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  • Luke, Edited by Arthur Just Jr.
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    Luke

    Volume 3

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Arthur Just Jr.
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    For the church fathers the Gospels did not serve as resources for individual analysis and academic study. They were read and heard and interpreted within the worshiping community. They served as sources for pastoral counsel and admonition for those who were committed to the Way. Although Matthew and John were generally the preferred Gospels, Luke, because of his particular interests and unique contributions, ...

  • Five Things Biblical Scholars Wish Theologians Knew, By Scot McKnight
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    Five Things Biblical Scholars Wish Theologians Knew

    by Scot McKnight
    Foreword by Hans Boersma

    The disciplines of biblical studies and theology should serve each other, and they should serve both the church and the academy together. But the relationship between them is often marked by misunderstandings, methodological differences, and cross-discipline tension.

    New Testament scholar Scot McKnight here highlights five things he wishes theologians knew about biblical studies. ...

  • The Lost World of the Torah: Law as Covenant and Wisdom in Ancient Context, By John H. Walton and J. Harvey Walton
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    The Lost World of the Torah

    Law as Covenant and Wisdom in Ancient Context

    The Lost World Series

    by John H. Walton and J. Harvey Walton

    Our handling of what we call biblical law veers between controversy and neglect.

    On the one hand, controversy arises when Old Testament laws seem either odd beyond comprehension (not eating lobster) or positively reprehensible (executing children). On the other, neglect results when we consider the law obsolete, no longer carrying any normative power (tassels on clothing, ...

  • A Student's Guide to Textual Criticism of the Bible: Its History, Methods and Results, By Paul D. Wegner
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    A Student's Guide to Textual Criticism of the Bible

    Its History, Methods and Results

    by Paul D. Wegner

    The Bible has been on a long historical journey since its original composition. Its texts have been copied and recopied. And despite the most careful and painstaking efforts of scribes and publishers down through the centuries, errors of one sort or another have crept in and have been reproduced. Sorting out the errors and determining the original wording is the task of textual criticism. In fact, ...

  • The Future of Open Theism: From Antecedents to Opportunities, By Richard Rice
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    The Future of Open Theism

    From Antecedents to Opportunities

    by Richard Rice

    Open theism has reached its adolescence. How did it get here? And where does it go from here?

    Since IVP's publication of The Openness of God in 1994, evangelical theology has grappled with the alternative vision of the doctrine of God that open theism offers. Responding to critics who claim that it proposes a truncated version of God that fails to account for Scripture ...

  • The Artistic Sphere: The Arts in Neo-Calvinist Perspective, Edited by Roger D. Henderson and Marleen Hengelaar-Rookmaaker
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    The Artistic Sphere

    The Arts in Neo-Calvinist Perspective

    Edited by Roger D. Henderson and Marleen Hengelaar-Rookmaaker

    While some Christians have embraced the relationship between faith and the arts, the Reformed tradition tends to harbor reservations about the arts.

    However, among Reformed churches, the Neo-Calvinist tradition—as represented in the work of Abraham Kuyper, Herman Dooyeweerd, Hans Rookmaaker, and others—has consistently demonstrated not just a willingness but a desire to engage ...

  • Mariner: A Theological Voyage with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, By Malcolm Guite
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    Mariner

    A Theological Voyage with Samuel Taylor Coleridge

    Studies in Theology and the Arts Series

    by Malcolm Guite

    Instead of the cross, the Albatross
    About my neck was hung.

    Samuel Taylor Coleridge's famous poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is often regarded as having heralded the beginning of the Romantic era in British literature. The poem narrates the story of a sailor who has returned home from a long voyage having suffered great loss, yet survived.

    In this ...

  • Megachurch Christianity Reconsidered: Millennials and Social Change in African Perspective, By Wanjiru M. Gitau
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    Megachurch Christianity Reconsidered

    Millennials and Social Change in African Perspective

    Missiological Engagements

    by Wanjiru M. Gitau
    Foreword by Mark R. Shaw

    Christianity Today 2019 Book of the Year Award, Missions/Global Church

    Building from a behind-the-scenes case study of Kenya's Nairobi Chapel and its "daughter" Mavuno Church, Wanjiru M. Gitau expands their story into a narrative that offers analysis of the rise, growth, and place of megachurches worldwide in the new millennium. In contexts experienced as deeply volatile, ...

  • All Things New: Revelation as Canonical Capstone, By Brian J. Tabb
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    All Things New

    Revelation as Canonical Capstone

    New Studies in Biblical Theology

    by Brian J. Tabb
    Series edited by D. A. Carson

    Biblical Foundations Award Finalist and Runner Up

    For many readers of the Bible, the book of Revelation is a riddle that fascinates and frustrates. Scholars and teachers have proposed different keys to its interpretation, including the "futurist" and historical-critical approaches. However, none of these adequately demonstrates the continuing, vital relevance of the Apocalypse ...

  • Seeing Is Believing: The Revelation of God Through Film, By Richard Vance Goodwin
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    Seeing Is Believing

    The Revelation of God Through Film

    Studies in Theology and the Arts Series

    by Richard Vance Goodwin

    How might film reveal God?

    In its most basic form, film is a series of images displayed over time. Of course, film has developed greatly since the Lumière brothers by adding components such as sound, special effects, digital recording, and more to create an increasingly complex artistic medium. Historically, film studies has often focused on the narrative aspect of film as ...