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God With A Human Face
$20.00Add to cart“The face of God” is a potent metaphor, like none other. To see God’s face is something more than theoretical, mystical, or conceptional–and to see it, we must look at the face of Jesus. In this innovative book, John Purdy focuses on the face of Jesus and explores twelve Gospel stories beginning with Jesus’ birth and moving through his crucifixion and resurrection. Purdy shows us that by looking at Jesus, God’s intentions toward us can be discerned.
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Belief In The Word
$20.00Add to cartThe author provides us with the first thorough literary commentary on John 1-4 that uses a reader response method. He leads us through the Gospel’s narrative and enables us to appreciate it from the inside without disregarding the original historical setting of the writing.
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Theology Of The Book Of Revelation
$34.99Add to cartLecturers can request examination copies for course consideration.
Richard Bauckham expounds the theology of the Book of Revelation: its understanding of God, Christ and the Spirit, the role of the Church in the world, and the hope of the coming of God’s universal kingdom. Close attention is paid both to the literary form in which the theology is expressed and to the original context to which the book was addressed. Contrary to many misunderstandings of Revelation, it is shown to be one of the masterpieces of early Christian literature, with much to say to the Church today. This study offers a unique account of the theology and message of Revelation. -
Day By Day With C H Spurgeon
$19.99Add to cartThis sourcebook of daily meditations comes from the pen of one of the greatest pulpiteers in the history of the Christian church, and commemorates the anniversary of his death in 1892. Yet, still today, there are more of C. H. Spurgeon’s books in print than almost any other author. This special compilation is selected from his sermons, with Scripture references added by the compiler. It is a completely new compilation, not a condensation of Spurgeon’s famous Morning and Evening.
Though Spurgeon’s public ministry ended a hundred years ago, this collection brings the works of this remarkable author-preacher to the reader in convenient daily devotional form, taking him through the Bible from Genesis to Revelation and providing stimulating commentary to help the reader apply the Scriptures to his daily life. The medititations are carefully indexed by subjuect – i.e., faith, love, adversity, salvation, prayer, death, and many more – making them useful to preachers and Bible teachers looking for Spurgeon’s sparkling thoughts and unique perspectives for special days and occasions.
Day by Day is a daily adventure in walking with God, a devotional book with a purpose – to enrich your private meditations and public presentations. Every meditaion is espectially chosen to help the reader to overcome the day-by-day pressures of everyday existence – realistically, biblically, and enduringly. -
Paul Women And Wives
$37.00Add to cartPaul’s letters stand at the center of the dispute over women, the church, and the home, with each side championing passages from the Apostle. Now, in a challenging new attempt to wrestle with these thorny texts, Craig Keener delves as deeply into the world of Paul and the apostles as anyone thus far. Acknowledging that we must take the biblical text seriously, and recognizing that Paul’s letters arose in a specific time and place for a specific purpose, Keener mines the historical, lexical, cultural, and exegetical details behind Paul’s words about women in the home and ministry to give us one of the most insightful expositions of the key Pauline passages in years.
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Mark These Men
$15.99Add to cartForeword
Dedication
1. The Man Who Defiled Baal (Elijah)
2. The Man Who Played The Fool (Saul Of Kish)
3. The Man Who Bore The Brands (Paul)
4. The Man Who Braved The Lion (Daniel)
5. The Man Who Cursed The Children (Elisha)
6. The Man Who Came Back From Beyond (Lazarus)
7. The Man Who Routed The Aliens (Gideon)
8. The Man Who Was Rebuked By His Ass (Balaam)
9. The Man Who Went Away Grieved (The Rich Young Ruler)
10. The Man Who Knew How Long He Would Live (Hezekiah)
11. The Man Who Led Paul To Christ (Ananias)
12. The Man Who Helped Carry The Cross (Simon Of Cyrene)
13. The Man Who Rebuilt Jerusalem (Nehemiah) Page 149Additional Info
The Bible is a treasure house of biographies of people famous and infamous, rich and poor, good and evil. In short, it is full of ordinary people, people just like us. As Dr. Baxter points out in his foreword, “The biographical treasures of the Bible are exhaustless. Again and again we turn back to the figures which move before us in its pages, and find new relevancies, new significances, new applicaitons to our own times and to our own lives. Somehow, these Scripture characters seem to be invested with typologically and representative qualities which live for all time.”
Included are provocative profiles of Elisha and Elijah, King Saul, Daniel, Gideon, Balaam, and Nehemiah. Also included are such New testament characters as: the Apostle Paul, Lazarus, the rich young ruler, Ananias, and Simon of Cyrene. -
Following The Master
$24.99Add to cartWhat is it that makes a person a true disciple of Jesus Christ? Following the Master clarifies the objective of Jesus in making disciples by focusing on the historical context of Jesus’ ministry and then finds the perspectives of the different biblical authors. The pragmatic type of book on discipleship that has abounded over the past fifteen years has tended to cause much confusion in the church. Although most authors have sought to be objective in their treatment, the imagined needs of the church often take precedence over objectivity. The author’s experience as a pastor, professor, and scholar has prepared him to provide the objective treatment that is needed. He avoids the theological and pragmatic agendas that have characterized most books on discipleship and instead relies on biblical and historical data to reveal the intentions of Jesus.
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Beginners Guide To Studying The Bible
$12.99Add to cartDo you need help in studying a book or a smaller section of Scripture? The author provides help in using “tools” for Bible study such as commentaries, concordances, and atlases; he shows how to get the whole picture about a particular Bible passage; he describes basic methods of Bible study; he gives guidance on making application to life.
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Basic Forms Of Prophetic Speech
$42.00Add to cartThe words of Old Testament prophetic messages have remained the same over millennia—but our understanding of them has changed profoundly. Summarizing and analyzing 50 years of scholarly work, Westermann points up astonishingly different conceptions of prophecy in its history of interpretation. He also introduces some of the major problems in contemporary prophecy studies. Translated by Hugh C. White.
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Leviticus : A Self Study Guide
$11.99Add to cartHas the book of Leviticus been difficult for you to study? Have you wondered what relevance this ancient book has to the New Testament Christian? This self-study manual will guide you into a new understanding of and appreciation for one of the most important books of the Bible. As you study, you will be brought face to face with the holiness of God and the sinfulness of man. You’ll gain fresh insight into God’s requirements for cleansing and fellowship with Himself through the sacrificial system, which pointed to the future finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ at Calvary.
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2 Kings 2 Chronicles (Student/Study Guide)
$9.99Add to cartExploring the Bible’s message is easy and exciting with this complete do-it-yourself Bible study guide on 2 Kings and Chronicles. Each study includes helpful outlines, charts, maps, diagrams and explanations. For personal, group or classroom use.
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Gospel And Spirit (Reprinted)
$24.00Add to cartFor those who believe the Scriptures are the inspired word of God with a message relevant for living today, nothing is more crucial than understanding sound principles of interpretation. Disagreement arises when people and groups differ over how one gets at that message and what that message is. In this collection of essays and lectures, Dr. Gordon Fee offers hermeneutical insights that will more effectively allow the New Testament to speak on its own terms to our situation today.
This is not a collection of subjective, theoretical essays on the science of interpretation; rather, these essays target issues of practical, and sometimes critical, concern to Evangelicals, Pentecostals, and anyone interested in letting the Bible speak to today’s situation. Fee brings to the task what he himself advocates: common sense and dedication to Scripture. Readers already familiar with some of these essays, like “Hermeneutics and Common Sense: An Exploratory Essay on the Hermeneutics of the Epistles,” will welcome its reappearance. Others will appreciate the challenge of essays such as “The Great Watershed: Intentionality and Particularity/Eternality: 1 Timothy 2:8-15 as a Test Case,”an essay defending the role of women in ministry, or “Hermeneutics and Historical Precedent: A Major Issue in Pentecostal Hermeneutics.” Anyone wanting to wrestle with key issues in New Testament interpretation will want to read this book.
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Yearning To Know Gods Will (Workbook)
$17.99Add to cartA desire to know the will of God is, as it should be, the top priority of any serious Christian. But how are you to find out what God’s will is? Who hasn’t agonized, questioned, and then doubted and questioned again? But here is Danny Morris to the rescue with an eight-week workbook on knowing God’s will. Each weeks’ exercise begins with an account of a personal experience of the author from which he brings forth biblical, theological, and historical principles to help you in your search. As you respond, God’s will is certain to become clearer. During the first five weeks, you will learn about the nature of spiritual discernment, discernment for the individual, spiritual intuition, ways in which God communicates with believers, and discernment as a spiritual gift. In the second part, the author shifts his focus to corporate discernment; that is, discernment within and for the church, the body of Christ. At issue here is consensus: how consensus is possible, why it is difficult, and how it works in church boards and committees. Danny Morris insists that consensus is not only biblical but practical, despite skepticism on the part of those whose experience would lead them to believe that disagreement is a way of life in church. Some maintain that consensus would never work in their congregation. But the author points the way to diminish and eventually eliminate such conflict. The third part of the workbook details a workable plan for church retreat, a time away from phones and schedules, where your group will learn how to make decisions by consensus, by group discernment of the will of God for the congregation. What better way to help move forward the work of God?
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Toward Rediscovering The Old Testament
$22.99Add to cartUnderstanding the Old Testament is the crucial problem for the Christian. The three parts of this book (the Old Testamentand scholarship, the Old Testament and theology, and The Old Testament and life) present issues rarely discussed by Christians, as well as models and solutions for age-old dilemmas.
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1-2 Thessalonians : A Self Study Guide (Student/Study Guide)
$9.99Add to cartAlthough the apostle Paul was in Thessalonica only a short time, his teachings had an enormous effect on the young believers living there. His first letter was both a reminder of what he had taught them and a call for each believer to be prepared for the imminent return of Christ. In his second letter you will see how Paul handled misunderstanding and anxiety regarding the Day of the Lord. This Self-Study Guide will be an indispensable aid as you study Paul’s letters to the Thessalonians.
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1-2 Peter (Student/Study Guide)
$9.99Add to cartContents
Introduction
1. The Man Peter
1 PETER
2. Background And Survey Of 1 Peter
3. Suffering And Salvation
4. The Christian Pilgrimage
5. God’s Chosen People
6. Life Of Subjection
7. A Christian’s Attitudes In Suffering
8. Suffering And Glory2 PETER
9. Background And Survey Of 2 Peter
10. The Man Who Knows God
11. True And False Prophecy
12. A Final Exhortation
Geography Of 1 And 2 Peter
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1 & 2 PETERIf you’re experiencing trials you will find encouragement and comfort in the epistles of Peter. Writing to believers who were being persecuted for their faith, Peter shows how trials are an important part of spiritual development in the individual. This self-study guide will also help you explore Peter’s practical guidelines for handling everyday responsibilities relating to the church, the home, and the world. In his second letter Peter reveals God’s design for the future, including a graphic description of the destruction of the earth.
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Theology Of The Second Letter To The Corinthians
$104.00Add to cartThe resonances in the dialogue of Paul’s Second Letter to the Corinthians are difficult to detect unless the reader has some knowledge of the social, religious, and economic situation of the community to which the apostle was writing. In this lucid and clear survey, Father Murphy-O’Connor attempts to provide such background information, which he integrates skillfully into a flowing exposition of Paul’s thought. St. Paul’s theology thus comes to life as the complex interplay of factors that prompted him to write as he did to the Corinthians are examined and explored. In addition to providing a particularly accessible picture of the distinctive theological contribution made by 2 Corinthians, the author’s book prompts new insights into the relation of Christ to the ministry of the Church.
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Thus Says The Lord
$31.99Add to cartThis is a comprehensive and astute interpretive study of the prophetic tradition of ancient Israel. Ward interprets the whole of the books of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the Twelve Prophets, placing the religious/theological message of these prophets into its most probable historical context. But he also deals with the socioeconomic world of Israael’s prophets, so that readers are able to confront the message, the ideas, of the prophets in relation to the larger realities through which the people and the prophets were living.
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Women In The Earliest Churches (Reprinted)
$63.99Add to cartThis book examines the roles and functions that women assumed in the early Christian communities from AD 33 to the Council of Nicaea. It surveys, too, the views about women held by various New Testament authors including Paul and the Evangelists.
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Theology Of The Second Letter To The Corinthians
$71.99Add to cartThe resonances in the dialogue of Paul’s Second Letter to the Corinthians are difficult to detect unless the reader has some knowledge of the social, religious, and economic situation of the community to which the apostle was writing. In this lucid and clear survey, Father Murphy-O’Connor attempts to provide such background information, which he integrates skillfully into a flowing exposition of Paul’s thought. St. Paul’s theology thus comes to life as the complex interplay of factors that prompted him to write as he did to the Corinthians are examined and explored. In addition to providing a particularly accessible picture of the distinctive theological contribution made by 2 Corinthians, the author’s book prompts new insights into the relation of Christ to the ministry of the Church.
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Theology Of The Johannine Epistles
$40.99Add to cartThe Johannine Epistles have long been recognized as contributing a vital element to the theology of the New Testament. Usually it is to the Gospel that the reader turns first in order to explore that contribution; the First Epistle is treated as a supplement, while 2 and 3 John–because of their brevity–receive little attention. This book allows the Epistles to speak for themselves, and shows that they sound a distinctive note within Johannine theology, in particular, and the thought of the New Testament, in general. Dr. Lieu carefully outlines their most important theological themes which, when understood in their original setting, are seen to have rich potential for the continuing theology of the Church.
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Abiding Astonishment : Psalms Modernity And The Making Of History
$22.00Add to cartThis examination of the “Psalms of Historical Recital” reviews this portion of Scripture’s social-political intention and function. Focusing on Psalms 78, 105, 106, and 136, Walter Brueggemann considers these psalms on their own terms and then takes up two issues that move in opposite interpretive directions: the Psalms in relation to the historical writing of modernity and the Psalms in relation to the voices of marginality. Brueggemann attempts to enter Israel’s past as that past is experienced, voiced, and advocated in the Psalms both as liberating affirmation and as controlling censure. Contains notes, bibliography and indices. Walter Brueggemann is Professor of Old Testament, Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia.
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Beginners Guide To The Books Of The Bible
$12.99Add to cartBefore starting to read one of the 66 books in the Bible, it is helpful to have an overview of the book. This book provides accurate, concise, and easy-to-understand introductions to each of the 39 books of the Old Testament and 27 books of the New Testment. Each description discusses the book’s purpose, approximate date of composition, authorship, contents, and distinctive features. Also included are introductions to larger sections of the Bible, such as the major and minor prophets.
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Narration And Discourse In The Book Of Genesis
$120.00Add to cartThis book is a fine example of what can be contributed to theological understanding through a study of narrative. The author contends that the presence of a disembodied Voice in the Book of Genesis has a profound effect upon the style of narration and the way in which the plots of various sub-narratives develop. His approach is distinctive in his use of semiotic theory to show how the style and plots of specific narratives lead to new perceptions and understandings of the mysterious discourse of the divine Voice.
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Satan : His Motives And Methods
$16.99Add to cart1. The Career Of Satan
2. The Ages
3. The Course Of This Age
4. The Age And The Satanic System
5. The Satanic Host
6. Satan’s Motive
7. Satan’s Methods
8. The Man Of Sin
9. The Fatal Omission
10. Modern Devices
11. The Believer’s Present Position
12. The Believer’s Present Victory141 Pages
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Beginning with a sweeping overview of the past, present and future of Satan, Dr. Chafer launches into an in-depth evaluation of the old Serpent. He traces him from the early pages of Genesis through the Book of Revelation.A classic study again made available at a time when Satanism is on the rise and the occult is capturing today’s headlines. Expounded by one of the greatest Bible expositors of all time, this series of studies exposes the Great Deceiver in all his subtlety under the searchlight of the Scriptures. An exhaustive Subject Index and a comprehensive Scripture Index add to the value of this thorough study.
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God Dreams And Revelation (Revised)
$29.00Add to cartMorton T. Kelsey, well-known for his writings that connect psychology and religion, puts the meaning of dreams into perspective and helps the reader discover again, the richness of the Christian tradition. In this revised and expanded edition, he summarized new findings in dream research and provides an updated bibliography. A substantial appendix of additional material and an index give further assistance to readers. In his overview of the history of the interpretation of dreams, the author traces the development of Judeo-Christian attitudes about dreams from Old and New Testament times, through the period of the Enlightenment, to the present. He sets down some practical suggestions for Christians today who wish to understand and learn from their dreams and appreciate the richness of the images and symbols they contain.
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Shaped By The Bible
$15.99Add to cartShaped by the Bible offers sound information about the ways congregations are formed and reformed by the biblical message and the living Word. William Willimondiscusses the ways Scripture can form us, reform us, and challenge us, as well as the ways we hide from, close our ears to, and evade the Bible’s claims on us.
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Galatians : A Self Study Guide (Student/Study Guide)
$9.99Add to cartExploring the Bible’s message is easy and exciting with this complete do it yourself Bible study guide on Galatians. Each study includes helpful outlines,charts,maps,diagrams and explanations. For personal,group and classroom use
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Life Of Christ (Student/Study Guide)
$11.99Add to cartContents
Introduction
1. Before The Event Of Bethlehem
2. The Gospels’ Four Portraits Of Jesus
3. The Geography Of Jesus’ Public Ministry
4. Jesus The God-Man
5. Life Of Christ: A Survey
6. Preparation Period
7. Beginning Of Public Ministry Period
8. Early Judean Period
9. Early Galilean Period
10. Middle Galilean Period
11. Later Galilean Period
12. Later Judean. And Perean Periods
13. Passion Week
14. The Resurrected Christ
15. A Concluding Study
BibliographyAdditional Info
What would it have been like to know Christ during His life on earth? What was He really like? How can we live more Christ like lives? This Self-Study Guide follows Christ’s footsteps from birth to death and gives us a clearer understanding of His purpose for the world and for each of us as individuals. It shows us how to apply Christ’s teachings to our daily lives. -
New Testament Theology
$24.99Add to cartThis 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, but these new writings became in time the most significant part of the Scriptures of the believing community. As such, they should be studied in their own right, and these questions should be asked: What do these writings mean? What is the theology they express or imply? What is of permanent validity in them? We read these writings across a barrier of many centuries and from a standpoint of a very different culture. We make every effort to allow for this, but we never succeed perfectly. In this book I am trying hard to find out what the New Testament authors meant, and this not as an academic exercise, but as the necessary prelude to our understanding of what their writings mean for us today. — From the Introduction.
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Matthew : A Self Study Guide (Student/Study Guide)
$9.99Add to cartExploring the Bible’s message is easy and exciting with this complete do-it-yourself Bible study guide on Matthew. Each study includes helpful outlines, charts, maps, diagrams, and explanations. For personal, group, or classroom use.
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Mark : A Self Study Guide (Student/Study Guide)
$11.99Add to cartContents
Introduction
1. Background
2. Survey
3. Jesus Came
4. Jesus’ Fame
5. Hostility Sets In
6. Ministries To The Disciples And The Multitudes
7. Jesus The Miracle Worker
8. Renewed Surge Of Opposition
9. The Turning Point Of Jesus’ Public Ministry
10. Concluding Ministries In Perea
11. Jesus As Lord
12. Events Prior To Jesus’ Arrest
13. Arrest, Trials , And Crucifixion
14. Resurrection And Final Appearances
Geography Of Mark
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Christ the servant is the basic theme of the gospel of Mark. Great care us taken to show the submissive attitude of Jesus Christ as He cares for the afflicted, heals the sick, and comforts the tormented. This Self-Study Guide points out the key verse (Mark 10:45), which divides the gospel into two parts – the service and the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus. By studying verse by verse this “book of action” you will experience what Christ did as well as what He said.
