by Edmund P. Clowney

At a time in which the very word church sounds a tone of dull irrelevance, the doctrine of the church has suffered the studied neglect of many Christian leaders. The persistent demands to market, manage and grow the church and to meet thefelt needs of churched and unchurched all threaten to quench theological reflection on the abiding nature and mission of the church. But few activities ...

by Edmund P. Clowney

The letter of 1 Peter is a traveler's guide for Christian pilgrims. To believers scattered throughout Asia Minor, Peter wrote with a reminder that they were temporary residents, strangers looking toward their true homeland. As stormy persecutions were beginning in the region, Peter brought a message of hope, encouraging readers to see their lives in the context of God's great work ...

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 Joey Stabile Schewee
Foreword by Suzanne Stabile

A Solution-Driven Handbook for Workplace Relationships

Why is it so difficult to collaborate with that one coworker? Why can't your boss understand where you're coming from? We all want to experience a healthy, flourishingwork environment, but interpersonal conflicts and miscommunications often make work feel frustrating, overwhelming, and maybe even toxic.

With the ...

by Ben Witherington III

Letters and Homilies for Hellenized Christians, Volume 2 is the one of two volumes extending Ben Witherington's innovative socio-rhetorical analysis of New Testament books to the latter-Pauline and non-Pauline corpora. By dividing the volumes according to the socioreligious contexts for which they were written, Witherington sheds fresh light on the documents, their provenance, character ...

Edited by Derek Cooper and Martin J. Lohrmann

"Then David said to the Philistine, 'You come to me with a sword and with a spear and with a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts.'" (1 Samuel 17:45) Reflecting upon David's victory over Goliath, Reformation translator, theologian and commentator William Tyndale compared it to Christ's victory over sin and death: "When David had killed Goliath the giant, glad tidings came ...

by Ian Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabile

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The Essential Study Guide Companion to the Bestselling Enneagram Resource

Want to go deeper into the Enneagram? Ian Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabile have created acontent-rich companion to their book The Road Back to You. For those who don't yet know their number, it will offer further opportunity to explore ...

Number of Studies: 5

by Alan F. Johnson

Upwardly mobile Christians facing radically diverse ethnic, religious, economic and social conditions. The church divided over issues of leadership and authority, sexual morality, gender and worship, marriage and divorce. Sound familiar?First-century Corinth and its challenges were not so different from our own. Yet in the midst of this detailed, practical letter to a church in crisis is found one ...

by Philip H. Towner

Questions about the nature of Christian leadership and authority, attitudes toward wealth and materialism, proper responses to cults, the role of women in the church, and even the validity of the institution of marriage are not new. Paul addressedthese issues in personal letters to Timothy and Titus as leaders of first-century congregations in Ephesus and Crete. What he had to say to them is as ...

by I. Howard Marshall

Recipient of a Christianity Today 1992 Critics' Choice Award

As a young church in a hostile environment, Peter's first readers found in his letter encouragement, not just for facing suffering, but for living responsibly in the world as faithful disciples of Jesus Christ. Christians today will also find in Peter's letter a wealth of practical counsel on how to conduct themselves ...

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