In this book, John Morgan-Wynne examines the very different ways in which Paul's epistles, Hebrews, James, Luke-Acts, John's Gospel, and Matthew's Gospel utitiize the critical figure of Abraham, the father of the people of Israel.
Embodied Performance presents a methodology by which performer-interpreters can bring their intuitive interpretations to the scholarly conversations about biblical compositions.
Piles of Slain, Heaps of Corpses reads the violence in the book of Nahum against the background of the war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and tries to show how this violent book can be therapeutic and transformative for wounded communities.
This striking collection of scholarly essays highlights the hermeneutic contribution of the French theologian and sociologist Jacques Ellul, revealing him to be one of the twentieth century's most creative and insightful readers of the Bible.
Reading the Bible Badly exposes how American Christians misunderstand and misuse the Bible, reading Scripture through "e;lenses"e; that distort its true character.
Philosophy has given us insights into the reflections of thinkers on such subjects as God, mankind, the world, and the possibility of knowing ultimate reality.
The gospel of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth has healed countless lives over the centuries, but the gospel itself has been wounded through neglect of one of its main components.
An Intertextual Commentary on Romans is an exhaustive treatment of the hundreds of Old Testament citations, allusions, and echoes embedded in Paul's most famous epistle.
What could a first-century church planter and tentmaker who helped forge the earliest years of a new religious movement possibly have in common with a British time traveling alien who first appeared in the 1960s to teach children about history?
This book provides a concise guide to the group of biblical books commonly called "e;The Book of the Twelve Prophets"e; or simply "e;The Twelve"e; (also know as "e;the Minor Prophets"e;).
The strange Book of Revelation, written in about 95 AD, opens up a world in which Christian people were under threat from the Roman Empire; some were suffering for their faith.
Worshiping God, God's Way: A Biblical Perspective of the Origin of Worship explores the theology behind what Jesus called "e;true"e; worship in John 4:24.
No matter what side you're on or how you look at it, we're living in a world that's filled with "e;fake news"e; and with lots of people who believe it.
Family physician Raymond Downing offers a bold critique of western medicine and sees medical care as one of the fallen "e;principalities and powers"e; in need of redemption.
Character for Kids: Devotions and Activities for Kids Ages 3-10 includes easily understandable thoughts on selected character traits including courage, respect, self-control, manners, loyalty and eight others.
This book displays how the nonviolent Word of God made visible in Jesus Christ is expressed in the contemporary idiom of the peaceable grain of the universe.
Genesis contains a rich, nuanced text, and yet, when taught to children, it is often done through a series of "e;factoids,"e; such as the number of animals brought into the ark or Esau's red lentil soup.
Timo Eskola presents a new way of understanding Paul's soteriology as a theology of predestination: God has cosigned all people to sin and condemnation.
Michael Udoekpo's work brilliantly and pastorally discusses the issues of conflict, friction, and disunity in the worldand in Nigeria in particularfrom biblical, historical, and sociocultural perspectives.
For a denomination like Roman Catholicism that is canonically difficult to leave, many American Catholics are migrating beyond the institution's immediate influence.
Since the belief in a purely spiritual resurrection of Christ is prevalent in many cults, those involved in countering the rise and growth of cults would benefit greatly from reading this book.
