1 Timothy

This commentary’s subtitle, “Defend the Faith,” highlights its recurring emphasis on defending and promoting orthodox theology. Other significant themes include the conducting of public worship, the qualifications of elders and deacons (and the wives who have a share in their ministry), the personal godliness of the gospel minister, the proper spiritual and practical care of various membe…

Children's Stories

A Christian at age twenty-two, J.C. Ryle went on in later life to become the first Bishop of Liverpool. Loved and looked up to by the children in his congregation he took their teaching and spiritual lives very seriously. Children will enjoy reading these stories but this is also an interesting and intriguing book for any involved with children at home or at church. Ryle's stories open a win…

The Reformation Study Bible

During the Reformation, a renewed interest in Scripture brought great light to the church and the world. In The Reformation Study Bible, general editor R. C. Sproul aims to present the light of the Reformation anew by combining an accessible translation with study notes that stand firmly in the theological tradition of the Reformation. No other study Bible gives the reader more assistance in u…

Scripture Alone: The Evangelical Doctrine

In the twentieth century, the doctrine of Scripture became a particular focus of intense criticism. Some of R. C. Sproul’s most significant writings have been on the doctrine of Scripture. Not all this material is in print, and no volume has ever collected his best writings on this pivotal doctrine. Scripture Alone consists of four chapters that originally appeared in symposium volumes edited…

Message of 1 Timothy and Titus: The Life of the Local Church — Study Guide

The Apostle's Overriding Preoccupation throughout his Pastoral Letters is with the truth that it may be faithfully guarded and handed on. John Stott is at pains to convey Paul's passionate concern for the future of the gospel, and for younger pastors charged with its care. Paul's concern is as pertinent today. Contemporary culture, John Stott points out, is being overtaken and submerged by r…

The Message of Mark

At first sight, the Gospel of Mark is a simple account of the ministry of Jesus, with lots of stories, plenty of action, a large amount of human interest, and some very straight and searching questions, mostly from Jesus himself. Yet underlying the Gospel is the cross and the cost of discipleship, focusing the question of who Jesus was, and how people should respond to him. Donald English's …

Word Biblical Commentary Vol. 31: Hosea-Jonah

The Word Biblical Commentary delivers the best in biblical scholarship, from the leading scholars of our day who share a commitment to Scripture as divine revelation. This series emphasizes a thorough analysis of textual, linguistic, structural, and theological evidence. The result is judicious and balanced insight into the meanings of the text in the framework of biblical theology. These widel…

Ezra & Nehemiah

The books of Ezra and Nehemiah tell a vital story of a community revived and restored by God’s grace through gifted individuals―preparing the way for the coming Messiah. In his practical and devotional expository commentary, pastor-theologian Derek W. H. Thomas shows what this gripping narrative can teach us about kingdom life in our own time. In their different ways, Ezra and Nehemiah both…

New American Standard Zondervan Exhaustive Concordance of The Bible

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0879811978

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Hardcover; 1709 hlm.; 24.5 x 29.5 cm

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R 220.52 T461 C1

Is There A Meaning in the Text?: The Bible, the reader and the morality of li…

Do books have meaning? Does the Bible ‘make sense’? When we read, how can we be sure the meaning we find is really there and not our own invention? These questions have come to the fore in our postmodern world, and many thinkers are not at all sure they can be answered. That is why Kevin Vanhoozer's voice deserves to be heard. In Is there a meaning in this text? he offers a positive way for…