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caseboundThe 1662 Book of Common Prayer
International Edition
Edited by Samuel L. Bray and Drew Nathaniel Keane
A Prayerbook for All Christians and All Nations
The Book of Common Prayer (1662) is one of the most beloved liturgical texts in the Christian church, and remains a definitive expression of Anglican identity today. It is still widely used around the world, in public worship and private devotion, and is revered for both its linguistic and theological ...
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paperbackProverbs
An Introduction and Commentary
Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries
by Lindsay Wilson
In many ways, Proverbs is similar to the wisdom literature of the wider ancient Near East. However, while the book initially appears to consist primarily of practical advice, wisdom is grounded in a relationship with God. In this replacement Tyndale Commentary, Lindsay Wilson shows how the first nine chapters provide a reading guide for the many proverbs in subsequent chapters; and how the fear ...
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paperbackHow to Read Proverbs
How to Read Series
by Tremper Longman III
Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.
A perverse person spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.
Go to the ant, you lazybones; consider its ways, and be wise.
Everyday we make choices on the path of life. Proverbs are memorable capsules of wisdom, chiseled in words and polished through use by those ...
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hardcoverRomans 1-8
New Testament Volume 7
Reformation Commentary on Scripture
by Gwenfair Walters Adams
"If we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his." (Rom. 6:5) With its themes of grace, sin, justification, and salvation through Christ alone, Paul's letter to the early church in Rome has been a primary focus of Christian reflection throughout church history. Sixteenth-century reformer Martin Luther reflected ...
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paperbackWhat's So Funny About God?
A Theological Look at Humor
by Steve Wilkens
If you don't believe God has a sense of humor, just look in the mirror. Humor is a truly human phenomenon—crossing history, culture, and every stage of life. Jokes often touch on the biggest topics of our existence. And although it may seem simple on the surface, humor depends on the use of our highest faculties: language, intelligence, sympathy, sociability.
To the philosopher ...
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paperbackThe Meaning of Singleness
Retrieving an Eschatological Vision for the Contemporary Church
by Danielle Treweek
Foreword by Kutter CallawayIs Christian singleness a burden to be endured or a God-ordained vocation? Might singleness here and now give the church a glimpse of God's heavenly promises?
Dani Treweek offers biblical, historical, cultural, and theological reflections to retrieve a theology of singleness for the church today. Drawing upon both ancient and contemporary theologians, including Augustine, ...
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paperbackC. S. Lewis's Dangerous Idea
In Defense of the Argument from Reason
by Victor Reppert
Who ought to hold claim to the more dangerous idea--Charles Darwin or C. S. Lewis? Daniel Dennett argued for Darwin in Darwin's Dangerous Idea (Touchstone Books, 1996). In this book Victor Reppert champions C. S. Lewis. Darwinists attempt to use science to show that our world and its inhabitants can be fully explained as the product of a mindless, purposeless system of physics and chemistry. ...
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hardcoverCommentaries on Galatians--Philemon
Ancient Christian Texts
by Ambrosiaster
Edited and Translated by Gerald L. BrayAmbrosiaster ("Star of Ambrose") is the name given to the anonymous author of the earliest complete Latin commentary on the thirteen epistles of Paul. The commentaries were thought to have been written by Ambrose throughout the Middle Ages, but their authorship was challenged by Erasmus, whose arguments have proved decisive.
The commentaries, which serve as important witnesses to pre-Vulgate ...
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paperbackCharitable Writing
Cultivating Virtue Through Our Words
by Richard Hughes Gibson and James Edward Beitler III
Foreword by Anne Ruggles Gere
Afterword by Alan JacobsECPA Top Shelf Book Cover Award
Our written words carry weight.
Unfortunately, in today's cultural climate, our writing is too often laced with harsh judgments and vitriol rather than careful consideration and generosity. But might the Christian faith transform how we approach the task of writing? How might we love God and our neighbors through our writing?
This ...
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