Blessings

by Ellen White, Jerry D. Thomas

Overview

The Sea of Galilee is really a lake. Known to modern Israelis as Lake Kinneret, it is only thirteen miles long and seven miles wide. Yet there above its shore, Jesus spoke the Sermon on the Mount as a gift to all people who would come to know Him until the end of time.
So today, Jesus offers blessings to all who will follow Him. To the spiritually helpless, the gentlehearted, the sad, the hated, and the abused, He throws His arms open and says, “Come to Me, and I will give you peace.”
Ellen White’s Thoughts From the Mount of Blessing was first published in 1896. Hundreds of thousands of copies have been distributed around the world. This contemporary adaptation of her book by Jerry D. Thomas brings the powerful yet simple truths of the original to the world of the twenty-first century. The precious truths that turned the world upside down reveal the power of God’s grace and mercy. Christ’s teachings amazed the humble and confused the proud back then. They still do today. Allow the stories and teachings that thrilled the simple country folk of Galilee to bless your life and awaken hope and love in your heart as well.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940012572769
Publisher:	Pacific Press Publishing Association
Publication date:	08/11/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Jerry D. Thomas

Jerry D. Thomas grew up on a farm in East Texas, the middle of five children born to Pastor and Mrs. Hagar Thomas. He graduated from Valley Grande Academy in Weslaco, Texas, and married Kitty Barron, daughter of Evangelist Dick and Jeanne Barron, shortly thereafter. Together they attended Southwestern Adventist University and began a family.

After the birth of their first two children—Jon and Jennifer—Jerry graduated with a B.A. in Theology from SWAU. The family moved to Berrien Springs, Michigan, to attend the SDA Theological Seminary at Andrews University, and there their third child, Jeremy, was born. A year later, they accepted a call to pastor and teach at Highland View Academy in Hagerstown, Maryland.

During the six years he taught religion and pastored there, Jerry finished a master’s degree in religious education at Andrews University. He also began his writing career, with stories and articles published in Guide, Insight, the Adventist Review, and the Journal of Adventist Education.

In 1991, Jerry accepted a call to Pacific Press as an assistant book editor. The next year, he wrote the first of his beloved Detective Zack books and began his successful career as a book author. In 1994, he became the book editor for Pacific Press, a position he held until 2002.

Today, Jerry is the author of more than 30 books and hundreds of stories. His books, which have sold more than one million copies, are being read around the world in ten different languages. With his Detective Zack, Shoebox Kids, Great Stories for Kids, Mixed-up Max, and What We Believe books, Jerry has written more for children than anyone in Adventist history.

In 2001, Jerry took on the biggest challenge of his writing career. With the support of the White Estate, he adapted The Desire of Ages, the Ellen White classic on the life of Jesus, into modern, simpler English. Messiah has been a best-selling book since it was released in 2002 and it continues to help readers see Jesus more clearly. His adaptation of Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing, called Blessings, was released in 2009.

After serving as communication director for the Southwestern Union and editor of the Southwestern Union Record for five years, Jerry returned to Pacific Press as vice-president for product development in 2008. He and Kitty, proud grandparents of two, have been married for 30 years. They live in Nampa, Idaho. The