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paperbackPriscilla
The Life of an Early Christian
by Ben Witherington III
Who was Priscilla?
Readers of the Bible may know her as the wife of Aquila, Paul's coworker, or someone who explained baptism to Apollos. Biblical references to Priscilla spark questions: Why is she mentioned before her husband? Does the mention of her instruction of Apollos mean that women taught in the church? What is her story?
Ben Witherington addresses these questions ...
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paperbackLandscapes of Memory
The Old Testament’s Sensory Engagement with Nature
by Emma M. Austin
Uncover How Scripture And The Natural World Are Deeply Intertwined
Every page of the Old Testament breathes with the life of God’s creation. From rainbows and desert winds to the roaring of a lion and green hills after rain, nature is woven through the biblical story and helps make it memorable. The natural world of the Bible holds memories of faith, failure, promise, and ...
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paperbackColossians & Philemon
A Commentary on the New Testament
The IVP New Testament Commentary Series
by Robert W. Wall
To the Colossians, preoccupied with legal codes and intellectual disputes, Paul wrote a letter stressing not only the centrality of Christ but also the need for Christians to live out their faith in genuine community. Paul's antidote to a privatized and intellectualized faith will provide relief to many Christians today.To Philemon, a powerful church leader, Paul wrote a strong personal letter asking ...
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caseboundThe IVP Atlas of Bible History
by Paul Lawrence
Consulting Editor A. R. Millard, John H. Walton, and Heinrich Von SiebenthalOpen Your Understanding of the World of Scripture
The story of the Bible is inextricably linked to the land. To understand biblical history, we need to understand how the people, events, and geography interacted to form thatancient world.
Spanning three thousand years of biblical history, The IVP Atlas of Bible History reveals the many fascinating ways that ...
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paperbackInterpreting the Prophets
Reading, Understanding and Preaching from the Worlds of the Prophets
by Aaron Chalmers
The prophetic books are some of the most captivating and fascinating texts of the Old Testament, but they are also some of the most misunderstood. Interpreting the Prophets equips the reader with the knowledge and skills they need to interpret the Prophets in a faithful and accurate fashion. Beginning with the nature of the prophetic role and prophetic books in Israel, Old Testament scholar ...
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paperbackGod Behaving Badly
Is the God of the Old Testament Angry, Sexist and Racist?
by David T. Lamb
God has a bad reputation. Many think of God as wrathful and angry, smiting people right and left for no apparent reason. The Old Testament in particular seems at times to portray God as capricious and malevolent, wiping out armiesand nations, punishing enemies with extreme prejudice.
But wait. The story is more complicated than that. Alongside troubling passages of God's punishment ...
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paperbackCommunity Is Messy
The Perils and Promise of Small Group Ministry
by Heather Zempel
Heather Zempel oversees the community life at a multisite church in Washington, D.C., a challenging population with one of the highest relocation rates in the United States. And yet under her leadership, National Community Church has become a model for creative, dynamic, deep small group ministry.Drawing from her background as an environmental engineer (including such bizarre experiences as monitoring ...
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paperbackThe Message of 1 Corinthians
The Bible Speaks Today Series
by David Prior
The ancient city of Corinth was well-known for its prosperity, diversity—and debauchery. Any church planted there was bound to have problems. Indeed, snobbishness, divisiveness, insensitivity, doctrinal looseness, and overexuberance were all too common in the Corinthian church. When the apostle Paul heard about these difficulties, he was grieved because he had founded the church ...
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paperbackThe Man Born to be King
Wade Annotated Edition
by Dorothy L. Sayers
Edited by Kathryn Hannah WehrFrom December 1941 until October 1942, the BBC broadcast a series of radio dramas written by Dorothy L. Sayers. Against the backdrop of World War II, the plays presented twelve episodes in the life and ministry of Jesus, from thevisit of the magi to his death and resurrection, collectively affirming the kingship of Christ.
Noted for their use of colloquial English as part ...
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paperbackExploring Jewish Literature of the Second Temple Period
A Guide for New Testament Students
by Larry R. Helyer
From the crisis of the Babylonian exile to the rise of rabbinic Judaism--a span of over six hundred years--the Jewish people produced a wealth of literature that lies outside the Hebrew Bible. Today it goes under names such as apocrypha and pseudepigrapha, Josephus and Philo, apocalyptic literature and the Dead Sea Scrolls, Mishnah and targums. But line by line, scroll by scroll, it represents the ...
