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  • Psalms 73-150, Edited by Herman J. Selderhuis
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    Psalms 73-150

    Old Testament Volume 8

    Reformation Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Herman J. Selderhuis

    "I lift up my eyes to the hills.From where does my help come?"My help comes from the Lord,who made heaven and earth." (Ps. 121:1-2)Throughout the history of the church, Christians have often turned to the Book of Psalms in both rejoicing and suffering as a significant resource for Christian belief and practice, and as the church's prayer book and hymnal. The Protestant reformers also turned ...

  • Reformation Readings of Paul: Explorations in History and Exegesis, Edited by Michael Allen and Jonathan A. Linebaugh
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    Reformation Readings of Paul

    Explorations in History and Exegesis

    Edited by Michael Allen and Jonathan A. Linebaugh

    Did the Protestant Reformers understand Paul correctly? Has the church today been unduly influenced by Reformation-era misreadings of the Pauline epistles? These questions—especially as they pertain to Martin Luther's interpretation of the Paulinedoctrine of justification—have been at the forefront of much discussion within biblical studies and theology in light of the New Perspective on Paul.But ...

  • Black Fire: One Hundred Years of African American Pentecostalism, By Estrelda Y. Alexander
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    Black Fire

    by Estrelda Y. Alexander

    Estrelda Alexander was raised in an urban, black, working-class, oneness Pentecostal congregation in the 1950s and 1960s, but she knew little of her heritage and thought that all Christians worshiped and believed as she did. Much later she discovered that many Christians not only knew little of her heritage but considered it strange. Even today, most North Americans remain ignorant of black Pentecostalism.Black ...

  • The Other Side of the Wall: A Palestinian Christian Narrative of Lament and Hope, By Munther Isaac
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    The Other Side of the Wall

    A Palestinian Christian Narrative of Lament and Hope

    by Munther Isaac

    A Palestinian Pastor's Invitation to Lament and Hope

    Christians have lived in Palestine since the earliest days of the Jesus movement. The Palestinian church predates Islam. Yet Palestinian Christians find themselves marginalized and ostracized. In the heated tensions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the voices of Palestinian Christians are often unheard and ignored.

    This ...

  • The Pastoral Epistles: An Introduction and Commentary, By Osvaldo Padilla
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    The Pastoral Epistles

    An Introduction and Commentary

    Tyndale New Testament Commentaries

    by Osvaldo Padilla
    Series edited by Eckhard J. Schnabel
    Consulting Editor Nicholas Perrin

    In his New Testament letters to Timothy and Titus, the apostle Paul is concerned with church order, defending correct doctrine, and passing on the faith.

    In this introduction and commentary to both letters, Osvaldo Padilla sets them in their distinct context of Paul's later ministry and draws out their pastoral wisdom. With thoughtful exposition he shows how the lessons Paul ...

  • Modern Technology and the Human Future: A Christian Appraisal, By Craig M. Gay
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    Modern Technology and the Human Future

    A Christian Appraisal

    by Craig M. Gay

    Technology is not neutral.

    From the plow to the printing press, technology has always shaped human life and informed our understanding of what it means to be human. And advances in modern technology, from computers to smartphones, have yielded tremendous benefits. But do these developments actually encourage human flourishing?

    Craig Gay raises concerns about the theological ...

  • Paul's New Perspective: Charting a Soteriological Journey, By Garwood P. Anderson
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    Paul's New Perspective

    Charting a Soteriological Journey

    by Garwood P Anderson

    The debate between proponents of the old and new perspectives on Paul has been followed closely over the years, consolidating allegiances on either side. But the debate has now reached a stalemate, with defectors turning to apocalyptic and other solutions. Garwood Anderson recounts the issues and concludes that "both 'camps' are right, but not all the time." And with that teaser, he rolls up his ...

  • Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Edited by Joseph T. Lienhard Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Edited by Joseph T. Lienhard
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    Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy

    Volume 3

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Joseph T. Lienhard
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    From its inception the church has always had a Bible—the Jewish Scriptures. But Christians have not read these Scriptures in the same way the Jews did. They have read them in the light of what God did in Jesus the Christ. Thus theJewish Scriptures became for Christian readers the Old Testament.

    This Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture volume on Exodus through Deuteronomy ...

  • Isaiah 1-39, Edited by Steven A. McKinion
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    Isaiah 1-39

    Volume 10

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Steven A. McKinion
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    For to us a child is born,
    to us a son is given;
    and the government will be upon his shoulder
    and his name shall be called
    "Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
    Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace."

    For the early church fathers the prophecy of Isaiah was not a compendium of Jewish history or theology but an announcement of the coming Messiah fulfilled in the life and ministry ...