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Genesis 12–50 recounts the history of the patriarchs—Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph. From their mentors Paul, Peter, Stephen, and the author of the letter to the Hebrews, the early fathers learned to draw out the spiritual significance of the patriarchal narrative for Christian believers. The Alexandrian school especially followed Paul's allegorical use of the story of Sarah ...
The book of Isaiah is outstanding in its brilliance of style, poetic power, and foretaste of the hope of the gospel. It tells how God himself has provided the highway to holiness for those who have been redeemed. These are imagesthat evoke the exodus from Egypt and foreshadow Christ's achievement at the cross. There is joy even in Isaiah's portrayal of judgment—rebuilding within ...
Luke the physician was fascinated by people—rich and poor, Jews and Gentiles, men and women, rulers and slaves. In his Gospel he delights to portray Jesus as the Savior not of an elite group but of anyone, in any condition, who turns to him. Jesus is indeed the Savior of the world.
Luke knew exactly what he was doing when he wrote his Gospel. He tells us his goal in the opening ...
Preaching's Survey of Bibles and Bible Reference award
InterVarsity Press is proud to present The Lightfoot Legacy, a three-volume set of previously unpublished material from J. B. Lightfoot, one of the great biblical scholars of the modern era. In the spring of 2013, Ben Witherington III discovered hundreds of pages of biblical commentary by Lightfoot in the Durham ...
Preaching's Survey of Bibles and Bible Reference
Biblical Foundations Award Winner
InterVarsity Press is proud to present The Lightfoot Legacy, a three-volume set of previously unpublished material from J. B. Lightfoot, one of the great biblical scholars of the modern era.
In the spring of 2013, Ben Witherington III discovered hundreds ...
Among the letters of Paul, Galatians burns like a firestorm of apostolic rebuke, persuasion and passion for the truth of the gospel. Paul directs his anger against those who would preach "another gospel." And he urgently warns the Christians at Galatia of spiritual bewitchment and its dire consequences.To battle these seductive enemies of truth, Paul deploys a powerful arsenal--both biblical-theological ...
A classic revisited--revised and expanded.For over twenty-five years, Howard Snyder's Community of the King has set the standard for a penetrating look at the relationship between the kingdom of God and the earthly church. Biblically andpractically Snyder helps us think through such crucial questions as
I feel like people leave me abandoned all the time.Sometimes I'm so afraid for what seems like no reason.I just don't seem to have any energy.Why do the same thoughts keep racing through my mind?I usually don't feel happy or sad.If there isn't real excitement, I feel bored.I want to be close to people, but I just never make it.Do you see yourself in this list? Children of alcoholic parents have ...
Between adolescence and adulthood is a new stage of life: emerging adulthood.Those in their twenties and early thirties find themselves in transition. This "provisional adulthood" is a time of identity exploration and instability in whichone's vocation, purpose, relationships and spirituality are all being renegotiated. Many emerging adults lose sight of God and experience significant confusion ...
Christianity Today Book of the Year
Setting the Standard for Evangelical Commentary on Scripture
For decades, the New Bible Commentary has set the standard for works of its kind. Inthis fourth edition, this accessible volume brings together many respected scholars to meet the needs of students, teachers and Bible readers, offering ...