Thirty-two essays cover the authorship, themes, difficulties, and overall structure and analyze key passages throughout Ecclesiastes.
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE’S 100 BEST YA BOOKS OF ALL TIME • A NEW YORK TIMES READER TOP 100 PICK FOR BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY The extraordinary, beloved novel about the ability of books to feed the soul even in the darkest of times. When Death has a story to tell, you listen. It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has ne…
How do Christians understand friendship and intimacy? How does worship form Christians into a community of the friends of God? What virtues does God call us to incorporate into our lives? In Becoming Friends, Paul Wadell explores the connections between worship, justice, friendship, and the life we are called to live. This engaging and accessible book offers a fresh viewpoint from which to e…
Someone once said, "The past is another country - they do things differently there. "At times, indeed, the Old Testament resembles another very different country. Maneuvering through levitical laws, bloodshed in Joshua, or Daniel's apocalyptic visions, sincere readers often wonder what the Old The New International Commentary on the Old Testament has helped countless people traverse this diffic…
Di Manakah Kekristenan? Ilmu, teknologi, dan pertumbuhan ekonomi memotivasi masyarakat kita. Masing- masing berjalan nyaris tanpa memperdulikan nilai- nilai kristiani. Brain Walsh dan Richard Middleton merindukan perubahan. Mereka rindu menyaksikan kekristenan menembusi struktur-struktur kemasyarakatan, membaharui dan membangun kembali kebudayaan kita. Dari dunia keilmuan di berbagai pergur…
lmu pengetahuan, teknologi, dan pertumbuhan ekonomi memotivasi masyarakat kita. Masing-masing bidang dijalankan dengan sedikit saja memperhatikan keprihatinan Kristen. Namun Brian Walsh dan Richard Middleton mendambakan perubahan. Mereka ingin melihat Kekristenan menembus struktur masyarakat, mereformasi dan membentuk kembali budaya kita. Dari bidang kesarjanaan di universitas ke politik, bisni…
IN THIS MASTERFUL COMMENTARY, respected biblical scholar Bruce Waltke carefully interprets the message of the prophet Micah, building a bridge between Micah's ancient world and our life today. Waltke's Commentary on Micah quickly distinguishes itself from other commentaries on this book by displaying an un-precedented exegetical thoroughness, an expert understanding of historical con-text, a…
In this astute mix of cultural critique and biblical studies, John H. Walton presents and defends twenty propositions supporting a literary and theological understanding of Genesis 1 within the context of the ancient Near Eastern world and unpacks its implications for our modern scientific understanding of origins. Ideal for students, professors, pastors and lay readers with an interest in the …
One of the very special gifts a wife brings to a successful marriage is sincere encouragement. The wife who generously gives encouragement is soon mending the little tears in the fabric of her marriage and smoothing out rough spots before they become stumbling blocks. Working together in a marriage is something like putting up a camping tent: it takes two people, each performing their own jo…