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paperbackThe Message of Esther
The Bible Speaks Today Series
by David G. Firth
In this BST volume, David Firth explores the paradoxically important book of Esther and its implications for our own context, where the reality of God's presence is experienced against a backdrop of God's relative anonymity and seeming absence. It calls us to courageously engage society and be at the forefront of standing for justice while trusting in the God that is always at work.
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paperbackThe Message of Job
The Bible Speaks Today Series
by David J. Atkinson
Why do people suffer? What is God's role in suffering? The book of Job is all about human suffering. In his accessible and pastoral exposition of Job's story, David Atkinson shows the power of the book to engage our human needs and offers the strong comfort someone else has been there before.
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paperbackMatthew 1-13
Volume 1A
Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture
Edited by Manlio Simonetti
General Editor Thomas C. OdenThe Gospel of Matthew stands out as a favorite biblical text among patristic commentators, including Origen, Hilary of Poitiers, Jerome, Theodore of Heraclea, Cyril of Alexandria, John Chrysostom, Augustine, and more. In this ACCS volume, the rich abundance of patristic comment provides a feast of ancient interpretation of the First Gospel.
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paperbackMatthew 14-28
Volume 1B
Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture
Edited by Manlio Simonetti
General Editor Thomas C. OdenThe Gospel of Matthew stands out as a favorite biblical text among patristic commentators, including Origen, Hilary of Poitiers, Jerome, Theodore of Heraclea, Cyril of Alexandria, John Chrysostom, Augustine, and more. In this ACCS volume, the rich abundance of patristic comment provides a feast of ancient interpretation of the First Gospel.
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paperbackPaul and the Giants of Philosophy
Reading the Apostle in Greco-Roman Context
Edited by Joseph R. Dodson and David E. Briones
Foreword by John M. G. BarclayHow was the apostle Paul influenced by the great philosophers of his age? Dodson and Briones have gathered contributors with diverse views who aim to make Paul's engagement with ancient philosophy accessible. These essays address Paul's interaction with Greco-Roman philosophical thinking on a particular topic, including discussion questions and reading lists to help readers engage the material further.
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paperbackOld Testament Ethics: A Guided Tour
by John Goldingay
How might we learn ethics from the Old Testament? Trusted guide John Goldingay urges us to let the Old Testament itself set the agenda. Topically organized with short, stand-alone chapters, this volume takes readers through the Old Testament's teaching about relationships, work, Sabbath, character, and more, featuring Goldingay's own translation and discussion questions for group use.
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paperbackYou Welcomed Me
Loving Refugees and Immigrants Because God First Loved Us
by Kent Annan
"Are we for them or against them?" In this wise, practical book on the refugee and immigrant crises around the world, Kent Annan explores how fear and misunderstanding can motivate our responses to people in need. Instead, he invites us into stories of welcome, laying out simple practices for a way forward across social and cultural divides.
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paperbackThe Art of Lent
A Painting a Day from Ash Wednesday to Easter
by Sister Wendy Beckett
This delightful book describes and interprets a series of forty full-color paintings for each day of Lent. The brilliant and perceptive reflections from nun and art historian Sister Wendy Beckett will help you to read these paintings with a more discerning eye and encounter deeper levels of spiritual meaning than may at first appear.
Number of Studies: 40
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paperbackThe Art of Holy Week and Easter
Meditations on the Passion and Resurrection of Jesus
by Sister Wendy Beckett
Brimming with Sister Wendy Beckett's's irrepressible wisdom and enthusiasm, this little book explores the spiritual riches to be found in some of the world's greatest paintings of the Passion and resurrection of Jesus. Including thirty full-color masterpieces of Western art, this devotional will help you appreciate all that these paintings convey to the discerning eye.
Number of Studies: 30
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paperbackDisunity in Christ
Uncovering the Hidden Forces that Keep Us Apart
by Christena Cleveland
Despite Jesus' prayer that all Christians "be one," divisions have been epidemic in the body of Christ. Though we may think we know why this happens, Christena Cleveland says we probably don't. Learn the hidden reasons behind conflict and divisions, the unseen dynamics at work that tend to separate us from others. Here are the tools we need to build bridges.
