The Messengers: A True Story of Angelic Presence and the Return to the Age of Miracles

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Summary: Mixed Feelings
Review: I am a devout Christian who believes in angels, and have an open mind on reincarnation, but I find many the things in this book difficult to accept. I find it strange that someone who prays regularly has never read the Bible or attended church. 'Paul's' skepticism about the virgin birth, and his uncertainty about Jesus' miracles and healings, Lazarus' and Jesus's own (physical) resurrection ("some say yes and some say no") seems odd; surely someone so close to Jesus would have very little trouble in confirming or rejecting these events. I am also troubled by 'Paul's' dismissal of many Old Testament incidents as fables ('God would never do that'), and his account of Jesus' Eastern 'education' - does the Son of God, who astounded religious scholars with His knowledge and insights as a boy in the temple need further instruction from men? I would sincerely like to believe that Mr Bunick is St Paul, come to renew our faith in Christ. But many parts of the book are just too 'New Age' for my comfort.

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Summary: "...4:44... There's More To This Than Just Nick Bunick."
Review: I found THE MESSENGERS to be a very good read on many different levels. For those who believe their God to be a God of unconditional love, they will find that God alive and well on these pages. For those who believe in the literal interpretation of the Old & New Testaments and know their God to be a God of wrath and judgment as well as love, I'd say you'll have great trouble taking all of Paul's accounts to be truthful. However, there have been dozens of people who have been contacted by angels (according to the authors), through repeated contacts at either 4:44 am or 4:44 pm, requesting their assistance in the development and production of the book. I find that fact alone, equally fascinating as the accounts of Nick Bunick and his past life as Saul. Further, a good friend of mine just informed me that her husband has been awakened by their cat at 4:44 am on several different occasions over the last couple of months and he hasn't even read the book yet! Who knows?! I find the book to be very uplifting and encouraging for anyone with an open mind.

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Summary: very interesting read
Review: I found thhis book to be very interesting. It awoke my initial,child taught beliefs and made me think. It is almost frightning NOT to believe

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Summary: I was amazed how this book changed my thoughts on religion.
Review: I highly recommend this book to everyone. After reading, I felt compelled to tell everyone I'm care about to read it. Needless to say it is making the rounds in my family. The story of Nick, a regular guy whose knowlege of religion is very limited is interesting in the fact that what he discloses under hypnotism he could not possibly have known before. I really felt like I learned new things about Jesus and christianity that I didn't know before. This book was hard to put down and kept you thinking even when you did.

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Summary: Anti climatic
Review: I just finished listening to Messangers. one of the things I found most disturbing was the narritive. a story this personal should have been written in the first person. I found myself wondering why a third person was describing how Nick "felt". And if Nick was now so detrmend to make himself known why did he not!! This was my first audio book. what a disapointment!

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Summary: Dumb book
Review: I like ordering from you on the net but the downside is that I don't get to look at the book before buying it. I ordered a book I thought my wife would like called The Messengers by Julia Ingram (she likes angels). When it came it took me a short time to see that it was not up to standard--a pablum sort of book. Popular in the worst sense. We are interested in angels, but real, credible angels, angels and ideas (or their authors) with intellectual force. We read university level non-fiction mainly. This book is poor. So my question is, how do I return this book which my wife prevailed on me to inscribe (unread) since it was a gift. And what is your policy in general, for future reference? Thanks

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Summary: More questions than ever...
Review: I read this book because I am also looking for answers After completeing the book, I have a question. How can you believe Angels guided the writing of this book, and doubt they guided the writing of the Bible?

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Summary: This book has changed my life!
Review: I read this book last August, 1997, and it has changed my life. Although the two parts of the book seem distinctly separate, Nick/Paul's past life regression is fascinating, and it is enhanced by the miracles in the first part of the book. I believe that Nick's message of "universal love,universal compassion, and living in truth" closely fits my favorite scripture, Micah 6:8. What does the Lord ask of Thee? To act justly (universal compassion), to love gently(universal love), and to walk humbly with thy God (living in truth). Nick is very believable, and his interpretation of Jesus's joy and love to all around him just turned a key inside of me. After reading it, I started having 444 experiences, from waking up at 4:44 to seeing cars with "444" license plates when I was lost. Nick comes out with a new book in September, and I can't wait. This is a life-changing book!

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Summary: may not be what you thought it would be....
Review: I read this book with a very open mind and heart and still just couldn't "buy it". Too many phrases that were used while under hypnosis that are 20th-century christian terms--such as, "witnesses", "the word", "salvation", "conversions" , "converting people" etc.--not terms used by the 1st-century church. This puts doubt in my mind of the credibility of it all and what I hoped would be unknown details of the lives of Christ and St. Paul. The fact that no personal details of the life of Paul were every "uncovered" and the "missing years" omitted the trek of Jesus to the East is also very disappointing, and making the "story" suspect of truth re: the real past life of Paul .The book also suggests that the healings were begun out of frustration by Jesus since the True Message of love and abiding with God was not being accepted by the crowds. However, IF it has any truth in it, the story confirms for me that is was the WILL and the VERY STRONG OPIONIONS of St. Paul that created the Christian religion, NOT the beliefs and message of Christ. So if this story is true, it confirms even more to me that the Messanger was deified and the TRUE messageof love, life and God was totally missed by the founder of Christianity.

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Summary: A GREAT INTRODUCTION TO A LOVING GOD
Review: I really enjoyed the way the story is unfloding in the book. The use of Angels as God's messengers. The time always stopping on 4:44 am as if it is some type of secret angel code. I believe it took alot for Mr. Bunick to write this book knowing that the rest of the world would think him to be some crackpot who failed bible studies. I for the most part want to belive the God that he describes in his book. What I got from this book was that God lives in us all and basically he just wants us to love each other to be as good as possible to each other. I got the feeling that Nick protrayed a loving God, some one that I would like to have known. A God that I am not afraid of, A God that I could even want to pray to or just talk to any time that I wanted. Yes Mr. Bunick has touched my heart and has me wanting to know more about the God he describes in his book. I look forward to reading his next book.