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  • Luke, Edited by Arthur Just Jr.
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    Luke

    Volume 3

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Arthur Just
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    For the church fathers the Gospels did not serve as resources for individual analysis and academic study. They were read and heard and interpreted within the worshiping community. They served as sources for pastoral counsel and admonition for those who were committed to the Way. Although Matthew and John were generally the preferred Gospels, Luke, because of his particular interests and unique contributions, ...

  • Luke, Edited by Beth Kreitzer
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    Luke

    New Testament Volume 3

    Reformation Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Beth Kreitzer

    "For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord." Reflecting on this verse from the Gospel of Luke (2:11), Martin Luther declared it to be a summary of the gospel: "See here what the gospel is, namely, a joyful sermon about Christ our Savior. Whoever preaches him rightly preaches the gospel and pure joy."Reformation commentators meditated upon the significance ...

  • Mission 3:16: God's One-Verse Invitation to Love the World, By Paul Borthwick Mission 3:16: God's One-Verse Invitation to Love the World, By Paul Borthwick
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    Mission 3:16

    God's One-Verse Invitation to Love the World

    by Paul Borthwick

    "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." —John 3:16Paul Borthwick unpacks the Bible's most famous verse to unveil God's intentional, sacrificial mission for the world. He examines every word in John 3:16 to reveal the underlying motivation for mission, the global scope of God's call, and ...

  • Liturgical Mission: The Work of the People for the Life of the World, By Winfield Bevins
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    Liturgical Mission

    The Work of the People for the Life of the World

    by Winfield Bevins
    Foreword by Justo L. González

    Modern missional movements have often viewed the historic Christian traditions with suspicion. The old traditions may be beautiful, the thinking goes, but they’re too insular, focused primarily on worship and on the interior lifeof the church, and not looking outward to evangelism and good works.

    In Liturgical Mission, Winfield Bevins argues that the church's liturgy ...

  • A Week in the Life of a Greco-Roman Woman, By Holly Beers
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    A Week in the Life of a Greco-Roman Woman

    A Week in the Life Series

    by Holly Beers

    In first-century Ephesus, life is not easy for women.

    A young wife meets her daily struggles with equanimity and courage. She holds poverty and hunger at bay, fights to keep her child healthy and strong, and navigates the unpredictability of her husband's temperament. But into the midst of her daily fears and worries, a new hope appears: a teaching that challenges her society's ...

  • Finding Favour in the Sight of God: A Theology of Wisdom Literature, By Richard P. Belcher Jr
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    Finding Favour in the Sight of God

    A Theology of Wisdom Literature

    New Studies in Biblical Theology

    by Richard P Belcher
    Series edited by D. A. Carson

    There has been an explosion of interest in wisdom literature, and many studies are now available. There is every opportunity for people to "get wisdom, get insight" (Prov. 4:5). However, in today's world it seems the practical sensibilities that come from wisdom are found in very few places. Wisdom literature is needed now more than ever. By walking in the way of wisdom, we will "find favour and ...