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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 ...
Hardback1-2 Corinthians
Volume 7
Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture
Edited by Gerald Bray
General Editor Thomas C. OdenIn Paul's letters to the Corinthian church, the pastoral issues of a first-century Christian community stand out in bold relief. And as the apostle responds to these challenges, the fathers lean over his shoulder, marveling and commenting on his pastoral wisdom.Best known among these patristic commentators is Chrysostom, whose seventy-seven homilies on the two Corinthian epistles ...
Paperback1-2 Corinthians
Volume 7
Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture
Edited by Gerald Bray
General Editor Thomas C. OdenIn Paul's letters to the Corinthian church, the pastoral issues of a first-century Christian community stand out in bold relief. And as the apostle responds to these challenges, the fathers lean over his shoulder, marveling and commenting on his pastoral wisdom.Best known among these patristic commentators is Chrysostom, whose seventy-seven homilies on the two Corinthian epistles ...
Paperback1 Peter
An Introduction and Commentary
Tyndale New Testament Commentaries
by Wayne A. Grudem
Series edited by Eckhard J. Schnabel
Consulting Editor Nicholas PerrinPeter's short letter to the "exiles of the dispersion" addresses many topics: holiness, the sufferings of Christ, God's sovereignty in salvation and life, the grace of God, the work of the Holy Spirit, the church as the new peopleof God, the reality of the unseen spiritual world, and trusting in God in the midst of daily circumstances. What ties all these concepts together, Wayne ...
PaperbackHebrews
An Introduction and Commentary
Tyndale New Testament Commentaries
by David G. Peterson
Series edited by Eckhard J. Schnabel
Consulting Editor Nicholas PerrinThe letter to the Hebrews provides an amazing combination of warnings and assurances to encourage Christians to persevere in faith, hope, and love. The basis for this is a profound reflection on the person and work of Christ, viewed as the fulfilment of Old Testament Scripture. In this Tyndale commentary, David G. Peterson shows how the author expounds the implications of the gospel ...
PaperbackHonor, Patronage, Kinship, and Purity
Unlocking New Testament Culture
by David A. deSilva
For contemporary Western readers, it can be easy to miss or misread cultural nuances in the New Testament. To hear the text correctly we must be attuned to its original context. As David deSilva demonstrates, keys to interpretation are found in paying attention to four essential cultural themes: honor and shame, patronage and reciprocity, kinship and family, and purity and pollution.
Through ...
PaperbackKingdom Come
How Jesus Wants to Change the World
by Allen M. Wakabayashi
God is up to something! And his plans are far greater than you might imagine. Christianity is not merely about isolated individuals going to heaven. It's about God transforming the entire world and making things right. Sicknesses will be healed, sins will be forgiven, injustice will be eradicated, and all creation will be redeemed. But this is not merely a distant future. It's happening now through ...
PaperbackThe Throne, the Lamb & the Dragon
A Reader's Guide to the Book of Revelation
by Paul Spilsbury
Foreword by J. I. PackerThe book of Revelation has long intrigued, puzzled and even frightened its readers. Surely it is the most misunderstood book in the Bible. And some faulty interpretations of Revelation are so entrenched in the consciousness of Christians that they are regarded as "gospel truth" and provide riveting plot lines for end-time fiction. But behind the ancient multimedia show that is Revelation lies a ...
PaperbackNo Place for Sovereignty
What's Wrong with Freewill Theism
by R. K. McGregor Wright
In recent years an increasing number of evangelical thinkers have called for a reevaluation of our understanding of God, making a case for what has variously been called "freewill theism" or the "open view" of God. R. K. McGregor Wright sees theirefforts not as something radically new, but a contemporary reaffirmation of Arminianism.Concerned that evangelicals may soon find no place for sovereignty ...
PaperbackSpeaking of Jesus
How To Tell Your Friends the Best News They Will Ever Hear
Saltshaker Books
by J. Mack Stiles
The gospel really is the best news anyone will ever receive. So why do Christians shy away from talking about Jesus outside of church? And, when they do speak of Jesus, why do they often get a disinterested or scornful reponse?Mack Stiles offersa wealth of answers, ideas and stories in this heads-up, hands-on evangelism handbook. His creative strategies for reaching an ethnically, culturally, economically, ...
