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Paul's Idea of Community
The Early House Churches in Their Cultural Setting, Revised Edition
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 1994
Robert Banks's widely read Paul's Idea of Community: The Early House Churches in Their Cultural Setting is once again available to laypeople, pastors, and scholars alike. In this extensively revised edition Banks has rewritten chapters for clarity, taken into account recent scholarship on Paul's writings,...
A Case for Historic Premillennialism
An Alternative to "Left Behind" Eschatology
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2009
Many evangelical readers who have learned the basics of eschatology from popular authors and more recently from novelists assume that dispensational premillennialism, with its distinctive teachings about the pretribulation rapture of the church, is the only reliable view of the end times and the return...
The Old Testament and Ethics
A Book-by-Book Survey
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2013
The acclaimed Dictionary of Scripture and Ethics (DSE), written to respond to the movement among biblical scholars and ethicists to recover the Bible for moral formation, offered needed orientation and perspective on the vital relationship between Scripture and ethics. This book-by-book survey of...
The New Testament and Ethics
A Book-by-Book Survey
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2013
This convenient text utilizes material from the well-received Dictionary of Scripture and Ethics to introduce students to the use of the New Testament for moral formation. This handy and affordable book-by-book survey of the New Testament contains key articles written by leading scholars and targeted...
At Home in a Strange Land
Using the Old Testament in Christian Ethics
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2009
The Old Testament is a problem for many Christians. Some find it puzzling, or even offensive; others seem to glibly misuse it for their own ends. There are few resources aimed at enabling ordinary Christians to understand the OT and use it in their lives as followers of Jesus.
In this book...
As Christ Submits to the Church
A Biblical Understanding of Leadership and Mutual Submission
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
What does the Bible really say about gender, the ethics of submission, and male-female roles? In this book, well-regarded theologian Alan Padgett offers a fresh approach to the debate. Through his careful interpretation of Paul's letters and broader New Testament teaching, the author shows how Christ's...
A New Testament Biblical Theology
The Unfolding of the Old Testament in the New
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
In this comprehensive exposition, a leading New Testament scholar explores the unfolding theological unity of the entire Bible from the vantage point of the New Testament. G. K. Beale, coeditor of the award-winning Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament, examines how the New Testament...
by Bill T. Arnold
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2003
This accessible introduction to the Book of Genesis examines introductory issues, overarching themes, and the overall argument of the book.
Encountering the Book of Psalms (Encountering Biblical Studies)
A Literary and Theological Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2004
According to author Hassell Bullock, "No collection of poems has ever exercised as much influence on the Western world as the Book of Psalms." The attraction for Jews, Christians, and others is surely the personal element that pervades these poems, which describe the human situation in all...
The Mystery of God
Theology for Knowing the Unknowable
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
How can I know God if he is incomprehensible? Is it possible to know God in a way that takes seriously the fact that he is beyond knowledge? Steven Boyer and Christopher Hall argue that the "mystery of God" has a rightful place in theological discourse. They contend that considering divine...
King in His Beauty, The
A Biblical Theology of the Old and New Testaments
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2013
Thomas Schreiner, a respected scholar and a trusted voice for many students and pastors, offers a substantial and accessibly written overview of the whole Bible. He traces the storyline of the scriptures from the standpoint of biblical theology, examining the overarching message that is conveyed throughout....
New Testament Theology
Magnifying God in Christ
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2008
In this substantial volume, Thomas Schreiner takes up the study of New Testament theology, looking for the themes that emerge from a detailed reading of the whole rather than considering the individual writings separately.
Two themes in particular emerge. The first concerns redemptive history...
Handbook on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament
Exegesis and Interpretation
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
This concise guide by a leading New Testament scholar helps readers understand how to better study the multitude of Old Testament references in the New Testament. G. K. Beale, coeditor of the bestselling Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament, focuses on the "how to" of...
How Long, O Lord?
Reflections on Suffering and Evil
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2006
This clear and accessible treatment of key biblical themes related to human suffering and evil is written by one of the most respected evangelical biblical scholars alive today. Carson brings together a close, careful exposition of key biblical passages with helpful pastoral applications. The second edition has been updated throughout.