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  • Life in the Trinity: An Introduction to Theology with the Help of the Church Fathers, By Donald Fairbairn
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    Life in the Trinity

    An Introduction to Theology with the Help of the Church Fathers

    by Donald Fairbairn

    What can the early church contribute to theology today? Although introductions to Christian theology often refer to its biblical foundations, seldom is much attention paid to the key insights the early church had into the nature of Christian faith and life. Donald Fairbairn takes us back to those biblical roots and to the central convictions of the early church, showing us what we have tended to ...

  • Colossians, 1-2 Thessalonians, 1-2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Edited by Peter J. Gorday
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    Colossians, 1-2 Thessalonians, 1-2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon

    Volume 9

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Peter J. Gorday
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    Christianity Today Book of the Year

    For the early church fathers, certain passages in the shorter letters of St. Paul proved particularly important in doctrinal disputes and practical church matters. Pivotal in controversies with the Arians and the Gnostics, the most commented-on christological text in these letters was Colossians 1:15-20, where Jesus ...

  • The Act of Bible Reading: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Biblical Interpretation, Edited by Elmer Dyck
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    The Act of Bible Reading

    A Multidisciplinary Approach to Biblical Interpretation

    Edited by Elmer Dyck

    Many approaches for interpreting the Bible have been put forth in recent years. All have their strengths--and their weaknesses. The Act of Bible Reading combines the strengths of several of these approaches into one volume which will enrich our reading of the Bible. Gordon Fee and Elmer Dyck discuss history and canon, respectively, as contexts for interpretation, highlighting the importance ...

  • How to Read Daniel, By Tremper Longman III
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    How to Read Daniel

    How To Read Series

    by Tremper Longman III

    Beyond the familiar lions' den and fiery furnace, much of the book of Daniel seems baffling to modern readers. The first half recounts stories full of ancient Near Eastern protocol and imperial court drama; the second half features apocalyptic visions of monstrous beasts and cosmic conflict. Many Christians misunderstand or simply avoid the book. But failing to read Daniel well ...

  • The Art of New Creation: Trajectories in Theology and the Arts, Edited by Jeremy Begbie and Daniel Train and W. David O. Taylor
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    The Art of New Creation

    Trajectories in Theology and the Arts

    Studies in Theology and the Arts Series

    Edited by Jeremy Begbie, Daniel Train, and W. David O. Taylor

    The biblical themes of creation and new creation are inextricably bound to each other. For the God who created the world is the same God who recreates humanity in Jesus Christ and the same God who promises a new heaven and a new earth.

    How might the relationship between creation and new creation be informed by and reflected in the arts? This volume, based on the DITA10 conference ...

  • Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Edited by Joseph T. Lienhard
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    Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy

    Volume 3

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Joseph T. Lienhard
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    From its inception the church has always had a Bible—the Jewish Scriptures. But Christians have not read these Scriptures in the same way the Jews did. They have read them in the light of what God did in Jesus the Christ. Thus the Jewish Scriptures became for Christian readers the Old Testament. This Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture volume on Exodus through Deuteronomy ...

  • The Prophets and the Apostolic Witness: Reading Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel as Christian Scripture, Edited by Andrew T. Abernethy and William R. Osborne and Paul D. Wegner
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    The Prophets and the Apostolic Witness

    Reading Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel as Christian Scripture

    Edited by Andrew T. Abernethy, William R. Osborne, and Paul D. Wegner
    Contributions by Nicholas G. Piotrowski, Mark S. Gignilliat, John N. Oswalt, Dana M. Harris, Gary E. Yates, Lissa M. Wray Beal, Andrew G. Shead, Philip Graham Ryken, Alicia R. Jackson, John W. Hilber, Iain M. Duguid, and Daniel I. Block

    How should Christians read prophetic literature? Questions abound both in the academy and the church as to how to engage the prophets, particularly in light of the New Testament. The Gospel writers and the church fathers all read and appealed to the Old Testament, but are we as modern-day readers supposed to take the same approach? The Prophets and the Apostolic Witness ...

  • Exploring the New Testament: A Guide to the Gospels and Acts, By David Wenham and Steve Walton
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    Exploring the New Testament

    A Guide to the Gospels and Acts

    Exploring the Bible Series

    by David Wenham and Steve Walton

    Written by scholars with extensive experience teaching in colleges and universities, the Exploring the Bible series has for decades equipped students to study Scripture for themselves.

    Exploring the New Testament, Volume One provides an accessible introduction to the Gospels and Acts. It's filled with classroom-friendly features such as discussion questions, charts, ...

  • The Renewal of Trinitarian Theology: Themes, Patterns & Explorations, By Roderick T. Leupp
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    The Renewal of Trinitarian Theology

    Themes, Patterns & Explorations

    by Roderick T. Leupp

    Everyone seems to be talking about trinitarian theology these days--theologians, pastors and theologically smart laypeople. If you have felt like an outsider to these conversations, or just wondered why trinitarian theology has generated so much talk, this book is for you. Roderick Leupp describes the renewal of trinitarian theology in recent decades and introduces us to the trinitarian thought ...

  • Acts, Edited by Francis Martin
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    Acts

    Volume 5

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Francis Martin
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    The Acts of the Apostles—or more in keeping with the author's intent, the Acts of the Ascended Lord—is part two of Luke's story of "all that Jesus began to do and teach." In it he recounts the expansion of the church as its witness spread from Jerusalem to all of Judea and Samaria and to the ends of the earth. While at least forty early church authors commented on Acts, the works ...