Its tragedy summons all sufferers, its hope lures all searchers--no one can ignore the cross. In this compelling quest for the Messiah, best-selling author Max Lucado invites readers to meet the blue-collar Jew whose claim altered a world and whose promise has never been equaled. Readers will come to know Jesus the Christ in a brand-new way as Lucado brings them full circle to the foot of the cross and the man who sacrificed his life on it. No Wonder...

Episode one: The Shepherd tells the story of the first Christmas in a fresh way, through the eyes of a shepherd who life of suffering and rejection changes when he encounters the newly born Messiah.

"The Overlord has been rejected... The new world is in chaos... Who on earth will be master... Who will be slave... Or will we all serve the Underlord?"--Cover, P. [4]. A retelling of the Bible in Japanese manga form, covering Genesis 1:1 through Exodus 15:21. Prologue includes excerpts from Genesis 1:1/John 1:1-3, Ezekial 28:11-19, and Isaiah 14:12-15/Revelation 12:7-9.

We are constantly being formed by the world around us. To be formed by Jesus will require us to become his apprentice. To live by what the first Christian disciples called a Rule of Life--a set of practices and relational rhythms that slow us down and open up space in our daily lives for God to do what only God can do--transforms the deepest parts of us to become like him. This introduction to spiritual formation is full of John Mark Comer's trademark...