Foreword by John M. G. Barclay
Edited by Joseph R. Dodson and David E. Briones

Biblical Foundations Award Finalist

What forces shaped the intellectual world of the apostle Paul? How familiar was he with the great philosophers of his age, and to what extent was he influenced by them? When he quoted Greco-Roman sources, what was his aim?

Pauline scholars wrestle with such questions in journal articles and technical monographs, but ...

by Carol A. Berry
Foreword by Sue Mosteller CSJ

Carol Berry and her husband met and befriended Henri Nouwen when she sat in his course on compassion at Yale Divinity School in the 1970s. At the request of Henri Nouwen's literary estate, she has written this book, which includes unpublished material recorded from Nouwen's lectures.

As an art educator, Berry is uniquely situated to develop Nouwen's work on Vincent van Gogh and to add her ...

by Stina Kielsmeier-Cook

Can the Christian life be lived alone?

When her husband left Christianity several years into their marriage, Stina Kielsmeier-Cook was left "spiritually single"—struggling to live the Christian life on her own, taking her kids to church by herself, and wrestling with her own questions and doubts.

In this memoir, Kielsmeier-Cook tells the story of her mixed-faith marriage ...

A Conversation on Greco-Roman Mythology and New Testament Studies with Sandra Glahn

In her book "Nobody's Mother," New Testament scholar Sandra Glahn digs deep into evidence about the ancient Greek goddess Artemis of the Ephesians from both biblical and classical sources in order to bring into focus Paul's teaching in 1 Timothy. Read this interview to learn more about her thoughts on scholarship, mentoring, and the role of story in academic writing.

by Steve Tamayo

Did you know that the Bible has a great deal to say about ethnicity?

Through the Bible, God shapes the way we engage with ethnicity. A biblical perspective on ethnicity gives us confidence to explore our own ethnic identities.

In this eight-session LifeGuide^® Bible Study, Steve Tamayo takes us through passages that open us up to difficult yet important conversations ...

Number of Studies: 8

by Mark R. Teasdale
Foreword by Alan Hirsch and Mark Nelson

Our world is hungry for salvation, but we don't always know how to talk about it. Christians agree that God cares about people's lives both in this world and into eternity. But the ways we describe salvation often separate the spiritual from the material. Many groups emphasize one at the expense of the other, limiting the picture of what God has to offer.Mark Teasdale works to bridge ...

by Stewart E. Kelly
With James K. Dew Jr.

Postmodernity has matured. But the challenge of navigating our contemporary culture remains. In order for Christians to make wise decisions, we first need to understand the many facets of our postmodern context.If René Descartes is often identified as the first truly modern philosopher in light of his confidence in human reason, then postmodernism has taken Descartes to the woodshed. Stewart Kelly ...

Edited by Marco Conti
General Editor Thomas C. Oden

The church fathers, as they did in earlier books dealing with Israel's history from the time of Joshua to the united monarchy, found ample material for typological and moral interpretation in 1-2 Kings, 1-2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah and Esther. It will be immediately clear to readers of this volume that they gave much more attention to 1-2 Kings than to others; whether this was ...

by Michael J. Ovey
Series edited by D. A. Carson

In gospel proclamation today, the critical New Testament element of repentance can be far too often ignored, minimalized, or dismissed. Yet John the Baptist, Jesus himself, and those he commissioned to spread his gospel all spoke of the urgent need to repent.Michael Ovey was convinced that a gospel without repentance quickly distorts our view of God, ourselves, and each other by undermining grace ...

Edited by Marco Conti
General Editor Thomas C. Oden

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Paul and the Giants of Philosophy

Reading the Apostle in Greco-Roman Context

Foreword by John M. G. Barclay
Edited by Joseph R. Dodson and David E. Briones

Learning from Henri Nouwen and Vincent van Gogh

A Portrait of the Compassionate Life

by Carol A. Berry
Foreword by Sue Mosteller CSJ

Blessed Are the Nones

Mixed-Faith Marriage and My Search for Spiritual Community

by Stina Kielsmeier-Cook