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  • The Message of 2 Peter & Jude, By Dick Lucas and Christopher Green
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    The Message of 2 Peter & Jude

    The Bible Speaks Today Series

    by R. C. Lucas and Chris EW Green

    The letters of 2 Peter and Jude are sometimes overlooked, yet their message for the church is timely and compelling. Today, as in the first century, Christians must guard against false guides who can lead believers astray and cause divisions within the community of faith. Responding to this ever-present danger, 2 Peter and Jude equip readers to discern truth from illusion and exhort ...

  • The Message of 2 Corinthians, By Paul Barnett
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    The Message of 2 Corinthians

    The Bible Speaks Today Series

    by Paul W. Barnett

    The letter of 2 Corinthians reveals a powerful debate between the apostle Paul and a shadowy group of opponents, along with the local church members who supported them. Paul records a range of emotional extremes as he defends hisdoctrine, ministry, and character to this beloved yet troublesome congregation. In his response to the conflict, Paul develops a momentous theological message: ...

  • The Message of 2 Timothy, By John Stott
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    The Message of 2 Timothy

    The Bible Speaks Today Series

    by John Stott

    After teaching many times from the book of 2 Timothy, John Stott writes, "I have been impressed afresh by the timeliness for today of what the apostle writes, especially for young Christian leaders. For our era too is one of theological and moral confusion, even of apostasy. And the apostle summons us, as he summoned Timothy, to be strong, brave and steadfast."

    In this revised ...

  • 2 Corinthians, By Linda L. Belleville
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    2 Corinthians

    A Commentary on the New Testament

    The IVP New Testament Commentary Series

    by Linda L. Belleville

    Though few church squabbles today come close to matching the intensity and seriousness of what Paul faced in the commercial and hedonistic hotbed of Corinth, his strategies and pastoral wisdom in confronting the problems there can still serve as ahelpful model for us in responding to a culture marked by individualism and materialism.In this careful study of 2 Corinthians, readers will find an introduction ...

  • 2 Chronicles: An Introduction and Commentary, By Martin J. Selman
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    2 Chronicles

    An Introduction and Commentary

    Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries

    by Martin J. Selman

    The Chronicler wrote as a pastoral theologian. The congregation he addressed was an Israel separated from its former days of blessing by a season of judgment. The books of 1 and 2 Chronicles bring a divine word of healing and reaffirm the hope ofrestoration to a nation that needed to regain its footing in God's promises and to reshape its life before God.The Chronicler expounds the Bible as he knows ...

  • The Epistles of 2 Corinthians and 1 Peter: Newly Discovered Commentaries, By J. B. Lightfoot
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    The Epistles of 2 Corinthians and 1 Peter

    Newly Discovered Commentaries

    The Lightfoot Legacy Set

    by J. B. Lightfoot
    Edited by Ben Witherington III and Todd D. Still
    Assisted by Jeanette M. Pifer

    InterVarsity Press is proud to present The Lightfoot Legacy, a three-volume set of previously unpublished material from J. B. Lightfoot, one of the great biblical scholars of the modern era. In the spring of 2013, Ben Witherington III discovered hundreds of pages of biblical commentary by Lightfoot in the Durham Cathedral Library. While incomplete, these commentaries represent a goldmine for historians ...

  • The Message of 1 & 2 Thessalonians, By John Stott
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    The Message of 1 & 2 Thessalonians

    The Bible Speaks Today Series

    by John Stott

    The gospel shapes the church and the church spreads the gospel. In his heartfelt letters to the Thessalonians, the apostle Paul calls believers again and again to these essential truths. To encourage and correct the young church in Thessalonica, Paul addresses many issues that are still of vital importance today, such as Christian community, church leadership, moral living, evangelism, ...

  • 1 and 2 Thessalonians: An Introduction and Commentary, By Leon L. Morris
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    1 and 2 Thessalonians

    An Introduction and Commentary

    Tyndale New Testament Commentaries

    by Leon L. Morris

    "No other writings of Paul provide a greater insight into his missionary methods and message as 1 and 2 Thessalonians," says Leon Morris. "Here we see Paul the missionary and Paul the pastor, faithfully proclaiming the gospel of God, concerned for the welfare of his converts, scolding them, praising them, guiding them, exhorting them, teaching them; thrilled with their progress, disappointed in ...

  • 2 Peter and Jude, By Robert Harvey and Philip H. Towner
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    2 Peter and Jude

    A Commentary on the New Testament

    The IVP New Testament Commentary Series

    by Robert Harvey and Philip H. Towner

    The miracle of being forgiven is perhaps equaled only by the wonder of also being trusted again. That wondrous experience in the life of Simon Peter ultimately produced remarkable letters, full of warning and hope, solemn instruction and gloriouspromise. Because of that grace in Peter's past, his words in the book of 2 Peter are able to strengthen we who are his brothers and sisters in faith.Jude ...

  • 2 Peter and Jude: An Introduction and Commentary, By E. Michael Green
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    2 Peter and Jude

    An Introduction and Commentary

    Tyndale New Testament Commentaries

    by E. Michael Green

    The epistle of 2 Peter has had a very rough passage down the centuries," says Michael Green in this commentary. "Its entry into the Canon was precarious in the extreme . . . It was deemed second-class Scripture by Luther, rejected by Erasmus, and regarded with hesitancy by Calvin." And about Jude he says, "We can learn a great deal about a man by listening to what he has to say about himself. Jude ...