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paperbackProverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon
Volume 9
Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture
Edited by J. Robert Wright
General Editor Thomas C. OdenAmong the Wisdom literature of the Old Testament, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Solomon were all thought by the early church fathers to have derived from the hand of Solomon. To their minds the finest wisdom about the deeper issues of life prior to the time of God's taking human form in Jesus Christ was to be found in these books. As in all the Old Testament, they were ...
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paperbackPsalms 1-50
Volume 7
Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture
Edited by Craig A. Blaising and Carmen S. Hardin
General Editor Thomas C. OdenThe Psalms have long served a vital role in the individual and corporate lives of Christians, expressing the full range of human emotions, including some that we are ashamed to admit. The Psalms reverberate with joy, groan in pain, whimper with sadness, grumble in disappointment, and rage with anger. The church fathers employed the Psalms widely. In liturgy they used them both ...
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hardcoverPsalms 1-50
Volume 7
Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture
Edited by Craig A. Blaising and Carmen S. Hardin
General Editor Thomas C. OdenThe Psalms have long served a vital role in the individual and corporate lives of Christians, expressing the full range of human emotions, including some that we are ashamed to admit. The Psalms reverberate with joy, groan in pain, whimper with sadness, grumble in disappointment, and rage with anger.
The church fathers employed the Psalms widely. In liturgy they used them ...
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paperbackCommentary Index and Resources
Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture
by Thomas C. Oden
The Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture does what few of today's students of the Bible could do for themselves. The vast array of writings from the church fathers—including much that is available only in the ancient languages—has been combed for its comment on Scripture. Scholars with a deep knowledge of the fathers and a heart for the church have hand-selected material for ...
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hardcoverJob
Volume 6
Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture
Edited by Manlio Simonetti and Marco Conti
General Editor Thomas C. OdenThe book of Job presents its readers with a profound drama concerning innocent suffering. Such honest, forthright wrestling with the problem of evil and the silence of God has intrigued a wide gamut of readers both religious and nonreligious.
Surprisingly, the earliest church fathers showed little interest in the book of Job. Not until Origen in the early third century is ...
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paperbackJob
Volume 6
Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture
Edited by Manlio Simonetti and Marco Conti
General Editor Thomas C. OdenThe book of Job presents its readers with a profound drama concerning innocent suffering. Such honest, forthright wrestling with the problem of evil and the silence of God has intrigued a wide gamut of readers both religious and nonreligious. Surprisingly, the earliest church fathers showed little interest in the book of Job. Not until Origen in the early third century is there ...
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The road to recovery from addiction is a long one. Whether you are on the recovery journey yourself, you have a loved one experiencing addiction, or you simply want to learn more about how to best love your neighbors who might be strugging with addictions of their own, these resources offer insight and hard-won wisdom for the journey toward recovery.
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paperbackWait with Me
Meeting God in Loneliness
by Jason Gaboury
"To be human is to be lonely." When his seventy-something spiritual director Friar Ugo spoke these words in a voice cracking with age, Jason Gaboury felt a deep sense of their truth. To the observer, Jason, a campus minister, active church member, and father with a young family, might not have seemed lonely. But it's how he felt. He has wrestled with loneliness ever since he can ...
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Robertson McQuilkin
Robertson McQuilkin served as the third president of Columbia International University for twenty-two years and is now president emeritus. His other books include Five Smooth Stones, The Great Omission, A Promise Kept and Life in the Spirit.
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hardcoverLuke
Volume 3
Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture
Edited by Arthur Just Jr.
General Editor Thomas C. OdenFor 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, ...
