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Category:
Religion
Publisher: Wholeness Publications
ISBN-10: 1893042162
Type: Fiction
Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781893042162
The Gospel According to Mary, Mother of Jesus shares the heart of a special mother. With compelling sensitivity and tenderness this 192-page book captures the life of Jesus from the unique perspective of His mother, Mary.
We are delighted to share with you a remarkably down-to-earth and wonderfully presented book by Donald W. Bartow, The Gospel According to Mary, Mother of Jesus. With compelling sensitivity and tenderness, Bartow captures the life of Jesus from the unique perspective of His mother, Mary, the woman God chose and blessed to bring His Son to Earth.
Although fiction, it is often the case that a well-researched and presented historical novel imparts more truths than a non-fiction book which may have inaccuracies due to either author bias or shoddy research. Such is the case with The Gospel According to Mary, Mother of Jesus which is scripturally sound, culturally sensitive, and in modern language.
The Gospel According to Mary, Mother of Jesus is as easy to read as an entertaining suspense novel, while at the same time being as informative as a textbook. Creatively it presents the essence of the Gospel of faith, hope, and love. This engaging and insightful work – intended for young, old, believers, and unbeliever – flows tenderly from the heart of the aged mother of Jesus.
Through the warmth of a mother’s love sharing her heart-felt story you will … discover an enhanced meaning to your life … find many helpful spiritual truths … fully grasp the message and ministry of Jesus … increase your understanding of the Bible … learn to appreciate that God can take an ordinary person and accomplish the extraordinary … be inspired to help fight the darkness of the rampant secularism in our day … experience a story as exciting as a suspense novel.
Excerpt
1 My dear son, Joses, I think you are right. I should share some of my experiences as the result of my being the mother of Jesus. I have so many fond and vivid memories of his life and his close friends. 2 Matthew, Mark, and Luke have written about him. A friend of mine has read to me all three of their efforts to tell his life story. But they leave out so much. 3 I realize a big part of the reason for this is that they only knew Jesus from the time he started his public ministry. So far, my big problem concerning writing a letter to you has been that I cannot read or write. Thus, I have never been able to write what is burning in my mind and heart about Jesus.
4 One day I was sharing with a neighbor lady, my best friend, how I would love to write you a letter of my memories of Jesus. With tearful eyes and a hurting heart, I told her that I was like other women. I could not read or write. So I couldn’t do it. 5 A few moments later she responded with, “Mary, my husband, Bocheru, can help you. He is a very learned man. If you would tell your story to us, he could write it for you.” 6 My heart leaped for joy at this possibility. I had her ask Bocheru if he would do this for me. He enthusiastically agreed. Now I can get a letter off to you.
7 There is no one who knows more about Jesus than I do. These dear friends come to see me every few days. I spend several hours telling them my story. 8 Bocheru writes down what I tell him. He is really good at this. I will be sending the letter to you in the not too distant future. I will try to keep it to a reasonable length for Bocheru’s sake, as well as yours.
9 My telling about Jesus is from the viewpoint of being the one chosen by God to be his mother. I am the one who was more intimately related to him than anyone on earth.
10 None of the disciples knew Jesus until he started his public ministry. My parents, and others of my family, never even saw Jesus until he was over six years of age. 11 You see, after his birth, because of my health, we stayed in Bethlehem for about a year and a half. Then we had to flee to Egypt. We were there for over four years. Thus, it was several years after his birth that we returned to Nazareth.
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