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Messianic Prophecy Revealed
$19.99Add to cartFROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK OF REVELATION DECODED
The Old Testament isn’t just a collection of traditions from one group of people–it’s about Jesus as the key to salvation.
After reading this book, you will have no doubts that Jesus is the Messiah, and you will be able to read the Old Testament with the newfound revelation that God has been pointing to His Son as the Savior of the world for thousands of years.
Many times, when inquisitive readers look to see how the New Testament authors applied the Old Testament to show that Jesus is the Messiah, they become confused. When the Gospel writers quote Old Testament scriptures and say, “This is how Jesus fulfilled it,” the passage quoted doesn’t appear to be a prophecy at all. This is because understanding Messianic prophecy is often more of an art than a science.
Messianic prophecy is not simply the measurement of specific prophecies about the future that Jesus fulfilled. In the Hebrew tradition, prophecy is not one-dimensional; it is not simply foretelling the future. In reality, the whole of Scripture is prophetic, pointing us to Christ.
In Messianic Prophecy Revealed, Rabbi Kirt A. Schneider takes readers through the Word of God, showing them how the New Testament writers took passages out of the Old Testament to prove that Jesus is indeed the Messiah. It’s a subject that sounds simple but is, in fact, more complex than many realize.
This book will show followers of Jesus why they can have absolute confidence that Jesus is who He claimed to be–the Messiah.
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Paul The Spirit And The People Of God
$49.99Add to cartThis contemporary classic by renowned scholar Gordon Fee explores the Spirit’s significant role in Pauline life and thought.
After Fee published his magisterial God’s Empowering Presence, he was asked to write a more accessible volume that would articulate Paul’s priorities for experiencing the life of the Spirit in the church. Fee’s bestselling introduction to Paul and the Spirit, Paul, the Spirit, and the People of God, went on to sell over 70,000 copies. This book by one of the greatest evangelical and Pentecostal New Testament interpreters of our time argues that the presence of the Spirit is, for Paul and for us, the crucial matter for the Christian life.
This repackaged edition features an updated design and packaging, new study questions, and a foreword by Dean Pinter, who commends the book to a new generation of readers.
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Acts : An Interactive Bible Study From Genesis To Revelation
$27.99Add to cartA Study of Scripture Designed Just for You
Strengthen your relationship with Jesus as you discover the Messiah in this unique journey through the Bible. As you study these books through the lens of the Messiah, these inspired Scriptures will come alive as you see God’s plan for His people, and for you through His son.
Each volume in the Complete Portrait of the Messiah series, will guide you with:
*a daily Bible reading plan,
*encouragement through a daily devotion,
*deeper understanding through chapter-by-chapter commentary,
*practical application through daily study questions and contemporary
*examples, and
*embedded links to supplemental videos to expand understanding.Psalm 119:107 says, “Revive me, LORD, according to Your word” Start your journey through the Bible today and be personally revived!
reviveSCHOOL, a ministry of Time to Revive, is a two-year biblical studies course that teaches through the Bible daily, from Genesis to Revelation. Teaching and study are focused on seeing the complete portrait of the Messiah as depicted in all 66 books of the Bible. Based on the example in Acts 19, where Paul lectured in the Hall of Tyrannus daily for two years and all of Asia heard the message of the Lord, the ultimate goal of reviveSCHOOL is for individuals to be revived and communities to be transformed by the Word of God. Founded by Kyle Lance Martin, Time to Revive is based in Richardson, Texas, with study groups all over the world.
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Gods Heirs Romans 8:1-39
$27.99Add to cartRomans is based on Donald Barnhouse’s renowned series of radio broadcasts on the epistle from 1949 until his death in 1960. Demonstrating the author’s acute understanding of Romans and heart for effective preaching, these classic studies reverently expound even the most difficult passage in a clear way. Examining the Letter to the Romans phrase by phrase, Barnhouse elucidates the Scripture with reference to both its immediate context and the Bible’s overarching truths. Barnhouse’s zeal for a universal appreciation of the epistle fuels his commentary and invites all readers into a deeper understanding of the life-changing message of Romans.
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Gods Freedom Romans 6:1-7:25
$28.99Add to cartRomans is based on Donald Barnhouse’s renowned series of radio broadcasts on the epistle from 1949 until his death in 1960. Demonstrating the author’s acute understanding of Romans and heart for effective preaching, these classic studies reverently expound even the most difficult passage in a clear way. Examining the Letter to the Romans phrase by phrase, Barnhouse elucidates the Scripture with reference to both its immediate context and the Bible’s overarching truths. Barnhouse’s zeal for a universal appreciation of the epistle fuels his commentary and invites all readers into a deeper understanding of the life-changing message of Romans.
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Gods Grace Romans 5:12-31
$23.99Add to cartRomans is based on Donald Barnhouse’s renowned series of radio broadcasts on the epistle from 1949 until his death in 1960. Demonstrating the author’s acute understanding of Romans and heart for effective preaching, these classic studies reverently expound even the most difficult passage in a clear way. Examining the Letter to the Romans phrase by phrase, Barnhouse elucidates the Scripture with reference to both its immediate context and the Bible’s overarching truths. Barnhouse’s zeal for a universal appreciation of the epistle fuels his commentary and invites all readers into a deeper understanding of the life-changing message of Romans.
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Gods River Romans 5:1-11
$25.99Add to cartRomans is based on Donald Barnhouse’s renowned series of radio broadcasts on the epistle from 1949 until his death in 1960. Demonstrating the author’s acute understanding of Romans and heart for effective preaching, these classic studies reverently expound even the most difficult passage in a clear way. Examining the Letter to the Romans phrase by phrase, Barnhouse elucidates the Scripture with reference to both its immediate context and the Bible’s overarching truths. Barnhouse’s zeal for a universal appreciation of the epistle fuels his commentary and invites all readers into a deeper understanding of the life-changing message of Romans.
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Gods Remedy Romans 3:21-4:23
$35.99Add to cartRomans is based on Donald Barnhouse’s renowned series of radio broadcasts on the epistle from 1949 until his death in 1960. Demonstrating the author’s acute understanding of Romans and heart for effective preaching, these classic studies reverently expound even the most difficult passage in a clear way. Examining the Letter to the Romans phrase by phrase, Barnhouse elucidates the Scripture with reference to both its immediate context and the Bible’s overarching truths. Barnhouse’s zeal for a universal appreciation of the epistle fuels his commentary and invites all readers into a deeper understanding of the life-changing message of Romans.
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Gods Wrath Romans 2:1-3:20
$27.99Add to cartRomans is based on Donald Barnhouse’s renowned series of radio broadcasts on the epistle from 1949 until his death in 1960. Demonstrating the author’s acute understanding of Romans and heart for effective preaching, these classic studies reverently expound even the most difficult passage in a clear way. Examining the Letter to the Romans phrase by phrase, Barnhouse elucidates the Scripture with reference to both its immediate context and the Bible’s overarching truths. Barnhouse’s zeal for a universal appreciation of the epistle fuels his commentary and invites all readers into a deeper understanding of the life-changing message of Romans.
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Gospels : An Interactive Bible Study From Genesis To Revelation
$38.99Add to cartA Study of Scripture Designed Just for You
Strengthen your relationship with Jesus as you discover the Messiah in this unique journey through the Bible. As you study these books through the lens of the Messiah, these inspired Scriptures will come alive as you see God’s plan for His people, and for you through His son.
Each volume in the Complete Portrait of the Messiah series, will guide you with:
*a daily Bible reading plan,
*encouragement through a daily devotion,
*deeper understanding through chapter-by-chapter commentary,
*practical application through daily study questions and contemporary
*examples, and
*embedded links to supplemental videos to expand understanding.Psalm 119:107 says, “Revive me, LORD, according to Your word” Start your journey through the Bible today and be personally revived!
reviveSCHOOL, a ministry of Time to Revive, is a two-year biblical studies course that teaches through the Bible daily, from Genesis to Revelation. Teaching and study are focused on seeing the complete portrait of the Messiah as depicted in all 66 books of the Bible. Based on the example in Acts 19, where Paul lectured in the Hall of Tyrannus daily for two years and all of Asia heard the message of the Lord, the ultimate goal of reviveSCHOOL is for individuals to be revived and communities to be transformed by the Word of God. Founded by Kyle Lance Martin, Time to Revive is based in Richardson, Texas, with study groups all over the world.
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Father And His Family (Audio CD)
$29.99Add to cartThere are two great questions that we all must eventually ask:
*Why were we born?
*What must we do to inherit eternal life?Legendary Bible teacher E. W. Kenyon tackles these questions head-on as he explains why God created us and what He has done to ensure our place at His side in The Father and His Family: The Story of Our Redemption.
Mankind was never created on a whim. Instead, we were destined to be the Father’s beloved children before the foundation of the world. When we fell, God created a way to bring us back to Himself.
“The entire plan of redemption is a revelation of the heart hunger and loneliness of the great Father God,” Kenyon says. “Christianity is not a religion; it is a family, a Father and His children.”
God gave Adam dominion and authority over the earth, which man squandered by questioning the Lord and disobeying him. In this manner, Adam turned over his rights to Satan.
“When he turned that vast kingdom over into the hands of Satan, it was a legal transference,” Kenyon explains. “It was so legal that God was obliged to recognize its legality, and the only way that God could meet the issue was to send His beloved Son down out of heaven to suffer the penalty of Adam’s transgression.”
Presenting profound truths simply yet eloquently, Kenyon covers the reason for creation, man’s treason, the dominion of death, man’s need for a mediator, the family of God, and related topics.
Gain a greater understanding of God’s Word, His love for you, and your rights as His beloved child.
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Father And His Family
$16.99Add to cartThere are two great questions that we all must eventually ask:
*Why were we born?
*What must we do to inherit eternal life?Legendary Bible teacher E. W. Kenyon tackles these questions head-on as he explains why God created us and what He has done to ensure our place at His side in The Father and His Family: The Story of Our Redemption.
Mankind was never created on a whim. Instead, we were destined to be the Father’s beloved children before the foundation of the world. When we fell, God created a way to bring us back to Himself.
“The entire plan of redemption is a revelation of the heart hunger and loneliness of the great Father God,” Kenyon says. “Christianity is not a religion; it is a family, a Father and His children.”
God gave Adam dominion and authority over the earth, which man squandered by questioning the Lord and disobeying him. In this manner, Adam turned over his rights to Satan.
“When he turned that vast kingdom over into the hands of Satan, it was a legal transference,” Kenyon explains. “It was so legal that God was obliged to recognize its legality, and the only way that God could meet the issue was to send His beloved Son down out of heaven to suffer the penalty of Adam’s transgression.”
Presenting profound truths simply yet eloquently, Kenyon covers the reason for creation, man’s treason, the dominion of death, man’s need for a mediator, the family of God, and related topics.
Gain a greater understanding of God’s Word, His love for you, and your rights as His beloved child.
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Savoring Scripture : A Six-Step Guide To Studying The Bible
$22.99Add to cartSome books on how to read the Bible are academically informative, but their rationality can make God seem distant.
Other books are spiritually vibrant but provide few tools that truly help God’s people read the Bible better. Readers need a guide that combines the academic with the spiritual–that integrates textual analysis with the illuminating and transformational work of the Holy Spirit.
Drawing from his experience training students to study the Bible, Andrew Abernethy provides a holistic method that helps readers listen carefully to what God was saying to the original audience and what God is saying to us today. Using clear examples, he lays out six steps:
*Posture
*Flow
*Context
*Whole Bible
*Savor God
*Faithful responseChapters provide guidance on interpreting biblical genres, factoring in historical backgrounds, reading each passage in context, tracing the redemptive storyline of Scripture, and more. Then, building on a strong grasp of Scripture’s meaning, readers engage the traditional practice of lectio divina and consider how to respond faithfully to the text. The goal, Abernethy says, is to encounter God and to be shaped by the Word as we savor its richness.
Filled with practical features such as illustrations, maps, timelines, and discussion questions, Savoring Scripture is a valuable guide for students and anyone who wants to study the Bible more effectively. God has given us a Bible that is for the hungry–for those willing both to depend on God for provision and to put in the mental effort to enjoy the feast.
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Royal Priest : Psalm 110 In Biblical Theology
$28.99Add to cartDespite its importance in the New Testament and the priestly messianic promise identified by King David, relatively little has been written on Psalm 110 from a biblical-theological perspective.
By considering David’s biblical warrant for bringing together priesthood and kingship in a single figure, Matthew Emadi shows how we are able to uncover the theological foundation on which Psalm 110 is built. He situates the psalm in Scripture’s storyline, showing that Melchizedek’s royal priesthood is tied to both creation and redemption.
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Our Hearts Wait
$20.00Add to cartThe Walter Brueggemann Library brings together the wide-ranging and enlivening thought of popular biblical scholar Walter Brueggemann over his storied career. Each volume collects previously published work on a biblical theme that has deeply informed Brueggemann’s scholarship, in an accessible digest for readers who want to freshly engage his prophetically minded but approachable writing on the topic.
In Our Hearts Wait, Brueggemann meditates on the emotional range of our longings and gratitudes in the psalms, revealing how this bold outpouring of our full selves to the divine has effects far beyond introspection. He traces how the language of the psalms offers a template for liturgies that shape not only our collective worship and communities, but the worlds they create and sustain. Words of worship do not fall vacant and inactive-they help bring into being realities both sacred and sociopolitical.
Throughout this exploration of the psalms, Brueggemann shows readers how the language we use in worship performs what it proclaims. It nurtures and challenges us in seasons of orientation and praise, disorientation and grief, reorientation, and thanksgiving-bringing our full attention to each experience in its turn. But in doing so, the words and deeds of worship can also sharpen our awareness of social constructions and relationships that undergird our common life. They reveal power imbalances and uneven distributions of resources, and, if we let them, urge us forward in our efforts toward justice. Thus, psalms of praise express trust in and abandonment to God, and also pose sharp critiques of unjust public policies that abandon those who are socially invisible. The psalms of grief and lament accompany communities through real experiences of loss and suffering-but also make room for the sufferers to be heard and to challenge the status quo.
The language of worship, when used intentionally and with care, helps to create a reality marked by fidelity, abundance, truth, hope, and dependence on God. With Brueggemann as guide, readers can apprehend the potency of the psalms’ bold petition and dialogue with God, giving voice to the distressed and anticipating the transformation of our lives together and as a society.
Questions for reflection are included at the end of each chapter, making this book ideal for individual or group study.
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End Of Interpretation
$39.99Add to cartThose who wish to interpret and understand the Bible face a fundamental question: How do I interpret Scripture faithfully? Theological interpretation is an approach that has received much attention in recent years, and R. R. Reno is a leading practitioner and proponent of this approach.
In The End of Interpretation, Reno’s first full statement on the topic, he argues that Scripture is interpreted correctly only when it is read through the lens of creedal orthodoxy–that is, through the apostolic faith. The principle of accordance between doctrine and Scripture is of first importance for solid Christian interpretation.
Reno provides a simple explanation of this multifaceted approach. He wrestles with what makes interpretation “theological” and provides two historical case studies, discussing Origen and the Reformation debate over justification. He then demonstrates what theological interpretation looks like in practice, reflecting on Genesis 1, John 17, and 1 Corinthians. Reno’s insights will benefit serious readers who seek to interpret Scripture faithfully.
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Thanksgiving Hymns And Related Documents
$75.00Add to cartThe Thanksgiving Hymns have been labeled the mystical gems among the Dead Sea Scrolls. Some of them may have been composed by the genius who is known as “the Righteous Teacher” in the Dead Sea Scrolls. Other psalms, hymns, or odes were composed by members of the Qumran Community. This volume includes all fragments and all portions of the manuscripts of this superb witness to the height of Jewish poetry and thought before 70 CE and the end of early Judaism. Preliminary work on the major manuscript was conducted by Professor Doron Mendels of Israel and Professor Hermann Lichtenberger of Germany. Professor Charlesworth of Princeton spent over fifty years studying the witnesses to The Thanksgiving Hymns and completed the work.
The central focus of The Thanksgiving Hymns is thanksgiving and praise based on a living covenantal relationship with a Creator within a dualistic and apocalyptic worldview. This is an important reference book for specialists in biblical studies.
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Biblical Exegesis Fourth Edition
$40.00Add to cartThis is a beginner’s guide to biblical exegesis, providing exegetical methods, practices, and theories. This book provides simple, helpful information and guidance about doing exegesis, without being overly prescriptive; succinctly introduces students to various methods; provides basic bibliographies that take students beyond an introductory discussion; and emphasizes exegesis as an everyday activity based on commonsense principles rather than as an esoteric enterprise.
This revised edition of this perennially best-selling textbook includes discussions of emerging methods of interpretation aimed at a contemporary audience. Several chapters have been updated and improved, and readers will find an incisive new chapter on exegesis with a focus on identity and advocacy. Holladay has also written a new concluding chapter on exegesis as the art of seeing. Bibliographies are updated, and a helpful glossary is included in this new edition.
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Galatians Reconsidered : Jews Gentiles And Justification In The First And T
$60.99Add to cartWhat would the world look like if the Old Perspective on Paul was right about justification, the New Perspective was right about Judaism, and the Radical New Perspective was right to note ongoing differences between Jewish and Gentile converts?
Galatians Reconsidered is a compelling, practical study of Paul the Apostle’s writing that explores just that. Emphasising the central role played by regression in Paul’s argument on justification, Neil Martin examines the dichotomy between faith and works and how the apostle envisaged the differences in how Jews and Gentiles should interact with the Law.
By re-establishing Galatians in its original Jewish and pagan context, Martin exposes the problems faced by Galatian churches and shows how they still speak to modern churches today. His insight not only helps us better appreciate Paul’s message but challenges us to put his wisdom into practice in our own church settings.Provocative and stimulating Galatians Reconsidered is a robust new look at the question of justification. It will leave you with a thorough knowledge of the merits and failings of both the old and new perspectives on Paul, as well as a broader understanding of the letter to the Galatians both in the context in which it was written and its continued relevance today.
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Pentateuch : An Interactive Bible Study From Genesis To Revelation
$42.99Add to cartA Study of Scripture Designed Just for You
Strengthen your relationship with Jesus as you discover the Messiah in this unique journey through the Bible. As you study these books through the lens of the Messiah, these inspired Scriptures will come alive as you see God’s plan for His people, and for you through His son.
Each volume in the Complete Portrait of the Messiah series, will guide you with:
*a daily Bible reading plan,
*encouragement through a daily devotion,
*deeper understanding through chapter-by-chapter commentary,
*practical application through daily study questions and contemporary
*examples, and
*embedded links to supplemental videos to expand understanding.Psalm 119:107 says, “Revive me, LORD, according to Your word” Start your journey through the Bible today and be personally revived!
reviveSCHOOL, a ministry of Time to Revive, is a two-year biblical studies course that teaches through the Bible daily, from Genesis to Revelation. Teaching and study are focused on seeing the complete portrait of the Messiah as depicted in all 66 books of the Bible. Based on the example in Acts 19, where Paul lectured in the Hall of Tyrannus daily for two years and all of Asia heard the message of the Lord, the ultimate goal of reviveSCHOOL is for individuals to be revived and communities to be transformed by the Word of God. Founded by Kyle Lance Martin, Time to Revive is based in Richardson, Texas, with study groups all over the world.
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Is God A Vindictive Bully
$49.99Add to cartCritics outside the church often accuse the Old Testament God of genocide, racism, ethnic cleansing, and violence. But a rising tide of critics within the church claim that Moses and other “primitive,” violence-prone prophets were mistaken about God’s commands and character. Both sets of critics dismiss this allegedly harsh, flawed, “textual” Old Testament God in favor of the kind, compassionate, “actual” God revealed by Jesus. Are they right to do so?
Following his popular book Is God a Moral Monster?, noted apologist Paul Copan confronts false, imbalanced teaching that is confusing and misleading many Christians. Copan takes on some of the most difficult Old Testament challenges and places them in their larger historical and theological contexts. He explores the kindness, patience, and compassion of God in the Old Testament and shows how Jesus in the New Testament reveals not only divine kindness but also divine severity. The book includes a detailed Scripture index of difficult and controversial passages and is helpful for anyone interested in understanding the flaws in these emerging claims that are creating a destructive gap between the Testaments.
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Is God A Vindictive Bully
$27.99Add to cartCritics outside the church often accuse the Old Testament God of genocide, racism, ethnic cleansing, and violence. But a rising tide of critics within the church claim that Moses and other “primitive,” violence-prone prophets were mistaken about God’s commands and character. Both sets of critics dismiss this allegedly harsh, flawed, “textual” Old Testament God in favor of the kind, compassionate, “actual” God revealed by Jesus. Are they right to do so?
Following his popular book Is God a Moral Monster?, noted apologist Paul Copan confronts false, imbalanced teaching that is confusing and misleading many Christians. Copan takes on some of the most difficult Old Testament challenges and places them in their larger historical and theological contexts. He explores the kindness, patience, and compassion of God in the Old Testament and shows how Jesus in the New Testament reveals not only divine kindness but also divine severity. The book includes a detailed Scripture index of difficult and controversial passages and is helpful for anyone interested in understanding the flaws in these emerging claims that are creating a destructive gap between the Testaments.
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Honor Patronage Kinship And Purity Second Edition
$40.99Add to cartFor contemporary Western readers, it can be easy to miss or misread cultural nuances in the New Testament. To hear the text correctly we must be attuned to its original context. As David deSilva demonstrates, keys to interpretation are found in paying attention to four essential cultural themes: honor and shame, patronage and reciprocity, kinship and family, and purity and pollution.
Through our understanding of honor and shame in the Mediterranean world, we gain new appreciation for how early Christians sustained commitment to a distinctive Christian identity and practice. By examining the protocols of patronage and reciprocity, we grasp more firmly the connections between God’s grace and our response. In exploring kinship and household relations, we grasp more fully the ethos of the early Christian communities as a new family brought together by God. And by investigating the notions of purity and pollution along with their associated practices, we realize how the ancient map of society and the world was revised by the power of the gospel.
This new edition is thoroughly revised and expanded with up-to-date scholarship. A milestone work in the study of New Testament cultural backgrounds, Honor, Patronage, Kinship, and Purity offers a deeper appreciation of the New Testament, the gospel, and Christian discipleship.
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Deliver Us : Salvation And The Liberating God Of The Bible
$20.00Add to cartThe Walter Brueggemann Library brings together the wide-ranging and enlivening thought of popular biblical scholar Walter Brueggemann over his storied career. Each volume collects previously published work on a biblical theme that has deeply informed Brueggemann’s scholarship, in an accessible digest for readers who want to engage his writing on the topic.
This first volume in the series, Deliver Us, fittingly begins with the narrative of the exodus . Brueggemann has consistently brought attention to how the themes of the exodus event and the stories of the giving of the law that follow lay the groundwork for a biblical understanding of salvation. Drawn from numerous publications in recent decades, this volume reveals Brueggemann’s clear understanding that divine liberation from exploitation and acquisitiveness also means liberation for generous action for the common benefit. This salvation involves not the security of the individual soul but a wholehearted transformation of social identities and relationships. With the gift of deliverance-dramatically enacted in the Hebrew people’s being led out from the oppression of pharoah-comes the task of obedience-articulated in the covenantal laws given at Mount Sinai, in the wilderness, and beyond.
Brueggemann shows how this double theme of the gift and the task is forged in the exodus narrative, then reenacted in salvation motifs throughout the Bible. The people of God, always susceptible to mentalities of scarcity, selfishness, and the compulsion to consume, are again and again called out by the subversive message of the prophets, and Jesus himself, to forsake exploitation and to liberate the marginalized-to return to covenant obedience and align themselves with God’s radical commitment to create and sustain a more just and flourishing world. Deliver Us extends this same message of salvation, insightfully elucidated by Brueggemann in this single volume, for the benefit of both individual readers and the contemporary church.
Questions for reflection are included at the end of each chapter, making this book ideal for individual or group study.
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Reading The Book Of The 12 Minor Prophets
$29.99Add to cartThe promise and peril in reading the Minor Prophets.
Reading the Book of the Twelve Minor Prophets confronts the unique challenges presented by this daunting section of the Old Testament.
*On Reading the Twelve Minor Prophets (David G. Firth and Brittany N. Melton)
*Hosea: Marriage, Violence, and Yahweh’s Lament (Isabelle M. Hamley)
*Reading Joel within and without the Book of the Twelve (Tchavdar S. Hadjiev)
*The Use and Abuse of Technology: Habakkuk’s Ancient Critique in a Modern World (Heath A. Thomas)
*Luther’s Lectures on Habakkuk as an Example of Participatory Exegesis (Thomas Renz)
*Perspectives on Theodicy in Habakkuk and Malachi vis-a-vis Job (S. D. Snyman)
*The New Covenant in the Book of the Twelve (Anthony R. Petterson)
*Filled, Empowered, Dwelling, Trembling, and Fleeing: Mapping God’s Spirit and Presence in the Book of the Twelve (Beth M. Stovell)
*Furry, Feathery, and Fishy Friends?and Insects?in the Book of the Twelve (Julie Woods)
*Twelve Books, One Theology? (John Goldingay)
Authors from a variety of perspectives consider questions about hermeneutics and composition, reception history, theodicy, metaphors and characterization, and theology. These essays provide insights from the history of interpretation and the latest in scholarship.
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Impact Of Ordinary Women In The Bible
$10.99Add to cartOrdinary Women, Extraordinary God
In book two of Don Wilkerson’s series The Impact of Ordinary People, the names listed in each chapter are not well-known women of the Bible. But that’s the theme of this unique devotional.
Adah, Bilhah, Jehosheba, and Huldah are just some of the ordinary women who accomplished extraordinary things for the glory of God. Scripture contains a supporting cast of men and women often overlooked in Bible study. This devotional brings thirty lesser-known women to life with short but thought-provoking lessons. Each woman deserves attention for her significant impact, but it’s God’s redemption story that is highlighted and woven through the lives of these ordinary women.
For those seeking discipleship material for personal growth, this book will aid individual and small group Bible study.
This devotional is also a helpful resource for pastors and Christian leaders to develop biblical lessons or one-of a-kind sermons.
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Old Testament Law For The Life Of The Church
$40.99Add to cartFrom the early days of the church to the present, the Old Testament Law has been a subject of much confusion, debate, and outright theological division. And with good reason: the way Christians understand the Law has massive implications for their individual lives and for the life of the church. To sort through the numerous interpretations and approaches to this thorny issue, we need to start with a solid knowledge of the Law itself.
Richard Averbeck provides a comprehensive, accessible discussion of how the Law fits into the arc of the Bible and its relevance to the church today. Beginning with the way God intended the Law to work in its original historical and cultural context, he then explores the New Testament perspective on the Law. Averbeck identifies three biblical theological theses: the Law is good, the Law is weak, and the Law is a unified whole. Rejecting common partitions between categories of law, he makes the case that the whole Law applies to the Christian. Our task is to discern how it applies in the light of Christ.
The Old Testament Law for the Life of the Church invites readers to consider how all of Scripture is illuminating and useful for God’s people. The church, as the new temple, has much to learn from the Law and about what it means for our doctrine and practice.
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New Testament : A Historical And Theological Introduction
$65.00Add to cartThis capstone work from widely respected senior evangelical scholar Donald Hagner offers a substantial introduction to the New Testament. Hagner deals with the New Testament both historically and theologically, employing the framework of salvation history. He treats the New Testament as a coherent body of texts and stresses the unity of the New Testament without neglecting its variety. Although the volume covers typical questions of introduction, such as author, date, background, and sources, it focuses primarily on understanding the theological content and meaning of the texts, putting students in a position to understand the origins of Christianity and its canonical writings.
Throughout, Hagner delivers balanced conclusions in conversation with classic and current scholarship. The book includes summary tables, diagrams, maps, and extensive bibliographies.
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God Of The Way
$29.99Add to cartIn this long-awaited follow-up to New York Times bestseller The Rock, the Road, and the Rabbi, discover the stories of key men and women from the Bible who changed the world and whose stories continue to offer life, hope, and direction for today.
The God of the Way is a grand story of scriptural faith and the people who changed the world forever. Merging the ancient with the modern, bestselling author Kathie Lee Gifford partners once again with Rabbi Jason Sobel, creating a book and video curriculum, with four unique sections (The God of the How and When, The God of His Word, The God Who Sees, and The God of the Other Side) and chapters that introduce several key men and women from the Bible such as Abraham and Sarah, Joshua, Moses, Hagar, David, Mary Magdalene, Peter, and more. The God of the Way contains:
*The incredible story of how God made a way for His children
*An in-depth look at key Biblical figures who tell the story of God’s plan and provision for mankind
*Historical and cultural insights that will open your eyes to the Bible as never before
Journey into God’s Word, from the creation of the world through the desert and empty places, the Hebrew nation, and meet Jesus, the disciples, and His followers.
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Foretaste Of The Future
$28.99Add to cartFor many Christians, the book of Revelation inspires confusion and fear.
It’s seen as a coded screenplay for the end times, or it’s just too strange to understand. The problem, Dean Flemming contends, is that when we read Revelation as focused on the future, we miss what it says about what God is doing in the world now.
Revelation is one of the richest texts in Scripture for understanding both God’s mission to make everything new and how the church is caught up in that mission. In Foretaste of the Future, Flemming mines this largely untapped resource by introducing a missional reading of Revelation. Drawing from a variety of cultural perspectives, Flemming explores Revelation’s original context, key themes, and transformational message that rings out for each new generation.
By reading Revelation in light of God’s mission, we gain a renewed vision of God’s great purpose to redeem and restore all creation through the work of the slain Lamb. We also see how God’s people are called to help offer a foretaste of salvation and healing now, along with insight on how to contextualize this mission in particular settings. A missional reading not only invites us to imagine the future; it teaches us to let the future cast its light into the present to guide our way.
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Wrestling With Job
$24.99Add to cartThe unique richness of the book of Job cannot be simply explained–it must be experienced. While Job presents challenges for scholars, ministry leaders, and laypeople, it also contains powerful lessons on faith and perseverance in the face of suffering that we all need to hear.
In Wrestling with Job, Bill Kynes, a lifelong pastor, and his son Will Kynes, a Job scholar, guide readers on a journey through this complex text. Each chapter combines exposition, spiritual application, and a deeper look at some of the thornier aspects of the text. Complete with reflection questions for groups or individuals, this book equips anyone wondering how the lessons of Job apply to their own lives to consider how they too might practice defiant faith.
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Faith In The New Testament
$49.99Add to cartA classic study now available in English
First appearing in 1885, Schlatter’s Der Glaube im Neuen Testament ( Faith in the New Testament) is a thorough analysis of the concept of faith. Taking into account Old Testament, rabbinic, and key first-century writings, Schlatter provides an exhaustive study on the meaning and implications of faith in the New Testament. It is a philological masterpiece, making its translation into English a great contribution to New Testament theological studies. This fresh translation retains the substance and style of his original work, giving a new audience direct access to Schlatter’s work. Schlatter’s rigorous thought remains invaluable today.
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Word From The Beginning
$26.99Add to cartAnd the Word became flesh
John’s Gospel famously opens with a poetic prologue about the Word. However, after these initial verses, the theme of God’s Word incarnate seems to fade.
The silence is only apparent. In The Word from the Beginning, Bruce G. Schuchard reunites John’s prologue with the rest of his Gospel. What Jesus does in the Gospel embodies who Jesus is in the prologue. Jesus’s words and actions reveal and unfold his unique identity as the Word. Jesus is indeed God’s Word enfleshed.
This theological reading of John’s Gospel unifies Jesus’s identity, words, and work, opening up implications for Johannine Christology.
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Following Jesus : A Year Of Disciplemaking And Movement-Building In The Gos
$17.99Add to cartDisciplemaking. Sounds intimidating, doesn’t it? Like something only ordained ministers or trained missionaries can do. But Jesus didn’t go looking for “special forces” followers. He took to the streets, looked everyday people in the eye, and said, simply, “Follow me.”
Discover how you can join Jesus in making disciples and proclaiming and demonstrating the gospel. Following Jesus draws our attention to the way Jesus built a disciplemaking movement that would reach beyond the immediate context of his earthly ministry, to the ends of the earth and the end of the age.
Inside are 50 practical guides that can be read over a year. Great for individual use, but optimal for small groups. Also enjoy the free video content on following-jesus.com that complement this study.
Walk through the Gospels in this sweeping and energizing Bible study and you’ll feel invited, equipped, and excited to bring the good news and make disciples wherever you go.
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ReEnchanting The Text
$49.99Add to cartIn an age where the Bible has been stripped of its sacredness and functional biblical illiteracy reigns, this book makes the case that we must work to re-enchant the text in order to return the Bible to its rightful place in the lives of Christians. The author shows how the Enlightenment misshapes our interpretations of the Bible and explains that both “liberal” and “fundamentalist” interpretation are failed forms of disenchanted readings. We must rediscover the Bible as sacred, dangerous, and mysterious to counteract biblical illiteracy in an increasingly post-Christian landscape.
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Biblical Reasoning : Christological And Trinitarian Rules For Exegesis
$29.99Add to cartTwo experts in exegesis and dogmatics show how Christology and the Trinity are grounded in Scripture and how knowledge of these topics is critical for exegesis. The book outlines key theological principles and rules for the exegesis of Christian Scripture, making it an ideal textbook for hermeneutics and interpretation courses. The authors explore how the triune God revealed in Christ shapes Scripture and its readers and how doctrinal rules intrinsic to Scripture help guide exegesis.
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Lost Letters To The 12 Prophets
$22.99Add to cartUnderstand the Prophets Like Never Before with Amazing Insights from One of Today’s Foremost Old Testament Scholars
For many Christians reading the Old Testament, trying to understand Israel’s prophets is like listening to just one side of a phone conversation–you only get half the idea of it. You hear the answer, but how do you know what question the prophet is answering?
In The Lost Letters to the Twelve Prophets, John Goldingay uncovers the questions behind the prophets’ answers that make their meaning and relevance intelligible to us. Written as a series of imaginary letters to the twelve Minor Prophets, The Lost Letters to the Twelve Prophets asks the kinds of questions that Hosea, Micah, Zechariah, and others were answering. The letters make clear the issues these prophets of Israel were dealing with or deliver the news they were responding to in their Old Testament writings. For example,
*To Hosea: Why did you marry someone you knew might be unfaithful?
*To Joel: It looks as if a locust epidemic is on the way: what should we do?
*To Amos: What should we do about the war crimes of peoples around us?
*To Obadiah: The Edomites have occupied our land and pushed us out: what’s up with that?
*To Jonah: When is God going to fulfill his undertaking to destroy Nineveh?
*To Micah: Will God always be angry with us as a people?
*To Nahum: When is God going to fulfill his undertaking to destroy Nineveh?
*To Habakkuk: When is God going to do something about injustice in Judah?
*To Zephaniah: What do you mean by the day of the Lord?
*To Haggai: When is God going to fulfill his promises about rebuilding the temple?
*To Zechariah: Should Jeshua be High Priest when he has been in an unclean land?
*To Malachi: Why does serving God seem pointless?These and other questions help readers peer behind the veil of Minor Prophets’ utterances and unlock their significance for today’s Christians. Each chapter:
*begins with a brief paragraph of background about the prophet
*recounts questions or reports that have been addressed to the prophet in the form of a letter
*sums up message of the prophet responding to that question
*offers a brief comment or explanation after each passageThe Lost Letters to the Twelve Prophets offers an imaginative, fun, and engaging way for students, pastors, and all serious Bible readers get a better grip on what is happening in these often misunderstood biblical books and get more out of their Bible reading and st
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Prophecy
$24.99Add to cartWilliam Edwy Vine, author of the celebrated Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words, was one of the great evangelical Bible scholars of the twentieth century. He brought to all his writings a level of exegetical care and precision that is rare in any age, ensuring his writings still speak to this generation and future ones.
This volume of Vine’s Topical Commentaries presents Vine’s writings on biblical prophecy, the Second Coming, and last days. The general introduction to the book and specific instructions before each article explain the original context of the writings while demonstrating their significance for today.
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From Prisoner To Prince
$24.99Add to cartThe story of Joseph is prominent in the book of Genesis and yet is rarely mentioned in the rest of Scripture.
How then do we understand Joseph’s significance in redemptive history? When Christians have addressed this question, the conversation has frequently turned toward typology: Is Joseph a type of the Messiah?
Messianic interpretations of the Joseph narrative have often lacked methodological rigor or have simply failed to make a convincing case. Most often interpreters have simply noted historical correspondences between Joseph and Jesus, without considering the narrative’s function in the context of Genesis, its redemptive-historical significance, or its appropriation by later biblical authors.
In this New Studies in Biblical Theology volume, Samuel Emadi offers a more comprehensive canonical treatment of the Joseph narrative. He considers Genesis 37-50 in its own literary and theological context, intra-canonical development of the Joseph story via inner-biblical allusion, and New Testament references and allusions. Emadi defends the notion that Joseph functions as the resolution to the plot of Genesis and that this story typologically influences how later biblical authors narrate redemptive history, culminating in the New Testament’s portrayal of Jesus as an antitypical, new and final Joseph.
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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Biblical Reasoning : Christological And Trinitarian Rules For Exegesis
$49.99Add to cartTwo experts in exegesis and dogmatics show how Christology and the Trinity are grounded in Scripture and how knowledge of these topics is critical for exegesis. The book outlines key theological principles and rules for the exegesis of Christian Scripture, making it an ideal textbook for hermeneutics and interpretation courses. The authors explore how the triune God revealed in Christ shapes Scripture and its readers and how doctrinal rules intrinsic to Scripture help guide exegesis.
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My Fathers House
$24.99Add to cartFor many people, heaven is the place “up there” where we go after death. My Father’s House will challenge this traditional thinking about life after death with biblical truth. It will also answer many questions! Where is heaven for the spirit prior to the resurrection? What is the Holy City? Who will inhabit the new heaven and the new earth of Revelation 21-22?
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After The Rapture
$19.99Add to cartWhat if you or someone you loved missed out on the Rapture? What happens to those who are left behind? Trusted and beloved Bible teacher Dr. David Jeremiah shares the help and hope people will need as they face unfolding events during the End Times.
From one of the world’s most beloved Bible teachers comes a timely, easy-to-understand guidebook about the Rapture and End Times and how to prepare yourself and your loved ones.
In After the Rapture Dr. David Jeremiah equips you to understand End-Times theology and Bible prophecy. Many people want to understand how the Rapture unfolds, and this is the perfect handbook to share with your unsaved friends and loved ones so they can prepare themselves before or cope with the challenges they’ll face after the Rapture. With trusted biblical insight, this book will provide the hope and confidence you need and can share with your loved ones.
This life-changing book includes:
*End Times, Rapture, Judgment Day, and Great Tribulation sections
*Guidance for preparing your heart
*How to share with loved ones
*Life application to strengthen understanding
*Highlighted questions and answers
*Relevant Scripture versesAn epic and vital guide to life after the Rapture, this book is a must-have resource for you to buy for those you fear might be left behind. Help your loved ones understand the End Times and guide them to accept Christ as their Savior.
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Sowable Word : Helping Ordinary People Learn To Lead Bible Studies
$16.99Add to cartWhen the word of Christ falls on good soil, the results will astound. That’s why there’s a surprising glory in leading a group of ordinary people to simply open their Bibles, read what’s on the page, and discuss how God might use these words to change the world. Yet too many small group leaders hesitate to try such a method without professional guidance from a curriculum or study guide. This book will inspire and equip believers in Christ to lead fruitful and engaging small groups where God’s Word is read, discussed, and put to direct use to transform lives. This book will equip leaders to open the valve on this living water so thirsty souls can drink their fill.
Perhaps you’ve begun to learn how to study the Bible for yourself, and you’ve wondered whether you could competently lead others in Bible study. This book provides the vision and skills you need to start a group, develop good preparation habits, conduct a persuasive discussion, and shepherd group members through what they’re learning.
This book will serve lay leaders and Bible teachers who have any degree of experience. Some will gain confidence to lead their first Bible study that brings a neighbor to Christ. Others will learn to draw more deeply on the power of interaction, thereby overcoming their penchant for dominating conversations. All will discover the surprising glory and astounding fruit borne from leading a group of ordinary people to open their Bibles, read what’s on the page, and discuss how God might use these words to change the world.
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Enigmaticas Parabolas De Jesus – (Spanish)
$24.99Add to cartLos estudiosos modernos de las parabolas se han preocupado durante mucho tiempo de preguntar que dijo Jesus y que pretendia con sus parabolas. Ruben Zimmermann va mas alla en su libro Las enigmaticas parabolas de Jesus y explora la dinamica del discurso parabolico en toda su rica complejidad. Usando la historia de la investigacion y la distincion de los enfoques historicos de los literarios y los orientados al lector; a continuacion, se expone una hermeneutica posmoderna que analiza los elementos narrativos y el contexto, traza el trasfondo sociohistorico.
En esta obra el autor se centra en las parabolas de las primeras fuentes cristianas (Marcos, Mateo, Lucas, Juan y el Evangelio de Tomas) para explorar como funcionan las parabolas en cada contexto literario. Por encima de todo reina el principio de que el significado o mensaje teologico de una parabola no puede extraerse de la forma parabolica; asi, las parabolas siguen invitando a la participacion de oyentes y lectores hasta nuestros dias.
El estudio de las parabolas de Jesus representa tambien un reto con respecto a su significado, pues existe una tendencia creciente entre los eruditos de las parabolas para reconocer la imposibilidad de reducir el significado de estos textos a una unica interpretacion. La estructura de su libro se divide en dos partes.
En la primera se acerca al estudio de las parabolas desde tres diferentes enfoques, que aplica en diferentes parabolas. En la segunda se acerca al estudio proponiendo una metodologia integral para el estudio de las parabolas, que aplica nuevamente de forma practica en diferentes parabolas.
Indices que se incluyen:
*bibliografia amplia del libro y de cada capitulo,
*Indice muy util de temas
*indice de otros de texto antiguosThe Enigmatic Parables of Jesus
Modern parable scholars have long been concerned with asking what Jesus said and what he intended by his parables. Ruben Zimmermann goes further in his book The Enigmatic Parables of Jesus and explores the dynamics of parabolic discourse in all its rich complexity. The introductory chapters address the history of the research and distinguish historical from literary and reader-oriented approaches, followed by a postmodern hermeneutic that analyzes narrative elements and context, traces the sociohistorical background.
Subsequent chapters focus on a parable from early Christian sources (Mark, Matthew, Luke, John, and the Gospel of Thomas) to explore how parables function in each
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Jesus And The Church
$27.99Add to cartThe life and work of Jesus Christ must not be overlooked.
Born under Roman occupation, Jesus lived his entire life without writing anything down. His earliest followers, the Christians that were shaped by his life and teachings, carefully recorded his words as good news. They also experienced his resurrection and believed that he had entrusted them with a mission to transform the world.
Use Volume 4 of the Transforming Word Series to explore the first five books of the New Testament. Guided by the best of recent scholarship, you can better understand Jesus’s teachings, his call to discipleship, and the nature of the early church.
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Knowable Word : Helping Ordinary People Learn To Study The Bible (Expanded)
$16.99Add to cartBuilding on the foundation of the first edition of Knowable Word, released in 2014, this second edition offers further help on following an author’s argument, identifying the weightiest segment of a passage, and thereby discovering the main points more clearly. In addition, new material has been added on the topics of literary form, structure, and context.
Knowable Word offers a foundation on why and how to study the Bible. Using a running study of the first chapter of Genesis, it illustrates how to observe, interpret, and apply the Scripture-and gives the vision behind each step. It also shows how to read each Bible passage in light of salvation history. But besides being just a how-to on Bible study, it fuels the desire to learn and grow through studying the Scriptures.
This book will appeal to beginners, mature Christians who want to improve their Bible study skills, and leaders who long not only to teach but also to equip.
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Discovering The New Testament Volume 3
$49.99Add to cartDiscovering the New Testament is a new and comprehensive introduction to the New Testament in three volumes, reflecting current research and scholarship in New Testament studies. Each volume provides a thorough discussion of background issues as well as treating theological themes and practical application.
In this third volume, Mark J. Keown surveys Hebrews, the General Epistles, and Revelation. In addition to covering introductory matters, Keown addresses key concerns for each book, such as the use of the Old Testament in Hebrews, James’s view of justification, the relationship of 2 Peter and Jude, and Revelation’s various interpretative approaches.
Ideal for college or seminary students, Discovering the New Testament provides numerous maps and charts as well as discussion questions for each chapter and a focus on real–life relevance and application.
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Revealing Revelation : How God’s Plans For The Future Can Change Your Life
$17.99Add to cartGod Wants Us to Know How It Ends
Revelation is the only book of the Bible that promises a blessing for its readers. It was written because God wants us to know what the future holds and how these prophetic truths provide wisdom, reassurance, and discernment for today–more so now than ever.
From bestselling author Amir Tsarfati, Revealing Revelation examines what the Bible’s final book makes known about the end times and beyond. With accessible teaching that allows Scripture to speak for itself, you’ll take a closer look at the:
*timeline of God’s plan for both believers and unbelievers before, during, and after the tribulation
*process that the Lord has uniquely and intentionally prepared for Israel in the end times
*encouragements, challenges, and warnings Jesus gave to prepare us for His return
Revealing Revelation will inspire you to look at the days to come with hope and excitement as you realize that this final book of the Bible is Jesus’ love letter to the church. Get ready to grow stronger in your faith as you celebrate Christ’s soon return and the magnificent eternity He has promised you.
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Luke : Who Do You Say I Am
$11.99Add to cartLuke is perhaps most well known for telling the story of the birth of Jesus in a way that is distinct from the other Gospel accounts. But Luke has other particularities too and, as an account of the life and ministry of Jesus, is rich with theological meaning, cultural background, and implications for contemporary application. This volume of the Shaped by Scripture series offers insights on the birth of Jesus, the beginning of his ministry, the coming of God’s kingdom, the teachings and miracles of Jesus, and the resurrection?all from the singular perspective of the Gospel writer called Luke. A faithful reading of God’s Word leads to a faithful response from God’s people. The Shaped by Scripture series teaches a simple, engaging method of studying the Bible that will lead to honest interpretation and a changed relationship with God.
