The book of Job and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland may not seem like natural bedfellows at first, but both have become literary classics by lifting a voice of protest against injustice.
Faith is often tested in the small places where no one sees the struggle clearly: the guarded room of the will, the thought that keeps returning, the old name that will not fall silent, the ordinary hour asking whether Christ is truly Lord there.
Faith often has to live where God is near but not explainable, where obedience receives enough light to follow but not enough control to possess the road.
The biblical Gospel of John casts itself as a memoir of "e;the disciple whom Jesus loved"e;--a mysterious figure who allegedly watched Jesus die on the cross and stepped into his empty tomb.
Faced with the widespread and radical forgetting of Christian tradition, this work models a renewed theological practice for teachers in line with Pope Francis' repeated calls for a dialogical theology: recontextualization.
Faced with the widespread and radical forgetting of Christian tradition, this work models a renewed theological practice for teachers in line with Pope Francis' repeated calls for a dialogical theology: recontextualization.
The Apostle Paul showed us how we can be effective leadersSo many Christian leaders today have failed us--yet Jesus still beckons us to pray for laborers to work in His harvest fields.
Early Jewish Writings and New Testament Interpretation is a concise, introductory volume to orient undergraduates, seminarians, and interested readers to some of the most important early Jewish writings that currently inform New Testament interpretation.
Early Jewish Writings and New Testament Interpretation is a concise, introductory volume to orient undergraduates, seminarians, and interested readers to some of the most important early Jewish writings that currently inform New Testament interpretation.
"e;The Lord confused the language of all the earth,"e; so the Tower of Babel story in the Hebrew Bible's book of Genesis tells us to explain why the world's people communicate in countless languages while previously they all spoke only one.
"e;The Lord confused the language of all the earth,"e; so the Tower of Babel story in the Hebrew Bible's book of Genesis tells us to explain why the world's people communicate in countless languages while previously they all spoke only one.
An Easy-to-Understand, Practical Study on the Life and Ministry of JesusIf you've ever wanted to study the Bible but didn't know where to start, this study was made for you.
Some Christian virtues are too easily kept as words, admired from a safe distance while the actual day remains hurried, guarded, wounded, and unresolved.
Faith is often carried in places too quiet to explain: the first breath of grace, the ache that refuses lesser comforts, the hand slowly opening before Christ, the hidden prayer no one sees.
The life of faith often reaches a place where control has become too heavy to keep carrying, yet letting go can feel like loss before it feels like trust.
This innovative textbook by two leading experts in Biblical Hebrew combines the best of traditional grammars, new insights into Hebrew linguistics, and a creative pedagogical approach.
The life given to God is often hidden inside ordinary hours: a word held back, a burden carried, a prideful claim surrendered, a mercy offered where no one is watching.
The life of faith is often tested before anyone else can see it: in the sentence held back, the appetite refused, the thought brought under Christ, the anger slowed before it becomes a wound.
The life of faith is often formed where no one is watching: in the private surrender, the quiet hunger, the prayer that has lost its need to impress, the small obedience that still has to be lived.
