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Den syvårige Jesus bor i Tømrernes Gade i Alexandria med sin familie, da en hidsig bemærkning til en legekammerat en dag får frygtelige konsekvenser.Oplevelsen skaber uro i hele kvarteret, og snart går snakken i en grad, så Jesus‘ forældre forstår, de er nødt til at forlade Egypten. Selv om Herodes‘ mænd hærger overalt, begiver de sig ud på den farefulde rejse tilbage til Nazaret.For Jesus bliver det en rejse, der kommer til at vende op og ned på hans liv. Undervejs bliver han klar over, at der er en historie, hans forældre ikke har fortalt ham – en historie om, hvad der skete den nat, han blev født i Bethlehem, og hvad det er for en særlig kraft, han har i sig.Anne Rice lader Jesus selv fungere som fortæller i romanerne "Jesus – hjemkomsten fra Egypten" og "Jesus – vejen til Kanaan". Hun har taget udgangspunkt i evangeliernes fortællinger og i anerkendt forskning på området for at kunne fortælle historien om Jesus‘ liv, som det måske kan have set ud. De to bind kan læses som selvstændige værker.Den amerikanske bestsellerforfatter Anne Rice (f. 1941) skriver gyser- og fantasyromaner, der ofte har vampyrer, hekse og mumier i hovedrollerne. Bedst kendt er hun for debutromanen "En vampyrs bekendelser" fra 1976, der blev filmatiseret i 1994 med Tom Cruise og Brad Pitt i hovedrollerne. En stor del af hendes romaner foregår i New Orleans, hvor hun selv er født og har boet det meste af sit liv. Hendes arbejde har desuden haft en betydelig indflydelse på ungdomsundergrundskulturen Goth.

This book focusses on the nature of the ministry of Jesus. By doing so, it helps define our ministry as Christians. So many factors defined Jesus ministry. His love for people. His love of God. God's love for him. God's love of all people. The power of the Holy Spirit. A desire to set people free. A desire that people find life. A desire that people understand the truth. Jesus style of ministry was so different to what people expected. The religious leaders of his time avoided sinners, tax collectors, Samaritans, lepers and the majority of the common people. Jesus by contrast, mixed with all these people and loved anyone who listened to his words of life. Even his enemies. The religious teachers of Jesus' time, defined religion as obedience to the law. All 1200 of them. By contrast, what defined the religion of Jesus, was grace and a few simple laws and principles. Who is Jesus, was a question many of that time asked. In this book, there is not one answer, but many images. Lover or children. Lover of people. Lover of God. A teacher. A healer. A prophet. A Priest and a King.

The Incarnation of Jesus is the essence of the New Testament. God becoming a human being like us. God's word to us, came in the form of person who was both God and human; at the same time. One who people could love, listen to and touch. Because Jesus came incarnate into our world Jesus could teach, love and touch and heal, real people. This book looks at the different options God had. God could have written Jesus words on the clouds, for example - but God decided that sending Jesus as a baby in a manger, was the most effective way for human beings to understand, who God was and is. The final chapter explores the implication of the incarnation for living a Christian life. Jesus coming incarnate into our world which is a mixture of of love and hate. Honesty and dishonesty. Selfishness and sharing; is the most graphic example of what it means to be Christian. A person, who like Jesus, is prepared to go incarnate into the lives of people in our extended family, the work-place, the community and the world. Because Jesus came from heaven, incarnate into our world, we know so much more about: what heaven is like. What God is like. The angels are like - and what is on God's heart.