The distinctive role of women in church history since the time of Christ has been far-reaching in many areas: music, literature, medicine, education, missions, ministry, politics, royalty, and more. Mary Hammack has completed the awesome task of compiling a biographical dictionary of those women who played decisive roles in the development of Christianity throughout history. This work-the fir…
The New American Commentary is for those who have been seeking a commentary that honors the Scriptures, represents the finest in contemporary evangelical scholarship, and lends itself to the practical work of preaching and teaching. This series serves as a minister's friend and a student's guide. The New American Commentary assumes the inerrancy of Scripture, focuses on the intrinsic theolog…
All too often, argues Ben Witherington, the theology of the New Testament has been divorced from its ethics, leaving as isolated abstractions what are fully integrated, dynamic elements within the New Testament itself. As Witherington stresses, "behavior affects and reinforces or undoes belief."
This work is not a history of New Testament times, nor an account of New Testament religion. Nor does it proceed from a view that the New Testament was written as theology. We must bear in mind that the writers of the New Testament books were not writing set theological pieces. They were concerned with the needs of the churches for which they wrote. Those churches already had the Old Testament,…
Here is a comprehensive and scholarly introduction to the theology of the New Testament. Written primarily as a textbook (the first American effort in its field in nearly seventy years) for seminary students, this sound, conservative study chronicles the history of the discipline, states the problems encountered in its pursuit, and offers some positive solutions to those problems.
Complete and Unabridged in One Volume "Trustworthy" and "reliable" are two words which have been universally applied to Barnes' Notes by Bible lovers of several generations and now Barnes' complete Notes on the New Testament are for the first time available in one handy, easy-to-use volume to delight the Christian worker and Bible student. Verse-by-verse, Barnes covers the entire New Test…
By sticking close to what the great biblical themes of creation, fall, redemption, and glory mean-but also imply - Philip Ryken has written a masterful primer. It offers excellent orientation for inquiries that could, with profit, extend for a lifetime." - Mark Noll What does Christianity have to do with ordinary life? Is there a biblical perspective on our work or recreation or whatever we do…