{"product_id":"surprised-by-christ-my-journey-from-judaism-to-orthodox-christianity","title":"Surprised by Christ: My Journey from Judaism to Orthodox Christianity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eItem No. 9781888212952     \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eby Fr. A. James Bernstein     354pp\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe story of a man searching for truth and unable to rest until he finds it. Raised in Queens, New York, by formerly Orthodox Jewish parents whose faith had been undermined by the Holocaust, Arnold Bernstein went on his own personal quest for the God he instinctively felt was there. He was ready to accept God in whatever form He chose to reveal Himself--and that form turned out to be Christ. But Bernstein soon perceived discrepancies in the various forms of Protestant belief that surrounded him, and so his quest continued--this time for the true Church. With his Jewish heritage as a foundation, he studied and evaluated, and eventually came to the conclusion that the faith of his forefathers was fully honored and brought to completion only in the Orthodox Christian Church.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSurprised by Christ\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecombines an engrossing memoir of one man's life in historic times and situations--from the Six-Day War to the Civil Rights Movement to the Jesus Movement in Berkeley--with a deeply felt examination of the distinctives of Orthodox theology that make the Orthodox Church the true home not only for Christian Jews, but for all who seek to know God as fully as He may be known.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe Rev. A. James Bernstein was a teenage chess champion whose dramatic conversion experience at the age of 16 led him to Christianity. His spiritual journey has included a number of twists and turn: he was chapter president of Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship at Queens College, helped found the Jews for Jesus ministry in San Francisco, was a staff member of the Christian World Liberation Front in Berkeley, served as a pastor of an Evangelical Orthodox Church near Silicon Valley, and later became an Eastern Orthodox convert and then priest. He lives with his wife Bonnie outside of Seattle, Washington, where he serves as pastor of St. Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church. Father James is the author of the booklets\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eOrthodoxy: Jewish and Christian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Conciliar Press, 1990);\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhich Came First: The Church or the New Testament\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(CP, 1994);\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCommunion: A Family Affair\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(CP, 1999); Heaven and Hell (AFP, 2009); The Original Gospel (AFP, 2010), and Discovering the Prophecies of Christ (AFP, 2016). He was also a contributor to the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eOrthodox Study Bible: New Testament and Psalms\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e(Thomas Nelson, 1993).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"True Vine Trading","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46873871057068,"sku":null,"price":34.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/9657\/5404\/files\/surprised-by-christ-bernstein__51552.jpg?v=1785837309","url":"https:\/\/truevinetrading.com\/products\/surprised-by-christ-my-journey-from-judaism-to-orthodox-christianity","provider":"True Vine Trading","version":"1.0","type":"link"}