“The Man Nobody Knows” is a 1925 work by American author and advertising executive Bruce Fairchild Barton. His second book, it presents Jesus Christ as a businessman, and 'founder of Modern Business', in an attempt to make the story accessible to contemporary businessman. When first published, it shot to the top of the non-fiction bestseller list. Contents include: Contents include: “Bruce Fairchild Barton”, “How it Came to Be Written”, “The Leader”, “The Outdoor Man”, “The Sociable Man”, ...

Barton challenges the traditional portrayal of Jesus as meek and otherworldly. Instead, he emphasizes qualities like strength, decisiveness, and ingenuity, arguing that Jesus exhibited the traits of an effective entrepreneur and manager. He describes Jesus as someone who assembled a devoted team of disciples, communicated profound messages with clarity and simplicity, and inspired others to act. By framing Jesus in this way, Barton aimed to make Him a model for modern success, particularly...

First published in 1925, ‘The Man Nobody Knows’ by American author and advertising executive Bruce Barton, topped the nonfiction bestseller list. In this book, Barton presents Jesus Christ as a businessman, and 'founder of Modern Business', in an attempt to make the story accessible to contemporary businessmen. Barton depicted Christ as a man's man, not the meek, effeminate figure he had encountered in Sunday School. Here was the world's first advertising man, whose parables sparkled as mo...

First published in 1925, ‘The Man Nobody Knows’ by American author and advertising executive Bruce Barton, topped the nonfiction bestseller list. In this book, Barton presents Jesus Christ as a businessman, and 'founder of Modern Business', in an attempt to make the story accessible to contemporary businessmen. Barton depicted Christ as a man's man, not the meek, effeminate figure he had encountered in Sunday School. Here was the world's first advertising man, whose parables sparkled as mo...

When it was originally published in 1925, this book topped the nonfiction bestseller list. Its lessons for the modern businessman are even more compelling today. The example portrayed by Jesus Christ is clarified in this book. From its pages, learn the keys to success, the secrets of leadership, and the path to genuine happiness.

Performance as Research (PAR) is characterised by an extraordinary elasticity and interdisciplinary drive. Performance as Research: Knowledge, Methods, Impact celebrates this energy, bringing together chapters from a wide range of disciplines and eight different countries. This volume focuses explicitly on three critical, often contentious themes that run through much discussion of PaR as a discipline:Knowledge - the areas and manners in which performance c...

In this collection of essays, Bruce Barton, considered to be among the most influential advertising men of the 20th century, uses history, religion and current events of the 1920s to teach common sense ideals. From Jesus to Beethoven to Napoleon to Abraham Lincoln, Barton uses stories of great individuals to encourage the reader to make the most of life and at the same time to build strong character traits.

"God has nothing to say to the frivolous man." — A. W. TozerTozer states this bluntly in the book's beginning, and he carries the sentiment through the last chapter.In God Tells the Man Who Cares, Tozer urges the believer to be vigilant in his pursuit of God's voice in his life. He reminds us that stillness and meditation on the Spirit of God may be more spiritually profitable than the front of religion that is so prevalent in modern society. Still...

Is the church ready to be swept up to heaven? Unfortunately, what she is accomplishing and what she could be accomplishing for God does not match. God is certainly ready. The church is not.First published in 1900, this classic book assists the spiritual health of the church—both as a whole and to individuals—by addressing issues such as soul-winning, prayer, Bible study, giving, the Holy Spirit, and the like. Revive your own heart and life, and pray for revival of the church so she...

In The Minister as Shepherd, Charles Edward Jefferson (1860-1937) calls pastors to view their primary role not to be as mere preachers, but more importantly, to be shepherds of the flock of God. This he illustrates with examples from Scripture and history. He describes the work of the shepherd: to prod, provide for, and protect the sheep. He also makes sense of the pastor's two greatest temptations, and how they may best be avoided. Jefferson concludes the book by encouraging past...

The Field of Prayer: Health, Healing, and Faith + Praying for Money + Subconscious Religion gathers Russell Conwell's characteristic reflections on the practical power of religious belief. Written in the vigorous, aphoristic style of the sermon-lecture, the work joins devotional exhortation to the self-culture literature of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Its central concern is prayer not as passive petition, but as disciplined spiritual energy shaping health, conduct, p...

Hyper-Evangelism, Another Gospel, Though A Mighty Power, an essay by, Robert KennedyAt the death of Robert Kennedy, C. H. Spurgeon said "...I venerated [Robert] as every inch a man of God. His death was a loss to the Highlands greater than could have befallen by the death of any other hundred men. True as steel and firm as a rock, he was also wonderfully tender and sympathetic."