Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts

This book shows readers the nature of Christian faith by exploring how the gospel was originated, formed, and developed.

This two-volume set is part of a growing body of literature concerned with the history of biblical interpretation.

Adults in your church, small group, or other Christian organization are silently suffering the tragic consequences of having been sexually abused as children or youth.

Do you desire to go deeper still in your understanding of the New Testament Scriptures?

This volume of correspondence contains exchanges written between Lloyd Cline Sears (1895-1986) and Pattie Hathaway Armstrong (1899-1977), two influential leaders in early educational efforts of the Churches of Christ.

In New Testament scholarship, the study of space has been underrepresented in comparison with the study of time.

There is a spiritual hunger in the world today.

The Gospel Miracles examines the thirty-five miracles performed by Jesus, as reported in the four Gospels.

An unusually polyvalent symbol, fire assumes numerous functions in the Bible.

Jeremy Halstead graduated from college with a degree in Specialized Ministries and an emphasis in Youth Ministry.

Ephesians: A Theological Commentary for Preachers engages hermeneutics for preaching, employing theological exegesis that enables the preacher to utilize all the units of the Letter to craft effective sermons.

The Greek family of words characterizing the doctrine of "e;justification by faith"e; (as it is known in English) is most prominent in the writings of the Apostle Paul.

All signs point to Christian education having lost its theological location and prominence in the life of the Western Protestant church.

James, Brother of Jesus, and the Jerusalem Church opens fresh ground in our understanding of Christian origins through an exploration of the role of James in the founding of the church.

Did Jesus speak Greek?

The nature miracle stories of Jesus--walking on the water or feeding thousands with a small amount of food, for example--are so spectacular that many find them a problem, whether historical, philosophical, or even theological.

Isaiah 7:14 is one of the most debated verses in all of Scripture.

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This collection of essays is drawn from a series of previous collections to which the author has contributed that were designed to honor senior scholars in the discipline of Old Testament study.

English may be the biggest obstacle to learning Greek!

Live Like You Give a Damn!

Biblical faith is passionately and relentlessly material in its accent.

Rather than representing the book of Revelation as a single "e;apocalyptic"e; genre, Kendra Haloviak Valentine demonstrates that the work in fact reflects several genres--apocalyptic, prophetic and liturgical--within the overall framework of an epistle.

Scripture's Knowing is a guide to the emerging field of philosophical study of Scripture, specifically about knowing.

Theologians are constantly accused of only speaking in theories, positing arguments to be considered by the mind with little bearing on the practicalities of life.

Teaching preaching, like preaching itself, is a noble endeavor.

Homiletics is taking a theological turn.

The papers in this volume focus on some of the ways in which God's people have been rejected and exiled throughout history so as to become a diasporic people.

In this book, Stan Chu Ilo offers an integral theology of development and a critical social analysis of different development theories and practices in the world, especially in Africa.

This book is about exploring and presenting a model of digital-based curriculum for Christian education suitable for the digital ways of learning, communicating, and thinking.

Where does God live?

Wise Up!

An international array of twenty-six scholars contributes twenty-one essays to honor Ziony Zevit (American Jewish University), one of the foremost biblical scholars of his generation.

Biblical narrative learning is a non-critical educational approach for Christian communities with diverse learning backgrounds, involving three sets of movement: inquire and invent, interpret and imagine-inspire, and imitate and impart.

The Sage of Time and Chance is a work of fiction based on Ecclesiastes, the most skeptical book in the Bible.

James through the Eyes of Paul is a Bible study that guides readers in examining the book of James in light of Paul's teachings on faith, perseverance, and submission.

It has become standard in modern interpretation to say that Jesus performed miracles, and even mainline scholarly interpreters classify Jesus's healings and exorcisms as miracles.

For almost fifty years, much has been written concerning Mark 16:9-20.

The God Who Kneels is a meditative journey in John 13.

This book is a reading of Matthew's Gospel as though it were written to integrate with, advance, and conclude the existing body of Scriptures.

The original recipients of the Letter of First Peter inhabited a radically different social context from our own.

John Hall Snow was professor of pastoral theology at the Episcopal Divinity School and considered preacher-in-residence at Christ Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts, for over eighteen years.

Luke provides valuable clues to an understanding of the religious and political power of the Roman Empire through Jesus's birth and trial accounts.

This cycle of poems travels the path of the Gospel of Mark, rereading and retelling the story, flashing back and anticipating, reading from unusual vantage points, flowing with the author's perspective and rowing against it.

Following Rabbi Jesus is a surprising exposure of who the Jesus we find in the Gospels really is, what he teaches those who dare to follow him, and how he models what it means to live God's radical-kingdom way.

As with archaeology, traditio-historical research of Old Testament literature proceeds backwards from the received text, travelling through the earlier stages of compositions to the probable origins.

The Three Pillars: How Family Politics Shaped the Earliest Church and the Gospel of Mark, examines how family relationships played a key role in the earliest Christian church.

A vivid portrait Mary Magdalene, one of the Bible's most compelling women, from the New York Times-bestselling author of Pontiff.

The acclaimed author of Jews, God, and History considers the historical Jesus "e;in the spirited, witty, fascinating manner in which his scholarship excels"e; (Bookviews).