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From Creation to the Cross: Understanding the First Half of the Bible
Albert H. Baylis - 1996
Now revised and updated to include all the book of the Old Testament.
Job: The Wisdom of the Cross
Christopher Ash - 2014
When faced with difficult trials, many people have resonated with the book of Job--the story of a man who lost nearly everything, seemingly abandoned by God.In this thorough and accessible commentary, Christopher Ash helps us glean encouragement from God's Word by directing our attention to the final explanation and ultimate resolution of Job's story: the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Intended to equip pastors to preach Job's important message, this commentary highlights God's grace and wisdom in the midst of redemptive suffering.Taking a staggeringly honest look at our broken world and the trials that we often face, Ash helps us see God's sovereign purposes for adversity and the wonderful hope that Christians have in Christ.Luke's carefully researched and orderly account of the life of Christ is one of the finest pieces of historical writing from the ancient world. More importantly, it boldly proclaims the story and significance of Jesus, emphasizing his "gospel" as good news for the whole world.In this illuminating commentary, respected pastor R. Kent Hughes explores Luke's historical claims about the life of Christ and his overarching message, offering helpful insights into the biblical text and pastoral reflections on how it applies to everyday life.Written to help preachers and Bible teachers communicate God's Word more effectively, this commentary explores how the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus constitute the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy and guarantee salvation to all who believe on his name.Part of the Preaching the Word series.
Pandora's Box - A Man's Guide To The Female Mind - Get INSIDE HER MIND, Know Her Better Than She Knows Herself!
Vin DiCarlo - 2011
Yes, wehave the same instincts and the same sexual desires but our personal preferencesare as different as grains of sand in the desert. (That’s why the saying goes thatpeople are as unique as snowflakes)All women don’t like the same food, they don’t like the same clothes… They don’teven like the same COLOR. So how can all women be interested in the same thingfrom a man? Think about it Some women like funny men. Some women like cockymen. Other women like gothic men, jocky men or men of a certain race, age orfinancial status.So approaching women with the same techniques for starting conversation, or eventhe same techniques when it comes to the bedroom is a losing bet… But it’s been ourbest guess to date! It’s like playing the roulette wheel at the casino, and only placingyour chips on either red or black.Yeah, you’ll win 50% of the time, and maybe you’ll get her a little attracted to you…But it’s better than playing the numbers in the middle where your chances of successare slim and you’re likely to lose your shirt. It’s not the best way to play the game,however, it’s the SAFEST way. With the skills you have know, it’s the EASIEST way to win.What if there was a BETTER way?What if you could confidently bet all of your chips on a number in the middle? You’d winevery time and you’d make a KILLING in profits. It’s the same way with women: Whenyou know exactly what she likes; the deepest, darkest thoughts she thinks; and whenyou know what she secretly CRAVES from men, you can match her dating and sexualneeds perfectly.You’ll be the guy she’s been looking for. You’ll appear like a mind reader. You’ll seem likeyou know her better than she knows herself. Even if you just met her a few minutes ago.Until now, you couldn’t get this information about her unless you stole her diary and read it.But recent insights into Female Psychology have cracked her mind right open, and you canpeek into the Pandora’s Box to see her secret thoughts and read the contents. For example:Did you know that there are two ways women like to be approached? 50% of women respondwell to a compliment while the other 50% of women wouldn’t DREAM of falling for a line like that.If the beautiful woman you just met likes the compliment you gave her, she’ll start to connectwith you and find her attractive.If she doesn’t vibe with your line You’re dead where you stand. You won’t get another chanceto win her heart, and she’ll go back to whatever she was doing.You can have THAT GIRL! You can save that conversation! With the new Pandora’s Box TechniquesVin DiCarlo discovered, you’ll know whether she’s a compliment girl or not before you everapproach her.
The Resurrection of Jesus: John Dominic Crossan & N.T. Wright in Dialogue
John Dominic CrossanAlan F. Segal - 2005
Wright--air their very different understandings of the many historical realities and theological meanings of Jesus' Resurrection.
The Gospel Centered Woman: Understanding Biblical Womanhood through the Lens of the Gospel
Wendy Alsup - 2012
Some expound on the value of marriage and children. Many extol the virtues of the Proverbs 31 wife. A good number teach the value of love, submission, and respect in Christian marriages. Though this book deals with these topics, The Gospel-Centered Woman addresses women from an entirely different perspective. The most important part of the Bible's instructions to women center around the gospel. Jesus' life, death, and resurrection brought about a seismic shift in our understanding of Scripture. After His resurrection, His disciples understood words written thousands of years before with a clarity they never had previously. The good news of Christ illuminates all other Scripture, including instructions to women.
The Words and Works of Jesus Christ: A Study of the Life of Christ
J. Dwight Pentecost - 1981
The words, the miracles, and overarching message of the Messiah come alive in flowing and detailed chronology, set against the cultural, political, and religious setting of his day. You'll gain new understanding of why Jesus came, how he operated, and what he accomplished. Above all, you'll acquire a deeper appreciation for the love that guided his path, beginning in a manger in Bethlehem, leading through three and a half years of ministry that ended abruptly at the cross on Golgotha, and blazing forth in eternal triumph at the resurrection. Drawing liberally on the works of others who have written about Christ, such as Alfred Edersheim, J. W. Shepherd, W. Graham Scroggie, and Frederick Faraar, Dr. Pentecost reveals in his own writing a familiarity with the subject that comes from years of teaching. Yet he writes, not as one who knows all there is to know about Christ, but with the restraint of one who knows that Jesus is to be worshiped and adored as the great King, and that no book can do more than begin to tell all the wonders of his being and his love.
Christology: A Biblical, Historical, and Systematic Study of Jesus Christ
Gerald O'Collins - 1995
This important new book critically examines the best biblical and historical scholarship before tackling some of the key questions of systematic christology: How could Jesus be fully a man and yet truly divine? How could he be sinless and yet exercise free human will? How can his role as universal savior be reconciled with other religions? Can his maleness be reconciled by the just demands of feminism? Clear, balanced, and accessible, this book offers an invaluable interpretation of these and other controversial issues for students, general readers, and clergy.
When the Man Comes Around: A Commentary on the Book of Revelation
Douglas Wilson - 2019
John the Evangelist saw many strange monsters in his vision, he saw no creature so wild as one of his own commentators." ~ G.K. Chesterton The book of Revelation was written to do just that: reveal. But most commentaries nowadays either engage in bizarre speculations about the future, or they keep an embarrassed distance from all the apocalyptic events that the apostle John says will “shortly take place.” In this commentary, Douglas Wilson provides a passage-by-passage walkthrough of the entire book, showing how John’s most notorious prophecies concern the Fall of Jerusalem in A.D. 70. Explaining symbols and characters as he goes, Wilson shows from the text that not only is this book not an elaborate code, but that Revelation is not even ultimately concerned with the end of the world as we know it. Revelation is about the triumph of the Church, which always happens when the Man comes around.
Handbook on the Historical Books: Joshua, Judges, Ruth, Samuel, Kings, Chronicles, Ezra-Nehemiah, Esther
Victor P. Hamilton - 2001
A veteran professor illuminates each Old Testament historical book by examining its content, structure, and theological message.
Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus: General and Historical Objections
Michael L. Brown - 2000
Provides detailed and satisfying answers to 19 general and 16 historical objections raised by Jews.
A Place for Truth: Leading Thinkers Explore Life's Hardest Questions
Dallas Willard - 2010
But what about truth? In an age that disputes whether truth can be universalized beyond one's own personal experience, it seems quaint to speak of finding truth. But whether in the ivory towers of the academy or in the midst of our everyday lives, we continue to seek after the true, the beautiful and the good. Since its founding at Harvard in 1992, The Veritas Forum has provided a place for the university world to explore the deepest questions of truth and life. What does it mean to be human? Does history have a purpose? Is life meaningful? Can rational people believe in God? Now gathered in one volume are some of The Veritas Forum's most notable presentations, with contributions from Francis Collins, Tim Keller, N. T. Wright, Mary Poplin and more. Volume editor Dallas Willard introduces each presentation, highlighting its significance and putting it in context for us today. Also included are selected question and answer sessions with the speakers from the original forum experiences. Come eavesdrop on some of today's leading Christian thinkers and their dialogue partners. And consider how truth might find a place in your own life.Truth. Is there life after truth? / Richard John Neuhaus ; Time for truth / Os Guinness ; Reason for God : the exclusivity of truth / Timothy J. Keller --Faith and science. The language of God : a scientist presents evidence for belief / Francis S. Collins ; The new atheists and the meaning of life / Alister McGrath and David J. Helfand ; A scientist who looked and was found / Hugh Ross --Atheism. The psychology of atheism / Paul C. Vitz ; Nietzsche versus Jesus Christ / Dallas Willard --Meaning and humanity. Moral mammals : does atheism or theism provide the best foundation for human worth and morality? / Peter Singer and John Hare ; Living machines : can robots become human? / Rodney Brooks and Rosalind Picard ; The sense of an ending / Jeremy S. Begbie --Christian worldview. Simply Christian / N.T. Wright --Social justice. Why human rights are impossible without religion / John Warwick Montgomery ; Radical Marxist, radical womanist, radical love : what Mother Teresa taught me about social justice / Mary Poplin ; The whole gospel for the whole person / Ronald J. Sider
The Epistle to the Philippians (New International Greek Testament Com
Peter T. O'Brien - 1991
Such thorough exegetical work lies at the heart of these volumes, which contain detailed verse-by-verse commentary preceded by general comments on each section and subsection of the text. An important aim of the NIGTC authors is to interact with the wealth of significant New Testament research published in recent articles and monographs. In this connection the authors make their own scholarly contributions to the ongoing study of the biblical text. The text on which these commentaries are based is the UBS Greek New Testament, edited by Kurt Aland and others. While engaging the major questions of text and interpretation at a scholarly level, the authors keep in mind the needs of the beginning student of Greek as well as the pastor or layperson who may have studied the language at some time but does not now use it on a regular basis.
New Greek English Interlinear New Testament-PR-Personal
Robert K. Brown - 1993
A parallel column of the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) accompanies the interlinear text. Numerous textual notes are also included. The New Greek-English Interlinear New Testament is the newest interlinear translation that uses the UBS4/NA27 text.
Exploring Exodus: The Origins of Biblical Israel
Nahum M. Sarna - 1986
In a new Foreword to the 1996 edition, Sarna takes up the debate over whether the exodus from Egypt really happened, clarifying the arguments on both sides and drawing us back to the uniqueness and enduring significance of biblical text.
Matthew: A Commentary. Volume 1: The Christbook, Matthew 1-12
Frederick Dale Bruner - 1987
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