FREE/BARGAIN — Christian Interest

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Dr. Thomas L. Constable has authored and is providing free a set of commentaries on the entire Bible--Old and New Testaments. They are all in the pdf format.

Frankly, I had not known of Dr. Constable before now. However, I have learned that he was a professor at Dallas Theological Seminary (a prestigious institution) until retiring in 2011. He was Senior Professor Emeritus of Bible Exposition there. There is much more about him here.

Dr. Constable demurely says that these are "working documents" and refers to them as expository "Bible study notes" rather than commentaries. I spot-checked some of the commentaries. They are lengthy and very in-depth. They look fully developed and very professional to me. However, the ones that I saw, at least, are not formatted as books. There are no book covers, title pages, or copyright pages, for example. But if it's content that you're interested in, I don't think that you will bothered by that.

These commentaries are expensive (at least in my way of thinking) at Amazon, being about $30 each for the least expensive copies. However, only two of the volumes are presently available for sale (Luke/John and Acts/Romans). And if you're interested in having them in a digital format, well, it looks like you are out of luck. They're only available as paperbacks at Amazon.

Follow this link to find links to all of these free commentaries.

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Rose Publishing's pamphlet Gospels: Lost and Found is free in PDF direct from Rose.

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Off of the digital and print (they're both the same for this book--$19.99) list prices.

It appears that Amazon may be the only vendor with the special price. The ebook is not available at Christianbook. The sale goes through tomorrow, March 29.

Expository Apologetics: Answering Objections with the Power of the Word. By Voddie Baucham Jr. Rated 4.7 stars, from 24 reviews at Amazon at the present moment. Print list price $19.99; digital list price $19.99; Kindle price now $2.99. Crossway, publisher. 208 pages. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B016WOAICW/.

Book Description
Apologetics is for everyone.

The Bible is clear that all believers are called to defend their faith. However, if apologetics is the formal process that we have come to expect, this sounds like an impossible task. But what if apologetics could be part of natural, normal conversation—both from the pulpit and in everyday life?

Aimed at preparing you to clearly and confidently defend your faith, Expository Apologetics sets forth an approach to apologetics that is rooted in Scripture and eminently accessible. Filled with real-world examples and practical advice, this book will equip you with the tools you need to think biblically and converse persuasively—offering unbelievers “a reason for the hope that is in you.”

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If you missed it earlier, The Athlete's Bible: Undefeated is free again.
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The Andrew Murray Collection by Andrew Murray


Andrew Murray was a well known Christian pastor and writer. Murray wrote over 200 devotionals and many of them are still popular among Christians today. This collection includes the following:

Absolute Surrender
Abide in Christ
Humility
Lord, Teach Us to Pray
‘Jesus Himself’
The Power of Persevering Prayer
Holy in Christ
The Master’s Indwelling
The Ministry of Intercession
Money
Deeper Christian Life
The School of Obedience
The Lord’s Table
The Power of the Blood of Jesus
The Prayer Life
The Secret of the Cross
The Spirit of Christ
The Two Covenants
Waiting on God
Be Perfect
Why Do You Not Believe?
With Christ in the School of Prayer
Working for God
The True Vine
Words of God for Young Disciples of Christ
Like Christ


http://www.amazon.com/Andrew-Murray-...dp/B01D3YK7P2/

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Andrew-Murra...dp/B01D3YK7P2/
http://www.amazon.ca/Andrew-Murray-C...dp/B01D3YK7P2/

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I very rarely post a ChristianBook deal of the day because they are so short-lived and I often don't see them until well up in the day.

Well, it's not very late in the day right now (3 a.m. EDT). And I notice that Herbert Lockyer's All the Angels of the Bible is a ChristianBook deal of the day.

Lockyer has written boo-coos of books in the "All" series. All the ones that I've seen are excellent, imho (I have most of them and I try to purchase the ones that I don't have). Appropriately, this one has high ratings.

I don't see ebook versions of Lockyer's "All of" them marked down very often. And, this one is at an excellent price of $1.59, which is an 84% discount to the retail price. So here it is.

(Amazon does not match prices on ChristianBook's deals of the day. At least I've never known of them to do it).

All the Angels in the Bible. By Herbert Lockyer. Rated 3.0, from from only 1 review at Christianbook; rated 4.6 stars, from 11 reviews at Amazon; rated 3.83, from 12 ratings at GoodReads. Print list price ; digital retail price $9.95; Christianbook price today $1.59. Hendrickson Publishers, publisher. DRM Free ePub. http://www.christianbook.com/all-the...43/pd/75580EB?.

Book Description (from Amazon)
The classic "All" series books have graced the shelves of pastors, students, and laypeople alike for decades. All the Angels in the Bible continues in the series' tradition of offering a faithful and comprehensive treatment of biblical subjects.

"This is a book of angel stories. It describes in detail angelic encounters with men and women through thousands of years—from our first parents, Adam and Eve, in the Garden of Eden, to the last words of angels spoken to the apostle John during his imprisonment on the remote island of Patmos. This is about all the angels in the Bible, their nature, and their ministry." —from the preface Lockyer shows us that the Bible speaks clearly about angels. He lists every biblical reference to angels and describes the angels of the Old Testament and the angels of the New Testament. Through angels, God has provided for centuries of believers. Lockyer's book encourages us that god will continue this provision.

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If you're into Christian fantasy (the publisher compares them to Narnia), then Bethany House has the first six (of seven) books of the Tales of Goldstone Wood series by Anne Elisabeth Stengl for $.79 each at Christianbook and $.99 each everywhere else.

The first book, Heartless, has been free before.

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This evening I ran across the website of a publishing company that I had never heard of. It is based in the U.K. The name of it is "LifesWay."

As I do with most websites like this, I immediately looked around it to see what I could get from them free. ha Here's a free book that I found, in pdf format.

I don't really know much about the book. It is not sold at either the U.S. or U.K. Amazons, apparently. About all that I can tell you that isn't immediately obvious is that it is a "meaty" book. But it's not so technical that Mobilereaders wouldn't be able to understand it.

Title: Understanding the Biblical Creation Passages.
Format(s): Pdf.
Author(s): Paul Marston.
Publisher: LifesWay.
Pages: 68.
Ebook Rating/Number of Reviews (Amazon): N/A.
Price: $0.00.
Lowest Price at (or through Amazon) if available from there: N/A.
Book Description (from the LifesWay website):
Controversy continues to rage today, both within the church and outside it, about how far modern scientific ideas are consistent with the Biblical passages about creation. Too often, however, those on both sides of the debate fail to preface their comparison of Genesis 1-3 and science with a serious attempt to find out what the Bible indicates itself about the meaning of its passages.

This little book is written from the perspective that to Christians the starting point is to ask how Jesus and his apostles understood the use of language and the meanings of the creation passages. This cannot be done sketchily or cavalierly, or Christians may end up defending an understanding of Genesis 1-3 that is inconsistent with the New Testament. Having well-meaning zeal is not enough; Christians all need to face the challenge of close study of these things. Sceptics who are serious also need to ensure that what they are judging is what the Bible really says about the issues of creation. .
Comments: Copyrighted in 2007. I believe this to be a legal free download because on a LifesWay webpage (http://www.lifesway.net/understandin..._passages.html), a link is provided to the URL below. The link says, "Download book as PDF free of charge."
URL: http://www.lifesway.net/christian_bo...n_passages.pdf (direct link).

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Cross-post from Audiobook Deals


ChristianAudio -- Free Audiobook of the Month -- exp 30 Apr

Note: to get the book free, start the download process from the link above

FREE -- Taking God at His Word -- Kevin DeYoung/ Lee DeYoung --> 3.5 hrs/ R-4.2 --> Christian

Taking God at His Word - Why the Bible Is Knowable, Necessary, and Enough, and What That Means for You and Me

There isn’t really a “go to” book on Scripture. Sure, there are plenty of theological books on Scripture, and lots of popular-level works on how to read Scripture, and more and more books on the whole story line of Scripture. But there is not one book that people turn to for the basics on the Bible. We need a book that college freshmen will read when they have questions, a book that mentors can use and small groups will employ, a book that a Bible class in high school or college might assign. We need a book on the Good Book that is relevant enough to get a hearing, but timeless enough to be read with profit twenty years from now.


That’s the sort of book popular author, pastor, and blogger Kevin DeYoung has aimed to write. Addressing the issues of our day—questions related to the reliability, authority, and readability of the Bible—DeYoung tackles these head on, but without complex terminology or a long list of footnotes. Taking God at His Word serves as a comprehensive and comprehensible introduction to a classic, orthodox doctrine of Scripture for the average man or woman in the pew, helping Christians across the globe gain confidence that the Bible really is knowable, necessary, and enough.

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Cross-post from Audiobook Deals


ChristianAudio -- Monthly Sale -- exp 30 Apr

Other Kevin DeYoung Audiobooks Are Only $4.98 Each! -- narrated by Adam Verner

• What Does the Bible Really Teach about Homosexuality? --> 4.1 hrs
• Just Do Something --> 3.0 hrs
• Crazy Busy --> 3.0 hrs
• What is the Mission of the Church? --> 8.9 hrs
• The Hole in Our Holiness --> 4.5 hrs
• The Good News We Almost Forgot --> 8.0 hrs
• Why We're Not Emergent --> 7.7 hrs
• Why We Love the Church --> 6.5 hrs

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$3.99 is a pleasant 78% off of the digital and print list prices (those prices are both the same).

I'm aware that a sizable percentage of the books that I post on this thread are on apologetics, evidences, etc. I don't think that I do that on purpose, it's just that there are many good such books out there that get good markdowns. This seems to be one of those good ones, in fact it seems to stand apart from the rest.

The author has an interesting background. He was a "conscientious and vocal" atheist through college and for some years afterward. His job as a cold-case detective caused him to stop and look at the evidence for "the Christian Worldview." He "determined that Christianity was demonstrably true."

This book is the #1 seller in metaphysics in the Kindle mobi at Amazon. It is also the #1 seller of all books at Amazon in creationism.

God's Crime Scene: A Cold-Case Detective Examines the Evidence for a Divinely Created Universe. By J. Warner Wallace. Rated 4.6 stars, from 167 reviews at Amazon at the present moment. Print list price $17.99; digital list price $17.99; Kindle price now $3.99. David C. Cook, publisher. 320 pages. http://www.amazon.com/Gods-Crime-Sce...dp/B00RKTCXCC/.

Save 80 cents by buying the book at Christianbook, if you like or are willing to accept the ePub format--it's $3.19 there, and DRM Free.

Book Description
There are four ways to die, and only one of them requires an intruder. Suicides, accidental, and natural deaths can occur without any evidence from outside the room. But murders typically involve suspects external to the crime scene. If there’s evidence of an outside intruder, homicide detectives have to prepare for a chase. Intruders turn death scenes into crime scenes.

Join J. Warner Wallace, former atheist, seasoned cold-case detective, and popular national speaker as he tackles his most important case ... with you on the jury!

With the expertise of a cold-case detective, J. Warner examines eight critical pieces of evidence in the “crime scene” of the universe to determine if they point to a Divine Intruder. If you have ever wondered if something (or someone) outside the natural realm created the universe and everything in it, this is the case for you.

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This ebook Bible has been marked down before. Many times before. Many times before recently. But the lowest price that it has been, going back to January 2011, was $3.99, according to ereaderiq.com. It's 99 cents now, a super 90% off of the digital list price.

The main thing about the AMP that makes it special is its giving inline within the text "additional phases of meaning included in the original word, phrase, or clause of the original language" for a key word, phrase, or clause. There is an excellent elaboration on this, and an example, in the Preface (view-able in Amazon's preview).

People seem to love this Bible--it's got a 4.6 star rating at Amazon.

Although I didn't see it mentioned anywhere on the title page, it is mentioned later on in the book that this is the 1987, "Expanded" edition.

If my source is correct, the sale price of 99 cents on this ebook goes through April 10.

Amplified Bible. By Zondervan. Rated 4.6 stars, from 1,090 reviews at Amazon at the present moment. Print list price $19.99; digital list price $9.99; Kindle price now $0.99. Zondervan, publisher. 2018 pages. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003ZSIS94/.

The Bible is available as an ebook also at Christianbook (ePub, DRM Protected), for the same price, $0.99. I didn't check elsewhere.

Book Description
When Your Knowledge of the Original Languages of the Bible Is Limited and You Don't Want to Lose Anything in the Translation If you want to get all the rich nuances and shades of meaning of the original Bible languages, the Amplified Bible is for you. No knowledge of Greek or Hebrew is required-just a desire to know all that God says in his Word. With its unique system of brackets, parentheses and italics, the Amplified Bible defines and expands key words and phrases right in the text. Verse by verse, the full meaning of Scripture unfolds as you read. And this Bible features other study aids as well to help you clearly understand God’s Word: - Footnotes-provide concise historical and archaeological information and devotional insights, plus hundreds of references to select sources and authors. - Book Introductions-tell you about the book’s author, background, purpose, and themes. - Concordance-helps you find the location of verses (25,000 entries). - Bibliography and Glossary-give you a handy list of the sources cited in the study notes and the most frequent amplifications in the text.

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I agree, that is a great deal on the Amplified. I think I paid significantly more a few years ago. I like how it brings out the Greek and Hebrew meanings of the words.

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Begin: A Journey Through Scriptures for Seekers and New Believers edited by Ken Ham and Bodie Hodge is free from the Answers in Genesis online store. Add the book to your cart and use the code BEGIN16 to change the price from $2.99 to free.

Download is DRM-free PDF, epub and mobi.

On the off-chance that someone doesn't know who Answers in Genesis is, this book is heavily creationist. From the foreword:

When only the New Testament portion of the Bible is given to “evolutionized” people, they do not receive the Book of Genesis, which gives them the true account of origins. Genesis is foundational to an understanding of the gospel and all Christian doctrine. In this increasingly secularized culture, people no longer fully understand the gospel message and the origin of sin and death as found in Genesis — and thus our need of a Savior. Not only that, but because of what people have been taught in regard to origins, many have great doubts (or fullblown unbelief) that God’s Word can be totally trusted.

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A number of apparently unrelated study Bibles are on sale. I think they've all been on sale before, but there are some good ones if you don't have them.

Kobo
Amazon