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PaperbackThe Healing Journey for Adult Children of Alcoholics
by Daryl E. Quick
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 ...
PaperbackWisdom for Faithful Reading
Principles and Practices for Old Testament Interpretation
by John H. Walton
The church has too often lost its way in reading the Old Testament for lack of sound principles of interpretation. When careless habits get us off track, we can lose sight of what the Bible is really saying, derailing our own spiritual growth and even risking discredit to God’s word.
We need a consistent approach to give us confidence as faithful interpreters. In Wisdom ...
PaperbackNobody's Mother
Artemis of the Ephesians in Antiquity and the New Testament
by Sandra L. Glahn
Christianity Today Book Award Finalist—Biblical Studies
Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award Finalist
How Has Misinterpreting Paul Led to the Silencing of Women?
Some Christians think Paul's reference to "saved through childbearing" in 1 Timothy 2:15 means that women are slated primarily for delivering and raising ...
PaperbackMisreading Scripture with Western Eyes
Removing Cultural Blinders to Better Understand the Bible
by E. Randolph Richards and Brandon J. O'Brien
Over 150,000 Copies Sold Worldwide!
Understand Scripture on Its Own Terms
What was clear to the original readers of Scripture is not always clear to us. Because of the cultural distance between the biblical world and our contemporary setting, we often bring modern Western biases to the text. For example:
- When Western readers hear Paul exhorting ...
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EbookHow to Read Job
How to Read Series
by John H. Walton and Tremper Longman III
Preaching's Survey of Bibles and Bible Reference
We often turn to the book of Job when we encounter suffering. We look for an explanation for the questions "Why me?" or "Why her?" But what if it turns out that although Job does suffer, the book is not really about his suffering?
If ever a book needed a "How to Read" instruction manual, it is the book of Job. ...
PaperbackSmall Group Idea Book
Edited by Cindy Bunch
Are you looking for fresh ideas to energize your small group? Here are hundreds of activities contributed by small group experts from across the United States. Tested in the field and drawn from the front lines of small group ministry, these creative ideas will help you evaluate the state of your group and enhance the five components of healthy group life.Community activities for the four stages ...
PaperbackEnacting Atonement
The Narrative Logic of Sacrifice and Sonship in Leviticus
Studies in Christian Doctrine and Scripture
by Roy Edmonds McDaniel
Series edited by Daniel J. Treier and Kevin J. VanhoozerDiscover the story of salvation in Christ through Levitical rituals
Atonement lies at the heart of the Christian faith. In Christ's work of atonement, we are reconciled to God, enabled to draw near to him, and can see his glory. Through studying the Levitical burnt offering, Roy McDaniel takes readers on a deep exploration of Leviticus 1:1-9 in this thought-provoking ...
HardbackClaimed by God
Thirty Declarations of Your Identity in Christ
by Amy Bragg Carey and Anna Marie Carey
Foreword by James Bryan SmithMake God’s Promises Your Daily Declaration
God has uniquely created each one of us. In the Scriptures, he has a lot to say about who we are and how we can live with fullness of hope.
But have we become so informed by the world that we have forgotten we were first formed by the Creator of the world?
Claimed by God helps you ...
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Wesley Vander Lugt
Wesley Vander Lugt (PhD, University of St Andrews) teaches theology and directs the Leighton Ford Initiative in Theology, the Arts, and Gospel Witness at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and is the co-founder of Kinship Plot, a nonprofit that creates stories, places, and beautiful schemes of rooted belonging. His authored and edited books include Living Theodrama, Theatrical Theology, Beauty Is Oxygen, A Prophet in the Darkness, and Modern Protestant Theology.
