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PaperbackOld Testament Theology for Christians
From Ancient Context to Enduring Belief
by John H. Walton
Modern readers of the Bible often find the Old Testament difficult and even disturbing. What are we to do with obscure prophecies of long expired nations? Why should we read and study ancient laws that even the New Testament says are eclipsed by Christ? How can we reconcile Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount with the Old Testament’s graphic narratives of sex and violence? What does the Old Testament offer ...
HardbackDictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch
A Compendium of Contemporary Biblical Scholarship
The IVP Bible Dictionary Series
Edited by T. Desmond Alexander and David W. Baker
Logos Book Award Winner
ECPA Gold Medallion FinalistThe first five books of the Old Testament lay the foundation on which the rest of Scripture stands.
Its great themes, epochal events and towering figures set down vectors on which the biblical story is played out. The very shape of the rest of the Old Testament would collapse were the Penteteuch ...
PaperbackThe Lost World of Scripture
Ancient Literary Culture and Biblical Authority
The Lost World Series
by John H. Walton and Brent Sandy
Readers' Choice Awards Honorable Mention
Preaching's Preacher's Guide to the Best Bible Reference
From John H. Walton, author of the bestselling Lost World of Genesis One, and D. Brent Sandy, author of Plowshares and Pruning Hooks, comes a detailed look at the origins of scriptural authority in ancient oral cultures and how ...
PaperbackWait with Me
Meeting God in Loneliness
by Jason Gaboury
"To be human is to be lonely." When his seventy-something spiritual director Friar Ugo spoke these words in a voice cracking with age, Jason Gaboury felt a deep sense of their truth. To the observer, Jason, a campus minister, active church member, and father with a young family, might not have seemed lonely. But it's how he felt. He has wrestled with loneliness ever since he can ...
PaperbackThe Lost World of the Flood
Mythology, Theology, and the Deluge Debate
The Lost World Series
by John H. Walton and Tremper Longman III
Contributions by Stephen O. Moshier"The flood continued forty days on the earth; and the waters increased, and bore up the ark, and it rose high above the earth . . . and the ark floated on the face of the waters" (Gen 6:17-18 NRSV).
In modern times the Genesis flood account has been probed and analyzed for answers to scientific, apologetic, and historical questions. It is a text that has called forth "flood geology," fueled ...
PaperbackThe Lost World of Adam and Eve
Genesis 2-3 and the Human Origins Debate
The Lost World Series
by John H. Walton
Contributions by N. T. WrightChristianity Today Biblical Studies Award of Merit
For centuries the story of Adam and Eve has resonated richly through the corridors of art, literature and theology. But for most moderns, taking it at face value is incongruous. And even for many thinking Christians today who want to take seriously the authority of Scripture, insisting on a "literal" understanding ...
PaperbackShaped by the Cross
Meditations on the Sufferings of Jesus
by Ken Gire
"Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps." 1 Peter 2:21What must it have been like to draw near to Christ as he drew near to the cross? Reflecting on Michelangelo's majestic Pieta, in which Mary gathers the suffering Jesus into her arms, Ken Gire offers seven meditations on a costly discipleship that invites us to take up our cross and follow ...
PaperbackYou Found Me
New Research on How Unchurched Nones, Millennials, and Irreligious Are Surprisingly Open to Christian Faith
by Rick Richardson
Foreword by Ed StetzerOutreach Magazine Resource of the Year
Many bemoan the decline of the church. We hear a steady stream of reports about how droves of people, especially younger generations, are abandoning Christianity. But new research shows that unchurched Americans are surprisingly more receptive and open to the Christian faith than is commonly assumed.
Researcher ...
HardbackForty Days on Being an Eight
Enneagram Daily Reflections
by Sandra Maria Van Opstal
Series edited by Suzanne StabileWhat is it like to be an Enneagram Eight?
"Fósforito! The explosion happened so quickly there was no stopping it. My mother called me 'tiny match' when she would see this fire exploding from me." This is how Latina pastor, activist, and worship leader, Sandra Maria Van Opstal, describes her experience as an Eight. There came a point in her life when she saw how her ...
Number of Studies: 40
PaperbackThe Lost World of the Prophets
Old Testament Prophecy and Apocalyptic Literature in Ancient Context
The Lost World Series
by John H. Walton
Being responsive to God is at the heart of prophecy. But readers of ancient prophecies and apocalyptic literature—including those in the Old Testament—can come away thoroughly perplexed. Are the prophets speaking about their own times, about our present, or about some still-unrealized future?
It's common to study prophecy with a focus on the sole question of prediction and ...
