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Getting old is weird, and the transition from young adult to full-blown adult can be brutal. Trying to navigate this very formative decade can just be straight up challenging. Sharing insights from her book The Gap Decade, author Katie Schnack gives five tips for twenty-somethings trying to be "real adults."
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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.
HardbackCommentaries on Romans and 1-2 Corinthians
Ancient Christian Texts
by Ambrosiaster
Edited and Translated by Gerald BrayAmbrosiaster ("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 ...
PaperbackEarly Christian Readings of Genesis One
Patristic Exegesis and Literal Interpretation
BioLogos Books on Science and Christianity
by Craig D. Allert
Do the writings of the church fathers support a literalist interpretation of Genesis 1? Young earth creationists have maintained that they do. And it is sensible to look to the Fathers as a check against our modern biases.
But before enlisting the Fathers as ammunition in our contemporary Christian debates over creation and evolution, some cautions are in order. Are we correctly representing ...
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Want more context as you begin to study 1 Kings? This introduction will give you the background you need as you read the Daily Quiet Time Bible Study. We hope you continue to discover the riches of Scripture and draw closer to God as you join the millions who have used this free devotional resource. 
PaperbackThe Message of Genesis 1–11
The Bible Speaks Today Series
by David J. Atkinson
Where do we come from? What is our purpose? The key to how and why we are is found in the early chapters of Genesis.In The Message of Genesis 1–11, David Atkinson explores how the first eleven chapters serve as an overture to the rest of the Bible. They evoke wonder as God is portrayed in his creative power and beauty. They reveal God's loving mercy and salvation, even ...
PaperbackIdentity and Idolatry
The Image of God and Its Inversion
New Studies in Biblical Theology
by Richard Lints
Series edited by D. A. CarsonOne of Desiring God's Top 15 Books
"So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them." (Genesis 1:27)
Genesis 1:26-27 has served as the locus of most theological anthropologies in the central Christian tradition. However, Richard Lints observes that too rarely have these verses been understood as conceptually interwoven ...
PaperbackBroken and Whole
A Leader's Path to Spiritual Transformation
by Stephen A. Macchia
In his nearly four decades of pastoral, parachurch and nonprofit ministry leadership Steve Macchia has come to understand his own brokenness. He writes:"I've experienced great success and a few embarrassing failures. . . . In essence, as much as I like to view myself as a good or even a very good leader, I'm more truthfully a blessed and broken leader, one who is daily in need of being . . . redeemed ...
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Want more context as you begin to study I John? This introduction will give you the background you need as you read the Daily Quiet Time Bible Study. We hope you continue to discover the riches of Scripture and draw closer to God as you join the millions who have used this free devotional resource.
PaperbackPaul's Theology of Preaching
The Apostle's Challenge to the Art of Persuasion in Ancient Corinth
by Duane Litfin
"We preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God." When Paul preached about the crucified and risen Jesus Christ to the church at Corinth and elsewhere, did he follow the well-established rhetorical strategy of his day or did he pursue a different path? And what ...
