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  • Israel & the Nations: The History of Israel from the Exodus to the Fall of the Second Temple, By F. F. Bruce and David F. Payne
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    Israel & the Nations

    The History of Israel from the Exodus to the Fall of the Second Temple

    by F. F. Bruce and David F. Payne

    The story of Israel is one of the outstanding tales of human history. Israel, occupying a narrow strip of land between sea and desert, was positioned on an international highway of commerce and warfare. This was a people whose future would be intertwined with the stories of nations great and small.

    F. F. Bruce shapes the daunting complexities of this history, nearly fourteen hundred years ...

  • Knowing God Study Guide, By J. I. Packer
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    Knowing God Study Guide

    by J. I. Packer

    Over a million people have found J. I. Packer's classic Knowing God to be an immense help, and tens of thousands have used this study guide to know God even better.

    This twenty-two-session guide takes readers through the essential truths of Packer's classic. Individuals can stretch their understanding and allow the material to change their lives. Small groups can ...

    Number of Studies: 22

  • Community Is Messy: The Perils and Promise of Small Group Ministry, By Heather Zempel
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    Community Is Messy

    The Perils and Promise of Small Group Ministry

    by Heather Zempel

    Heather Zempel oversees the community life at a multisite church in Washington, D.C., a challenging population with one of the highest relocation rates in the United States. And yet under her leadership, National Community Church has become a model for creative, dynamic, deep small group ministry.Drawing from her background as an environmental engineer (including such bizarre experiences as monitoring ...

  • Coffee with Jesus, By David Wilkie
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    Coffee with Jesus

    by David Wilkie

    One of Library Journal's Best Books

    Foreword Magazine Book of the Year Award Finalist

    Midwest Publishing Association Honorable Mention

    Thousands of people starteach day with a shot of Coffee with Jesus, the enormously popular online comic strip. Irreverent at times, yet always insightful, this volume ...

  • The Magnificent Story: Uncovering a Gospel of Beauty, Goodness, and Truth, By James Bryan Smith
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    The Magnificent Story

    Uncovering a Gospel of Beauty, Goodness, and Truth

    Apprentice Resources

    by James Bryan Smith

    We are story-making people. We love reading stories—and we love hearing the personal stories of others. We need stories, or narratives, to make sense of our world. And those stories shape our lives. What is the story you have been told about the gospel? About God? About the Christian life? About Jesus? About the cross? About yourself? About heaven?Your answers to these questions will form a story ...

  • The Message of John, By Bruce Milne
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    The Message of John

    The Bible Speaks Today Series

    by Bruce Milne

    John's Gospel has long been a favorite among Christians. In it we encounter the living Jesus in his glory and his humanity, portrayed with both simplicity and depth. Through the eyes of faith John retells the story of the Word, drawing out its meaning for his readers so that they "may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God" and "have life in his name."

    In this Bible ...

  • Romans, Edited by Gerald Bray
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    Romans

    Volume 6

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Gerald Bray
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    Christianity Today Book of the Year

    St. Paul's Letter to the Romans has long been considered the theological high-water mark of the New Testament. It was no less regarded by the ancient church, and patristic interpreters have left us an abundance of valuable comment on Romans.

    This Ancient Christian Commentary on Romans collects the best and most representative ...

  • Romans, Edited by Gerald L. Bray
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    Romans

    Volume 6

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Gerald Bray
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    Christianity Today Book of the Year

    St. Paul's Letter to the Romans has long been considered the theological high-water mark of the New Testament. It was no less regarded by the ancient church, and patristic interpreters have left us an abundance of valuable comment on Romans.

    This Ancient Christian Commentary on Romans collects the best and most representative ...

  • Paul and the Giants of Philosophy: Reading the Apostle in Greco-Roman Context, Edited by Joseph R. Dodson and David E. Briones
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    Paul and the Giants of Philosophy

    Reading the Apostle in Greco-Roman Context

    Foreword by John M. G. Barclay
    Edited by Joseph R. Dodson and David E. Briones

    Biblical Foundations Award Finalist

    What forces shaped the intellectual world of the apostle Paul? How familiar was he with the great philosophers of his age, and to what extent was he influenced by them? When he quoted Greco-Roman sources, what was his aim?

    Pauline scholars wrestle with such questions in journal articles and technical monographs, but ...

  • Learning from Henri Nouwen and Vincent van Gogh: A Portrait of the Compassionate Life, By Carol A. Berry
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    Learning from Henri Nouwen and Vincent van Gogh

    A Portrait of the Compassionate Life

    by Carol A. Berry
    Foreword by Sue Mosteller CSJ

    Carol Berry and her husband met and befriended Henri Nouwen when she sat in his course on compassion at Yale Divinity School in the 1970s. At the request of Henri Nouwen's literary estate, she has written this book, which includes unpublished material recorded from Nouwen's lectures.

    As an art educator, Berry is uniquely situated to develop Nouwen's work on Vincent van Gogh and to add her ...