New Testaments Books

A BIBLE STUDY FOR CHURCH REPENTANCEIn biblical times, it was customary for people to rip their clothing to express strong emotions due to tragic events or situations. This act was not only a public display of grief, shame, or anger -  it was...

In this book the author contends that communal holiness is the central theme of the vine metaphor in John 15:1-17. Illumination of the Johannine vine metaphor is illustrated by drawing on background information on the vine and its metaphorical usage in...

For many people today, the events of Good Friday and Easter Sunday raise more questions than solutions. Likewise, people are often unmoved or confused by 'atonement theories' seeking to explain the purpose of Christ's death. In this thoughtful and...

Paul wrote this letter to the Colossian believers to combat a complex mixture of heresy that threatened the life of the church. The Colossian heresy blended together some elements of Christianity with Jewish legalism, Greek philosophical speculation and...

The book explores the antisemitic potential of Matthew's Gospel in the Christian New Testament. It begins with a detailed discussion of the occasion of the text, before discussing key questions (Matthew's fulfilment theology, and the use of polemic in...

Having immersed himself over many years in reading every commentary he can find on Revelation, and picking up his teenage hobby of painting, Pieter Kwant reverses the process whereby John first "saw"Revelation before writing it down, here moving from...

An anthology of sermons on the great feasts of the Lord, taken from a 19th century multi-volume collection of St Philaret's homilies, and translated for the first time into the English language. 

A thoughtful read of a Christ who is present and approachable in our daily lives. It's easy to read with a pondering and deliberate style of drawing forth images to aid in our reflection on the Laughing Christ, the Teaching Christ, The Angry Christ,...

This is a commentary on Revelation, an apocalyptic book given for the called-out communities in 1st century AD Asia Minor. It is based upon the author’s translation of the Greek text. Its purpose is to reveal light that this expanded translation...

Building on Keown's earlier two-volume work, Jesus in a World of Colliding Empires, Understanding Mark's Gospel gives an easily readable introduction to Mark's Gospel. Designed as a textbook, it includes eleven lessons on Mark's Gospel. The first lesson...

Strange how one little word, the Greek word pistis, can make a profound difference in understanding the Bible. Pistis is usually translated ""faith,"" but in different contexts of the New Testament the word can have several other meanings such as...

Give Us This Day is a unique daily devotional commentary for the entire New Testament based on the ancient method called lectio divina. Lectio divina, or ""divine reading,"" is the method used by the early church and countless Christians through the...

This guide to interpreting the characters in Luke-Acts, the longest and most complex of New Testament narratives, uses the latest literary-critical theory and biblical scholarship to construct an understanding of how the characters are formed and how...

Romans: the apostle Paul's magnum opus. It is a book that has changed the lives of countless men and women throughout the history of the church, and it could change your life as well! The Just Shall Live by Faith begins by clearly outlining the whole...

In this unique devotional written specifically for women, Abigail Couzens reaches out to millions of women across the globe in order to help posture them back to their rightful place as daughters of God. The devotions encourage spiritual growth, helping...

Believe it or not, as they stood at the foot of the cross, the original disciples who walked in close companionship with Jesus knew nothing of the real mission of the man they followed. They did not realize who Christ was, why He came, why He had to...

"Los hombres son justificados antes de ser santificados." El indicativo de la gracia al imperativo de la santidad. Sólo hasta que hemos sido absueltos de la culpa y libertados del poder del pecado por medio de una confianza sencilla en la expiación de...

How do you plan to spend the 25 Days of Christmas? Frantic and rushed or filled with peace? Because of our busy lives or current struggles, many might find it difficult to focus on the birth of our Savior during the upcoming holidays. But despite our...

Each volume in the Exegetical Summaries series works through the original text phrase by phrase. English equivalents are provided for all Hebrew and Greek words, making this an excellent reference for exegetes of all levels.Questions that occur to...

Peter the Rock is a series of studies of basic Christianity based on the New Testament accounts of Peter in the Gospels, Acts, and Letters. Because his stories are in all four Gospels, Acts, in Paul's Letters, and with First and Second Peter in the New...

It was reported that a doctoral student at Princeton once asked Albert Einstein, ""What is there left in the world for original dissertation research?"" He replied by saying, ""Find out about prayer. Somebody must find out about prayer."" Since...

In this groundbreaking study, John Howard Yoder searches for the New Testament vision of ministry. The author examines the vocabulary used by Paul and other New Testament writers in relation to the universal ministry of the church. The theological and...

This collection of essays is indicative of the years of research that the author has devoted to the Acts of the Apostles. In a very easy style, some of the intriguing episodes in Acts are understood through the lens of ancient literature and the...

The Pauline Epistles have been claimed as a useful ally by parties across the political spectrum. Neoconservatives claim that Paul and his coworkers were law-abiding, authority-honoring, devoutly religious people oriented around their respect for hard...

In seventeenth-century France, Jeanne Guyon (1648-1717) writes about the suffering of the apocalypse followed by the consummation of the second coming. Guyon believed that in our earthly pilgrimage, we may find the way to union with our Savior Jesus...

For generations, scholars who study the letters of St. Paul have argued about ""being-in-Christ"" and ""justification by faith"" as though they were competing theologies. They have argued about faith as divine gift or human work, and more recently the...

""The object of the present work is to determine what is central in the Christian proclamation. We are tempted to represent as the 'kernel' or 'essence' of this proclamation that which appeals to us personally, and to consider as external and dispensable...

Sociologist Anthony Blasi analyzes early Christianity using multiple social scientific theories, including those of Max Weber, Georg Simmel, Karl Marx, Antonio Gramsci, Max Scheler, Alfred Schutz, and contemporary theorists. He investigates the canonical...

Sociologist Anthony Blasi analyzes early Christianity using multiple social scientific theories, including those of Max Weber, Georg Simmel, Karl Marx, Antonio Gramsci, Max Scheler, Alfred Schutz, and contemporary theorists. He investigates the canonical...

Sociologist Anthony Blasi analyzes early Christianity using multiple social scientific theories, including those of Max Weber, Georg Simmel, Karl Marx, Antonio Gramsci, Max Scheler, Alfred Schutz, and contemporary theorists. He investigates the canonical...

This new work, by the author of The Problem of the Pastoral Epistles, consists of new material on that subject as well as amendments and corrections. Linguistic data that was not available to the author in 1921 has enabled him to extend and modify his...

Daniel Colón was born in the year 1975 and was raised in the city of Perth Amboy, NJ. From early childhood, he visited the Pentecostal Church of God but did not have an encounter with Yahweh until the age of twenty-eight. Three months after his encounter...

The book is to get those who are saved to understand a mission they have from God. We are responsible for leading others to Christ. Mission is a great way to show love as we render help to those who have some needs in their lives.I have been in the...

The Bible is the world's most recognized and popular book in existence, as it shares the story of redemption through Jesus Christ. However, several critics and skeptics have questioned the legitimacy of the Bible in people's lives. Author William Glaze...

Leadership is a critical issue in all aspects of contemporary life: politics, business, education, and religion. Respect for leaders is at an all time low. We need a renewal of leadership and this book offers a model of spiritual and visionary leadership...

We are all familiar with the stories of what happened at the first Christmas and Easter--or are we? The Crib, the Cross and the Crown strips away the wrapping-paper of tradition and folk-lore from the stories of the birth and death of Jesus Christ, and...

Christmas is a charming and memorable season for children, and it is perfectly reasonable for well-informed adults to enjoy cribs, candles, carols, decorated trees, presents, and family feasts. It is not possible, however, to be a well-informed adult...

This book seeks to demonstrate that the fellowship meal traditions in the ancient world form the background against which the Lord's Supper must be understood. Likewise, the basis of Paul's response to the situation in Corinth and his theology of the...

<p>Let me quote this very important passage of Scripture: Hebrews 11:1-3</p><p>"Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good testimony. By faith we understand that...