Bodie Thoene

Rise Up is a book about joy, a deep inner joy one can never achieve without God's grace and mercy. By the time you've reached the end of this book, you will be able to identify what's holding you back, and move forward to reach solutions in your life. You will build your faith, breaking chains, and the negative ideas you have about yourself will no longer have a stronghold over your life. Those thoughts and lies will be replaced with the powerful truth of who you are and joy will begin to rise up inside of you. You will receive practical tools and biblical principles that will ignite a new flame of hope in your life.

A dangerous secret. A vicious plot. Visions of the past. While Jack Garrison is forever a changed man free of his bitterness, his future looks uncertain. After protecting him from a terrorist attack, the girl he loves, Bette Deekmann, struggles to stay alive all while harboring a dangerous secret. As her past comes to light, Jack finds himself wondering—who is she, really? While he digs deeper into her mysterious identity, his visions of the past continue to draw him into Israel’s history. But, soon, Jack begins to see that both Bette and Israel are a part of God’s bigger plan as well as the focus of an age-old battle—a violent and dangerous war. Prophecy, history, and captivating story-telling intertwine as Ray Bentley and Bodie Thoene reveal the second installment of The Elijah Chronicles: The Threshing Floor.

Encounter the death and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth in this culmination of the Jerusalem Chronicles.How could Jesus—who preached righteousness before God, and love and mercy toward neighbors—be so hated and pursued? To the Temple officials, he was a threat to the livelihood and authority of the priesthood. To Herod Antipas, he was a threat to his ambition to be the King of the Jews. And to the Roman overlords, he was seen as a dangerous threat; a man who commanded an army of the common people. He could heal wounds, offer miraculous provisions, and even raise from the dead. If Jesus had accepted popular acclaim and become an earthly king, he would have been unstoppable.Jesus’s last days are explored through three people who interacted with him: Governor Pilate, for whom Judea will either make or break his career; Pilate’s wife, Claudia, desperately seeking aid for her much loved, crippled son; and Centurion Marcus Longinus, caught in the middle between loyalty to the Empire, love for Claudia, and an ever increasing belief in Jesus as the Son of God. After encountering Jesus, none of them will ever be the same.

Attentatsmännen hade infiltrerat församlingen för att kunna gömma fyra bomber i kyrkan. Bomber som skulle döda och föröda och förstöra kristnas­ möjligheter att verka i det muslimska landet. Tonårsflickan Samaa Habib, hängiven i sin kristna tro och förföljd och misshandlad av sin muslimska familj, stod alldeles intill ett brandskåp där en av bomberna exploderade. Hon fick smaka döden och mötte Jesus ansikte­ mot ansikte i den himmelska världen. Men han sände henne tillbaka till den jordiska verkligheten för att vittna om himlens verklighet och vikten av att vara förberedd på hans återkomst. Samaa Habibs berättelse om sin väg till kristen tro och sitt liv som kristen­ skildrar ingen idyllisk pilgrimstur. Det är en berättelse om våld och krig, och om de fruktansvärda trakasserier och förföljelser som drabbar många kristna i Mellanöstern. Men också om under och tecken, drömmar, syner och uppenbarelser. Och om ett mod som bara den helige Ande kan ingjuta i en människa. ”Mitt mandat på jorden är att väcka kyrkan och uppmana kristna att tala om de goda nyheterna”, skriver Saama Habib. Och den här boken är inte bara spännande läsning, den är ett väckelserop rakt in i en slumrande västerländsk kristenhet.

It starts as a story ripped from the headlines of the war-torn Middle East. An extremist faction of Islam bombs a church during a service. The one door in the back isn't big enough for five hundred people trying to escape. Some are killed. But after the chaos and fire and smoke, one young woman comes back to life.In this thrilling true tale, death does not have the final word. From the first time Samaa heard the Lord Jesus calling her out of Islam into faith in Him, till she met Him face to face in heaven, her life is marked by God's supernatural love and power. Full of hope and encouragement, and overflowing with Jesus' love, her riveting account reveals the power of God to break through any circumstance--and is a moving reminder that, in a place beyond what we can imagine, we have a Savior waiting to welcome us face to face.

Based on Scripture and resonating with historical detail comes a beautiful, fully imagined story of a young child and his role in the Last Supper of Jesus Christ.When Nehemiah, the child of Jewish exiles, begins hearing whispers and experiencing portentous visions, it quickly becomes clear to his father and his rabbi that the young cupbearer is meant for a higher purpose . . . but what? Certain that the Messiah is alive at that very moment, the family waits for the boy’s destiny to be revealed.From the ancient site of the Garden of Eden, Nehemiah undertakes a perilous journey. The caravan route is full of danger, hardship, and mystery—all of it linked to what Nehemiah has in his keeping.In due time, his path becomes clear. It leads to Jerusalem, to a wealthy Pharisee named Joseph of Arimathea . . . and to Jesus of Nazareth.In Take This Cup, the second installment of the Jerusalem Chronicles, Bodie & Brock Thoene breathe new life into one of Scripture’s most mysterious moments and expand their award-winning historical fiction with power and depth. The second book in the Jerusalem Chronicles (When Jesus Wept)Full-length novel at 400 pagesIncludes an author’s note, maps, and a full list of the authors’ books by seriesBiblical Christian Fiction with Christ appearing in the story

Ensimmäisestä kerrasta, jolloin Samaa Habib kuulee Jeesuksen kutsun luopua islamista ja uskoa Messiaaseen, aina siihen saakka, kun Samaa kohtaa Jeesuksen kasvokkain taivaassa, hänen elämässään näkyy Jumalan yliluonnollinen rakkaus ja voima. Hänen toivorikas, innoittava, mukaansa tempaava ja ylitsevuotavasti Jeesuksen todellisuudesta ja rakkaudesta kertova elämän dokumenttinsa osoittaa Jumalan voivan murtautua esille missä tahansa kenen tahansa elämän vaiheissa. Kirja on samalla avattu ikkuna maailmaan ja tapahtumiin, joista joka päivä kuulet ja luet tiedotusvälineissä.

“Page-turning . . . Set against the political and religious turmoil of the times, the Thoenes’ story vividly reimagines the evolving friendship between Jesus and Lazarus.” —Publishers WeeklyLAZARUS—the man Jesus raised from the dead in one of the most extraordinary encounters with The Living Savior in all of Scripture. But the life of Lazarus holds interest well beyond this miraculous event. Living in Bethany, near Jerusalem, Lazarus witnessed many of the most important events of Jesus’s life and ministry.Lazarus owned a vineyard and devoted his life to caring for its vines and fruit. But he encountered another man—Jesus—whose vineyard was the world, its fruit the eternal souls of men. When Lazarus’s story and the story of Jesus’s crucifixion and resurrection touch in When Jesus Wept, we are offered a unique vision into the power and comfort of Christ’s love.Brock and Bodie Thoene’s most powerful and climactic writing project to date, When Jesus Wept, captures the power and the passion of the men and women who lived through the most important days in the history of the world.

When a nativity display on public property is torched by a former US Senator, the media spotlight falls on the forgotten small town of Leonard, Texas, and the new pastor of its only church—Adam Wells. Emboldened by the prospect of leading his tiny congregation in a nationally-televised, first amendment debate that he considers to be a “fight for the heart and soul of America,” Pastor Wells determines not to let anything or anyone, including his wife and his rebellious sixteen-year old daughter, stand in his way. But when an old high school friend unexpectedly shows up in their small town and a past secret is revealed, Pastor Wells’ constitutional crusade collides with an even greater fight—the fight for the heart and soul of his marriage, his daughter, and, even his own life. In this modern-day story of betrayal, forgiveness, and finally redemption, Adam Wells discovers, for the first time, the meaning of the story he’s been preaching all his life…and his desperate daughter understands what really is beyond the farthest star. Award-winning authors, Bodie and Brock Thoene, have written an emotional and authentic drama based on a screenplay by Andrew Librizzi and now a major motion picture.

Daniel, son of Melchior and Esther of Ecbatana, lives in rebellion and a drunken stupor, a great embarrassment that his older brother is only too happy to point out to their father. Feeling that he can never meet with approval, Daniel asks for his inheritance and strikes out on his own. He innocently puts his trust in a man who promises him great wealth. But nothing is as it seems, and Daniel soon finds his life in danger. Only when he has lost everything does he begin to truly understand his father's love.

DaCapo i London är ett "regissörsurval" som innefattar delar av Thoenes klassiska The Twilight of Courage och spännande, aldrig tidigare publicerade scener med personer ni fått lära känna och älska genom hela serien om Sionförbundet. Under den mörka hösten 1939 försvann det polska folkets hopp, efter hand som tyska bomber föll över deras älskade stad Warszawa. Politiker debatterar medan hundratals förtvivlade människor köar utanför brittiska ambassaden för att fly landet innan Hitlers markstyrkor anländer. Mac McGrath, en ärrad amerikansk fotograf, dokumenterade jordskredet mot krig med hängivenhet i tro om att han berättade sanningen, så skulle världen resa sig upp och sätta stopp för Hitlers onda planer. Nu är han generad över sin dåraktiga idealism. Utanför ambassadgrindarna ber den judiska lärarinnan Eva Weitzman om ett mirakel. Utan ett brittiskt pass kommer hon att hamna i nazisternas klor. Vem ska leva och vem ska dö? Kommer någon att våga stå upp mot nationernas apati?

Riots and revolts spread across Judea. Twelve-year-old Yeshua is in Jerusalem--"about his Father's business" in the Temple--as his panic-stricken parents search for him amidst the chaos. Readers will enjoy reading this interesting story from Christ's youth. This is the ninth book in the A.D. Chronicles series. Includes historical maps and a discussion guide for individual or group study.