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  • The Samaritan Woman's Story: Reconsidering John 4 After #ChurchToo, By Caryn A. Reeder
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    The Samaritan Woman's Story

    Reconsidering John 4 After #ChurchToo

    by Caryn Ann Reeder

    Reader's Choice Award Winner

    Most Christians have heard a familiar description of the Samaritan woman in John 4: she was a sinner, an adulteress, even a prostitute. Throughout church history, the woman at the well has been seen narrowly in terms of her gender and marital history. What are we missing in the story? And what difference does our interpretation ...

  • End Times, By R. Paul Stevens
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    End Times

    LifeGuide Bible Studies

    by R. Paul Stevens

    Do you wonder about the "end times"—

    • when it will come?
    • what it will be like?
    • what will happen to you?

    As R. Paul Stevens leads you to examine for yourself what the Bible says about end times, you'll learn what you can do now to be ready for the future—whatever it holds.

    In this thirteen-session LifeGuide® Bible Study features additional questions for ...

    Number of Studies: 13

  • Anxiety: Finding Comfort and Reassurance from God, By Skip McDonald
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    Anxiety

    Finding Comfort and Reassurance from God

    LifeGuide Bible Studies

    by Skip McDonald

    Restlessness in our body. Constant negative thoughts. Inability to focus.

    Most of us relate in some way to these feelings. Anxiety is that vague feeling that something isn't right, that something bad may happen. Worry becomes an all-consuming part of life.

    In this eight-session LifeGuide® Bible Study, nurse and Bible study writer Skip McDonald looks at a variety of Old ...

    Number of Studies: 8

  • Seeing by the Light: Illumination in Augustine's and Barth's Readings of John, By Ike Miller
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    Seeing by the Light

    Illumination in Augustine's and Barth's Readings of John

    Studies in Christian Doctrine and Scripture

    by Ike Miller
    Series edited by Kevin J. Vanhoozer and Daniel J. Treier

    How can we understand God's revelation to us?

    Throughout the church's history, theologians have often answered this question by appealing to a doctrine of illumination whereby the Holy Spirit shapes our knowledge and understanding of Scripture. Without denying the role of the Holy Spirit or the cognitive role of illumination, Ike Miller casts a broader vision of divine illumination ...

  • A Fragile Stone Study Guide: The Emotional Life of Simon Peter, By Michael Card
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    A Fragile Stone Study Guide

    The Emotional Life of Simon Peter

    by Michael Card
    With Dale Larsen and Sandy Larsen

    "The ultimate reason for getting to know Peter is so together we might better know Jesus. For the story of Peter is the story of Jesus. Perhaps, if you and I do our best, the same will be said of us someday"--Michael Card.In A Fragile Stone, songwriter and musician Michael Card explores the dynamic, contradictory life of the apostle Peter. The fruit of years of careful study, A Fragile ...

  • Forgiveness: Making Peace with the Past, By Douglas Connelly
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    Forgiveness

    Making Peace with the Past

    LifeGuide Bible Studies

    by Douglas Connelly

    Forgiveness is a door. It's the way to peace and joy. But it's a small door, and it can't be entered without stooping—or kneeling. And sometimes it is very hard to find.

    When we hurt the people we love, how do we go about restoring the relationship?

    When we suffer the pain of betrayal or injury or rejection from someone else, how do we deal with the anger and resentment we feel?

    In ...

    Number of Studies: 8

  • Mark, Edited by Christopher A. Hall and Thomas C. Oden
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    Mark

    Volume 2

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Christopher A. Hall
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    Christianity Today Book Award Winner

    The early church valued the Gospel of Mark for its preservation of the apostolic voice and gospel narrative of Peter. Yet the early church fathers very rarely produced sustainedcommentary on Mark. This brisk-paced and robust little Gospel, so much enjoyed by modern readers, was overshadowed in the minds of the fathers by the magisterial ...

  • Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Edited by Mark J. Edwards
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    Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians

    Volume 8

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Mark J. Edwards
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    Paul's letters to the Galatians, Ephesians, and Philippians have struck an indelible impression on Christian tradition and piety. The doctrines of Christ, of salvation, and of the church all owe their profiles to these letters. And for patristic interpreters, who read Scripture as a single book and were charged with an insatiable curiosity regarding the mysteries of the Godhead, ...