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HardbackLeading a Transforming Community
Foundations, Practices, and Strategies for Opening to God Together
by Ruth Haley Barton
Foreword by Prince Raney RiversCultivate and Catalyze Spiritual Transformation in Your Community
Many Christian communities long for deeper spiritual growth but find themselves stuck, not knowing how to move forward together. If you are a leader seeking to guide your community toward genuine, God-centered transformation, this book provides the vision and tools you need.
In Leading a Transforming ...
PaperbackMatthew
An Introduction and Commentary
Tyndale New Testament Commentaries
by R. T. France
Why did early Christians place Matthew first in the New Testament?"The early Christians were conscious, in a way few Christians are today, that their faith had its roots in Judaism. The issue of the relation between the Christian Church and the Jews remained a vital one both for the Christian's self-understanding and for their presentation of Christ to the non-Christian world. And it is Matthew's ...
PaperbackThe Paradox of Sonship
Christology in the Epistle to the Hebrews
Studies in Christian Doctrine and Scripture
by Robert B Jamieson
Foreword by Simon J. Gathercole
Series edited by Kevin J. Vanhoozer and Daniel J. TreierBiblical Foundations Book Awards Runner Up and Finalist
What does the epistle to the Hebrews mean when it calls Jesus "Son"? Is "Son" a title that denotes his eternal existence as one person of the Trinity? Or is it a title Jesus receives upon his installation on heaven's throne after his resurrection and ascension?
In this Studies in Christian Doctrine ...
PaperbackCalled
The Crisis and Promise of Following Jesus Today
by Mark Labberton
The most urgent call upon God?s people is to live as followers of Jesus.The most indicting critique against the church is as simple: its failure to do so. As the leader of an evangelical theological seminary that trains men and women as leadersfor the church and society, Mark Labberton writes: "People ask many questions about how their lives relate to the world. What are our lives in this world ...
PaperbackActs
Volume 5
Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture
Edited by Francis Martin
General Editor Thomas C. OdenThe Acts of the Apostles—or more in keeping with the author's intent, the Acts of the Ascended Lord—is part two of Luke's story of "all that Jesus began to do and teach." In it he recounts the expansion of the church as its witness spread from Jerusalem to all of Judea and Samaria and to the ends of the earth. While at least forty early church authors commented on Acts, the works ...
PaperbackRomans
Volume 6
Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture
Edited by Gerald Bray
General Editor Thomas C. OdenChristianity Today Book of the Year
St. Paul's Letter to the Romans has long been considered the theological high-water mark of the New Testament. It was no less regarded by the ancient church, and patristic interpreters have left us an abundance of valuable comment on Romans.
This Ancient Christian Commentary on Romans collects the best and most representative ...
PaperbackJames
A Commentary on the New Testament
The IVP New Testament Commentary Series
by George M. Stulac
- Recipient of a Christianity Today 1994 Critics Choice Award
What is the proper relationship between faith and deeds? How do Christians mature in the faith? What hope can we offer to those who face trials of various sorts? How do we learn to control our tongues and not get bogged down with riches?
The apostle James faced these questions in profound ways and offered ...
HardbackThe Story Retold
A Biblical-Theological Introduction to the New Testament
by G. K. Beale and Benjamin L. Gladd
Christian Book Award® Winner; Biblical Foundations Book Awards Finalist
The New Testament in Light of the Bible's Grand Storyline
In The Story Retold, G. K. Beale and Benjamin L. Gladd explore the New Testament in light of the broad history of redemption, emphasizing the biblical-theological themes of each New Testament book. Their distinctive ...
PaperbackThe Victory of the Cross
Salvation in Eastern Orthodoxy
by James R. Payton Jr.
Word Guild Awards — Academic
How can Christians claim that the death of Jesus Christ on the cross is a victory?
Yet the doctrine of salvation affirms precisely that: in his death and his resurrection,Christ is victorious over the power of sin and death. The articulation of this tenet of faith has taken different shapes throughout the church's life and ...
PaperbackThe Message of 2 Peter & Jude
The Bible Speaks Today Series
by R. C. Lucas and Chris EW Green
The letters of 2 Peter and Jude are sometimes overlooked, yet their message for the church is timely and compelling. Today, as in the first century, Christians must guard against false guides who can lead believers astray and cause divisions within the community of faith. Responding to this ever-present danger, 2 Peter and Jude equip readers to discern truth from illusion and exhort ...
