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The Wood Between the Worlds: A Poetic Theology of the Cross

The Wood Between the Worlds: A Poetic Theology of the Cross

by Brian Zahnd

Experience the Kaleidoscopic Mystery of the Cross Everything about the gospel message leads to the cross, and proceeds from the cross. In fact, within the narrative of Scripture, the crucifixion of Jesus is literally the crux of the story—the axis upon which the biblical story turns. But it would be a mistake to think we could sum up the significance of t… Read more…

Faith in the Shadows: Finding Christ in the Midst of Doubt

Faith in the Shadows: Finding Christ in the Midst of Doubt

by Brian Zahnd and Austin Fischer

"People don't abandon faith because they have doubts. People abandon faith because they think they're not allowed to have doubts."Too often, our honest questions about faith are met with cold confidence and easy answers. But false certitude doesn't result in strong faith—it results in disillusionment, or worse, in a dogmatic, overweening faith … Read more…

Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God: The Scandalous Truth of the Very Good News
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Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God: The Scandalous Truth of the Very Good News

by Brian Zahnd

Narrated by Zahnd, Brian

God is wrath? Or God is Love? In his famous sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” Puritan revivalist Jonathan Edwards shaped predominating American theology with a vision of God as angry, violent, and retributive. Three centuries later, Brian Zahnd was both mesmerized and terrified by Edwards’s wrathful God. Haunted by fear that cr… Read more…

Beauty Will Save the World: Rediscovering the Allure and Mystery of Christianity
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Beauty Will Save the World: Rediscovering the Allure and Mystery of Christianity

by Brian Zahnd

Narrated by Zahnd, Brian

In today’s world we have technology, convenience, security, and a measure of prosperity, but where is the beauty?  For thousands of years, artists, sages, philosophers, and theologians have connected the beautiful and the sacred and identified art with our longing for God. Now we live in a day when convenience and practicality have largely displac… Read more…

A Farewell to Mars: An Evangelical Pastor's Journey Toward the Biblical Gospel of Peace

A Farewell to Mars: An Evangelical Pastor's Journey Toward the Biblical Gospel of Peace

by Brian Zahnd

We know Jesus the Savior, but have we met Jesus, Prince of Peace? When did we accept vengeance as an acceptable part of the Christian life? How did violence and power seep into our understanding of faith and grace? For those troubled by this trend toward the sword, perhaps there is a better way. What if the message of Jesus differs radically from t… Read more…

A Farewell to Mars: An Evangelical Pastor's Journey Toward the Biblical Gospel of Peace
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A Farewell to Mars: An Evangelical Pastor's Journey Toward the Biblical Gospel of Peace

by Brian Zahnd and Dean Gallagher

Narrated by Zahnd, Brian

We know Jesus the Savior, but have we met Jesus, Prince of Peace?When did we accept vengeance as an acceptable part of the Christian life? How did violence and power seep into our understanding of faith and grace? For those troubled by this trend toward the sword, perhaps there is a better way.What if the message of Jesus differs radically differs from the d… Read more…

Radical Forgiveness: God's Call to Unconditional Love

Radical Forgiveness: God's Call to Unconditional Love

by Brian Zahnd

Recover the true beauty of Christianity as found in forgiveness. If Christianity is to be a compelling and relevant voice in the twenty-first century, it needs a fresh message. Not a new innovation or novel interpretation, but a return to our roots. For if Christianity is not about forgiveness, it’s about nothing at all. Beginning with the hor… Read more…

Beauty Will Save the World: Rediscovering the Allure and Mystery of Christianity

Beauty Will Save the World: Rediscovering the Allure and Mystery of Christianity

by Brian Zahnd

In today’s world we have technology, convenience, security, and a measure of prosperity, but where is the beauty? For thousands of years, artists, sages, philosophers, and theologians have connected the beautiful and the sacred and identified art with our longing for God. Now we live in a day when convenience and practicality have… Read more…

What To Do On The Worst Day Of Your Life

What To Do On The Worst Day Of Your Life

by Brian Zahnd

Nobody knew adversity like King David. He was called and anointed to reign in life, and yet he had to find a way in God to keep form losing it all. In What to Do on the Worst Day of Your Life,Brian Zahnd looks into the life of David to discover a pattern of faith we can apply to overcome life’s daunting obstacles. In David’s story we find a timel… Read more…

The Question of Forgiveness

The Question of Forgiveness

by Brian Zahnd

In this little book, we discover that if Christianity isn’t about forgiveness, it’s about nothing at all. But is there a limit to forgiveness? Is it always possible? Or even always right? This book begins with Simon Wiesenthal, an Austrian Jew imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp during WWII, who was confronted with the plea for forgiveness fr… Read more…

Unconditional?: The Call of Jesus to Radical Forgiveness
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Unconditional?: The Call of Jesus to Radical Forgiveness

by Brian Zahnd and Jon Gauger

Narrated by Zahnd, Brian

Should we always forgive? Is forgiveness always even possible? Does forgiveness enable evil? Does it sacrifice justice? Are there ANY limits? In a world where the ugliness of rage and retaliation are driving the story line, Unconditional? offers the beauty, reconciliation, and total restoration of forgiveness the way Jesus taught us to live it. More than jus… Read more…

What to Do on the Worst Day of Your Life
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What to Do on the Worst Day of Your Life

by Brian Zahnd and Kelly Ryan Dolan

Narrated by Zahnd, Brian

No one wants trouble to come.  But when it does (and it always does), you can recover... you can prevail.  "What do you do on the worst day of your life?"  Brian Zahnd turned to the Bible for answers and discovered in the life of King David an inspiring story of hope and a pattern for full recovery. In What to Do on the Worst Day of Your Life,… Read more…