Thank You Judas

Turn Betrayal into Blessing! There are few pains that cut deeper than a betrayal. Betrayals hurt, they can be difficult to process, and they often don’t make sense. Betrayals, whether big or small, are a part of life. And perhaps nothing in life is more painful than when someone close to you treats you like an enemy. Jesus knew this pain well, for He suffered the most horrific betrayal in human history at the hands of Judas. But then He did what only God could do: He showed us the way to turn betrayal into blessing. In Thank You, Judas: How to Beat Betrayal, you will explore Judas’s betrayal of Jesus and learn: • The five behaviors of betrayal: pride, jealousy, operating within an inverted value system, selfishness, and being fake • How to walk in healing and victory after suffering a betrayal • Steps for turning a betrayal into an unforgettable blessing “We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose” (Romans 8:28, NIV). Turn your most difficult test into a dynamic story, your greatest loss into your greatest gain, and your most painful heartbreak into your most powerful breakthrough with Thank You, Judas. www.HopeCityMKE.com Twitter: @tylrebutler @hopecitymke Instagram: @tylrebutler @hopecitymke

A new translation and commentary on the extracanonical Coptic text that describes Judas’ special status among Jesus’ disciples Since its publication in 2006, The Gospel of Judas has generated remarkable interest and debate among scholars and general readers alike. In this Coptic text from the second century C.E., Jesus engages in a series of conversations with his disciples and with Judas, explaining the origin of the cosmos and its rulers, the existence of another holy race, and the coming end of the current world order. In this new translation and commentary, David Brakke addresses the major interpretive questions that have emerged since the text’s discovery, exploring the ways that The Gospel of Judas sheds light on the origins and development of gnostic mythology, debates over the Eucharist and communal authority, and Christian appropriation of Jewish apocalyptic eschatology. The translation reflects new analyses of the work’s genre and structure, and the commentary and notes provide thorough discussions of the text’s grammar and numerous lacunae and ambiguities.

In The Judas Factor: Thank You for Delivering Me... Bob Monahan investigates the misunderstood relationship between Jesus Christ and Judas Iscariot. He proposes that Judas was one of Jesus' closest friends, not the Betrayer. From the perspective of Jesus, could Judas have been HIS Deliverer, and a vital part of HIS ultimate plan of sacrifice? Considering this loving relationship, Bob reflects on his own life of relationships and trials while seeking to find Christ in others.

The hunt is on for the apocryphal Gospel of Judas in the thriller that Lisa Scottoline says "you won't be able to put down," from celebrated New York Daily News columnist Linda Stasi

J. B. Phillips, best known hitherto for his widely acclaimed translation of the New Testament, has in this series of short plays about the life of Christ preserved the same direct speech and simple, dignified language that so distinguish his translation.The series starts with the first public appearance of the boy Jesus when he talks to the elders in the temple, and ends with a moving reconstruction of the crucifixion as witnessed by the soldiers, by Nicodemus, and bystanders.Written at the invitation of the BBC in England for their Schools Programme, these plays will be welcomed in book form by parents and children, as well as teachers. Schools, churches, clubs, and other groups will find them admirably suited to simple dramatization of some of the events in the life of the Man called Jesus. They will be especially satisfying to the individual reader who will find that this imaginative approach sheds new light upon familiar stories.Turn to Canon Phillips' helpful introduction for his interesting comments on the writing of the plays.

Matthew, Mark, Luke, and Paul takes you on a journey through the Synoptic Gospels and the Epistles providing a new solution to a literary puzzle that has vexed biblical scholars for over two-hundred years--The Synoptic Problem. When the Synoptic evangelists, Matthew, Mark, and Luke sat down to write their gospels did they have copies of some of the epistles? This book examines the Synoptic Gospels, Hebrews, and Paul's Epistles finding many intriguing similarities, suggesting that the Synoptic evangelists used extensive parts of the epistles to weave into their stories of the ministry of Jesus of Nazareth. David Oliver Smith then compares these epistle-based passages to the theoretical lost gospel Q and finds that a large portion of what many New Testament scholars consider to be contained in Q may have its inspiration in the Epistles.

In 1943 the BBC broadcast a series of radio dramas by Dorothy L. Sayers on the life and ministry of Jesus which would go on to become her most beloved works. In this new annotated edition, scholar Kathryn Wehr brings fresh insights to the plays, their background, Sayers's creative process, and the ongoing significance of the life of Christ today.