Bible Study for Busy Woman

Many woman recognize the value of personal, individualized Bible study, but for one reason or another, few women ever get around to doing it. Perhaps you tried once, and found it was too much triedonce, and found it was too much work, or it was - you'll admit it - boring. Maybe you could use some help. Bible Study for Busy Women is designed to give you the tools you need to keep going - enough …

Knowing Scripture

"~The Bible is the written Word of God, and it is treasured by many. But it is also an ancient book about people and cultures very different than us. Thus, while we know we should read it, many of us have a hard time understanding the Bible. In this updated edition of Knowing Scripture, R. C. Sproul helps us dig out the meaning of Scripture for ourselves. The author says, ""The theme of this bo…

The New Century Bible Commentary 1 and 2 Kings, Vol. 1

Edition

1

ISBN/ISSN

0-8028-0019-X

Collation

-

Series Title

1 Kings 1 - 16:34

Call Number

222.507

The Ten Commandments in History: Mosaic Paradigms for a Well-Ordered Society

Foreword by Marion Leathers Kuntz / Paul Grimley Kuntz was a deeply religious man who not only found religious profundity in the Decalogue but also was convinced that it offers the most reasonable paradigm for a well-ordered society. Decrying the loss of the true meaning of the Decalogue in modern times, Kuntz spent the last decade of his life preparing this book, his magnum opus, on the Decalo…

Paul and Union with Christ: An Exegetical and Theological Study

Winner of the Christianity Today 2014 Book Award in Biblical Studies, Paul and Union with Christ fills the gap for biblical scholars, theologians, and pastors pondering and debating the meaning of union with Christ. Following a selective survey of the scholarly work on union with Christ through the twentieth century to the present day, Greek scholar Constantine Campbell carefully examines every…

Captive to the Word of God: Engaging the Scriptures for Contemporary Theologi…

"~In Captive to the Word of God eminent theologian Miroslav Volf invites readers to dip with him into the deep well of Scripture to look over his shoulder as he engages actively with the Bible, which, as he notes, is at once a sacred text, a witness to Jesus Christ, and the site of God's self-revelation for the sake of humanity's salvation. After a probing explanation of how and why he uses Scr…

Let the Reader Understand: A Guide to Interpreting and Applying the Bible

"~""Well, that's just your interpretation."" For many people, interpreting the Bible is the art of making it say what they want. Even scholars often treat interpretation as a subjective exercise, not the search for true, objective meaning of texts. But hasn't God spoken definitively in Scripture? Shouldn't we be able to arrive at a good and true interpretation? Convinced that God wants us to un…

Encountering Religious Pluralism: The Challenge to Christian Faith Mission

Christianity Today Book of the Year The world is filled with religions. That is not a new observation. But the way we think about religious diversity, argues Harold Netland, is new. In this book Harold Netland traces the emergence of the pluralistic ethos that now challenges traditional Christian faith and mission. Identifying theologian and philosopher John Hick as the most influential apol…

Recovering Biblical Manhood & Womanhood: A Response to Evangelical Feminism

In a society where gender roles are a hot-button topic, the church is not immune to the controversy. In fact, the church has wrestled with varying degrees of evangelical feminism for decades. As evangelical feminism has crept into the church, time-trusted resources like Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood help remind Christians of what the Bible has to say. In this edition of the awar…

The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian C…

The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church is a multivolume study by Hughes Oliphant Old that canvasses the history of preaching from the words of Moses at Mount Sinai through modern times. Volume 2, The Patristic Age, continues Old's historical survey by focusing on preaching as it was developed and practiced by the Greek schools of Alexandria and Antioc…