Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts

Small groups continue to be a significant part of church life and Christian formation in the twenty-first century, impacting a church and society characterized by loneliness and fragmentation.

This stunningly fresh and original volume explores the person and work of Jesus as seen through the eyes of a wide variety of people who encountered him face-to-face during his lifetime.

John H.

Those who study the Bible are becoming increasingly attentive to the significance of economics when examining ancient texts and the cultures that produced them.

A child's brain is way more impressive in processing and storing new knowledge than the adults'.

A collection of twelve previously published academic essays on the Second Letter of Peter.

Contrary to what we might imagine from its title, the Epistle to the Hebrews is immersed in Hellenistic thought.

For many Christians, spirituality and ethics are in separate mental and experiential compartments.

The Epistle of Jesus to the Church is a commentary on the book of Revelation that assumes Jesus was the author and John the reporter of the words and events described.

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Churches often find themselves in the middle of conflict.

Although it might seem natural that Jesus' beliefs about God should shape Christian theology, this has often not been the case.

Healing the Racial Divide retrieves the insights of Dr.

This second volume of Sermons by Jonathan Edwards on the Matthean Parables contains a previously unpublished series of six sermons by Edwards on Jesus' parable of the Sower and the Seed, as found in Matthew 13:3-7.

What if the story of Eve and Adam was not meant to be a story about creation and the origin of life?

Although one often hears of the need to preach "e;the whole counsel of God,"e; few resources have seriously and specifically attempted to assist the preacher and planner of worship to do just that--until now.

The book of Psalms is a treasure trove of teaching about Jesus Christ.

This book focuses on redemptive historical hermeneutics and homiletics within New Testament theology.

Did you know that learning a foreign language increases your child's cognitive skills?

For the last two centuries biblical interpretation has been guided by perspectives that have largely ignored the oral context in which the gospels took shape.

Thomas G.

Perhaps without realizing it, we now find ourselves living in a unique time compared to all of human history.

Three's a Crowd brings together the three dialogue partners of Pentecostalism, hermeneutics, and the Old Testament.

This collection of essays argues that Paul's articulation of Christ and his saving work makes use of the categories and perspectives of ancient Jewish apocalyptic eschatology.

For many congregations, change creates discomfort.

Spanish is one of the easiest to learn languages in the world.

"e;Those who serve as truth-tellers in the church, like those who listen to the truth-telling in the church, are a mix of yearning and fearfulness, of receptiveness and collusion.

Telling the Whole Story is both a book about preaching and reading the narratives of the Hebrew Bible.

This anthology addresses the topic of "e;fundamentalism and gender"e; from inter- and trans-disciplinary perspectives.

In 1958, American historian of religion Morton Smith made an astounding discovery in the Mar Saba monastery in Jerusalem.

How Jews and Christians Interpret Their Sacred Texts is a comparative textual study that demonstrates the connections between the Hebrew Scriptures, sacred to both Judaism and Christianity, and the Jewish Talmud and Christian New Testament, which respectively became the bases for all modern systems of the two faiths.

Listened to by huge congregations in Britain, and perhaps the most recognizable British Methodist voice in the mid-twentieth century, W.

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The growing housing crisis cries out for solutions that work.

Christians get confused about exactly what to do with the commands in the Bible.

Combining the faith-development theory of James Fowler with the psychodynamics of Viktor Frankl, and utilizing many of the insights of contemporary biblical scholarship, the author has here proposed a unique and provocative interpretation of the life of Jesus as described in the Epistle to the Hebrews as the "e;leader and perfector of faith.

If you think you know all about angels, think again!

Writing with the pastor and student in mind, Walter Brueggemann provides guidance for interpreting Old Testament texts.

Are the gospels found within the New Testament superior to others?

As the Christian church moved from its inception in an Eastern/Oriental culture westward across Asia Minor (Turkey) into Greco-Roman culture with primarily a Western philosophy, theology, and values, Jesus' message and Paul's teachings began to be interpreted according to those cultural norms.

In the last few years I've read rants against the evils of feminism from some of the top Evangelical and Fundamentalist Christian leaders who blame women wanting to go to work, go into ministry, and be equals to their husbands for all the social ills happening in our country.

While debates abound today over the cost, purpose, and effectiveness of higher education, often lost in this conversation is a critical question: Should higher education attempt to shape students' moral and spiritual character in any systematic manner as in the past, or focus upon equipping students with mere technical knowledge?

Decoding Mammon is an exposition of the negative assessment of money implied in Jesus' statement, "e;You cannot serve God and Mammon.

Dennis Horton highlights the shape and function of the death-and-resurrection motif by applying William Freedman's criteria of a literary motif to the Acts narrative.

Increasingly, adolescents and young adults in the United States are racially and socioeconomically diverse, while the teaching population remains predominantly white and middle class.

Cosmic Commons explores terrestrial-extraterrestrial intelligent life Contact.

In Luke: Gospel to the Nameless and Faceless, Dr.

Oral and Manuscript Culture in the Bible is the fruit of Professor Loubser's confrontation with how Scripture is read, understood, and used in the Third World situation, which is closer than modern European societies to the social dynamics of the original milieu in which the texts were produced.

Is it possible to make a case that the Gospel of Mark was not composed by a single man from scattered accounts but in a process of people's telling Jesus' story over several decades?