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This poem by Leslie Leyland Fields was originally written for "A Radiant Birth" but didn't appear in the final edition. Read the bonus poem "No Country for Two Kings" and consider how Advent gives us the opportunity to choose which kingdom we pledge our allegiance to.
PaperbackThe Messianic Vision of the Pentateuch
by Kevin S. Chen
Did Moses write about Jesus? Jesus himself made this bold claim (recorded in John 5:46). Yet while most readers of the Bible today recognize a few Messianic prophecies in the Pentateuch, they don't often see them as part of its central message. In The Messianic Vision of the Pentateuch, Kevin Chen challenges the common view of the Pentateuch as focused primarily on the ...
PaperbackWords of Life
Scripture as the Living and Active Word of God
by Timothy Ward
Throughout Christian history, the overwhelmingly predominant view of the Bible has been that it is itself the living and active word of God. In this book Timothy Ward explains and defends what we are really saying when we trust and proclaim, as wemust, that the Bible is God's word. In particular he describes the nature of the relationship between the living God and Scripture. He examines why, in ...
PaperbackJesus Christ
Savior and Lord
Christian Foundations
by Donald G. Bloesch
- Voted one of Christianity Today's 1998 Books of the Year
With his customary encyclopedic reach and epigrammatic style, Donald Bloesch turns his attention to the hotly disputed, yet absolutely crucial, subject of the person and work of Jesus Christ. In Jesus Christ he draws on more than forty years of devoted study to bring much-needed clarity to the ongoing discussion ...
PaperbackPaul the Missionary
Realities, Strategies and Methods
by Eckhard J. Schnabel
Biblical Foundations Book Award
Eckhard Schnabel's two-volume Early Christian Mission is widely recognized as the most complete and authoritative contemporary study of the first-century Christian missionary movement. Now in Paul the Missionary Schnabel condenses volume two of the set, drawing on his research to provide a manageable study for students of Paul ...
PaperbackChristian Ethics
Four Views
Spectrum Multiview Book Series
Edited by Steve Wilkens
The field of Christian ethics is the subject of frequent conversation as Christians seek to understand how to live faithfully within a pluralistic society. The range of ethical systems and moral philosophies available can be confusing to people seeking clarity about what the different theories mean for everyday life.
This Spectrum Multiview volume presents a dialogue between ...
PaperbackA Student's Guide to Textual Criticism of the Bible
Its History, Methods and Results
by Paul D. Wegner
The Bible has been on a long historical journey since its original composition. Its texts have been copied and recopied. And despite the most careful and painstaking efforts of scribes and publishers down through the centuries, errors of one sortor another have crept in and have been reproduced. Sorting out the errors and determining the original wording is the task of textual criticism.
In ...
PaperbackActs
A Commentary on the New Testament
The IVP New Testament Commentary Series
by William J. Larkin
If ever there was a hostile environment for the gospel, it was the strife-torn, ethnically diverse backwater of the Roman Empire known as Palestine following the ascension of Jesus. But the gospel thrived--beginning from Jerusalem and spreading throughout Judea, Samaria and the rest of the known world.In Acts, the sequel to his Gospel, Luke tells how the Holy Spirit transformed a ragtag band of ...
PaperbackThe Feasts of Repentance
From Luke-Acts to Systematic and Pastoral Theology
New Studies in Biblical Theology
by Michael J. Ovey
Series edited by D. A. CarsonIn gospel proclamation today, the critical New Testament element of repentance can be far too often ignored, minimalized, or dismissed. Yet John the Baptist, Jesus himself, and those he commissioned to spread his gospel all spoke of the urgent need to repent.Michael Ovey was convinced that a gospel without repentance quickly distorts our view of God, ourselves, and each other by undermining grace ...
PaperbackGalatians
Paul's Charter of Christian Freedom
by Leon L. Morris
Among the letters of Paul, Galatians burns like a firestorm of apostolic rebuke, persuasion and passion for the truth of the gospel. Paul directs his anger against those who would preach "another gospel." And he urgently warns the Christians at Galatia of spiritual bewitchment and its dire consequences.To battle these seductive enemies of truth, Paul deploys a powerful arsenal--both biblical-theological ...
