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  • Simplify: 106 Ways to Uncomplicate Your Life, By Paul Borthwick
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    Simplify

    106 Ways to Uncomplicate Your Life

    by Paul Borthwick

    The prophet Isaiah urged the people of God living under extreme stress to remember that their strength would be found in quietness and trust. The Psalmist urged worshippers that to be still was key to their worship. Jesus reminded people that sitting in quietness was better than a life of hectic busyness. Even the writer Henry David Thoreau when asked the secret of life, replied, "Simplify, simplify, ...

  • Isaiah 1–39, Edited by Jeff Fisher Isaiah 1–39, Edited by Jeff Fisher
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    Isaiah 1–39

    Old Testament Volume 10A

    Reformation Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Jeffrey Fisher

    "And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, 'Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?'

    Then I said, 'Here I am! Send me.'"

    In his interpretation of Isaiah's vision of God and subsequent sending, the Anabaptist reformer Menno Simons perceived a pattern for all prophets, apostles, ministers, and preachers who are called and then sent out to spread the ...

  • Plowshares and Pruning Hooks: Rethinking the Language of Biblical Prophecy and Apocalyptic, By Brent Sandy
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    Plowshares and Pruning Hooks

    Rethinking the Language of Biblical Prophecy and Apocalyptic

    by Brent Sandy

    What are we to make of Isaiah's image of Mount Zion as the highest of the mountains, or Zechariah's picture of the Mount of Olives split in two, or Daniel's "beast rising out of the sea" or Revelation's "great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns"? How can Peter claim that on the day of Pentecost the prophecy of Joel was being fulfilled, with signs in heaven and wonders on earth, the sun turned ...

  • The IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament, By John H. Walton and Victor H. Matthews and Mark W. Chavalas
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    The IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament

    IVP Bible Background Commentary Set

    by John H. Walton, Victor H. Matthews, and Mark W. Chavalas

    Preaching's Preacher's Guide to the Best Bible Reference

    An Expansive Old Testament Resource You Can Trust

    How can we account for the "Book of the Law" suddenly being discovered during Josiah's renovation of the temple (2 Chron 34:14)? We know from Egypt and Mesopotamia that it was common to seal important documents–including theological ...

  • Exploring the Old Testament: A Guide to the Prophets, By J. Gordon McConville
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    Exploring the Old Testament

    A Guide to the Prophets

    Exploring the Bible Series

    by J. Gordon McConville

    Exploring the Old Testament: A Guide to the Prophets considers the often misunderstood prophetic books of the Old Testament, including an exploration of their historical context, their artful use of language and their place within the chorus of Old Testament voices. This critically informed and theologically sensitive introduction to the Prophets introduces students to

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  • The Glory of the Atonement: Biblical, Theological  Practical Perspectives, Edited by Charles E. Hill and Frank A. James III
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    The Glory of the Atonement

    Biblical, Theological Practical Perspectives

    Edited by Charles E. Hill and Frank A. James III

    The atonement is the crown jewel of Christian doctrine. And it is the responsibility of each generation of theologians to preserve its heritage, explore its facets and allow its radiance to illumine their day. With The Glory of the Atonement editors Charles E. Hill and Frank A. James III, along with a group of expert contributors, attempt to fulfill this trust at the dawn of a new millennium.The ...

  • Walking the Theological Life: Discovering Method for Theology in the Lives of Biblical Characters, By Timothy Gaines
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    Walking the Theological Life

    Discovering Method for Theology in the Lives of Biblical Characters

    by Timothy Raymond Gaines

    Explore how to do theology virtuously through the lives of biblical characters.

    For many who are not initiated into the discipline, theology can feel either overwhelming or just plain boring, especially when theological discourse is disconnected from the lives we live. But for centuries, theology wasn't a disconnected discipline—but an invitation to respond to God from the ...

  • Commentary on Jeremiah, By Jerome
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    Commentary on Jeremiah

    Ancient Christian Texts

    by Jerome
    Edited by Christopher A. Hall
    Translated by Michael Graves
    Series edited by Thomas C. Oden and Gerald Bray

    Jerome (c. 347-419), one of the West's four doctors of the church, was recognized early on as one of the church's foremost translators, commentators and advocates of Christian asceticism. Skilled in Hebrew and Greek in addition to his native Latin, he was thoroughly familiar with Jewish traditions and brought them to bear on his understanding of the Old Testament. In 405 Jerome completed his Latin ...