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The Max Lucado Life Lessons series offers intriguing questions, inspirational stories, and poignant reflections to take readers deeper into God's Word.

The Max Lucado Life Lessons series offers intriguing questions, inspirational stories, and poignant reflections to take readers deeper into God's Word.

The Max Lucado Life Lessons series offers intriguing questions, inspirational stories, and poignant reflections to take readers deeper into God's Word.

The Max Lucado Life Lessons series offers intriguing questions, inspirational stories, and poignant reflections to take readers deeper into God's Word.

The Max Lucado Life Lessons series offers intriguing questions, inspirational stories, and poignant reflections to take readers deeper into God's Word.

Like the Roman Empire, today's governments or organizations can become centered on power and believe their messages are the 'good news.' As Christians, we're called to proclaim God's name in all the earth, but how do we to do that in the midst of false...

Join bestselling author Max Lucado on a journey through the promises of the New Testament and discover your place in God's plan. Everything changes when you see how your story fits within God's.

The Jeremiah Bible Studies bring Scripture to life in twelve lessons filled with teachings from Dr. David Jeremiah, one the most respected Bible teachers today. Each volume includes study questions, commentary, and reflections to help readers understand...

Aviones cayendo por tierra, ciudades en ruinas y gritos de desesperación, muchedumbres de personas dejados atrás lamentándose mientras descubren la Gran tribulación (...) Entre el caos y la confusión, la gente llora amargamente diciendo: ¡Han sido...

Jesus, Son of God or rabble-rouser... The result of over a decade of research using analytic and comparative reading techniques of the New Testament, searches in ancient documents and apocryphal manuscripts as well as an analysis of the etymology of...

A treasury of religious thought and faith--places the symbolic world of the Bible in its original context.

1 Peter is a significant letter, seen by many scholars to be an ecumenical bridge and anchor. It is first and foremost about the transformative joy of faith in Jesus Christ.This commentary offers a close reading of the text from beginning to end, drawing...

The title ‘Son of Man’ evokes the different aspects of the whole Christ: the humanity and divinity of Christ, his earthly ministry, his sacramental presence, and the eschatological consummation of his work. It is also a term of relationship,...

Dr Barth's exposition of Philippians, first published in German in 1927, was not available inBnglish before this translation by Dr James Leitch. It has important differences in procedure from the famous Romans, and should not be missed by any student of...

Each chapter begins with a brilliantly sketched account of the city in which the church addressed lived, followed by an exposition of the Letter to that church, concise, well-illustrated and written in an arresting style. His gift of bringing out the...

'if you want to find out how Robinson manages to date the whole of the NT before AD 70, you will have to follow him in this long and Oinstaking detective work. And the trail is indeed long, but by no means laborious, for Dr Robinson's style is easy, even...

Why are there four Gospels, each apparently written for a different purpose? Why did certain writers use a letter-like form for what seems to be essentially a theological treatise? Why is there no New Testament gospel consisting entirely of the sayings...

Over twenty-five years have passed since this book was first published, and the first edition went through nine impressions. Originally it was intended to provide students and others with a sketch of the ministry of Jesus which made serious use of the...

This is a book which every minister worth his salt theologically ought to have; it will do his preaching more good than many volumes of ready-made sermons.' (A. M. Hunter in The Expository Times)'A book by scholars for the intelligent layman and the...

These important papers by a distinguished British Old Testament theologian, many of them previously inaccessible, focus on the theme of continuity and, within that, on the development of prophecy in the Old Testament period.They include studies of...

This new study is intended as a first introduction to the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles, those two New Testament books which are so closely connected. Rather than getting caught up in the vast and complex discussions which have produced a...

Etienne Charpentier, author of the brilliant study books How to Read the Old Testament and How to Read the New Testament, was tragically killed in a road accident in November 1981, before he could finish this book, so it was completed by a colleague. In...

Reading Revelation in Context brings together short, accessible essays by a team of over 20 top scholars that compare and contrast the visions and apocalyptic imagery of the book of Revelation with various texts from Second Temple Jewish literature.

Drawing on a wide range of sources including scripture, church history, psychology, and neuroscience, as well as a variety of stories from his own life, Ken Shigematsu demonstrates how the gospel redeems our desires and reorders our loves. Survival Guide...

This unique source book on the subject of Bible characters is a monumental achievement to benefit Christians who want to have information on biblical characters at their fingertips. The Bible contains more than three thousand named men, all of whom are...

This book discusses the supernatural in Scripture, including the scope and significance of events and embodiments.

In Victim of Grace, bestselling author Robin Jones Gunn takes a deeply personal look at the mystery of God working in our lives in ways we can't see. No matter what obstacles, heartaches, or difficulties have assailed us, we are not at the mercy of...

His systemized study and analysis of the major Bible doctrines provides, for readers, Dr. Lockyer's approach to understanding doctrines in logical sequence. This method of biblical presentation can and should lead to a valuable comprehension of the...

The Bible has much to tell about the imminent future and this blockbuster reveals all the signs, seen in today's society, that foreshadow the return of Jesus Christ.

This monumental study is an analysis of the more than 250 parables in Scripture. It is not another tramp over the well-raked field of the parables found in the gospels, but rather, it is a comprehensive survey of the uses of parabolic illustration and...

This volume, part of Lockyer's All Series, contains detailed indexing of the life and times of all the women of the Bible.

The Bible in the Latin West surveys the changes in the most important book in the western world, the Latin Bible. Dr. Gibson beings the survey in late antiquity, discussing the sumptuous volumes of the great senatorial houses of the fourth century and...

This book attempts to explain the significance of the new covenant and explore the benefits of partaking of the new wine, the new born-again experience. Jesus fulfilled the law and gave His life to pay the price for the redemption of all mankind.

As the Sports Outreach Movement enters its eighth decade, it has yet to produce a definitive Theology of Competition, Sport and Sports Ministry.  This book: The Saving of Sports Ministry: The Soteriology of Sports Outreach, is...

Demystifying Revelation aims to remove confusion about the end times, delving into one of the most perplexing books of the Bible, examining conflicting theories and making sense of them.Genetic engineering, robotics and automation were unknown even 50...

With the dramatic scenario of an investigative journalist pursuing his leads, Lee Strobel uses his experience as a Chicago Tribune reporter to interview experts about the evidence for Christ from the fields of science, philosophy, and history. Winner of...

From college classrooms to bestselling books to the Internet, the historic picture of Jesus is under an intellectual onslaught. This fierce attack on the traditional portrait of Jesus has confused spiritual seekers and created doubt among many...

In Welcome to the Basement, pastor, author, and podcaster Tim Ross calls believers today to embrace a world-transforming faith, reminding us that real, Christlike love will move us out of our comfort zone and into a place of genuine, vulnerable,...

A general introduction to the beliefs of Christian theology and their significance for Christian worship, living and thinking

In February 1994 a quite remarkable document appeared from the Pontifical Biblical Commission with a preface by CardinalJoseph Ratzinger, on The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church. Itis remarkable, because at a time when official Roman Catholic...

A work of commanding range and penetration. . . . The skilful translation has made von Rad 's book accessible to a greatly enlarged circle of readers. This, the most distinctive of modern Old Testament Theologies, has already exercised and will continue...

The Unshakable Hope study provides groups of all sizes the opportunity to discuss and apply what they experience during the twelve-week Unshakable Hope church campaign. This study will open participants' eyes as to how they can view their problems in...