Eric Metaxas is an author whose works span diverse genres, from popular works to apologetics, translated into over 25 languages. His eclectic career highlights his versatility, having written for a wide array of platforms. Metaxas focuses on crafting engaging biographies and children's books that resonate with a broad audience. His approach blends intellectual depth with accessible presentation, making him a notable voice in popular literature and faith advocacy.
This study guide complements the book "Is Atheism Dead?" by offering an insightful exploration of belief in a higher power. Designed by Metaxas, it encourages readers to delve deeper into themes of faith, reason, and the fundamental questions surrounding humanity's quest for meaning. Through its structured approach, the guide aims to enhance understanding and provoke thoughtful discussion on the nature of belief and atheism.
Focusing on the transformative power of faith, the author urges Christians to move beyond mere rituals to embody their beliefs fully and joyfully. Drawing inspiration from Dietrich Bonhoeffer, he emphasizes the importance of a living, active faith that confronts evil and rejects empty religiosity. This call to action aims to inspire a revival and a renaissance in Christian culture, advocating for a profound personal and communal awakening that impacts every facet of life.
Drawing parallels between the German Church's inaction in the 1930s and the current American Church, this study guide complements Eric Metaxas's bestselling work. It encourages readers to confront challenging issues through daily reflection questions and weekly discussion prompts. Each chapter is summarized and includes a word bank of key terms, enhancing understanding. The guide also features a closing prayer for each chapter, inviting readers to seek spiritual guidance as they engage with the material and consider their role in addressing injustice.
A Harvest Story from Colonial America of How One Native American's Friendship Saved the Pilgrims
The true story reveals how a Native American's kindness and resilience played a pivotal role in the first Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims. Through the lens of historical adventure, the narrative emphasizes themes of suffering, generosity, and friendship, portraying a profound connection that transcends cultural divides. Eric Metaxas presents a perspective that highlights divine intervention as the true hero behind this iconic event in American history.
In an earnest and searing wake-up call, the author of the bestseller Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy warns of the haunting similarities between today’s American church and the German church of the 1930s. Echoing Bonhoeffer’s prophetic call, Eric Metaxas exhorts his fellow Christians to repent of their silence in the face of evil before it is too late.
The biography highlights the extraordinary life of British abolitionist William Wilberforce, detailing his significant contributions as a human rights activist and cultural reformer. It explores his influential role in Parliament, showcasing his dedication to the abolition of the slave trade and his impact on social reform during the 18th and 19th centuries.
In a literary showdown with the Four Horsemen of the New Atheism--Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, and Sam Harris--Metaxas neatly skewers them with their own swords. Along the way he presents breathtaking evidence from the fields of archaeology, nanoscience, and quantum physics that overwhelmingly confirms the accounts of creation in the ancient Hebrew scriptures. He also spotlights the stories of some of the best scientists of the last century--and former leading atheists--whose scholarship and intellectual honesty eventually led them to faith in the very creator they once assured the world did not exist
Two young Alexandrians experience the Palestine/Israeli conflict in all its complexity from adolescence through to adulthood finally finding themselves as aid workers in the Gaza Strip on the eve of Nakba Day as Israel celebrates the announcement of US's intention to transfer their Embassy to Jerusalem.
Two beloved Metaxas classics in a single, compact edition.
A meticulously researched and detailed account of Luther's life and times . . . a very human portrait. . . . Metaxas is a scrupulous chronicler and has an eye for a good story. The result is full, instructive, and pacey. -The Washington Post Metaxas knows how to tell a story and how to develop characters, and this talent makes his narrative at once gripping and accessible . . . an excellent glimpse of the whole of Luther's life. -The New York Times Book Review Mr. Metaxas has a knack for capturing the heart and mind of his subjects . . . his conclusions about the 16th-century revolutionary are uniquely Metaxas, a deep and thoughtful writer with much to teach the world. -The Washington Times A new magisterial biography . . . another epic work [from Eric Metaxas] . . . Extensively researched . . . A beautifully balanced separation of fact from fiction. -Hugh Hewitt If you had to make a list of five people who shaped the modern West, Martin Luther would be on it. Yet almost everything you think you know about Luther is wrong, as Eric Metaxas shows in this brilliant biography. This is an amazing story, beautifully told. You'll emerge wiser. -Tucker Carlson, host of Tucker Carlson Tonight When Martin Luther made it possible to read the Bible for yourself, he did more than anyone else to create the future. Read this book for yourself to understand the story we're all still living through. -Peter Thiel, cofounder of PayPal, entrepreneur, and author of Zero to One A marvelous, brilliant book that is equal parts biography, theology, political philosophy, and cultural history. With a light and rapid touch that nonetheless is capable of conveying deep truths and insights, Metaxas deftly blends these many elements into a narrative that reads as compellingly as a novel. I imagine that Luther himself-not an easy man to please-would be deeply impressed by this master portraiture. -Mark Helprin, bestselling author of Winter's Tale and A Soldier of the Great War Brilliant . . . powerful . . . a must read. -Mike Huckabee A very, very good book. -Fox News Metaxas's Martin Luther is a breathtaking achievement and a gripping read. Bold, fast-paced, and magisterial like its hero, yet always stylish and witty like its author, this account blows the cobwebs off long-settled expectations, and helps us to understand the man who shook the medieval world and helped to shape the modern world. -Os Guinness, author of Impossible People Eric Metaxas has blessed us with yet another indispensable biography. With his customary verve and elegance, profound reverence, and biting wit, Metaxas's Martin Luther is an education in the meaning of man's relation to God. It makes Luther's life come alive and illuminates how deeply that life has affected our own. -Bret Lott, bestselling author of Jewel and nonfiction editor of Crazyhorse magazine As with his seminal work on Bonhoeffer, Eric Metaxas, in this extraordinary work on Martin Luther, reveals those nuances that made Luther the force that he was. As the details gather in the book, you soon feel the presence of the man himself. -Dr. Gerald L. Schroeder, lecturer and teacher at College of Jewish Studies Aish HaTorah's Discovery Seminar This massive but eminently readable biography of Luther deserves no less an adjective than 'formidable.' Eric Metaxas is to religious biographers what Pixar is to cartoons. -Peter Kreeft, author of Catholics and Protestants: What Can We Learn from Each Other? Extraordinary. A tour de force. -Johnnie Moore, Jr., founder of The Kairos Company If you wish to know why Martin Luther is remembered as one of the most consequential figures in history, and why Eric Metaxas has emerged as one of the most prominent storytellers of our generation, you'll find the answers in this book. Eric's skill as a writer and biographer are on full display here, even as he corrects the myths and secures the history of a monk
