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Joshua Generation
$22.99Add to cartIn its exploration of the life of Joshua, Israel’s early leader, the Joshua Generation reveals the timeless keys to a successful twenty-first century life. Based on the instructions that God gave to Joshua, the author reveals God’s secret to a life that is prosperous and successful. To truly know God and have the success that He promised, you must know and apply that secret. Do you want to be blessed beyond measure? Do you desire to love and trust God, even if it means losing your life? Open your heart to the message that God gave to Joshua and let Him speak to you today. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Let Him bless you as He blessed Joshua thousands of years ago. Study the truths shared by this book, apply them to your life, and stand back as God sets the Joshua Generation ablaze with His fire. Don’t miss out on the message God has for you! Don’t get left behind on the incredible journey that He has planned for your life. Learn how to begin it today!
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Revelation Revolution 1
$25.99Add to cartRevelation Revolution is volume one of four volumes on the book of Revelation. The reader will receive insights to the most debated book of the Bible, which unveils the person and the work of Jesus Christ. The book reveals the meaning of the three feasts of the Lord (Passover, Pentecost, and Tabernacles), and how those feasts are related to the finished work of Calvary. This book brings spiritual revelation and information to Christians who are bound in legalism and view the book of Revelation as a scary book full of gloom and doom. Readers will see that the book of Revelation shows Christians the finished work of Jesus Christ and who they are in Christ. The fear that has accompanied some of the past teaching of the book of Revelation will be removed as the reader ceases from his own labors, enters into God’s rest, and matures in grace and truth.
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Fiery Throne : The Prophets And Old Testament Theology
$18.00Add to cartZimmerli was one of the leading experts on Ezekiel and Jeremiah of his generation. Hanson has done us all a great service by collecting in one place some of his most important pieces on questions like the visionary experience, the prophetic word, and later reinterpretations.
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Road Map To The Future
$16.99Add to cartAn easy-to-read study of the events relating to the Second Coming of Jesus Christ Road maps are used every day. A Road Map to the Future will show you how to discover the future that God has in store for our world and its people. This handbook/sourcebook, designed for worldwide distribution, will permit you to peer into the future by means of hundreds of Bible texts. The thirty-one “bite-sized” chapters will rapidly make you aware of the great future events. Tied to the teaching about the Second Coming of Christ are many major Bible doctrines. You will read current events with greater perception. It will be a pastor’s helper and an excellent tool for small group study and discussion. It has a strong evangelistic emphasis, and it will encourage believers to live holy lives in the light of Christ’s Coming. “I have had the privilege and honor of knowing the author as a friend, mentor, missionary, minister, prayer warrior, and even as a patient. Now, after reading his book, I also know him as a teacher and scholar. A Road Map to the Future provides an excellent ‘nuts and bolts’ approach to the study of the ‘end time’ events. I wholeheartedly and enthusiastically endorse this book.” -C. Jake Lambert, Jr., M.D., F.A.C.S. “The author haas provided a basic and thorough outline of prophetic events, in language that all are able to comprehend. It will help every Christian to work through the maze. This book is interesting, true to the Bible, and highly recommended.” -John H. Stoll, Th.M., Ph.D, Founder and Director, ASK, Inc. “I have known Dr. Fogle (pastor, missionary and professor) for many years. I believe this book will be helpful to believers today around the world and that it can lead some to accept Christ.” -George Verwer, Founder and International Director, Operation Mobilization
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Poor Banished Children Of Eve
$32.00Add to cartThis is an investigation of the problem of the symbolization of woman as the incarnation of moral evil, sin, devastation, and death in the Hebrew Bible, and how this symbolization of a particular gender interconnects with the issues of race/ethnicity, class, and colonialism during the times of its production.
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Peacemaking : Resolving Conflict Restoring And Building Harmony In Relation (Stu
$19.99Add to cartLove’s detailed Scriptural study of peacemaking describes Jesus’ keys to conflict resolution and harmonious relationships. It equips church planters and church leaders to understand and embrace Jesus’ way of developing God-honoring, satisfying relationships. Here is a powerful resource for anyone who wants to make a difference in a world of conflict, broken relationships, and pain.
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Fragile Stone : The Emotional Life Of Simon Peter (Student/Study Guide)
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Songwriter and musician Michael Card explores the dynamic, contradictory life of the apostle Peter. The fruit of years of careful study, this book revisits well-known passages and discovers unexpected insights, painting a portrait of Peter that is both familiar and jarring. With a scope spanning the entire New Testament, Card reveals how the impetuous fisherman of the Gospels was transformed into the pivotal leader of the early church. The life of Simon Peter thus serves as a model for Christian discipleship, offering hope that we likewise can be changed as Jesus calls us to follow him. This companion study guide provides nine inductive Bible studies on the life of Peter, with discussion questions for group study or individual reflection.
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Fortress Introduction To The New Testament
$24.00Add to cartOne of the world’s foremost biblical scholars outlines what we know about the history, literature, and religion of the 27 books of the New Testament, condensing years of research and reflection, while taking full advantage of modern European monographs. Dense and stimulating.
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Myth Of Sexual Equality
$16.49Add to cartStudies in Biblical Sex Roles and their Proper Expressions This is a collection of writings on the subject of men’s and women’s roles that first appeared in Foundations: A Journal of Christian Reconstruction, a biweekly email publication of the writings of Howard Douglas King. The author is a Reformed Christian who is also a staunch Biblicist and anti-Modernist. Viewed from a historical perspective, there is nothing radical or out of the ordinary in the analysis presented here. A Christian author advocating these positions in the third, eleventh, or seventeenth century would scarcely have raised an eyebrow. But to do so in the twentyfirst century is to come up against the dominant Equalitarianism and Feminism of the age. The Myth of Sexual Equality challenges the reigning ideology, and aims to show that the churches of the Reformation have, along with the broader culture, embraced Feminism in principle-and with it have compromised their stand on God’s Word. It provides a thought-provoking study of the God-ordained differences between the sexes and the ways the godly have traditionally recognized and expressed those differences.
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Understanding The Book Of Hebrews
$29.00Add to cartIn this work, Kenneth Schenck re-presents the complex argument of Hebrews in terms of the salvation story it tells. Written at a level for college and seminary students, Understanding the Book of Hebrews shows how this early Christian sermon utilized the events, settings, and characters of the salvation story line to remind the Christian audience that Christ has provided a definitive sacrifice for sins and that reliance on any other means of atonement is apostasy.
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Just Wives : Stories Of Power And Survival In The Old Testament And Today
$28.00Add to cartGiving astute attention to social worlds of women of both ancient and modern times, Katharine Sakenfeld explores the stories of eleven women in the Old Testament. In clear and engaging fashion, she reveals the complexity of these women’s lives, drawing out the issues they faced and relating their struggles to those women around the world face today. By encouraging women from across the world, in various cultures, to bring their own experiences to the biblical texts, and sharing the interpretation of some who already have, Sakenfeld allows her readers to see new possibilities for meaning in the Scriptures.
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Forgive And Live
$18.99Add to cartHURT? ANGRY? DEPRESSED? BOUND? KNOWING YOU NEED TO FORGIVE, YOU’RE PLAGUED WITH QUESTIONS SUCH AS: Don’t I have a right to be angry? If I forgive them, won’t they get away with it? Why should I forgive them? I did nothing wrong. I was the victim. Shouldn’t they ask for my forgiveness? Why doesn’t God make them pay? Burdened with pain and resentment, you want freedom, but don’t know where or how to find it. Well-meaning friends and misinterpreted scripture can leave you confused and feeling worse. Yet God has a plan for freedom for you, freedom to Forgive and Live. Forgive and Live, a small group Bible study with daily homework, draws out scriptural principles and helps hurting people to be free from the bondage of unforgiveness. With Leader’s Guide included, it is an excellent resource in both church and counseling settings.
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Women Sex And The Bible
$24.99Add to cartThere are principles that will enhance your sexual pleasure for the rest of your life; these principles are found only in the Bible. God’s Word is the key to unlocking the door to sexual happiness. Have you ever wondered, “What is OK in the bedroom?” Why are women more than equal to men when it comes to sex? What makes husbands great lovers? Why do Christians have the ability to enjoy sex more than anyone else? What do “male” and “female” really mean? What do angels teach about sex (it’s not what you think)? What do the lives of Esther, Ruth, and Abishag tell a woman about making love to a man? Take an unexpected journey though Scripture and discover your highest level of sexual pleasure, available only through Christ.
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Reading The Corinthian Correspondence (Student/Study Guide)
$21.95Add to cartReading the Corinthian Correspondence is a clear and concise introduction to the two letters Paul wrote to Corinth, a community plagued by internal divisions, social and ethnic distinctions, and diversity of congregations.
Kevin Quast begins this study with an overview of Paul’s life, influences, and missionary career. The author then moves to a vivid description of the city of Corinth and the church there. He devotes the next twelve chapters to an in-depth, paragraph-by-paragraph treatment of 1 and 2 Corinthians. Within these chapters, Dr. Quast deals with the wide variety of issues that Paul addressed – including private and public relationships, matters of worship, resurrection, and the nature of true Christian ministry. In the two concluding chapters, he offers invaluable insights into both the literary aspects and prevading themes that characterize the letters of Paul.
Ever mindful of his modern readers, the author bridges the first century and today with penetrating commentary, provocative questions, and substantive summary charts.
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Sisters Guide To In Depth Bible Study (Revised)
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Want to study the Bible on your own but find yourself overwhelmed by complicated, cumbersome study methods? Are you a group leader looking for exciting resources to bring new life to your teaching? Is your time in the Word dry and lifeless or do you find Scripture hard to understand? Victoria Johnson–a busy speaker, teacher, author and mother–has discovered an easy-to-follow method that has made Bible study come alive for her and for many others she has taught. Originally published as Bible Study for Busy Women, this revised edition reveals the seven practical principles for study that can transform your life. Her step-by-step instructions, related with passion, warmth, wisdom and humor, can help both individuals and groups discover the power of Bible study for themselves. Also included in this book is a twelve-week study guide for small groups to work through, together with a guide for leaders.
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Discovering The Old Testament
$49.99Add to cartEvery professor has to wonder, with skepticism, how much of the assigned material the students will actually read. (That is, if they have even purchased the textbook in the first place!) Whether they skim or read all of it, your students will recall the key points of the lesson if you use Discovering the Old Testament.
Discovering the Old Testament defines key terms in sidebars and highlights them within the text. Each chapter includes summary statements and review questions to help students focus on what they’ve learned.
Discovering the Old Testament combines all the elements you’re looking for in a survey of the Old Testament – thorough, sound Biblical scholarship, combined with an eye-catching format and a writing style that’s easy to understand. Every page is full color, in an attractive format, with maps and pictures to enhance the material.
In Discovering the Old Testament, you’ll find:
Objectives defined for each lesson.
Personal questions to help students relate the Bible to their lives.
Sidebars to explain theological points.
Keywords identified and defined on each page.
Study questions for review of the material.
Summary statements at the end of each chapter to help students focus on what they’ve learned.
Listing of resources for further study at the end of each chapter.An eye-catching format that’s attractive to the young college student. EVERY page is in full color.
Short, readable chapters.
400 pages.
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Introduccion Al Antiguo Testam – (Spanish)
$22.99Add to cartEl Estudiante avanzado del Antiguo Testamento podra encontrar en esta introduccion un analisis sobrio del estado actual de la disciplina, y los pastores y pastoras, al igual que los maestros y maestras de escuela biblica-descubriran en sus paginas buenas ideas para elaborar estudios que ayuden a las congregaciones a entender y disfrutar la importante literatura biblica veterostestamentaria.
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Power
$9.99Add to cartThe image of power is prevalent in the Bible as well as in daily life. This volume of 20/30: Bible Study for Young Adults will center on both the use and abuse of power in and toward oneself, others, God, and the church. It defines power in human experience and bilbical witness and explores powerlessness and vulnerability, the power of the Divine, the power of evil, the work of the Holy Spirit, the power of the Church, and what it means to give God power over our lives. This study includes 7 sessions, and uses the NRSV.
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Gods Unfaithful Wife
$25.99Add to cartSeries Preface
Preface
Abbreviations
1. In The Beginning: Human Marriage As “One Flesh”
2. Playing The Harlot
3. Committing Great Harlotry
4. Under Every Green Tree
5. In Every Public Square
6. The Ultimate Marriage As “One Spirit”
7. Concluding Reflections
Appendix: The Harlot Metaphor And Feminist Interpretation
Bibliography
Index Of Scripture References
Index Of AuthorsAdditional Info
The biblical theme of spiritual adultery stands in all its bluntness for a deeply offensive sin–the unfaithfulness of God’s covenant people in departing from Yahweh, their husband, and going after false gods.
Raymond C. Ortlund Jr. begins by showing how the Genesis vision of human marriage provides the logic and coherent network of meanings for the story of Israel’s relationship with Yahweh. He traces the specific theme of marital unfaithfulness, first through the historical books of the Old Testament and then through the prophets, particularly Hosea, Jeremiah and Ezekiel. Turning to the New Testament he also shows how the sad story of Israel’s adultery is transcended by the vision of ultimate reality in Christ and his church–the Bridegroom and the Bride.This beautifully written book, a New Studies in Biblical Theology volume, is marked by careful exegesis and deep sensitivity. It is that rare thing–a work of scholarship that calls readers to love God with an ardor that suffuses all of life.
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Wisdom Principles For Financial Explosion
$13.49Add to cartWisdom Principles for Financial Explosion gives you, the reader, insight directly from the Word that unlocks the secrets of prosperity and abundance. Pastors Bobby and Frances Sanford share their revelations acquired from numerous years of successful righteous living. Here are some quotes from the book: “If you are experiencing a financial crisis, then pursue financial wisdom.” “It is God, the creator of the heaven and earth, who gives you the strength, the will, and the desire to make money that you may have to advance the kingdom of God.” “Keep your faith in motion at all times.” “If you are living by sight, stop right now and start walking by faith.” “Trust in God and not your possessions.” “When you waste time mismanaging your finances, God cannot prosper you.” “Because you have reached a higher level of worship, blessings will flow in, not many days thence, saith the Spirit of God.” “Your appointed time has come for God to favor you.” “The word of the Lord came saying, ‘Be strong in this hour, for the next hour is coming when you are on the lower level. Stand upon the high level, because I can do all things.'”
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Ethics And The Old Testament (Student/Study Guide)
$27.00Add to cart“Establishing the relevance of Old Testament ethics to contemporary life is, as Barton concedes, an uphill task. For many Christians today – let alone those with no religious commitment – to find some way of accommodating them into a coherent moral system by which to live in the 21st century seems at best implausible and at worst ridiculous or even immoral. However, Barton is convinced that in many areas of ethical enquiry the Old Testament has much to teach us, and he argues his case in this new edition of “”Ethics and the Old Testament””. He looks again at the Ten Commandments; the narrative about David and his children; the ethical issue of ecology; sexual morality and property; human morality as the express command of God; and the motivation for moral conduct. An additional chapter offers fresh views about the value of Old Testament ethics in discussions on human dignity. Barton’s aim is to show that although the Old Testament comes from a remote, alien and apparently unsophisticated context, the powerful minds who
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In Touch With Eternity
$24.99Add to cartRead this book. Come with me; see for yourself. You will learn lessons that you will never forget. Regardless of your religious inclinations, you will accumulate knowledge on many subjects. At first I thought I would write for the uninformed, the non-religious. But assuredly, I also wanted to reach those bright and upwardly mobile men and women who make things happen in global environments. I see them racing through air terminals-jetting to faraway places-with small Notebook computers, hand-held cell phones, opening one deal, closing another. I also want to reach those who commute to their jobs, balancing home and family responsibilities. Many of them do not allow time for spiritual development. I wish to make contact with them. Finally I want to reach the quiet ones. Those men and women who have succeeded in their chosen fields, and now they wish to reclaim some time for spiritual development that they forfeited in the pursuit of their success. Now is the time for you to be better informed, step forward and decide on major issues. Now is the time for you to take action and make a difference in this world. You who are the descendants of the Hebrew tribes, whatever degree of faith you have must decide. And those of you who are believing Christians, whatever degree of faith you have must decide. And for those of you for whom this information is new, I pray that my writings will enlighten you in your personal spiritual journey, to help you to decide as well.
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Now Behold The Ancient Days
$17.99Add to cartThis book presents an overview of God’s plan for the ages as laid by the Ancient of Days long ago. It has been written to inform and enlighten, and to challenge those who study the Word of God and its many mysteries of prophecy. The writer encourages the reader to examine the Scriptures and to reason along with him. This book will be a great source for classroom discussion and commentary for the student and teacher in the church or seminary. It presents a challenge to ministers to examine their sermons for correctness through enlightened study. You will see the work of the Holy Spirit as the writer explains, in an understandable way, many of the unseen mysteries that have been hidden and misunderstood for centuries. As you progress through the book and the mysteries begin to open up your understanding, you will say, “I’ve never heard that before,” and “I’ve never seen that before, but I see it now.”
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Devilish Dialogues
$12.95Add to cartIn this intriguing set of “no holds barred” verbal exchanges, advocates for the Lord and the Devil discuss six of Jesus’ parables in a point/counterpoint framework. Clearly delineated opposing points of view shed new light on these familiar stories, and the fascinating format is guaranteed to keep you reading to see how the arguments will develop. The stark contrast of the Devil’s enticements with the Lord’s redeeming message provides a stimulating vehicle for seriously confronting basic issues of faith, while reaffirming the Good News of God’s ultimate victory. The Devilish Dialogues is not only an absorbing resource for personal spiritual growth; it’s also a model for captivating presentations in sanctuary, classroom, and retreat settings, and is especially well-suited for weekly Lenten programming.
Parables discussed are:
* The Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32)
* The Great Feast (Luke 14:15-24)
* The Ten Virgins (Matthew 25:1-13)
* The Unprofitable Servant (Matthew 25:14-30)
* The Parable Of The Sower (Mark 4:1-20)
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So Shall It Be
$13.49Add to cartSo Shall It Be is a detailed look at just one specific slice of Bible prophecy: the tribulation. The author believes that God gave the details of the future judgments not to spell out the gloom and doom of His wrath, but to invite unbelievers to experience His great love and power. Very few, if any, other books look just at the tribulation. When all of the other aspects of the book of Revelation are added, it can be somewhat confusing, especially for non-Christians and those unfamiliar or uncomfortable with Bible prophecy. Christians may find this book very helpful as a tool of evangelism, with the increased interest in the end times and prophecy, as well as a personal guide through the various scenes and events of the Bible’s most intriguing book. Most chapters close with an impassioned invitation to surrender to the lordship of Jesus Christ before it’s too late.
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Possessing The Land (Student/Study Guide)
$13.49Add to cartWhat do the names Jericho, Gilgal, Ai, or Gibeon have to do with our lives in this modern age? Wasn’t “crossing the Jordan” just an act of an ancient people who were intent on establishing their God-given claim to the Promised Land? What possible value could come of investigating the treachery of the Gibeonites – and who were they, anyway? These and similar questions are what this book seeks to answer. Possessing the Land is an investigative study of the Old Testament book of Joshua. It began as a simple home Bible study, but as I studied, it became apparent that God was setting out a battle plan not only for His original chosen people, but also for every modern pilgrim and sojourner in Christ. This book examines the experiences of the original people of God as they went about taking possession of the land that God had promised them, and attempts to draw parallels between their journey in a physical sense and ours in the spiritual realm. Numerous references are made to the real-life battles that face every Christian, not only in the variety of circumstances, but also in the strategy needed to be victorious over those circumstances. We desire to be able to join God’s chosen people in their victories, learn from their defeats, and ultimately, like them, to enter into the fullness of all that God has prepared for us.
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Did God Really Say That
$17.99Add to cartDid God Really Say That? Satan’s actual words (
as recorded in Genesis 3:1)
were “Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not…?” Our enemy, Satan, “more subtle
than any beast of the field” is a clever deceiver!
The author recognizes that God’s Word has not changed from the beginning.
Satan continues his deceptions. His great tool of our age is the lie of evolution.
This book challenges that lie, and explains to readers that the foundations of
the Christian faith, beginning with the creation, still stand. The author writes
in an enjoyable style and includes Scripture passages within the text to
effectively explain how one’s belief regarding origins affects our daily
lives six thousand years later.
This book is written for all Christians, and for Jews who want to learn how
science fits with the fact that God created everything from nothing in six days,
as God inspired Moses to record. Christians and Jews worship the same
Creator God, and the Jews are part of God’s master plan. Our Jewish friends
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Hospitality To The Stranger
$33.00Add to cartThe essays contained in this book offer exploratory studies towards a constructive account of “fundamental ethics,” that is, a basic description of the constitutive components of the moral life. Thomas Ogletree sketches out the systematic components of Christian ethics, relating them to symbolic ethics–the mediation of Christian traditions of moral understanding–and practical ethics–the critical appropriation of scientific studies of factors controlling human action.
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Use Of The Bible In Christian Ethics
$40.00Add to cartIn this book, Thomas Ogletree seeks to establish common ground between biblical understandings and contemporary ethical inquiry. Drawing upon phenomenological investigations, he criticizes and modifies some of the most prominent conceptions of ethics, and moves toward a more coherent and comprehensive ethical theory. Guided by this theory, he critically engages selected biblical treatments of the moral life, placing special emphasis on biblical accounts of eschatology in its import for the ordered life of emerging Christian communities.
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New Joy Of Discovery In Bible Study (Revised)
$11.99Add to cartThe new, revised edition of the book The Joy of Discovery in Bible Study. The purpose of this classic is to engage readers in learning Bible study skills that will encourage them to become “discoverers” – no longer dependent on others to gain insights into Scripture – and experience joy in the process. If you are interested in learning the basics of inductive Bible study, you might find Part One enough. If you are interested in learning how to go deeper into Bible study, you will want to continue in Part Two. When you learn some of these skills, you will gain deeper insights into the truths of the Word and the Holy Spirit will have a freer course in your life.
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New Joy Of Teaching Discovery (Revised)
$9.99Add to cartThe updated and simplified guide to teaching the “discovery” or inductive method of Bible study – to help readers learn now to teach others to study the Bible and find joy in the process. Part One focuses on some of the basic principles involved in Bible teaching. Part Two provides specific instructions to develop a course on the skills described in The Joy of Discovery in Bible Study, which enables adult learners to observe, interpret, summarize, evaluate, apply, and actualize the teachings in the Bible.
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World That Shaped The New Testament (Revised)
$36.00Add to cartNew Testament witnesses are explored from a plethora of angles: the social structure of Roman society, political dimensions of Pharisaism, Hellenistic religious expression, the Jewish Diaspora, the influence of the Septuagint on New Testament writers, women in antiquity, and lots more.
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History Of New Testament Research Volume Two
$49.00Add to cartContinuing his much-touted survey of major thinkers on the New Testament in the modern era, Baird carefully evaluates the key players, movements, and methodologies from Jonathan Edwards to Rudolf Bultmann. Provides a welcome context for the origins of various forms of criticism. .
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Jesus Judaism And Christian Anti Judaism
$28.00Add to cartCurrent scholarship in the study of ancient Christianity is now available to non-specialists through this collection of essays on anti-Judaism in the New Testament and in New Testament interpretation. While academic writing can be obscure and popular writing can be uncritical, this group of experts has striven to write as simple and clearly as possible on topics that have been hotly contested. The essays are arranged around the historical figures and canonical texts that matter most to Christian communities and whose interpretation has fed the negative characterizations of Jews and Judaism. A select annotated bibliography also gives suggestions for further reading. This book should be an excellent resource for academic courses as well as adult study groups.
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Narrative Dynamics In Paul
$48.00Add to cartThe last two decades of the twentieth century have witnessed an increasing interest in the narrative features of Paul’s thought. A variety of studies since that period have advanced “story” as an integral and generative ingredient in Paul’s theological formulations. “Are Paul’s letters undergirded and informed by key narratives, and does a heightened awareness of those narratives help us to gain a richer and more rounded understanding of Paul’s theology?” A team of leading Pauline scholars assesses the strengths and weaknesses of a narrative approach, looking in detail at its applications to particular Pauline texts.
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How To Read Proverbs
$25.99Add to cartEveryday we make choices on the path of life. Proverbs are memorable capsules of wisdom, chiseled in words and polished through use by those who have traveled that path ahead of us. But the proverbs of the Bible make a greater claim than “a penny saved is a penny earned.” They are woven into the web of divine revelation, rooted in the “fear of the Lord” that is the beginning of wisdom.
While many proverbs speak to us directly, we can gain much greater insight by studying the book of Proverbs as a whole, understanding its relationship to ancient non-Israelite wisdom and listening to its conversation with the other great voices of wisdom in Scripture–Job and Ecclesiastes.
In How to Read Proverbs Tremper Longman III provides a welcome guide to reading and studying, understanding and savoring the Proverbs for all their wisdom. Most important for Christian readers, we gain insight into how Christ is the climax and embodiment of wisdom.
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Apocalypse Recalled : The Book Of Revelation After Christendom
$34.00Add to cartThe Book of Revelation has often been read as a set of endtime scenarios, glorifying a vengeful God and predicting and even fomenting apocalyptic violence. Yet it continues to exert a profound hold on the dreams and visions, fears and nightmares of our contemporary, first-world, secular culture. Harry Maier insists that, however much one is skeptical of its misuse or awed by its influence, Revelation still harbors a powerful and important message for Christians today. His fascinating book, erudite yet also intensely personal, asks us to recall Apocalypse through a careful exegesis of Revelation’s deeper literary currents against the backdrop of imperial Rome. He explores the narrrator’s literary identity, the plot or journey of the text, its many ocular and aural dimensions, and the ambiguous temporal dimensions of its “past vision of a future time.” Revelation, he believes, “offers an inversion of the violent and militaristic ideals of a first-century Roman Empire by offering a highly ironical political parody of imperial politics and insisting the true power belongs to the hero of the Apocalypse, the Slain Lamb.” In the end, Apocalypse Recalled seeks to free the imprisoned John of Patmos and employ his massively influential and controversial text to awaken a sleeping, sidelined, and culturally assimilated church to new imperatives of discipleship.
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Seeing The Psalms
$40.00Add to cartWilliam Brown introduces a new method of exegesis, particularly for biblical poetry, that attends to the metaphorical contours of the psalms. His method as proposed and demonstrated in this book supplements traditional ways of interpreting the psalms and results in a fresh understanding of their original context and contemporary significance. Brown’s pioneering work explores the hermeneutical promises and challenges of interpreting the book of Psalms through the lens of metaphor. While form-critical analysis has been the staple of psalms research for over a century, scholars have by and large overlooked the Psalter’s use of imagery at great theological cost. More than any other corpus in Scripture, the Psalter embodies “incarnational language,” discourse that is as visceral as it is sublime. The psalmist’s use of imager, Brown argues, has the power to captivate the imagination, edify the mind, and cultivate moral discernment and theological reflection.
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Mystery
$9.99Add to cartThis book targets adult learners in their 20’s and 30’s. It will challenge you to examine the mystery of God and offers you the opportunity to delve into Christian mystery questions in order to experience the great mystery of Christian faith revealed in Jesus Christ. While God is ultimate mystery, no part of life is outside of God’s love and care.
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Gospel According To Harry Potter
$22.00Add to cartIn a book that is sure to delight Harry Potter fans and spiritual seekers alike, Connie Neal embarks on an exploration into J.K. Rowling’s created world of magic and mystery and enumerates more than fifty “Potteran” themes that can be seen as glimmers of the Christian gospel. With an arsenal of charming allusions and parallels, Neal persuasively demonstrates that Harry Potter need not be rejected as a threat to the Christian faith, as some have claimed. Written accessibly in short three- to four-page chapters, Neal’s The Gospel According to Harry Potter is both a much-needed stroke of interpretive genius and a fascinating reflection on our time’s most popular literary series. This is a must-read for everyone intrigued by the Harry Potter phenomenon.
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Thanksgiving : An Investigation Of A Pauline Theme
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Author’s Preface
Abbreviations1. Thanksgiving As God-Centeredness
2. Thanksgiving Within The Covental Traditions
3. Thanksgiving And Covenantal History
4. A Life Of Thanksgiving
5. Thanksgiving And The Future
6. IngratitudeAppendix: Pauline Thanksgiving And The Greco-Roman Benefaction System
The Greco-Roman Patron-Client Network
Gratitude In The Patron-Client Relationship
Pauline Thanksgiving And The Patronage ModelBibliography
Index Of Modern Authors
Index Of Biblical References And Ancient Sources
Index Of SubjectsAdditional Info
“Be thankful” (Colossians 3:15) is a recurring exhortation in the letters of the apostle Paul. No other New Testament writer gives such a sustained emphasis on thanksgiving-and yet, major modern studies of Paul fail to wrestle with it.David Pao aims to rehabilitate this theme in this comprehensive and accessible study, a New Studies in Biblical Theology volume. He shows how, for Paul, thanksgiving is grounded in the covenantal traditions of salvation history. To offer thanks to God is to live a life of worship and to anticipate the future acts of God, all in submission to the lordship of Christ. Ingratitude to God is idolatry. Thanksgiving functions as a link between theology, including eschatology, and ethics.
Here Pao provides clear insights into the passion of an apostle who never fails to insist on the significance of both the gospel message and the response this message demands.
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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Amos : The Prophet And His Oracles
$44.00Add to cartThe book of Amos holds a unique and central place among the canonical prophetic literature and presents a special array of issues for scholarly discussion. This book provides a thorough and balanced overview of the history of scholarship on the book of Amos; two essays that trace the history of scholarship and offers promising lines for further inquiry; a substantial anthology of readings of the multiple ways Amos has been analyzed and appropriated; an extensive and current bibliography; and notes on doctoral dissertations conducted in recent years. The result is a comprehensive compendium or resources for scholarly writing on the book of Amos.
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Biblical Theology Of Exile
$29.00Add to cartSmith-Christopher analyzes the theological significance of the Babylonian exile by taking the Hebrew texts seriously as authentic witnesses to Israel’s experience of exile. In doing so, he seeks to move toward the construction of a “diasporic Christian theology,” which ascribes a more important role to the theme of exile in Christian theology.
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Spirit And The Word
$17.00Add to cartThis volume brings together some of Mowinckel’s most important and interesting work on the prophets. He begins by introducing the reader to the method of tradition history and how it is related to form criticism and literary criticism. From this groundwork, he goes on to explore how this method is essential for analyzing the prophetic literature in the Hebrew Bible. In order to make it more helpful for students, each essay has been supplemented with additional notes and bibliography to show where the discussion has continued since Mowinckel. A bibliography of Mowinckel’s work in English and a bibliography of essays evaluating Mowinckel’s contributions are also included. This will provide an excellent supplementary textbook for courses on the prophets.
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Land : Place As Gift Promise And Challenge In Biblical Faith – Second Editi (Rep
$29.00Add to cartThe Promised Land has played an important role in Jewish life from the days of Abraham to the rise of modern Zionism. Brueggemann elaborates on major Old Testament themes—land as gift, as temptation, as task, and as threat—plus tackles how to view the Babylonian exile and the Diaspora.
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Now My Eyes Have Seen You
$28.99Add to cartSeries Preface
Author’s Preface
Abbreviations1. Speaking What Is Right
2. An Advocate In Heaven?
3. The Tragic Creator
4. The Raging Sea
5. The Shadowlands
6. Yahweh, Mot And Behemoth
7. The Ancient Prince Of Hell
8. Drawing Out Leviathan
9. The Vision GloriousAppendix: Job And Cannanite Myth
The Significance Of Ugarit For Old Testament Studies
The Relevance Of The Baal Sagas
Theological SignificanceBibliography
Index Of Modern Authors
Index Of Scriptural References
Index Of Ancient SourcesAdditional Info
‘Now my eyes have seen you.” (Job 42:5)Few biblical texts are more daunting, and yet more fascinating, than the book of Job-and few have been the subject of such diverse interpretation.
For Robert Fyall, the mystery of God’s ways and the appalling evil and suffering in the world are at the heart of Job’s significant contribution to the canon of Scripture. This New Studies in Biblical Theology volume offers a holistic reading of Job, with particular reference to its depiction of creation and evil, and finds significant clues to its meaning in the striking imagery it uses.
Fyall takes seriously the literary and artistic integrity of the book of Job, as well as its theological profundity. He concludes that it is not so much about suffering per se as about creation, providence and knowing God, and how-n the crucible of suffering-these are to be understood. He encourages us to listen to this remarkable literature, to be moved by it, and to see its progress from shrieking protest to repentence and vision.
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.
