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PaperbackThe Life and Witness of Peter
by Larry R. Helyer
Who was Peter and what was his true stature in the early church? For Protestants at least, Peter seems caught between two caricatures: the rustic fisherman of Galilee and the author of two lesser New Testament letters. And in both cases he is overshadowed by Paul.
In The Life and Witness of Peter, Larry Helyer seeks to reinstate this neglected and underestimated apostle to his rightful ...
HardbackJames, 1-2 Peter, 1-3 John, Jude
Volume 11
Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture
Edited by Gerald Bray
General Editor Thomas C. OdenChristianity Today Award of Merit winner
Because the Catholic Epistles focus on orthodox faith and morals, the Fathers drew on them as a means of defense against the rising challenge of heretics. Many of the Fathers saw in these letters anticipatory attacks on Marcion and strong defenses against the Arians. They did so quite naturally because in their ...
PaperbackIncluding the Stranger
Foreigners in the Former Prophets
New Studies in Biblical Theology
by David G. Firth
Series edited by D. A. CarsonBiblical Foundations Award Finalist
The Old Testament, particularly the Former Prophets (Joshua, Judges, 1-2 Samuel, and 1-2 Kings), has frequently been regarded as having a negative attitude towards foreigners. This has meant that these texts are often employed by those opposed to the Christian faith to attack the Bible—and such views can be echoed by Christians. While the ...
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WESTMONT, IL—InterVarsity Press is pleased to announce that sociologist and pop-culture expert Nancy Wang Yuen will be the host for the third season of The Disrupters podcast. With more than two hundred thousand downloads, the next season of the weekly podcast is set to launch on December 2.
PaperbackChurch for Everyone
Building a Multi-Inclusive Community for Emerging Generations
by Dan Kreiss and Efrem Smith
Diversity is a high value for younger generations—but too often, they’re not finding it in the church.
Emerging generations in the West are more diverse than ever—ethnically, socioeconomically, educationally, and politically. And as church attendance among younger generations declines rapidly, research shows that one of their primary sticking points is the lack of diversity ...
Paperback1-2 Thessalonians
A Commentary on the New Testament
The IVP New Testament Commentary Series
by G. K. Beale
Fascination with the end times is not just a recent phenomenon.The young church at Thessalonica, having taken root during Paul's brief stay there, pondered when the end might come as well. Paul, in order to instruct them more fully, wrote them two letters, which taken together expound the "already-and-not-yet" character of the end times. His instruction and counsel can serve us well today.Throughout ...
PaperbackLetters and Homilies for Hellenized Christians
A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary on 1-2 Peter
Letters and Homilies Series
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 ...
Hardback1-2 Samuel, 1-2 Kings, 1-2 Chronicles
Old Testament Volume 5
Reformation Commentary on Scripture
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 ...
PaperbackJoshua, Judges, Ruth, 1-2 Samuel
Volume 4
Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture
Edited by John R Franke
General Editor Thomas C. OdenThe history of the entry into the Promised Land followed by the period of the Judges and early monarchy may not appear to readers today as a source for expounding the Christian faith. But the church fathers readily found parallels, or types, in the narrative that illumined the New Testament. An obvious link was the similarity in name between Joshua, Moses' successor, and Jesus—indeed, ...
Paperback1 Corinthians
A Commentary on the New Testament
The IVP New Testament Commentary Series
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 ...
