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Theology And The Mirror Of Scripture
$30.99Add to cartEvangelicalism has long been a hotly disputed label, and what counts as evangelical theology is often anyone’s guess. Is evangelicalism a static bounded set defined by clear doctrinal limits, or is it a dynamic centered set without a discernible circumference? In this inaugural volume in the Studies in Christian Doctrine and Scripture, Kevin Vanhoozer and Daniel Treier present evangelical theology as an “anchored” set, rooted in the Trinity. In response to increasing evangelical fragmentation, Theology and the Mirror of Scripture offers a clarion call to reconceive evangelical theology theologically by reflecting on the God of the gospel as mirrored in Scripture. Such “mere” evangelical theology will be an exercise in Christian wisdom for the purpose of building up the fellowship of saints.
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Paul Apostle Of Liberty
$38.99Add to cartPaul’s teachings are vital to understanding the Christian gospel – his letters, says Richard Longenecker, are second in importance only to the words of Jesus – so the turbulent, long-running controversy over contrasting interpretations of Paul’s message takes on crucial importance. Longenecker’s Paul, Apostle of Liberty stands as a significant, constructive evangelical study of Paul’s theology, including the creative tension between law and liberty that runs throughout his thought.
When this book was originally published in 1964, Longenecker then presciently anticipated several subsequent debates, addressing many of the same questions that such scholars as E. P. Sanders and Richard Hays did years later. This new edition of Paul, Apostle of Liberty includes a foreword by Douglas Campbell and a lengthy addendum by Longenecker discussing the major developments in Paul studies over the past fifty years.
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Heirs Of Promise
$15.99Add to cartWhat is the relationship between the Church and Israel? And how does that influence our understanding of the Old Testament?
In Heirs of Promise, P. Chase Sears answers these questions by taking a biblical-theological approach to the book of Romans. He argues that Paul views the Church as the new Israel-not a replacement of Israel, but rather the continuation of Israel reconstituted in Christ. As the Son of God, Jesus is the true Israel, through whom all of God’s purposes for Israel and creation are realized. Through faith in Christ, the Church becomes God’s new covenant people and heirs of all his saving promises.
Sears examines how people united to Jesus find their identity in him. He explains how Old Testament promises made to Israel are being fulfilled in the Church. And he shows how Paul applies descriptions of Israel to all those who believe the gospel. These themes from Romans demonstrate that Paul considers the Church to be the new Israel, and thus Heirs of Promise.
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God Unseen : A Theological Introduction To Esther
$14.99Add to cartPreachers and commentators often focus on Esther as a story of divine providence. Many go so far as to say that the absence of any mention of God in Esther is proof of his presence-a tenuous foundation upon which to build a case! GOD UNSEEN argues that Esther is indeed intended to be read in a religious context and that it does speak to God’s providence, but shows this by a careful comparison of the text of Esther with many other Old Testament narratives that it echoes, thus setting it squarely in a canonical context. The result of such a contextual reading will give credence to the belief that God should be seen in those silences. Esther closely parallels life in 21st-century western culture. It tells the story of people who know how to be righteous followers of God, but who are surrounded by a world of paganism and, far too often, find themselves assimilating rather than standing apart. The characters receive no special revelation from God, nor does he seem to be present at all in their lives. Many Christians today live under a similar set of circumstances, so its message is vital. GOD UNSEEN’s argument that the book of Esther is religious and that God is present in the narrative will help give practical shape to modern questions of what it means to live during the apparent silence of God.
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Reformation Readings Of Paul
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Introduction: Jonathan A. LinebaughGalatians And Martin Luther
1. Martin Luther’s Reading Of Galatians: David C. Fink
2. The Text Of Galatians And The Theology Of Luther: John M. G. BarclayRomans And Philipp Melanchthon
3. Philipp Melanchthon’s Reading Of Romans: Robert Kolb
4. The Text Of Romans And The Theology Of Melanchthon: Mark SeifridEphesians And Martin Bucer
5. Martin Bucer’s Reading Of Ephesians: Brian Lugioyo
6. The Text Of Ephesians And The Theology Of Bucer: Wesley Hill1 & 2 Corinthians And John Calvin
7. John Calvin’s Reading Of The Corinthian Epistles: Michael Allen
8. The Text Of 1 & 2 Corinthians And The Theology Of Calvin: Dane C. OrtlundThe Letters Of Paul And Thomas Cranmer
9. Thomas Cranmer’s Reading Of Paul’s Letters: Ashley Null
10. The Texts Of Paul And The Theology Of Cranmer: Jonathan A. LinebaughIn Conclusion: The Story Of Reformation Readings: Gerald Bray
Contributors
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Scripture IndexAdditional Info
Did the Protestant Reformers understand Paul correctly? Has the church today been unduly influenced by Reformation-era misreadings of the Pauline epistles? These questions-especially as they pertain to Martin Luther’s interpretation of the Pauline doctrine of justification-have been at the forefront of much discussion within biblical studies and theology in light of the New Perspective on Paul.But that leads to another question: Have we understood the Reformers correctly? With that in mind, these essays seek to enable a more careful reading of the Reformers’ exegesis of Pauline texts. Each chapter pairs a Reformer with a Pauline letter and then brings together a historical theologian and a biblical scholar to examine these Reformation-era readings of Paul. In doing so, this volume seeks a better understanding of the Reformers and the true meaning of the biblical text.
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Praying With Ancient Israel
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Abbreviations
Contributors
Introduction
Prayer In The Pentateuch By Phillip G. Camp
Prayer In The Deuteronomistic History By Timothy M. Willis
Prayer In The Major Prophets (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel) By John T. Willis
Prayer In The Minor Prophets (The Book Of The Twelve) By Andrew E. Hill
Prayer In The Psalms By Tremper Longman III
Prayer In The Wisdom Literature By Elaine A. Phillips
Prayer In Ruth And Esther By Brittany D. Kim
Prayer In Daniel By Wendy Lwidder
Prayer In 1-2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah By Claude Mariottini
Select Bibliography On Prayer In The Old Testament
Scripture IndexAdditional Info
Publisher Marketing: Praying with Ancient Israel surveys large portions of the Old Testament-including sections that are often overlooked, such as Ruth & Esther, the Prophets, and Wisdom Literature-and shows how each offers a vital, unique perspective on prayer. Also, since prayer touches every aspect of life, this book addresses how a theology of prayer in the Old Testament has abiding significance for Christians today. The hope is that Praying with Ancient Israel will provide fuel for the fire as you study about prayer and grow more deeply in communion with God. -
Introduction To The Old Testament
$50.99Add to cartPreface
Part I: Introduction
Part II: The Torah
Part III: The Prophets
Part IV: The Writings
Part V: Looking Back Over The Whole
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Scripture IndexAdditional Info
Enter the classroom of one of today’s premier biblical interpreters as he shares his infectious love for the Old Testament. This is where you begin the adventure of exploring the Bible’s First Testament.Some Old Testament introductions tell you what you could have seen for yourself. They might recount in detail what other scholars have said, and then tell you what you should think about it. But with refreshing directness, John Goldingay outfits you with basic knowledge, points out the main approaches, outlines the primary issues and then sets you loose to explore the terrain for yourself.
Traverse the grand tapestry of the Torah. Discern the art and grain of biblical narrative. Listen to the cries, confessions and cadences of the Psalms. Probe the varied textures of wisdom literature. And ponder the prophets in the darkening nightmare of exile and the distant light of hope.
More workbook than handbook, this introduction to the Old Testament is rooted in decades of tried and proven teaching. Goldingay displays a robust confidence in the truthfulness of Scripture combined with a refreshing trust in the reader’s ability to grapple responsibly with the Old Testament. Even when the text hits you sideways, Goldingay encourages you not to squirm or run, but to grab hold and go deeper. Under his expert guidance the cordon between faith and criticism swings open into theological and spiritual insight.
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How To Read Job
$25.99Add to cartPart I: Reading Job As Literature
1. What Is The Book Of Job About?
2. What Is The Rhetorical Strategy Of The Book Of Job?
3. Job In The Context Of The Ancient Near East
4. Is Job A Real Person?Part II: Getting To Know The Characters Of The Book Of Job
5. What Do We Learn About God From Job?
6. Who Is “Satan” In Job?
7. What Is The Role Of Job In The Book Of Job?
8. How To Assess Job’s Human Advisers
9. Who Is Job’s Advocate?
10. Behemoth And Leviathan, The Most Powerful Creatures ImaginablePart III: The Theological Message Of The Book Of Job
11. The Retribution Principle And Theodicy In Job
12. The Retribution Principle In Wisdom Literature
13. Does Job Believe In The Afterlife?
14. Learning About The Cosmos In Job
15. The Theology Of Suffering In The Book Of Job
16. Job’s View Of GodPart IV: Reading Job As A Christian
17. Job And Jesus
18. The Message Of The Book Of Job For Today
19. Does The Book Of Job Provide Comfort?
20. Applying The Book Of JobAppendix: Commentaries On The Book Of Job
Author Index
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We often turn to the book of Job when we encounter suffering. We look for an explanation for the questions “Why me?” or “Why her?” But what if it turns out that although Job does suffer, the book is not really about his suffering?If ever a book needed a “How to Read” instruction manual, it is the book of Job. And when two respected Old Testament scholars team up-both of whom have written commentaries on Job-we have a matchless guide to reading and appreciating the book. From their analysis of its place in the wisdom literature of the Bible and the ancient Near East to their discussions of its literary features and relationship to history, Walton and Longman give us the best of their expertise. They explore the theology of Job, placing it within Israelite religion and Old Testament theology. And they coach us in how to read Job as Christians. When it turns out the book is not what we thought it was, our reading is richly layered and more satisfying.
Whether you are preparing to preach or teach, leading a Bible study, studying for a class or for personal enrichment, How to Read Job is your starting point.
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Who Shall Ascend The Mountain Of The Lord
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Author’s Preface
AbbreviationsPrologue: The Glory Of God’s House: The Lampstand And The Table Of The Presence
1. Leviticus Within The Pentateuch: A Theological Structure
2. Longing For Eden: Genesis, The Narrative Context Of Leviticus
3. Returning To Eden: Exodus, The Narrative Context Of Leviticus
4. Approaching The House Of God: The Dramatic Movement Of Leviticus 1-10
5. Cleansing The House Of God: The Dramatic Movement Of Leviticus 11-16
6. Meeting With God At The House Of God: The Dramatic Movement Of Leviticus 17-27
7. Establishing The Earthly House Of God: From Sinai’s Tabernacle To Zion’s Temple
8. Entering The Heavenly House Of God: From The Earthly To The Heavenly Mount ZionBibliography
Index Of Authors
Index Of Scripture ReferencesAdditional Info
“Who shall ascend the mountain of the LORD?” ?Psalm 24:3 In many ways, this is the fundamental question of Old Testament Israel’s cult?and, indeed, of life itself. How can creatures made from dust become members of God’s household, “forever”? The question of ascending God’s mountain to his house was likely recited by pilgrims on approaching the temple on Mount Zion during the annual festivals. This entrance liturgy runs as an undercurrent throughout the Pentateuch and is at the heart of its central book, Leviticus. Its dominating concern, as well as that of the rest of the Bible, is the way in which humanity may come to dwell with God. Israel’s deepest hope was not merely a liturgical question, but a historical quest. Under the Mosaic covenant, the way opened up by God was through the Levitical cult of the tabernacle and later temple, its priesthood and rituals. The advent of Christ would open up a new and living way into the house of God?indeed, that was the goal of his taking our humanity upon himself, his suffering, his resurrection and ascension. In this stimulating volume in the New Studies in Biblical Theology, Michael Morales explores the narrative context, literary structure and theology of Leviticus. He follows its dramatic movement, examines the tabernacle cult and the Day of Atonement, and tracks the development from Sinai’s tabernacle to Zion’s temple?and from the earthly to the heavenly Mount Zion in the New Testament. He shows how life with God in the house of God was the original goal of the creation of the cosmos, and became the goal of redemption and the new creation. Addressing key issues in biblical theology, the works comprising New Studies in Biblical Theology are creative attempts to help Christians better understand their Bibles. The NSBT series is edited by D. A. Carson, aiming to simultaneously instruct and to edify, to interact with current scholarship and to point the way ahead. -
Jesus Behaving Badly
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1. Everybody Likes Jesus
2. Revolutionary Or Pacifist? The King And His Kingdom
3. Angry Or Loving? Prophet Of Israel’s Restoration
4. Environmentalist Or Earth Scorcher? Killing Pigs And Cursing Trees
5. Legalist Or Grace Filled? Be Perfect . . . Or Else?
6. Hellfire Preacher Or Gentle Shepherd? Scaring The Hell Out Of You
7. Antifamily Or Family Friendly? Who’s Your Daddy?
8. Racist Or Inclusivist? Gentile Dogs And Other Riffraff
9. Sexist Or Egalitarian? If We’re So Equal, Why Do The Boys Get All The Good Jobs?
10. Was Jesus Anti-Semitic? Shepherd Of Israel’s Lost Sheep
11. Failed Prophet Or Victorious King? Doomsday Prophet Of The End Of The World?
12. Decaying Corpse Or Resurrected Lord? All The Eggs In One Easter Basket
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Everybody likes Jesus. Don’t they?We overlook that Jesus was
Judgmental-preaching hellfire far more than the apostle Paul
Uncompromising-telling people to hate their families
Chauvinistic-excluding women from leadership
Racist-insulting people from other ethnic groups
Anti-environmental-cursing a fig tree and affirming animal sacrifice
Angry-overturning tables and chasing moneychangers in the templeHe demanded moral perfection, told people to cut off body parts, made prophecies that haven’t come true, and defied religious and political authorities. While we tend to ignore this troubling behavior, the people around Jesus didn’t. Some believed him so dangerous that they found a way to have him killed.
The Jesus everybody likes, says Mark Strauss, is not the Jesus found in the Gospels. He’s a figure we’ve created in our own minds. Strauss believes that when we unpack the puzzling paradoxes of the man from Galilee, we find greater insight into his countercultural message and mission than we could ever have imagined.
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Biblical History Of Israel (Revised)
$62.00Add to cartFor over a decade, A Biblical History of Israel has gathered praise and criticism for its unapologetic approach to reconstructing the historical landscape of ancient Israel through a biblical lens. In this much-anticipated second edition, the authors reassert that the Old Testament should be taken seriously as a historical document alongside other literary and archaeological sources.
Significantly revised and updated, A Biblical History of Israel, Second Edition includes the authors’ direct response to critics. In part 1, the authors review scholarly approaches to the historiography of ancient Israel and negate arguments against using the Bible as a primary source. In part 2, they outline a history of ancient Israel from 2000 to 400 BCE by integrating both biblical and extra-biblical sources. The second edition includes updated archaeological data and new references. The text also provides four maps and fourteen tables as useful references for students.
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Radical Apprentices : Risky And Rewarding Decipleship Rediscovered Through
$15.99Add to cartHow can believers today express their commitment to Jesus in a way that is relevant and alluring? Ron Mahler reintroduces the early Church, whose people were so radical in every facet of their faith and ministry, as the ultimate example for Christians to emulate. The trail-blazing testimony of our pioneering Christian ancestors challenges us to imagine a time when faith and fellowship were not just about believing in certain doctrines and doing “Christian” things, but also about living like Jesus lived.
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Sent : A Working Resource For The Gospel Of John And The Letters Of John
$22.95Add to cartHas John’s Gospel ever seemed an enigma-a wondrous and enticing enigma, but nonetheless puzzling? SENT provides a resourceful entree into John’s Gospel, that will be of encouragement to pastors, teachers, and small group leaders alike.
As a resource to John’s Gospel and the Letters of John, SENT seeks to combine the concluding statement of John 20 with Jesus’ affirmation of John 17:
“But these [signs] have been written in order that you might believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God,” the One who said, “As you have sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.”
Given this combination, SENT addresses two questions: to whom was Jesus sent and with what message? Moreover, through the entree of John 17, Jesus’ “I AM” statements resonate profoundly, even as the voice of John’s Gospel echoes throughout the Letters of John. SENT provides Scriptural texts in Greek and English, study questions, and meditations. The format is simple: divided into workable parts, it follows the course of the “academic year” in conjunction with the Christian calendar. It may be used devotionally or as an aid to teaching and preaching.” -
Apocalypse Prophecy And Pseudepigraphy
$37.99Add to cartA highly regarded expert on Jewish apocalyptic texts, John J. Collins has written extensively on the subject. Nineteen of his essays written over the last fifteen years, including several previously unpublished contributions, are brought together for the first time in Apocalypse, Prophecy, and Pseudepigraphy.
After an introductory essay that revisits the problem of defining Apocalypse as a literary genre, Collins deals with a number of different topics, including the relationship between apocalypse and prophecy and the troubling ethical issues raised by apocalyptic texts. Collins also examines several specific examples to show the themes and variation present in the genre. Organized in five sections, these thematic essays complement and enrich Collins’s well-known book The Apocalyptic Imagination.
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Paul And His Recent Interpreters
$44.00Add to cartThis companion volume to N. T. Wright’s Paul and the Faithfulness of God and Pauline Perspectives is essential reading for all with a serious interest in Paul, the interpretation of his letters, his appropriation by subsequent thinkers, and his continuing significance today. In the course of this masterly survey, Wright asks searching questions of all of the major contributors to Pauline studies since the Enlightenment.
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Letters Of Paul
$45.00Add to cartThis is the sixth edition of the classic textbook that has been introducing Paul and his writing to seminary and undergraduate students for over forty years. Roetzel provides a comprehensive look at Paul in light of recent scholarship and theological understandings of Paul. This new edition includes four brand-new sections on the following: the chronology of Paul’s letters; Paul’s concept of “law” in the context of messianic expectation; the religious and political contexts in which Paul’s letters were written; and Jewish understandings of Gentiles and Paul’s mission to include them among the elect of God. This long-established textbook is the ideal choice for any student of Paul.
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Gods Blueprint : What Does The Old Testament Really Say
$15.99Add to cartThe journey begins and I am so excited at what God will show us through His Word. First, some ground-rules. This is not an exhaustive commentary on the Hebrew Scriptures, but rather a meandering and we won’t be visiting the popular beauty spots featured in the glossy travel brochures. Instead, we will be lifting up stones and poking around in the undergrowth. We will also look upwards and outwards at the bigger picture and, following the unique quirks of the Hebrew mind, we will be making connections, sometimes in unusual places, often crossing over boundaries erected by theologians to keep us nice and ordered. Not so much the highways, as the byways; not so much the purple prose as the small print. As I have stressed many times in recent books, there are two mindsets that dominate the thinking of modern man, Christians included. These are the Greek mindset, perhaps best expressed in the phrase, Know thyself! and the Hebraic mindset, which focuses on knowing God. Now here’s the problem in a nutshell. The Bible was written using the Hebraic mindset, but, these days tends to be understood using the Greek mindset. This means that we tend to see the Bible predominantly as a source for our thoughts and actions. There is nothing wrong with that, but what is often neglected is God Himself. There’s no better way of getting to know the One we are going to spend eternity with, than by reading His Book. There’s so much we can learn about Him from the Hebrew Scriptures, from the developing story of His dealings with His people. I would go as far as to say that these Scriptures, the Old Testament, are there to provide us with a blueprint, a design plan, of God’s heart. God’s blueprint. So that has been my aim with this book. In the first part there is a complete sweep of the Hebrew Scriptures, from Genesis to Malachi. I have gone, as far as I can, for broad chronological accuracy rather than neat divisions. So Job comes between Genesis and Exodus and the two books of Chronicles straddle the Psalms. Also, where possible I have placed the prophets as close as I could to the narrative they refer to, so we can have historical context. It may all seem a bit of a mess, but I think that the Scriptures will speak to you in new ways. In the second part, I strip out all of the themes uncovered so far and displayed logically (how Greek is that!), so that we can start to see some important principles on how God deals with His people. There may be some surprises here for you, ther
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Illuminated Journaling : Giving Creative Expression To Your Faith
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BRING GOD’S WORD TO LIFE THROUGH ART!
As we became aware of this new trend, it seemed like a natural step for G.T. Luscombe to find a way to support this community.
We began looking around for people who were actively involved in Bible Journaling who could help us bring you the best that the industry has to offer in journaling supplies. We found Jann Gray and learned that she has been teaching workshops in Bible Journaling almost since the beginning of the movement. She says that it was her love of photography and the way that a picture can transport her back to the moment that the picture wastaken that led to her love of journaling in her Bible using words and images. She calls this style of journaling, Illuminated Journaling, because like the flash of a camera, it captures the moment when you have met with God on the pages of His Word and allows you to return to that meeting again and again – refreshing your memory and reinforcing the Truths that you learned.The number one question people ask once they get their Journaling Bible is “WHAT PRODUCTS DO I USE THAT WILL WORK WELL IN MY BIBLE?”
Let Jann Gray, a well known teacher and author in the Bible Journaling community, introduce you to the very best products available for Bible Journaling. We worked together with Jann and a variety of manufacturers to take the guess work out of stocking the tools and supplies Bible Journalers want to use.
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I Still Believe
$24.99Add to cartI (Still) Believe explores the all-important question of whether serious academic study of the Bible is threatening to one’s faith. Far from it-faith enhances study of the Bible and, reciprocally, such study enriches a person’s faith. With this in mind, this book asks prominent Bible teachers and scholars to tell their story reflecting on their own experiences at the intersection of faith and serious academic study of the Bible.
While the essays of this book will provide some apology for academic study of the Bible as an important discipline, the essays engage with this question in ways that are uncontrived. They present real stories, with all the complexities and struggles they may hold. To this end, the contributors do two things: (a) reflect on their lives as someone who teaches and researches the Bible, providing something of a story outlining their journey of life and faith, and their self-understanding as a biblical theologian; and (b) provide focused reflections on how faith has made a difference, how it has changed, and what challenges have arisen, remained, and are unresolved, all with a view toward the future and engaging the book’s main question.
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Struggle To Understand Isaiah As Christian Scripture
$35.99Add to cartA key emphasis of Brevard Childs’s distinguished career has been to show not only that the canon of Scripture comprises both Old and New Testaments but also that the concept of “canon” includes the way the Christian church continues to wrestle in every age with the meaning of its sacred texts. In this new volume Childs uses the book of Isaiah as a case study of the church’s endeavor throughout history to understand its Scriptures.
In each chapter Childs focuses on a different Christian age, using the work of key figures to illustrate the church’s changing views of Isaiah. After looking at the Septuagint translation, Childs examines commentaries and tractates from the patristic, Reformation, and modern periods. His review shows that despite an enormous diversity in time, culture, nationality, and audience, these works nevertheless display a “family resemblance” in their theological understandings of this central Old Testament text. Childs also reveals how the church struggled to adapt to changing social and historical conditions, often by correcting or refining traditional methodologies, while at the same time maintaining a theological stance measured by faithfulness to Jesus Christ. In an important final chapter Childs draws out some implications of his work for modern debates over the role of Scripture in the life of the church.
Of great value to scholars, ministers, and students, this book will also draw general readers into the exciting theological debate currently raging in the Christian church about the faithful interpretation of Scripture.
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For The Love Of All Creatures
$21.99Add to cartThis innovative, broad-ranging book by William Greenway unfolds a biblical spirituality centering on love for all creation and all creatures. Greenway rereads the creation and flood narratives in Genesis from an overtly creature-loving perspective that not only inspires care for creation and its creatures but also reveals sophisticated understandings of faith, grace, and evil vital for twenty-first-century spirituality.Comparing the ancient Israelite cosmology of Genesis with the ancient Babylonian cosmology of the Enuma Elish and with the modern Darwinian cosmology of Thomas Hobbes’s Leviathan, Greenway shows how Genesis extends far beyond those cosmologies in its discernment of the transcending, gracious love of God. Standing at the intersection of animal rights, “green” biblical studies, and philosophical theology, Greenway’s For the Love of All Creatures is a groundbreaking work that will interest and inform a wide range of readers.
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Walking Backwards To Christmas
$17.00Add to cartCongregations are often confused or uninspired by the emphasis on Old Testament themes during Advent and too “over” Christmas by December 26 to pay much attention to the Gospel stories that follow Jesus’ birth. Walking Backwards to Christmas starts at the end of the story, with Jesus’ presentation to Anna and Simeon at the temple, and moves backwards through Herod’s slaughter of the innocents, the wise men’s visit, Jesus’ birth in a stable, Mary’s pregnancy, and finally to the much-earlier hopes and dreams of Isaiah and Moses.
Telling the Christmas story through the eyes of both famous figures like King Herod and imagined characters like the innkeeper’s wife, Stephen Cottrell invites readers to experience Jesus’ birth anew, with greater appreciation of the dark themes and ancient figures relevant to the Advent story.
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Chorus Of Prophetic Voices
$40.00Add to cartWhile there are many textbooks about the prophetic literature, most have taken either a historical or literary approach to studying the prophets. A Chorus of Prophetic Voices, by contrast, draws on both historical and literary approaches by paying careful attention to the prophets as narrative characters. It considers each unique prophetic voice in the canon, in its fully developed literary form, while also listening to what these voices say together about a particular experience in Israel’s story. It presents these four scrolls-Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the Book of the Twelve-as works produced in the aftermath of destruction, works that employ prophetic characters, and as the words uttered during the crises. The prophetic literature became for Israel, living in a context of dispersion and imperial domination, a portable and adaptable resource at once both challenging and comforting. This book provides the fullest picture available for introducing students to the prophetic literature by valuing the role of the original prophetic characters, the finished state of the books that bear their names, the separate historical crises in the life of Israel they address, and the “chorus of prophetic voices” one hears when reading them as part of a coherent literary corpus.
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Johns Use Of Ezekiel
$39.00Add to cartIntroduction
1. The Uniqueness Of John’s Gospel
2. John 1 And Ezekiel 1-3 Juxtaposed
3. John’s Use Of Signs And Ezekiel’s Sign Acts
4. John’s Placement Of The Cleansing Of The Temple In Light Of Ezekiel 8-11
5. John’s “I Am” Sayings In Light Of Ezekiel
6. John 17, 20, And Ezekiel 37: Unity, Resurrection, And The Insufflation
7. Jesus’ Rebuilt “Temple” And Ezekiel 40-43
8. Conclusions And Implications
Bibliography
IndicesAdditional Info
Scholars have long puzzled over the distinctive themes and sequence of John’s narrative in contrast to the accounts in the Synoptic Gospels. Brian Neil Peterson now offers a remarkable explanation for some of the most unusual features of the Fourth Gospel, including the exalted language of the Johannine prologue; the focus upon Jesus as Word; the imagery of light and darkness, of glory and “tabernacling”; the role-and rejection-of prophecy; the early placement of Jesus’ “cleansing” of the temple and his relation to it; the emphasis on “signs” confirming Jesus’ identity; and the prominence of Jesus’ “I Am” sayings.Peterson finds important connections with motifs, themes, and even the macrostructure of the book of Ezekiel at just the points of John’s divergence from the synoptic narrative. His examination of events and sequence in the Fourth Gospel produces a novel understanding of John as steeped in the theology of Ezekiel-and of the Johannine Christ as the fulfillment of the vision of Ezekiel.
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Business Ethics In Biblical Perspective
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The world of business is fraught with ethical challenges. Some of these are relatively straightforward, but others are complicated and require careful reflection. While there are numerous theories to help people navigate these dilemmas, the goal of this book is to provide a comprehensive biblical perspective on contemporary issues in areas such as consumer behavior, management, accounting and marketing. In Business Ethics in Biblical Perspective, Michael E. Cafferky explores the biblical resources for moral guidance and ethical consideration. He identifies twelve key themes in the narrative of Scripture: cosmic conflict, creation, holiness, covenant relationships, shalom, Sabbath, justice, righteousness, truth, wisdom, loving-kindness and redemption. By looking at ethical approaches and issues through this multifaceted biblical perspective, Cafferky helps readers appreciate the complex nature of ethical decision-making, particularly within the context of business and finance. Designed from the start with the classroom in mind, each chapter of Business Ethics in Biblical Perspective provides example scenarios, questions for intrapersonal and interpersonal ethical reflection, review questions, ethical vignettes for discussion and an exploration of the chapter material in light of the biblical themes. Additional IVP Instructor Resources are also available. -
Attributes Of God Volume 2 With Study Guide
$16.99Add to cartThe Attributes of God Volume 2: Deeper Into the Father’s Heart,” speaks to God’s Self-Existence, Transcendence, Eternalness, Omnipotence, Immutability, Omniscience, Wisdom, Sovereignty, Faithfulness, and Love. A.W. Tozer writes urgently in his introduction to this second volume of The Attributes of God. “Nothing less than this will save us.”
Originally preached as sermons to the Avenue Road congregation in Toronto, this study of ten more attributes of God restores our knowledge of who God is.A study guide has been added for an in depth look at each attribute.”
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Identity And Idolatry
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Author’s Preface
Abbreviations1. Living Inside The Text: Canon And Creation
2. A Strange Bridge: Connecting The Image And The Idol
Getting Started On The Wrong Foot: Creation And Image
Human Identity And Human Nature3. The Liturgy Of Creation In The Cosmic Temple
The First Stable As Prologue
The Liturgy Of Creation
The House That God Built4. The Image Of God On The Temple Walls
Introduction
Image And Original
Signs Of Reflection
A Reflected Relationship
The First Table Background: Kings And Representatives
After The First Table: Sonship And Sacredness
Prelude To Idolatry5. Turning The Imago Dei Upside Down: Idolatry And The Prophetic Stance
After Creation-whence Is The Image?
Divine Fidelity And The Image
The Decalogue And The Diatribe Against Idolatry
The Golden Calf-the ‘great Sin’ Of Idolatry
Covenantal Identity And Idolatry Across The Old Testament
Idolatry And Adultery6. Inverting The Inversion: Idols And The Perfect Image
Turning The Story Upside Down
Setting The Context
Idolatry And The Gentile Mission
Theologies Of Idols: Romans 1 And 1 Corinthians 10
Narratives Of Idolatry: Acts 7 And 17
The Perfect Image
Being In The Image Of The Image7. The Rise Of Suspicion: The Religious Criticism Of Religion
Idolatry As Ideological Criticism: The Stage Is Set
Idolatry As Psychological Projection
Idolatry As Alienation And Oppression
Idolatry And The Origin Of Religion
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)8. Significance And Security In A New Key
The Crisis Of Identity And The Idolatries Of Consumption
Christian Identity And Plastic Narratives
An Eternal Story Told Across TimeBibliography
Index Of Authors
Index Of Scripture ReferencesAdditional Info
“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.” (Genesis 1:27)Genesis 1:26-27 has served as the locus of most theological anthropologies in the central Christian tradition. However, Richard Lints observes that too rarely have these verses been understood as conceptually interwoven with the whole of the prologue materials of Genesis 1. The construction of the cosmic temple strongly hints that the “image of God” language serves liturgical functions.
Lints argues that “idol” language in the Bible is a conceptual inversion of the “image” language of Genesis 1. These constructs illuminate each other, and clarify the canon’s central anthropological concerns. The question of human identity is distinct, though not separate, from the question of human nature; the latter has far too frequently been read into the biblical use of ‘image’.
Lints shows how the “narrative” of human identity runs from creation (imago Dei) to fall (the golden calf/idol, Exodus 32) to redemption (Christ as perfect image, Colossians 1:15-20). The biblical-theological use of image/idol is a thread through the canon that highlights the movements of redemptive history.
In the concluding chapters of this New Studies in Biblical Theology volume, Lints interprets the use of idolatry as it emerges in the secular prophets of the nineteenth century, and examines the recent renaissance of interest in idolatry with its conceptual power to explain the “culture of desire.”
Addressing key issues in biblical theology, the works comprising New Studies in Biblical Theology are creative attempts to help Christians better understand their Bibles. The NSBT series is edited by D. A. Carson, aiming to simultaneously instruct and to edify, to interact with current scholarship and to point the way ahead.
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Gospel Of Glory (Reprinted)
$32.00Add to cartThroughout Christian history, the Gospel of John’s distinctive way of presenting the life, works, teachings, death, and resurrection of Jesus have earned it labels such as “the spiritual Gospel” and “the maverick Gospel.” It has been seen as the most theological of the four canonical Gospels. In this volume Richard Bauckham, a leading biblical scholar and a bestselling author in the academy, illuminates main theological themes of the Gospel of John. Bauckham provides insightful analysis of key texts, covering topics such as divine and human community, God’s glory, the cross and the resurrection, and the sacraments. This work will serve as an ideal supplemental text for professors and students in a course on John or the four Gospels. It will also be of interest to New Testament scholars and theologians.
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Therefore I Hope In Him
$15.95Add to cartIn examining the word therefore, Joyce shares her personal experiences from around the globe and gives applications for twenty-nine of these occurrences. The book is centered in the Person in Whom we should put our hope-Therefore I Hope in Him! That Person, of course, is Jesus, the Master and Lord of her life. In exploring these truths from God’s Word-from the vineyards in the Valley of Eschol in Israel, to Jacob’s Well in Samaria, to Jerusalem-Joyce illustrates how they have impacted her life. A challenge is offered to readers to apply these life-changing principles to their own lives.
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Espiritualidad Emocionalmente (Student/Study Guide) – (Spanish) (Student/Study G
$12.99Add to cartPara quienes desean tomar los pasos en su fe cristiana y discipulado, para liberarse de las ataduras del pasado y experimentar la sanidad, Espiritualidad emocionalmente sana es un estudio biblico de ocho sesiones con video sobre la integracion de la salud emocional y la espiritualidad contemplativa. Muchos seguidores honestos de Cristo, seguidores que estan realmente apasionados sobre Dios, se unen a una iglesia, participan semanalmente en un grupo pequeno, sirven con sus dones, y quienes son considerados -maduros-, permanecen estancado a un nivel de inmadurez espiritual, especialmente cuando enfrentan conflictos y crisis interpersonales. El estudio en video Espiritualidad emocionalmente sana y la guia de estudio que lo acompana, ofrecen una estrategia para que el discipulado aborde este vacio, ofreciendo poderosos caminos hacia la transformacion que ayudara a las personas maduran a llegar a una fe llena de autenticidad y un profundo amor a Dios. Las ocho sesiones incluyen: 1.El problema de la espiritualidad emocionalmente no sana. 2.Saber que puedes conocer a Dios. 3.Retroceder para avanzar hacia adelante. 4.Viaje a traves de la pared. 5.Expandir tu alma a traves del dolor y la perdida. 6.Descubrir el ritmo de las Oficina diarias y el Sabbat. 7.Crecer en un adulto emocionalmente sano. 8.Tomar el siguiente paso para desarrollar una -regla de vida-.”
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Sacred Sense : Discovering The Wonder Of Gods Word And World
$25.99Add to cartAll too often Scripture is read only to find answers to life’s perplexing questions, to prove a theological point, or to formulate doctrine. But William Brown argues that if read properly, what the Bible does most fundamentally is arouse a sacred sense of life-transforming wonder.
In this book Brown helps readers develop an orientation toward the biblical text that embraces wonder. He explores reading strategies and offers fresh readings of seventeen Old and New Testament passages, identifying what he finds most central and evocative in the unfolding biblical drama. The Bible invites its readers to linger in wide-eyed wonder, Brown says – and his Sacred Sense shows readers how to do just that.
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Freedom Of God
$23.99Add to cartThe doctrine of election is one of the most difficult in all of Christian theology. It is also one of the most prominent doctrines, for the election of Israel, Christ, and the church is a theme that runs through the Scriptures. Yet, notes James Daane, election is rarely preached from the pulpit. In The Freedom of God Daane offers an explanation for this curious silence, presents a corrective to the scholasticism that has infected Reformed theology, and argues that the doctrine of election is in fact preached whenever Christ is faithfully proclaimed. Interacting with such major Reformed theologians as Bavinck, Hoeksema, VanTil, and others, Daane here offers a clear, biblically based, truly Reformed understanding of the crucial significance of election in relation to preaching.
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Handbook On The Pentateuch (Reprinted)
$42.99Add to cartFor more than twenty years, Victor Hamilton’s handbook has been introducing students to the Pentateuch. In this substantially revised second edition, Hamilton moves chapter by chapter (rather than verse by verse) through the Pentateuch. He examines the content, structure, and theology and provides useful commentary on overarching themes and connections between Old Testament texts. For those who wish to do additional research, each chapter is appended with a bibliography of recent, relevant scholarship. The first edition has sold over sixty thousand copies.
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What Makes Us Human
$7.99Add to cartWhat exactly are we? The modern world has many answers to that question, each of which has consequences for the choices we make about our own life and the lives of others.
In this short, simple book, Mark Meynell wants to help confused Christians understand what God has said about these questions in the scriptures, and offers a positive and liberating way forward as we discover what true humanity really is.
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Reading Romans In Context
$19.99Add to cartReaders of Paul today are more than ever aware of the importance of interpreting Paul’s letters in their Jewish context. In Reading Romans in Context a team of Pauline scholars go beyond a general introduction that surveys historical events and theological themes and explore Paul’s letter to the Romans in light of Second Temple Jewish literature. In this non-technical collection of short essays, beginning and intermediate students are given a chance to see firsthand what makes Paul a distinctive thinker in relation to his Jewish contemporaries. Following the narrative progression of Romans, each chapter pairs a major unit of the letter with one or more thematically related Jewish text, introduces and explores the theological nuances of the comparative text, and shows how these ideas illuminate our understanding of the book of Romans.
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Target Israel : Caught In The Crosshairs Of The End Times
$17.99Add to cartAs the conflicts in the Middle East grow in intensity, we cannot help but wonder what lies ahead for the nation of Israel and whether any of it means we are drawing closer to the last days.
In their exciting new book Target Israel, prophecy experts Tim LaHaye and Ed Hindson explain why Israel is at the center of God’s prophetic plan for the future. As you carefully review the Scriptures with them, you’ll learn about…
the miracle of Israel’s modern-day existence
Israel’s unique purpose in the world
the ways in which Israel serves as a super sign of the end times
the coming alliance of nations that will attempt to annihilate Israel
Christ’s return to Jerusalem to rule the worldYou’ll be inspired as you see how God will bring all His prophetic promises to pass, and be encouraged to share your faith with greater urgency in light of Christ’s second coming.
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4 Portraits One Jesus Workbook (Workbook)
$19.99Add to cartThis workbook accompanies Mark L. Strauss’s Four Portraits, One Jesus. Following the textbook’s structure, it offers readings from the Gospels, activities, and exercises designed to support the students’ learning experience and enhance their comprehension of what can be known from the Gospels about the central defining subject of Christianity, Jesus of Nazareth. Four Portraits, One Jesus is a thorough yet accessible introduction to the four biblical Gospels and their subject, the life and person of Jesus. Like different artists rendering the same subject using different styles and points of view, the Gospels paint four highly distinctive portraits of the same remarkable Jesus. With clarity and insight, Mark Strauss illuminates these four books, first addressing their nature, origin, methods for study, and historical, religious, and cultural backgrounds. He then moves on to closer study of each narrative and its contribution to our understanding of Jesus, investigating things such as plot, characters, and theme. Finally, he pulls it all together with a detailed examination of what the Gospels teach about Jesus’ ministry, message, death, and resurrection, with excursions into the quest for the historical Jesus and the historical reliability of the Gospels.
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Revelation
$14.99Add to cartDiscover:
*How the springs at Hierapolis help us understand why Jesus described the church at Laodicea as “lukewarm”
*The background and circumstances of certificates of divorce in Judaism
*How Jewish dietary laws provided a powerful metaphor for God’s acceptance of the GentilesBrimming with photos and graphics, the Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary walks you verse by verse through all the books of the New Testament. It’s like slipping on a set of glasses that lets you read the Bible through the eyes of a first-century reader! Discoveries await you that will snap the world of the New Testament into gripping immediacy. Things that seem mystifying, puzzling, or obscure will take on tremendous meaning when you view them in their ancient context. You’ll deepen your understanding of the teachings of Jesus. You’ll discover the close, sometimes startling interplay between God’s kingdom and the practical affairs of the church. Best of all, you’ll gain a deepened awareness of the Bible’s relevance for your life. Written in a clear, engaging style, this beautiful set provides a new and accessible approach that more technical expository and exegetical commentaries don’t offer.
It features:
*Commentary based on relevant papyri, inscriptions, archaeological discoveries, and studies of Judaism, Roman culture, Hellenism, and other features of the world of the New Testament
*Hundreds of photographs, illustrations, and line drawings
*Copious maps, charts, and timelines
*Sidebar articles and insights
*”Reflections” on the Bible’s relevance for 21st-century livingWritten by leading evangelical contributors: Clinton E. Arnold (Ph.D., University of Aberdeen), General Editor S. M. Baugh (Ph.D., University of California, Irvine) Peter H. Davids (Ph.D., University of Manchester) David E. Garland (Ph.D., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) David W. J. Gill (D.Phil., University of Oxford) George H. Guthrie (Ph.D., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary) Moyer V. Hubbard (D.Phil., University of Oxford) Andreas J. Kostenberger (Ph.D., Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) Ralph P. Martin (Ph.D., University of London, King’s College) Douglas J. Moo (Ph.D., University of St. Andrews) Mark L. Strauss (Ph.D., University of Aberdeen) Frank Thielman (Ph.D., Duke University) Jeffrey A. D. Weima (Ph.D., University of Toronto) Michael J. Wilkins (Ph.D., Fuller Theological Seminary) Mark W. Wilson (D.Litt. et Phil., University of South Africa)
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1-2 Peter Jude 1-3 John
$12.99Add to cartDiscover:
*How the springs at Hierapolis help us understand why Jesus described the church at Laodicea as “lukewarm”
*The background and circumstances of certificates of divorce in Judaism
*How Jewish dietary laws provided a powerful metaphor for God’s acceptance of the GentilesBrimming with photos and graphics, the Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary walks you verse by verse through all the books of the New Testament. It’s like slipping on a set of glasses that lets you read the Bible through the eyes of a first-century reader! Discoveries await you that will snap the world of the New Testament into gripping immediacy. Things that seem mystifying, puzzling, or obscure will take on tremendous meaning when you view them in their ancient context. You’ll deepen your understanding of the teachings of Jesus. You’ll discover the close, sometimes startling interplay between God’s kingdom and the practical affairs of the church. Best of all, you’ll gain a deepened awareness of the Bible’s relevance for your life. Written in a clear, engaging style, this beautiful set provides a new and accessible approach that more technical expository and exegetical commentaries don’t offer.
It features:
*Commentary based on relevant papyri, inscriptions, archaeological discoveries, and studies of Judaism, Roman culture, Hellenism, and other features of the world of the New Testament
*Hundreds of photographs, illustrations, and line drawings
*Copious maps, charts, and timelines
*Sidebar articles and insights
*”Reflections” on the Bible’s relevance for 21st-century livingWritten by leading evangelical contributors: Clinton E. Arnold (Ph.D., University of Aberdeen), General Editor S. M. Baugh (Ph.D., University of California, Irvine) Peter H. Davids (Ph.D., University of Manchester) David E. Garland (Ph.D., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) David W. J. Gill (D.Phil., University of Oxford) George H. Guthrie (Ph.D., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary) Moyer V. Hubbard (D.Phil., University of Oxford) Andreas J. Kostenberger (Ph.D., Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) Ralph P. Martin (Ph.D., University of London, King’s College) Douglas J. Moo (Ph.D., University of St. Andrews) Mark L. Strauss (Ph.D., University of Aberdeen) Frank Thielman (Ph.D., Duke University) Jeffrey A. D. Weima (Ph.D., University of Toronto) Michael J. Wilkins (Ph.D., Fuller Theological Seminary) Mark W. Wilson (D.Litt. et Phil., University of South Africa)
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Hebrews James
$12.99Add to cartDiscover:
*How the springs at Hierapolis help us understand why Jesus described the church at Laodicea as “lukewarm”
*The background and circumstances of certificates of divorce in Judaism
*How Jewish dietary laws provided a powerful metaphor for God’s acceptance of the GentilesBrimming with photos and graphics, the Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary walks you verse by verse through all the books of the New Testament. It’s like slipping on a set of glasses that lets you read the Bible through the eyes of a first-century reader! Discoveries await you that will snap the world of the New Testament into gripping immediacy. Things that seem mystifying, puzzling, or obscure will take on tremendous meaning when you view them in their ancient context. You’ll deepen your understanding of the teachings of Jesus. You’ll discover the close, sometimes startling interplay between God’s kingdom and the practical affairs of the church. Best of all, you’ll gain a deepened awareness of the Bible’s relevance for your life. Written in a clear, engaging style, this beautiful set provides a new and accessible approach that more technical expository and exegetical commentaries don’t offer.
It features:
*Commentary based on relevant papyri, inscriptions, archaeological discoveries, and studies of Judaism, Roman culture, Hellenism, and other features of the world of the New Testament
*Hundreds of photographs, illustrations, and line drawings
*Copious maps, charts, and timelines
*Sidebar articles and insights
*”Reflections” on the Bible’s relevance for 21st-century livingWritten by leading evangelical contributors: Clinton E. Arnold (Ph.D., University of Aberdeen), General Editor S. M. Baugh (Ph.D., University of California, Irvine) Peter H. Davids (Ph.D., University of Manchester) David E. Garland (Ph.D., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) David W. J. Gill (D.Phil., University of Oxford) George H. Guthrie (Ph.D., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary) Moyer V. Hubbard (D.Phil., University of Oxford) Andreas J. Kostenberger (Ph.D., Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) Ralph P. Martin (Ph.D., University of London, King’s College) Douglas J. Moo (Ph.D., University of St. Andrews) Mark L. Strauss (Ph.D., University of Aberdeen) Frank Thielman (Ph.D., Duke University) Jeffrey A. D. Weima (Ph.D., University of Toronto) Michael J. Wilkins (Ph.D., Fuller Theological Seminary) Mark W. Wilson (D.Litt. et Phil., University of South Africa)
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1 And 2 Thessalonians 1 And 2 Timothy Titus
$12.99Add to cartDiscover:
*How the springs at Hierapolis help us understand why Jesus described the church at Laodicea as “lukewarm”
*The background and circumstances of certificates of divorce in Judaism
*How Jewish dietary laws provided a powerful metaphor for God’s acceptance of the GentilesBrimming with photos and graphics, the Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary walks you verse by verse through all the books of the New Testament. It’s like slipping on a set of glasses that lets you read the Bible through the eyes of a first-century reader! Discoveries await you that will snap the world of the New Testament into gripping immediacy. Things that seem mystifying, puzzling, or obscure will take on tremendous meaning when you view them in their ancient context. You’ll deepen your understanding of the teachings of Jesus. You’ll discover the close, sometimes startling interplay between God’s kingdom and the practical affairs of the church. Best of all, you’ll gain a deepened awareness of the Bible’s relevance for your life. Written in a clear, engaging style, this beautiful set provides a new and accessible approach that more technical expository and exegetical commentaries don’t offer.
It features:
*Commentary based on relevant papyri, inscriptions, archaeological discoveries, and studies of Judaism, Roman culture, Hellenism, and other features of the world of the New Testament
*Hundreds of photographs, illustrations, and line drawings
*Copious maps, charts, and timelines
*Sidebar articles and insights
*”Reflections” on the Bible’s relevance for 21st-century livingWritten by leading evangelical contributors: Clinton E. Arnold (Ph.D., University of Aberdeen), General Editor S. M. Baugh (Ph.D., University of California, Irvine) Peter H. Davids (Ph.D., University of Manchester) David E. Garland (Ph.D., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) David W. J. Gill (D.Phil., University of Oxford) George H. Guthrie (Ph.D., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary) Moyer V. Hubbard (D.Phil., University of Oxford) Andreas J. Kostenberger (Ph.D., Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) Ralph P. Martin (Ph.D., University of London, King’s College) Douglas J. Moo (Ph.D., University of St. Andrews) Mark L. Strauss (Ph.D., University of Aberdeen) Frank Thielman (Ph.D., Duke University) Jeffrey A. D. Weima (Ph.D., University of Toronto) Michael J. Wilkins (Ph.D., Fuller Theological Seminary) Mark W. Wilson (D.Litt. et Phil., University of South Africa
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Ephesians Philippians Colossians Philemon
$12.99Add to cartDiscover:
*How the springs at Hierapolis help us understand why Jesus described the church at Laodicea as “lukewarm”
*The background and circumstances of certificates of divorce in Judaism
*How Jewish dietary laws provided a powerful metaphor for God’s acceptance of the GentilesBrimming with photos and graphics, the Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary walks you verse by verse through all the books of the New Testament. It’s like slipping on a set of glasses that lets you read the Bible through the eyes of a first-century reader! Discoveries await you that will snap the world of the New Testament into gripping immediacy. Things that seem mystifying, puzzling, or obscure will take on tremendous meaning when you view them in their ancient context. You’ll deepen your understanding of the teachings of Jesus. You’ll discover the close, sometimes startling interplay between God’s kingdom and the practical affairs of the church. Best of all, you’ll gain a deepened awareness of the Bible’s relevance for your life. Written in a clear, engaging style, this beautiful set provides a new and accessible approach that more technical expository and exegetical commentaries don’t offer.
It features:
*Commentary based on relevant papyri, inscriptions, archaeological discoveries, and studies of Judaism, Roman culture, Hellenism, and other features of the world of the New Testament
*Hundreds of photographs, illustrations, and line drawings
*Copious maps, charts, and timelines
*Sidebar articles and insights
*”Reflections” on the Bible’s relevance for 21st-century livingWritten by leading evangelical contributors: Clinton E. Arnold (Ph.D., University of Aberdeen), General Editor S. M. Baugh (Ph.D., University of California, Irvine) Peter H. Davids (Ph.D., University of Manchester) David E. Garland (Ph.D., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) David W. J. Gill (D.Phil., University of Oxford) George H. Guthrie (Ph.D., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary) Moyer V. Hubbard (D.Phil., University of Oxford) Andreas J. Kostenberger (Ph.D., Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) Ralph P. Martin (Ph.D., University of London, King’s College) Douglas J. Moo (Ph.D., University of St. Andrews) Mark L. Strauss (Ph.D., University of Aberdeen) Frank Thielman (Ph.D., Duke University) Jeffrey A. D. Weima (Ph.D., University of Toronto) Michael J. Wilkins (Ph.D., Fuller Theological Seminary) Mark W. Wilson (D.Litt. et Phil., University of South Africa)
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Romans Galatians
$14.99Add to cartDiscover:
*How the springs at Hierapolis help us understand why Jesus described the church at Laodicea as “lukewarm”
*The background and circumstances of certificates of divorce in Judaism
*How Jewish dietary laws provided a powerful metaphor for God’s acceptance of the GentilesBrimming with photos and graphics, the Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary walks you verse by verse through all the books of the New Testament. It’s like slipping on a set of glasses that lets you read the Bible through the eyes of a first-century reader! Discoveries await you that will snap the world of the New Testament into gripping immediacy. Things that seem mystifying, puzzling, or obscure will take on tremendous meaning when you view them in their ancient context. You’ll deepen your understanding of the teachings of Jesus. You’ll discover the close, sometimes startling interplay between God’s kingdom and the practical affairs of the church. Best of all, you’ll gain a deepened awareness of the Bible’s relevance for your life. Written in a clear, engaging style, this beautiful set provides a new and accessible approach that more technical expository and exegetical commentaries don’t offer.
It features:
*Commentary based on relevant papyri, inscriptions, archaeological discoveries, and studies of Judaism, Roman culture, Hellenism, and other features of the world of the New Testament
*Hundreds of photographs, illustrations, and line drawings
*Copious maps, charts, and timelines
*Sidebar articles and insights
*”Reflections” on the Bible’s relevance for 21st-century livingWritten by leading evangelical contributors: Clinton E. Arnold (Ph.D., University of Aberdeen), General Editor S. M. Baugh (Ph.D., University of California, Irvine) Peter H. Davids (Ph.D., University of Manchester) David E. Garland (Ph.D., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) David W. J. Gill (D.Phil., University of Oxford) George H. Guthrie (Ph.D., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary) Moyer V. Hubbard (D.Phil., University of Oxford) Andreas J. Kostenberger (Ph.D., Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) Ralph P. Martin (Ph.D., University of London, King’s College) Douglas J. Moo (Ph.D., University of St. Andrews) Mark L. Strauss (Ph.D., University of Aberdeen) Frank Thielman (Ph.D., Duke University) Jeffrey A. D. Weima (Ph.D., University of Toronto) Michael J. Wilkins (Ph.D., Fuller Theological Seminary) Mark W. Wilson (D.Litt. et Phil., University of South Africa)
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Do We Need The New Testament
$26.99Add to cartWhile many Christians wonder whether we really need the Old Testament, John Goldingay turns the question around: Perhaps Jesus’ Bible, the Old Testament, is enough. Goldingay probes our misreading of the Old Testament and brings out the richness of the “First Testament’s” message, which is Israel’s and the church’s gospel.
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Encountering God In Tyrannical Texts
$24.00Add to cartThe Bible includes any number of tyrannical texts that have proved to be profoundly oppressive in the lives of many people. Among them are Pauline texts that have circumscribed the lives and ministries of women throughout Christian history. What are people who honor Scripture to do with such texts, and what does it mean to speak of biblical authority in their presence? In Encountering God in Tyrannical Texts, Frances Taylor Gench provides strategies for engaging such texts with integrity that is, without dismissing them, whitewashing them, or acquiescing to them and as potential sources of edification for the church. Gench also facilitates reflection on the nature and authority of Scripture.
Encountering God in Tyrannical Texts provides access to feminist scholarship that can inform preaching and teaching of problematic Pauline texts and encourages public engagement with them.
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How To Enjoy Reading Your Bible (Reprinted)
$17.00Add to cartFinding Joy in Reading God’s Word
When it comes to the Bible, most of us talk about two things: Is it true? And how should it impact our lives? But you may be missing something vitally important: Do you like the Bible? If you don’t, consistency will always be a struggle, and the Bible will be less likely to transform you.
Keith Ferrin has been talking to churches about enjoying the Bible for years, and now he’s compiled his most helpful tips. Written in a friendly, conversational tone, Ferrin teaches you how to develop a relational mindset and to approach the Bible in a way that lines up with the way your brain learns best. How to Enjoy Reading Your Bible will help you genuinely love the Bible more, read it more consistently, and apply God’s Word to your everyday life.
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Reliable Truth
$22.00Add to cartSo many people grew up being told that the Bible is the word of God, but are never told why they should believe it. This book provides compelling evidence that undergirds the validity of the Bible.
What do science, history, and logic have to say about the reliability of the Bible? This book presents in a profound way how the Bible reflects the true nature of reality. Reliable Truth is about seeing the world as it is while debunking the myths, legends, and false beliefs about the Bible. This book tracks a series of presentations given over the course of a year. Richard Simmons thoroughly researches History, Archeology, Ancient Writings and Science to explore the Bible and its validity. The author turns to the world’s leading scholars, experts, and commentators on the subjects that touch on the Bible’s legitimacy. So many people grew up being told that the bible is the word of God, but are never told why they should believe it. This book provides compelling evidence that undergirds the validity of the Bible. According to the author, “What I had found in my research was that most books written on the validity of the Bible were very scholarly and hard to read, but there was nothing out there for everyday people. I wanted to write a book where a high school student or average man or woman would find it to be a good, compelling read.” This book is an excellent source for Bible studies and small groups.
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Supernatural : What The Bible Teaches About The Unseen World And Why It Mat
$17.99Add to cartDr. Michael S. Heiser, a Scholar-in-Residence at Faithlife Corporation, presents fifteen years of research on what the Bible really says about the unseen world of the supernatural unfiltered by tradition or by theological presuppositions. People shouldn’t be protected from the Bible, Dr. Michael S. Heiser says, but theological systems often do just that, by explaining away difficult or troublesome passages of Scripture because their literal meaning doesn’t fit into our tidy systems.
Who were the sons of God ? Who were the Nephilim? Where do angels fit into the supernatural hierarchy? Why did God find it necessary to have the Israelites destroy the populations of entire cities man, woman, and child? What relation does Jesus bear to the rest of the supernatural world? Dr. Michael S. Heiser tackles these questions and many more in his books Supernatural and The Unseen Realm.
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Return To Me
$28.99Add to cartSeries Preface
Author’s Preface
Abbreviations
1. Introduction
2. Repentance In The Torah
3. Repentance In The Former Prophets
4. Repentance In The Latter Prophets: Penitential Process
5. Repentance In The Latter Prophets: Isaiah
6. Repentance In The Latter Prophets: Jeremiah And Ezekiel
7. Repentance In The Latter Prophets: The Twelve
8. Repentance In The Writings: Wisdom And Worship
9. Repentance In The Writings: Exile And Restoration
10. Repentance In The Writings: Chronicles
11. Repentance In Old Testament Theology
12. Repentance In The New Testament
13. Repentance In New Testament Theology
14. Theological Implications Of Repentance
Bibliography
Index Of Authors
Index Of Scripture ReferencesAdditional Info
Return to me, says the LORD of hosts, and I will return to you’ (Zech. 1:3 ESV). Repentance concerns the repair of a relationship with God disrupted by human sin. All the major phases of church history have seen diversity and controversy over the doctrine. The first of Luther’s famous ninety-five theses nailed to the church door in Wittenburg in 1517 stated that ‘the entire life of believers should be one of repentance’. In recent times, two divisive debates within evangelicalism over ‘lordship salvation’ and ‘hypergrace’ have had repentance at their core. The theme of repentance is evident in almost every Old and New Testament corpus. However, it has received little sustained attention over the past half-century of scholarship, which has been largely restricted to word studies or focused on a particular text or genre. Studies of the overall theology of the Bible have typically given the theme only passing mention. In response, Mark Boda offers a comprehensive overview of the theological witness of Scripture to the theme of repentance. The key to understanding is not simply to be found in word studies, but also in the broader meaning of texts as these communicate through a variety of words, images and stories. The importance of repentance in redemptive history is emphasized. It is fundamentally a return to intimate fellowship with the triune God, our Creator and Redeemer. This relational return arises from the human heart and impacts attitudes, words and actions. ‘I have not found another book that sets out to treat repentance in quite the way that Mark Boda has: he patiently, thoroughly, and effectively works his way through Scripture to learn what repentance means and what it looks like in each canonical corpus, covering not only commonly used words, but also the fundamental concepts’ (D. A. Carson). -
Pauls Divine Christology
$33.99Add to cartDid Paul teach that Jesus was divine and should be worshiped as such? How should this be viewed in relation to Jewish and Jewish-Christian monotheism? The debate over these and related questions has been raging in academic circles — but it also has profound implications for church practice.
In this book Chris Tilling offers a fresh contribution to the long-running debate on whether or not Paul’s Christology is divine. Refocusing the debate on the exegetical data and reengaging more broadly with the sweep of themes in Paul’s letters, Tilling’s innovative contribution is one that cannot be ignored.