Power & Passion: Six Characters in Search of Resurrection

by Samuel Wells

Book Overview

Samuel Wells vividly paints the stories surrounding Jesus' cross and resurrection. We see the weakness of Pontius Pilate and Barabbas, and the compromised character of Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus. We discover the subtle power of Pilate's wife. And in Peter and Mary Magdalene we find the true power of resurrection, bringing forgiveness and ending the stranglehold of death, thus transforming all human passion. Through close readings of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0310270170
• ISBN13: 9780310270171
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Zondervan
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher