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PaperbackThe Message of Nehemiah
The Bible Speaks Today Series
by Raymond Brown
The book of Nehemiah is about starting over again. Nehemiah, one of Israel's great leaders, tells firsthand the powerful story of rebuilding ancient Jerusalem's walls after the exile. In the face of great odds, this rebuilding represented the people's renewal of faith, their overcoming of national shame, and the reformation of their conduct.
In this volume, Raymond Brown ...
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Read this conversation with John H. Walton, author of "The Lost World of the Prophets," to hear more about how the Lost World series came to be and how Walton has developed his signature proposition structure.
PaperbackThe Message of Ruth
The Wings of Refuge
The Bible Speaks Today Series
by David J. Atkinson
The book of Ruth tells the story of ordinary people facing ordinary events. We meet Naomi, who went through famine and bereavement but eventually won peace and security. We meet Ruth, a foreign woman from Moab who chose faithfulness to her mother-in-law, Naomi, and to Naomi's God. And we meet Boaz, who by marrying Ruth fitted into God's purposes for history. Both King David and ...
PaperbackChristianity & Psychoanalysis
A New Conversation
Christian Association for Psychological Studies Books
Edited by Earl D. Bland and Brad D. Strawn
Unsurprisingly, given Sigmund Freud's understanding of religion, the conversation between Christianity and psychoanalysis has long been marked by mutual suspicion. Psychoanalysis originated within a naturalist, post-Enlightenment context and sought to understand human functioning and pathology--focusing on phenomena such as the unconscious and object representation--on a strictly empirical basis. ...
PaperbackHoly War in the Bible
Christian Morality and an Old Testament Problem
Edited by Heath A. Thomas, Jeremy A. Evans, and Paul Copan
The challenge of a seemingly genocidal God who commands ruthless warfare has bewildered Bible readers for generations. The theme of divine war is not limited to the Old Testament historical books, however. It is also prevalent in the prophets andwisdom literature as well. Still it doesn?t stop. The New Testament book of Revelation, too, is full of such imagery. Our questions multiply.
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Esau McCaulley
Esau McCaulley (PhD, St. Andrews) is associate professor of New Testament at Wheaton College and a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times. He is the author of Reading While Black and Sharing in the Son's Inheritance, as well as the children's book Josie Johnson's Hair and the Holy Spirit. He lives in Wheaton, Illinois, with his wife and four children.
PaperbackRighteous by Promise
A Biblical Theology of Circumcision
New Studies in Biblical Theology
by Karl Deenick
Series edited by D. A. CarsonGiven the foundational importance of circumcision in the Old Testament and its prevalence in numerous debates in the New Testament, it is surprising that so little detailed work has been done on establishing a biblical theology of circumcision. This lack is even more surprising given that circumcision forms the background for some of the most hotly contested writings of the apostle Paul. The situation ...
PaperbackEcclesiastes
An Introduction and Commentary
Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries
by Knut Martin Heim
Series edited by David G. Firth
Consulting Editor Tremper Longman IIIThe book of Ecclesiastes is probably best known for its repeated refrain that "everything is meaningless," or "vanity." However, a thorough reading demonstrates that this is not its final conclusion.
Knut Heim's Tyndale commentary shows thatthe book is intellectually sophisticated, theologically rich, emotionally deep—and full of humor. While it is realistic about life, it is life-affirming ...
PaperbackAgainst All Gods
What's Right and Wrong About the New Atheism
by Phillip E. Johnson and John Mark Reynolds
The father of the intelligent design movement, Phillip Johnson, thinks the new atheists are right! How? They've put serious discussion about God back on the public agenda.
Despite their conclusions, folks like Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris and Daniel Dennett are asking the right questions. They're making belief in any religion an issue again, especially in the university context where, for ...
PaperbackWalking the Way of the Wise
A Biblical Theology of Wisdom
Essential Studies in Biblical Theology
by Mitchell Loyd Chase
Series edited by L. Michael MoralesChristianity Today Book Awards Finalist—Theology (Academic)
Wisdom Is Not Simply Knowledge or Cleverness
Walking the Way of the Wise is a profound exploration into the depths of biblical wisdom, seamlessly blending scholarly insight with practical guidance. In this addition to IVP Academic's Essential Studies in Biblical Theology (ESBT) ...
