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"But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead . . ."
Cyril of Alexandria (c. 378–444) was one of the most significant figures in the early church: bishop of the church, defender of orthodoxy, proponent of Alexandrian theology. Indeed, he is probably best known as the supporter of the term Theotokos (God-bearer) with regard to Mary in opposition to Nestorius during ...
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
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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
The Get in The Word with Truth's Table Video Bible Studies feature the hosts of the popular Get in The Word with Truth's Table and Truth's Table podcasts, Christina Edmondson and Ekemini Uwan, in conversation with leading Black pastors and scholars. Each hour-long study showcases expert teaching and insightful conversation to unpack the Word of God and discuss meaningful applications ...
Number of Studies: 1
Christianity Today Biblical Studies Award of Merit
For centuries the story of Adam and Eve has resonated richly through the corridors of art, literature and theology. But for most moderns, taking it at face value is incongruous. And even for many thinking Christians today who want to take seriously the authority of Scripture, insisting on a "literal" understanding ...
Do you despise your weaknesses?
Do you hate hardships?
Do you beg God to remove obstacles from your life?
The apostle Paul delighted in his weaknesses, welcomed hardship as a friend and thanked God for obstacles that offered opportunities to experience God's power. Was he crazy?
In this eleven-session LifeGuide® Bible Study, Paul Stevens shows you how this foundational Christian ...
Number of Studies: 11
Ambrosiaster ("Star of Ambrose") is the name given to the anonymous author of the earliest complete Latin commentary on the thirteen epistles of Paul. The commentaries were thought to have been written by Ambrose throughout the Middle Ages, but their authorship was challenged by Erasmus, whose arguments have proved decisive.
Here for the first time Ambrosiaster's commentaries on Romans and ...