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THE WORDS OF JESUS: A Gospel of the Sayings of Our Lord
Phyllis Tickle. Jossey-Bass, Religion & Spirituality ISBN: 9780787987428
We’ve heard them from the pulpit, scanned the red-letter words in our Bibles and quoted them in scripture memorization. But when we listen — really listen — to the […]

As groups begin to gather around The Words of Jesus with the intention of reading them together, they will inevitably discover new ways to approach the work. And that is a very good thing. It is also a very good thing when they take the time to share with the rest of us what they […]

14 February, and The Words of Jesus has been available in most parts of the country for ten days now.
In all my prior writing life, I have never before tracked a book from the moment its ink was dry through its leaving the bindery and its deployment to stores and direct-order merchants. This one is, in […]

Peter Ceren, a professional film maker, is one of the twelve observant Christians who participated for three months in the focus group that worked with The Words of Jesus, first in manuscript and then in bound galley. Their assigned task in engaging Jesus’ words in this way was to discover as many of the reactions, […]

Welcome to the web site for The Words of Jesus - A Gospel of the Sayings of Our Lord. I am glad of your coming and hopeful that what you find here will draw you back many more times, both as a commentator and as a reader of what others have to say.
During this week […]

February 2008- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

The Words of Jesus: A Gospel of the Sayings of Our Lord
Phyllis Tickle. Jossey-Bass, $22.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-7879-8742-8
Award-winning author and speaker Tickle (Rediscovering the Sacred; The Divine Hours), who is PW’s former contributing editor in religion, chooses to take the “red letter” Bible one step further in this excellent study tool. The […]

February 2008- Library Journal
Tickle, Phyllis. The Words of Jesus: A Gospel of the Sayings of Our Lord. Jossey-Bass. Feb. 2008. c.240p. index. ISBN 978-0-7879-8742-8. $22.95. REL
Founding editor of the religion department at Publishers Weekly, Tickle is also the prolific author of God-Talk in America, Recovering the Sacred, and other books. This volume is a thoughtful […]