J Ellsworth Kalas

Christmas from the Back Side

A Different Look at the Story of Jesus Birth

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

CHRISTMAS FROM A DIFFERENTANGLE Take a look at Christmas from alternative angles. Using an approachsimilar to his other BackSide books, Kalas crafts new insights into the scripturesof the Christmas story by looking at them from the back side ...taking unique starting points...creative re-telling from differentviews...examining the story through new lenses ...or looking through the eyes of anot-so-familiar character. Book sessiontitles include: " "The Scandal of Christmas""Three Votes for an Early Christmas""Christmas Comes to a Back Fence""How the Government Helped the First ChristmasHappen ""Celebrating Christmas in aHotel" "Christmas Comes to a Church""Christmas and the Impossible Dream"" Other Titles from the BackSide Series ___ Old Testament Stories from the BackSide # 0687081866 ___ The Ten Commandments from the BackSide # 0687005248 ___ New Testament Stories from the BackSide # 0687073065 ___ Parables from the BackSide # 0687056977

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Abingdon Press
• Seitenzahl: 88
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 5mm
• Gewicht: 121g
• ISBN-13: 9780687027064
• ISBN-10: 0687027063
• Artikelnr.: 21874452

Autorenporträt

J. Ellsworth Kalas (1923-2015) was the author of over 35 books, including the popular Back Side series, A Faith of Her Own: Women of the Old Testament, Strong Was Her Faith: Women of the New Testament, I Bought a House on Gratitude Street, and the Christian Believer study, and was a presenter on DISCIPLE videos. He was part of the faculty of Asbury Theological Seminary since 1993, formerly serving as president and then as senior professor of homiletics. He was a United Methodist pastor for 38 years and also served five years in evangelism with the World Methodist Council.