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  • A Mouth Full of Fire: The Word of God in the Words of Jeremiah, By Andrew G. Shead
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    A Mouth Full of Fire

    The Word of God in the Words of Jeremiah

    New Studies in Biblical Theology

    by Andrew G Shead
    Series edited by D. A. Carson

    "I am putting my words as a fire in your mouth; these people are tinder and it will consume them." (Jeremiah 5:14)

    In the book of Jeremiah, not only is the vocabulary of "word" and "words" uniquely prevalent, but formulae marking divine speech also play an unprecedented role in giving the book's final form its narrative and theological shape. Indeed, "the word of the Lord" is arguably the ...

  • Wounds That Heal: Bringing Our Hurts to the Cross, By Stephen Seamands
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    Wounds That Heal

    Bringing Our Hurts to the Cross

    by Stephen Seamands

    "By his wounds we are healed" – Isaiah 53:5

    We are wounded people. In this fallen world, people are hurt and exploited. Children are abused. Marriages are broken. Tragedies of all kinds afflict us and the ones we love. Woundedness, it seems, is simply a fact of life.

    But we are not alone in our suffering. Despite our emotional, psychological and physical injuries, ...

  • Exalted Above the Heavens: The Risen and Ascended Christ, By Peter C. Orr
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    Exalted Above the Heavens

    The Risen and Ascended Christ

    New Studies in Biblical Theology

    by Peter C. Orr
    Series edited by D. A. Carson

    Christians usually focus on what Jesus has done (his life, death and resurrection) and what he will do (his second coming and eternal reign). While there has been something of a revival of interest in his ascension, studies of Jesus in his exalted state are relatively rare. However, the Christ that Christians trust in, relate to and love is not only the one who lived, died, rose ...

  • Neither Poverty nor Riches: A Biblical Theology of Possessions, By Craig L. Blomberg
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    Neither Poverty nor Riches

    A Biblical Theology of Possessions

    New Studies in Biblical Theology

    by Craig L. Blomberg
    Series edited by D. A. Carson

    Give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread. (Proverbs 30:8)

    One of the most difficult questions facing Christians today is that of the proper attitude toward possessions. In wealthy nations such as Britain and theUSA, individuals accumulate much and yet are daily exposed to the plight of the poor, whether the homeless on their own city streets or starving ...

  • Reading Romans with John Stott: 8 Weeks for Individuals or Groups, By John Stott
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    Reading Romans with John Stott

    8 Weeks for Individuals or Groups

    Reading the Bible with John Stott Series

    by John Stott
    With Dale Larsen and Sandy Larsen

    Paul's letter to the Romans has for two thousand years been a touchstone for all who want to understand the power of the gospel and the righteousness of God revealed from heaven. The truth in Romans transforms our thinking and convicts our heartsas we discover the power of the gospel for every area of our life and our world.

    In this volume, the second half of John Stott's The Message of ...

    Number of Studies: 8

  • Colossians Remixed: Subverting the Empire, By Brian J. Walsh and Sylvia C. Keesmaat
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    Colossians Remixed

    Subverting the Empire

    by Brian J. Walsh and Sylvia C. Keesmaat

    Have we really heard the message of Colossians? Is this New Testament book just another religious text whose pretext is an ideological grab for dominating power? Reading Colossians in context, ancient and contemporary, can perhapsgive us new ears to hear.

    In this innovative and refreshing book Brian J. Walsh and Sylvia C. Keesmaat explain our own sociocultural context to ...

  • A Week In the Life of Ephesus, By David A. deSilva
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    A Week In the Life of Ephesus

    A Week in the Life Series

    by David A. deSilva

    How should Christians live in an age of empire?

    As the city of Ephesus prepares for a religious festival in honor of the emperor Domitian, a Christian landowner feels increasing pressure from the city's leaders to participate. Can he perform his civic duties and remain faithful to his Lord? Or has the time come for a costly choice?

    In this historical novel, biblical ...

  • Matthew 1-13, Edited by Manlio Simonetti
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    Matthew 1-13

    Volume 1A

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Manlio Simonetti
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    The Gospel of Matthew stands out as a favorite biblical text among patristic commentators. The patristic commentary tradition on Matthew begins with Origen's pioneering twenty-five-volume commentary on the First Gospel in the mid-third century. Inthe Latin-speaking West, where commentaries did not appear until about a century later, the first commentary on Matthew was written by Hilary of Poitiers ...

  • Matthew 14-28, Edited by Manlio Simonetti
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    Matthew 14-28

    Volume 1B

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Manlio Simonetti
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    The Gospel of Matthew stands out as a favorite biblical text among patristic commentators. The patristic commentary tradition on Matthew begins with Origen's pioneering twenty-five-volume commentary on the First Gospel in the mid-third century. Inthe Latin-speaking West, where commentaries did not appear until about a century later, the first commentary on Matthew was written by Hilary of Poitiers ...