This special offer includes three books:

The Illumined Heart: Capture the Vibrant Faith of Ancient Christians
by Frederica Mathewes-Green
Why are modern Christians so indistinguishable from everyone else? How come Christians who lived in times of bloody persecution were so heroic, while we who live in safety are not? How could the first Christians fast valiantly, but we feel deprived without dessert? How did New Testament believers pray without ceasing? How could the early Christian martyrs actually forgive their torturers? What did the Christians of the first centuries know that we don't?

That's what this book is about.

Breathtakingly countercultural, and worth more to the honest seeker than shelves of what passes for practical spirituality these days."
- Rod Dreher, The New York Post

The Jesus Prayer: The Ancient Desert Prayer that Tunes the Heart to God
by Frederica Mathewes-Green
Frederica Mathewes-Green offers a comprehensive book on the Jesus Prayer - a spiritual jewel for anyone who yearns for a real and continuous presence with Christ. She illuminates the history, theology, and spirituality of Orthodoxy, so that the Prayer can be understood in its native context, and provides practical steps for making it part of your being.

The Teaching of the Twelve: Believing and Practicing the Primitive Christianity of the Ancient Didache Community:

How did the first Christians practice their faith? The Didache, an early handbook of an anonymous Christian community, "is the most important book you've never heard of." It spells out a way of life for Jesus-followers, including how to love one another, how to practice the Eucharist, and how to take in wandering prophets.

Likely written before many of the New Testament books, this little-known text can enlighten the way that Christians are church, today. Tony Jones unpacks the ancient document with insight and perspective, and traces the life of a small house church in Missouri that is trying to live according to its precepts. Includes a new, contemporary English translation of the complete text of the Didache.