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  • 1 & 2 Peter and Jude, By N. T. Wright
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    1 & 2 Peter and Jude

    N. T. Wright for Everyone Bible Study Guides

    by N. T. Wright
    With Dale Larsen and Sandy Larsen

    How does a Christian behave when surrounded by a hostile world that doesn't understand who we are or why we do what we do? In three letters, Peter and Jude provide some answers: Abandon the old pagan ways. Learn the new habit of love. Put on the mental armor that will make you strong to face suffering that may come.

    These nine studies from Tom Wright show you the wisdom of their words for ...

    Number of Studies: 9

  • 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 Message of Kings, By John W. Olley
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    The Message of Kings

    The Bible Speaks Today Series

    by John W. Olley

    At the beginning of 1 Kings, Solomon's reign brought peace, prosperity, dynamic international trade, and a magnificent center of worship. By the end of 2 Kings, the people faced a complete reversal: they and their king were in exile, and Jerusalem and the temple lay in ruins. How can this story, told by the very people who suffered the defeat, be of value today?

    In this Bible ...

  • Churches are struggling to meet the needs of their congregations and to entice people to return to church after pandemic living. But instead of rolling out fancy programs, ministry veteran Carolyn Carney says we can revitalize our churches through the simple yet powerful act of group prayer. Read this article for two practical tips on building prayer in your congregation.

  • 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 ...

  • Nobody's Mother: Artemis of the Ephesians in Antiquity and the New Testament, By Sandra L. Glahn
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    Nobody'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 ...

  • Reading Timothy and Titus with John Stott: 13 Weeks for Individuals or Groups, By John Stott
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    Reading Timothy and Titus with John Stott

    13 Weeks for Individuals or Groups

    Reading the Bible with John Stott Series

    by John Stott

    We live in a land where truth is subjective, individualized, and culturally conditioned. That same troubling thinking had invaded the churches led by Timothy and Titus, so Paul's pastoral letters to them focus on the objective and universal truthrevealed in Jesus.

    John Stott's teachings from The Message of 1 Timothy and Titus and The Message of 2 Timothy are offered here ...

    Number of Studies: 13

  • 1-2 Corinthians, Edited by Gerald Bray
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    1-2 Corinthians

    Volume 7

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Gerald Bray
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    In Paul's letters to the Corinthian church, the pastoral issues of a first-century Christian community stand out in bold relief. And as the apostle responds to these challenges, the fathers lean over his shoulder, marveling and commenting on his pastoral wisdom.Best known among these patristic commentators is Chrysostom, whose seventy-seven homilies on the two Corinthian epistles ...

  • Letters and Homilies for Hellenized Christians: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary on Titus, 1-2 Timothy and 1-3 John, By Ben Witherington III
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    Letters and Homilies for Hellenized Christians

    A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary on Titus, 1-2 Timothy and 1-3 John

    Letters and Homilies Series

    by Ben Witherington III

    The study of the so-called General or Catholic Epistles has been hampered, argues Ben Witherington, by the failure to properly discern their genre. Several of these "letters" are much better understood as homilies--although, like the rest of the New Testament, they are situation specific. In this first of three volumes, Witherington extends his innovative socio-rhetorical analysis of New Testament ...

  • Letters for the Church: Reading James, 1-2 Peter, 1-3 John, and Jude as Canon, By Darian R. Lockett
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    Letters for the Church

    Reading James, 1-2 Peter, 1-3 John, and Jude as Canon

    by Darian R. Lockett

    Biblical Foundations Book Awards Finalist

    The Catholic Epistles often get short shrift. Tucked into a few pages near the back of our Bibles, these books are sometimes referred to as the "non-Pauline epistles or "concluding letters," maybe getting lumped together with Hebrews and Revelation. Yet these letters, Darian Lockett argues, are treasures hidden in ...