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PaperbackRomans
A Commentary on the New Testament
The IVP New Testament Commentary Series
by Grant R. Osborne
Few individual books of the Bible have changed the course of church history the way Paul's letter to the Romans has. Whether one thinks of Augustine's coversion in the fourth century, Luther's recovery of justification by faith in the sixteenth orBarth's challenge to recover theological exegesis of the Bible in the twentieth, Romans has been the catalyst to personal spiritual renewal and the recapturing ...
PaperbackWalking with God Through the Valley
Recovering the Purpose of Biblical Lament
by May Young
Recovering the Practice of Lament
The church desperately needs to recover the practice of lament. But what exactly are we asking for?
The call for lament echoes throughout the pages of Scripture. This ever-present genre shaped the lives of ancient communities, and it should shape the practices of churches today. And yet contemporary Christian communities often don't ...
PaperbackIn Search of Christ in Latin America
From Colonial Image to Liberating Savior
by Samuel Escobar
Foreword by C. René PadillaTen Outstanding Books in Mission Studies, World Christianity and Intercultural Theology for 2019—International Bulletin of Mission Research
Noted theologian Samuel Escobar offers a magisterial survey andstudy of Christology in Latin America. Starting with the first Spanish influence and moving through popular religiosity and liberationist themes in Catholic and Protestant ...
PaperbackThe Message of 2 Corinthians
The Bible Speaks Today Series
by Paul W. Barnett
The letter of 2 Corinthians reveals a powerful debate between the apostle Paul and a shadowy group of opponents, along with the local church members who supported them. Paul records a range of emotional extremes as he defends hisdoctrine, ministry, and character to this beloved yet troublesome congregation. In his response to the conflict, Paul develops a momentous theological message: ...
PaperbackThe Pastoral Epistles
An Introduction and Commentary
Tyndale New Testament Commentaries
by Osvaldo Padilla
Series edited by Eckhard J. Schnabel
Consulting Editor Nicholas PerrinIn 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 ...
PaperbackPhilippians
An Introduction and Commentary
Tyndale New Testament Commentaries
by Jeannine Brown
Series edited by Eckhard J. Schnabel
Consulting Editor Nicholas PerrinThe letter to the Philippians illuminates a warm relationship between the apostle Paul and the Philippian believers. Despite difficult situations being experienced on both sides, Paul finds ample reason to celebrate what God in Christ has done and is doing in the believers' lives.
Jeannine K. Brown's commentary on Philippians explores the themes of this epistle and how its ...
PaperbackThe Art of Living in Season
A Year of Reflections for Everyday Saints
by Sylvie Vanhoozer
Foreword by Kevin J. Vanhoozer"What can I give him?”
Growing up in her native Provence, in southern France, Sylvie Vanhoozer learned about the traditional Provençal crèche. These nativity scenes were peopled by santons—“little saints”—each bringing their unique gifts to the baby Jesus. As her own life took her around the world, to England, Scotland, and the United States, she kept up the tradition ...
PaperbackWho Gets to Narrate the World?
Contending for the Christian Story in an Age of Rivals
by Robert E. Webber
Who gets to narrate the world?
The late Robert Webber believed this question to be the most pressing issue of our time. Christianity in America, he preached, will not survive if Christians are not rooted in and informed by the uniquely Christian story that is the gospel of Jesus Christ.
This is the burden of Webber's final book, Who Gets to Narrate the World?: Contending for the ...
EbookIntroverts in the Church
Finding Our Place in an Extroverted Culture
by Adam S. McHugh
Foreword by Scot McKnightIntroverts are called and gifted by God. But many churches tend to be extroverted places where introverts are marginalized. Some Christians end up feeling like it's not as faithful to be an introvert.
Adam McHugh shows how introverts can live and minister in ways consistent with their personalities. He explains how introverts and extroverts process information and approach relationships differently ...
EbookChurch for the Fatherless
A Ministry Model for Society's Most Pressing Problem
by Mark E. Strong
Fatherlessness has reached epidemic levels.Forty percent of children in the U.S. will go to bed tonight in a home without a father. Studies show that people without fathers are at much higher risk for low educational performance, drug abuse, crimeand poverty.Fatherlessness is rampant in our churches as well. When planting his church, Mark Strong realized that fifteen of twenty core leaders, whether ...
