biblical
womanhood? Come along with Evans as she looks for answers in the rich heritage
of biblical heroines, models of grace, and all-around women of valor.
The Year of Living Biblically
Raised in a secular family but
increasingly interested in the relevance of faith in our modern world, A.J.
Jacobs decides to dive in headfirst and attempt to obey the Bible as literally
as possible for one full year. He vows to follow the Ten Commandments. To be
fruitful and multiply. To love his neighbor. But also to obey the hundreds of
less publicized rules: to avoid wearing clothes made of mixed fibers; to play a
ten-string harp; to stone adulterers.
The resulting spiritual journey is
at once funny and profound, reverent and irreverent, personal and universal and
will make you see history’s most influential book with new eyes.
Jacobs’s quest transforms his life
even more radically than the year spent reading the entire Encyclopedia
Britannica for The Know-It-All. His beard grows so unruly that he is
regularly mistaken for a member of ZZ Top. He immerses himself in prayer, tends
sheep in the Israeli desert, battles idolatry, and tells the absolute truth in
all situations—much to his wife’s chagrin.
Throughout the book, Jacobs also
embeds himself in a cross-section of communities that take the Bible literally.
He tours a Kentucky-based creationist museum and sings hymns with Pennsylvania
Amish. He dances with Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn and does Scripture study with
Jehovah’s Witnesses. He discovers ancient biblical wisdom of startling
relevance. And he wrestles with seemingly archaic rules that baffle the
twenty-first-century brain.
The Shack
Mackenzie Allen Philips’ youngest daughter, Missy, has been abducted
during a family vacation, and evidence that she may have been brutally
murdered is found in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness.
Four years later in the midst of his Great Sadness, Mack receives
a suspicious note, apparently from God, inviting him back to that shack
for a weekend. Against his better judgment he arrives at the shack on a
wintry afternoon and walks back into his darkest nightmare. What he
finds there will change Mack's world forever.
I have not read the book because it is always checked out but the movie is amazing. The movie shows God in a different way that makes you think. When I left the movie I truly felt God with me. Even now when I think about the movie I get chills. If you have not seen the The Shack I highly recommend it.
Heaven is for Real
Beautifully illustrated under Colton's direction, he shares his experiences in first person and comments on things that will be important to kids. A letter to parents is included to guide them as they talk to their children about heaven. Scripture along with a Q&A section with answers from the Bible are also included in the book.
I really liked this book because of the artwork. You get to see exactly what Colton Burpo was describing.
