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  • Bloody, Brutal, and Barbaric?: Wrestling with Troubling War Texts, By William J. Webb and Gordon K. Oeste
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    Bloody, Brutal, and Barbaric?

    Wrestling with Troubling War Texts

    by William J. Webb and Gordon K. Oeste

    Word Guild Award Shortlist — Biblical Studies
    Word Guild Best Book Cover Award
    Association of University Presses Design Show — Book, Jacket, and Covers

    Christians cannot ignore the intersection of religion and violence, whether contemporary or ancient. In our own Scriptures, war texts that appear to approve of genocidal killings and war rape—forcibly ...

  • One Catholic to Another, By Peter Kreeft
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    One Catholic to Another

    IVP Booklets

    by Peter Kreeft

    Peter Kreeft offers the lively dialog of two Catholics who explore the basics of the Christian faith, including repentance, baptism, salvation, good works, the Bible and the church.

  • Are You Waiting for
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    Are You Waiting for "The One"?

    Cultivating Realistic, Positive Expectations for Christian Marriage

    by Margaret Kim Peterson and Dwight N. Peterson

    Does God want to write your love story? Well, maybe not—especially not if it is the culture's romanticized ideal of happily ever after! Margaret and Dwight Peterson help us sort out the difference between how our surrounding society often depicts marriage and how Christians really should approach this particular gift of God to all humanity. They guide us through many aspects of a growing, maturing ...

  • Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon, Edited by J. Robert Wright
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    Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon

    Volume 9

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by J. Robert Wright
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    Among the Wisdom literature of the Old Testament, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Solomon were all thought by the early church fathers to have derived from the hand of Solomon. To their minds the finest wisdom about the deeper issues of life prior to the time of God's taking human form in Jesus Christ was to be found in these books. As in all the Old Testament, they were ...

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

    Volume 7

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Gerald L. 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 ...

  • According to Plan: The Unfolding Revelation of God in the Bible, By Graeme Goldsworthy
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    According to Plan

    The Unfolding Revelation of God in the Bible

    by Graeme Goldsworthy

    The massive diversity and complexity of the Bible can make it a daunting project for anyone to tackle. Getting a grasp on the unity of the Bible, its central message from Genesis to Revelation, helps immensely in understanding the meaning of any one book or passage. That is the goal of this book by Graeme Goldsworthy.

    • How do the Old and New Testaments fit together?
    • What is the ...
  • The Samaritan Woman's Story: Reconsidering John 4 After #ChurchToo, By Caryn A. Reeder
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    The Samaritan Woman's Story

    Reconsidering John 4 After #ChurchToo

    by Caryn A. Reeder

    Reader's Choice Award Winner

    Most Christians have heard a familiar description of the Samaritan woman in John 4: she was a sinner, an adulteress, even a prostitute. Throughout church history, the woman at the well has been seen narrowly in terms of her gender and marital history. What are we missing in the story? And what difference does our interpretation ...