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hardcoverKnowing God Through the Old Testament
Three Volumes in One
by Christopher J.H. Wright
Combining three volumes into one, Knowing God Through the Old Testament brings together three of Christopher J. H. Wright's best loved books: Knowing God the Father Through the Old Testament, Knowing Jesus Through the Old Testament, and Knowing the Holy Spirit Through the Old Testament. Knowing God the Father Through the Old Testament explores images ...
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paperbackKnowing God Through the Old Testament
Three Volumes in One
by Christopher J. H. Wright
Christopher J. H. Wright's Best Loved Books, Now in One Volume
Combining three volumes into one, Knowing God Through the Old Testament brings together three of Christopher J. H. Wright's best loved books: Knowing God the Father Through the Old Testament, Knowing Jesus Through the Old Testament, and Knowing the Holy Spirit Through the Old Testament.
Knowing ...
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hardcoverIs Christianity the White Man's Religion?
How the Bible Is Good News for People of Color
by Antipas L. Harris
Among many young people of color, there is a growing wariness about organized religion and Christianity in particular. If Christianity is for everyone, why does the Bible seem to endorse slavery? Why do most popular images of Jesus feature a man with white skin and blue eyes? Is evangelical Christianity "good news" or a tool of white supremacy? As our society increases in ethnic ...
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hardcoverCommentaries on Genesis 1-3
Ancient Christian Texts
by Severian of Gabala and Bede the Venerable
Translated by Robert C. Hill and Carmen S. Hardin
Edited by Michael GlerupThe church fathers displayed considerable interest in the early chapters of Genesis, and often wrote detailed commentaries or preached series of homilies on the Hexameron--the Six Days of Creation--among them Eustathius of Antioch, Basil the Great, Gregory of Nyssa, Theodore of Mopsuestia, Ambrose, John Chrysostom and Augustine.
This volume of Ancient Christian Texts offers a first-time English ...
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hardcoverHomilies on Numbers
Ancient Christian Texts
by Origen
Translated by Thomas P. Scheck
Edited by Christopher A. HallOrigen of Alexandria (185-254), one of the most prolific authors of antiquity and arguably the most important and influential pre-Nicene Christian theologian, was a man of deep learning and holiness of life. Regrettably, many of his works are no longer extant, in part due to the condemnation of his ideas by the Fifth Ecumenical Council in 553. The condemnation, however, took little account of his ...
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hardcoverCommentaries on the Twelve Prophets
Volume 1
Ancient Christian Texts
by Jerome
Edited by Thomas P. ScheckJerome (c. 347-419/20), one of the West's four doctors of the church, was recognized early on as one of the church's foremost translators, commentators and advocates of Christian asceticism. Skilled in Hebrew and Greek in addition to his native Latin, he was thoroughly familiar with Jewish traditions and brought them to bear on his understanding of the Old Testament. Beginning in 379, Jerome used ...
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paperbackPsalms 51-150
Volume 8
Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture
Edited by Quentin F. Wesselschmidt
General Editor Thomas C. OdenThe Psalms have long served a vital role in the individual and corporate lives of Christians, expressing the full range of human emotions, including some that we are ashamed to admit. The Psalms reverberate with joy, groan in pain, whimper with sadness, grumble in disappointment, and rage with anger. The church fathers employed the Psalms widely. In liturgy they used them both ...
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hardcoverPsalms 51-150
Volume 8
Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture
Edited by Quentin F. Wesselschmidt
General Editor Thomas C. OdenThe Psalms have long served a vital role in the individual and corporate lives of Christians, expressing the full range of human emotions, including some that we are ashamed to admit. The Psalms reverberate with joy, groan in pain, whimper with sadness, grumble in disappointment, and rage with anger.
The church fathers employed the Psalms widely. In liturgy they used them ...
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hardcoverOpening the Red Door
The Inside Story of Russia's First Christian Liberal Arts University
by John A. Bernbaum
Foreword by Philip YanceyAfter the Berlin Wall fell, a group of Christian colleges in the U.S. seized the opportunity to begin strategic faculty and student exchanges with universities inside the Soviet Union. They could not have foreseen the doors that would open next. During a 1990 visit to Russia, John Bernbaum and his colleagues received a surprising invitation from a Russian government official: come ...
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paperbackMoms at the Well
Meeting God Through the Mothers of Scripture—A 7-Week Bible Study
IVP Bible Study Experience
by Tara Edelschick and Kathy Tuan-MacLean
Motherhood is hard. Really hard.
Tara Edelschick and Kathy Tuan-MacLean know this personally. As moms who have spent decades working with and encouraging other moms, they know the struggles real moms face in our real world. Their survey of more than seven hundred moms revealed that moms experience worry, anger, comparison, escapism, a desire for control, ...
