yophotoman's diy projects

Publishing your own books has become not only very easy in the past decade, but even common place. From teenagers to grandmothers, it seems every one is getting into the act. Self publishing is useful to preserve and share literally anything from memories to recipies, to photo books of the grandchild's developement. Just to be helpful, here is my contrubution to the self publishing idea. (75 pages) The image to the right is a link to the Amazon sales page, and for the other book images on this page.

Bible Study Enigmas is a three part series I wrote when I was working on applying ancient cultural anthropology to biblical studies. Each volume is only 70 pages long and focuses on only one aspect of biblical studies: general topic, biblical prophecy, and New Testament. The book image only links to volume one. For the others, go to my Amazon author's page, linked at the bottom.

Uorthodox Believer was written as I was comparing my biblical studies to the popular Christian form of visiting religious institutions on weekends, a.k.a. "churchanity." The Bible, is an ancient middle eastern book and presents a very different version of the faith from how it has evolved with western traditions. In my book, I try to invent a version of Christianity, fit for today but without old cultural traditions. (240 pages)

Supernatural Believer was written to document my own understanding of the function of the holy spirit in a beliver. This book is based on both sound biblical exegesis and practical experience. It is a must read for any believer who has a desire to experience the supernatural lifestyle of a Christian believer - without the sensalism often found in this field. (240 pages)

Christian Essentials is just that. It's a narration of the essential biblical events leading up to the birth, life and death of Jesus Christ. It also includes a section on the book of revelations, which most Christian authors won't touch but it's not too difficult, if read in the ancient context in which it was written. Volume one is the narrative (280 pages), volume two is the appendices to volume one (240 pages).

History of the Chritian Hope is a long essay on what the believer can expect in the "next life" or what he is hoping for. But, what is the biblical expectation of life everafter? It's not what you might think. Hint: It is NOT going to heaven when you die. The Creator made us creatures of the earth and HE has big plans for us in the coming Kingdom of God on earth. (66 pages)

Christianity's Hebrew Roots Movements was written when I attended a Messianic Synagogue, with Christian Jews. What I learned is that they are half-way houses for converted Jews who don't want to give up their ceremonious Sabbath services. There are other movements who attempt to adope the ancient lifestyle of the wandering Israelists into modern life. One movement is a reluctance to fully embrace the truth of Christ's deliverance and the other is gross ignorance of who the modern believer really has been made in Christ by the indwelling holy spirt since Pentecost. It's my best seller. (42 pages)

... that's not all of my books, eight more at--> John's Amazon author's page <--

Some of the essays I wrote while working on my books were never included nor published. Others I made available for download on a website I no longer maintain. You can find many of them on the essay down load page. A couple are essays I referenced while writing. They're public and plenty good to share!