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Richard Horsley provides a sure guide for first time readers of Mark's Gospel and, at the very same time, induces those more familiar with Mark to ...

Explains how to grasp and apply the timeless truths in Old Testament narratives.

God gave us His Word so that we may know Him and live by His truth. So what should we do when we’re reading the Bible and a difficult passage stops...

Using a simple workbook-style approach, Celia Sinclair combines commentary, study guides, maps, and charts to direct the reader through the Old Tes...

Originally published as a series of essays in The Expository Times (a journal for preachers), William Barclay illuminates six key passages from the...

In this second volume of an exciting new series for laity, Sarah Henrich traces the understanding of important themes of the Bible and demonstrates...

A number of moving prayers can be found in the Old Testament and throughout Scripture. In this accessible volume, world-renowned scholar Walter Bru...

Who really wrote the Gospels? Was it really Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John? Or were the gospels written by people who were utterly unconnected with ...

​Mark’s Gospel was written in Rome, the political centre of the ancient world. Its author was a follower of ‘the Way’ and likely an eyewitness of t...

Who or what is God? In this Very Short Introduction John Bowker considers questions like these. Exploring how the major religions interpret the ide...

This deeply researched overview of the Bible clearly sets out the grand narrative of scripture. By linking each of its many parts back to the whol...

It is easy to think of Christian ministry as an exercise of our gifts or even finding fulfilment for ourselves. In this book, John Goldingay examin...

Renowned Bible teacher John MacArthur weighs in on the controversial topic of the role of women in the church. Using 1 Timothy 2:9-15 as his text,...

Influenced by contemporary discussion and indebted to classical tradition, McGlasson contrasts literal and critical interpretations of the Bible. H...

Christians today are focused on two important creation topics: how the world came to be and how we should care for it. A highly respected Old Testa...

Starting with the Mosaic authorship of the Pentateuch, Allis gives us a brief exposition of the first five books of the Bible, showing their themes...

Do you find the violence in the Old Testament a problem? Does it get in the way of reading the Bible – and of faith itself? While acknowledging tha...

When people suggest in their letters . . . that I'm 'suffering' here, I reject the thought. It seems to me a profanation. These things mustn't be d...

Historically, the book of Exodus treats of the deliverance of Israel from Egypt; but viewed doctrinally, it deals with redemption. Just as the firs...

In Gift and Giver, leading New Testament scholar Craig Keener takes a probing look at the various evangelical understandings of the role of the Hol...

This volume, a part of the Old Testament Library series, explores the book of Genesis. The Old Testament Library provides fresh and authoritative ...

Galilee Revisited is a handy, portable book that guides the pilgrim or tourist in Israel along a 20-mile route along the northwestern shore of the ...

The Psalms express the most elemental human emotions, representing situations in which people are most vulnerable, ecstatic, or driven to the extre...

What does it mean to be created in God's image? How has the fall affected this image? Who are the people of God?Addressing these core questions abo...

To Christians worldwide, the man Jesus of Nazareth is the centerpiece of history, the object of faith, hope, and worship. Even those who do not fol...

From the Gospels and Acts to the Epistles and Revelation, the whole of the New Testament proclaims the truth that salvation is not the result of ma...

In his previous book, Breakfast on the Beach, Rev. Dr. Johannes W. H. van der Bijl retold the gospel narrative through the eyes of Simon Peter, inv...

Ira Brent Driggers examines the character of God as portrayed in the Gospel of Mark, paying particular attention to the way God factors into the un...

Since Gérard Genette first coined the term in 1972, focalization has been recognized as one ofthe key concepts in contemporary understandings of na...

Many Christians either think theology is too complicated to understand or wonder if it even matters. Jenny Randle and Brayden Brookshier believe Ch...

Relationships are messy. Sometimes we struggle to get along, especially when there is disagreement. Often we find ourselves divided--even as Christ...

Fred B. Craddock examines the letters of First and Second Peter and Jude, asking, what kind of literature is it? who wrote the letter? to whom was ...

In this illuminating commentary, A. Graeme Auld helps readers understand the message--historical and theological--contained in the story of the Isr...

Old Testament scholar Terence Fretheim identifies the theology in the dramatic accounts of the books of Kings, which chronicles the reigns of more ...

Those considering seminary, those in seminary, and those preparing to graduate from seminary need help. They need help discerning their call, movin...

Towards the end of Genesis, the narrative slows down to tell the story of Joseph. There is no dispute that Joseph’s story is unique, but why does i...

Christians the world over are under pressure, facing difficulties and dangers of all kinds. Nehemiah was raised up to lead God’s people at a critic...

Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892) earned the title, ''The Prince of Preachers'' by his untiring pulpit work which produced many thousands of serm...

It is no easy task to move from a general proficiency in English to navigating the specialized English so often used in theological resources. In a...