Our newest book, James: A Letter to the Scattered, is now available on our webstore. Read about this comic book, see samples, and purchase it here. You can also peruse the book and pre-order it on Amazon, here. (Amazon’s price is a bit lower than ours, but they won’t be shipping copies for 4 more weeks…so it’s a tradeoff.)
Enjoy!
God of the ages,
we praise You for all Your servants who have done justice,
loved mercy,
and walked humbly with their God.
We praise you for all who have sought Your new creation,
and who, by their steadfast faith, have shown their discipleship in Christ Jesus.
We praise You for those we have known and loved,
and pray that we, with them, may follow in the way of Christ,
and at the last, dwell in Your holy city,
sharing the inheritance of the saints in light,
through Your son, our savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
(from the Presbyterian Church in the USA, 1992)
Olive Branch Books is proud to announce our newest title: James: A Letter to the Scattered, a graphic novel translation of the book of James, depicting the 2,000-year story of the people who were changed by this letter.
For two thousand years, a single ancient letter has inspired deeds of world-changing bravery and compassion. In James: A Letter to the Scattered, Earnest Graham’s dramatic illustrations follow women and men around the globe and through time. Follow hunted Christians into Roman catacombs, accompany errands of mercy in modern hospital corridors, see courage and kindness amidst the carnage of the Thirty Years’ War, witness the fight for justice in 19th-century Mexico, and march beside protestors in 1960s Alabama.
James: A Letter to the Scattered, the first in a series of graphic novels from Olive Branch Books, brings the ancient wisdom of the Epistle of James to a new audience.
Available in November! We’ll post more details here, and on Facebook and Twitter, as the release date approaches.
Quick update: Telling God’s Story, Year Two and the Year Two Activity Book are now available for purchase as downloadable PDFs on our parent company’s webstore. Print versions of the books should be available in the next few weeks; we’ll continue to update you.
Quick update: The files for Activity Book Two are at the printer. We expect to start selling downloadable PDFs of Telling God’s Story, Year Two Instructor Text and Telling God’s Story, Year Two Activity Book on our webstore next week.
Here is the Table of Contents of the Instructor Book for Telling God’s Story, Year Two: The Kingdom of Heaven, which is currently at the printer.
Telling God’s Story, Year Two: The Kingdom of Heaven
Introduction
Unit 1: Stories Jesus Told
Lesson 1: Talking the Talk and Walking the Walk (Matthew 21:28–32)
Lesson 2: The Kingdom of God Grows on its Own No Matter What (Mark 4:26–29) Lesson 3: Everyone is Your Neighbor (Luke 10:30–37)
Lesson 4: Don’t Stop Forgiving Others (Matthew 18:21–35)
Lesson 5: God is Equally Gracious to All (Matthew 20:1–16)
Unit 2: Miracles Jesus Did
Lesson 6: Kings Don’t Pay Taxes (Matthew 17:24–27)
Lesson 7: Taking Jesus at His Word (John 4:46–54)
Lesson 8: King Jesus Has Mercy on the Helpless (Luke 18:35–43)
Lesson 9: The Faith of the Outsiders (Luke 17:11–19)
Lesson 10: Jesus Actually Touches a Dead Girl and a Sick Woman (Matthew 9:18–26)
Unit 3: Teachings of Jesus
Lesson 11: God Loves the Rich and the Poor the Same (Luke 14:7–14)
Lesson 12: No One’s Sins are too Big for God to Forgive (Luke 7:36–50)
Lesson 13: Jesus is the Shepherd who Loves His Sheep (John 10:11–21)
Lesson 14: Jesus is Greater than Death (John 11:17–27)
Lesson 15: Staying Connected to Jesus (John 15:1–8)
Unit 4: The Sermon on the Mount
Lesson 16: Give to the Needy without Showing Off (Matthew 6:1–4)
Lesson 17: You Cannot Serve God and Another (Matthew 6:19–24)
Lesson 18: Be Honest With Yourself Before You Judge Others (Matthew 7:1–5)
Lesson 19: Living a Disciplined Life (Matthew 7:13–14)
Lesson 20: Bad Trees Always Bear Bad Fruit (Matthew 7:15–23)
Unit 5: Jesus’ Early Life
Lesson 21: God Is On the Move . . . Again (Luke 1:5–25)
Lesson 22: The Coming of the King (Luke 1:26–38)
Lesson 23: God Exalts the Humble (Luke 1:39–56)
Lesson 24: God is about to Rescue Israel (Luke 1:57–80)
Unit 6: Jesus’ Disciples
Lesson 25: Jesus is the Son of God (Matthew 16:13–20)
Lesson 26: No One Has a Higher Rank in God’s Kingdom (Matthew 18:1–4)
Lesson 27: Jesus Leaves No One Out (Mark 9:38–41)
Lesson 28: Jesus’ Followers Are Servants, not Commanders (Mark 10:35–45)
Unit 7: Opposition to Jesus
Lesson 29: Jesus Upsets a Synagogue Service (Luke 4:14–30)
Lesson 30: False Teaching Spreads like Yeast (Matthew 16:5–12)
Lesson 31: A Clean Heart is Better than Clean Food (Matthew 15:1–20)
Lesson 32: Surrendering our Lives to God Every Day (Matthew 16:21–26)
Unit 8: The End of Jesus’ Life
Lesson 33: Obey God More than Caesar (Matthew 22:15–22)
Lesson 34: Jesus Introduces a New Exodus (Matthew 26:17–28)
Lesson 35: Jesus Suffers and Prays Alone (Matthew 26:36–46)
Lesson 36: Jesus Doesn’t Fight Back When Arrested (Matthew 26:47–56)
Supplemental Lessons: The Rest of the Story
Supplemental Lesson 1: A Politician Condemns an Innocent Man (John 19:1–16)
Supplemental Lesson 2: The Death of Jesus Fulfills Scripture (John 19:28–37)
Supplemental Lesson 3: Mary Magdalene Spreads the News that Jesus is Alive (John 20:10–18)
We’ve been hearing from many of you who are enjoying Telling God’s Story, Year One and are almost ready to start using Year Two with your students, so we wanted to post a brief update on availability:
Telling God’s Story, Year 2 Instructor Text is at the printer, being prepped for printing. We saw the proofs last Friday and they look wonderful!
The Activity Book for Telling God’s Story, Year 2 is at the typesetter. After that, it’ll have one more quality-check and then it, too, will go to the printer.
We are planning to offer PDF versions of both these books for sale, on our webstore, sometime in the first half of March (we’ll announce the exact date on Facebook and on this blog). When we put those up, we’ll also post free samples of the first few lessons to our site.
The print versions should be available from our store sometime in late March (and at Amazon by April).
Thank you for your patience during this long production process.
