In this revised and expanded edition of Elements of Biblical Exegesis: A Basic Guide for Students and Ministers, Michael J. Gorman presents a straightforward approach to the complex task of biblical exegesis. Designed for students, teachers, and ministers, this hands-on guide breaks the task down into seven distinct elements. For each of these, Gorman sup… Read more…
This accessible handbook, A Handbook of New Testament Exegesis, provides a one-stop guide to the New Testament exegetical method. Seasoned New Testament scholar Craig Blomberg and his former research assistant Jennifer Foutz Markley offer both a broad overview of the exegetical process and a step-by-step approach to studying the New Testament in depth, helpi… Read more…
The New Testament in Antiquity is a textbook for college and seminary students penned by three evangelical scholars with over fifty years of combined experience in the classroom. Their challenge was to build a text that would be engaging, academically robust, richly illustrated, and relevant to the modern student. This book strikes a balance between being ac… Read more…
In Lamentations, we read of the unbearable grief experienced by a group of believers. Leslie Allen suggests the book can be read as the script of a liturgy performed to help the people of God come to terms with the fall of Jerusalem and the national catastrophe it entailed. It reveals God's sometimes hidden support for those who grieve and for their caregive… Read more…
Do you find yourself living in memories, imaginations, and fears more than in the current moment? As Dr. Warren W. Wiersbe writes, “My past may discourage me and my future may frighten me, but ‘the life I now live’ today can be enriching and encouraging because ‘Christ lives in me’ (Gal. 2:20).” In Jesus in the Present Tense, Dr. Wiersbe explores… Read more…
Introducing Christian Doctrine, 2nd ed. is an abridged, less technical version of Millard J. Erickson's classic Christian Theology. Pastors and students alike will find this survey of Christian theology and doctrine a practical and accessible resource with both breadth and substance. Erickson begins by explaining what theology is and then progresses throu… Read more…
We work hard at being happy. We pursue financial peace, provide for our families, and prepare for the unexpected. And when our circumstances are good, life is good. But what happens when the economy is uncertain? When a loved one is ill? When challenges are beyond our control? Then life is not so good. Why is this? Because we tend to focus on life from th… Read more…
Is Jesus still the only way? If the church was ever too confrontational in its evangelism, those days are gone. In our shrinking, pluralistic world, the belief that Jesus is the only way of salvation is increasingly called arrogant and even hateful. In the face of this criticism, many shrink back from affirming the global necessity of knowing and believin… Read more…
The sermons, public addresses, and prayers of renowned evangelist and preacher Dwight L. Moody are now available on BibleReader! With over 80 sermons, public speeches, and prayer meetings held by D. L. Moody recorded in this volume, The Gospel Awakening provides readers with the moving and compelling speeches that initiated the revivals of the late 1800s.… Read more…
Church History: An Introduction to Research, Reference Works, and Methods lays out the guidelines, methods, and basic reference tools needed for the successful researching and writing of papers in the discipline of church history and theology. Organized with the needs of research students in mind, this book will help students find a topic, locate the relevan… Read more…
Anyone who serves God will discover sooner or later that the great hindrances he has in the Lord’s work is not others, but himself. He will discover that his outward man (soul) is not in harmony with his inward man (spirit). Both tend to go toward two opposite directions from each other. He will also sense the inability of his outward man to submit to the … Read more…
This is a complete presentation on the workings of the human spirit and soul and body. The book aims at delivering people from the tyranny of self life with its carnality and from the domination of the passions and lusts of the flesh. It attempts to lead them to the full salvation of Christ. It is not to be taken as a manual but as a guide to true spirituali… Read more…
Christians sometimes approach the Old Testament with a mixture of awe and bewilderment, knowing that it contains pearls of wisdom, but unsure how to dive for them ... especially when it comes to the Prophets. In The Message of the Prophets, author J. Daniel Hays offers a scholarly, yet readable and student-friendly survey of the Old Testament prophetic liter… Read more…
"The gospel is a very specific announcement," says Michael Horton. "It's a message delivered from God to people in a precarious and hazardous spot--that is, to people like you and me." But what exactly is that message? What does it mean to be "saved by grace"? Now revised and updated, Putting Amazing Back into Grace reminds us of the Reformation's radical… Read more…
Throughout history there have been great and articulate defenders of the faith. But with the new challenges of scientific atheism we see in our day, there is a need for a fresh and flexible approach to apologetics. Rather than supplying the fine detail of every apologetic issue in order to win arguments, Mere Apologetics teaches a method that appeals not onl… Read more…
There is a growing body of literature about the missional church, but the word missional is often defined in competing ways with little attempt to ground it deeply in Scripture. In A Light to the Nations, Michael Goheen unpacks the missional identity of the church by tracing the role God's people are called to play in the biblical story. Goheen examines the … Read more…
God in Dispute creatively explores the history of Christian thought by imagining a series of twenty-nine dialogues and debates among key figures throughout church history. It traces the history of theology via such conversation partners as Augustine and Pelagius, Calvin and Arminius, Barth and Brunner, and Bultmann and Pannenberg. Each imagined dialogue incl… Read more…
It’s no secret that the center of Christianity has shifted from the West to the global South and East. While the truths of the Christian faith are universal, new contexts bring new questions, new understandings, and new expressions. What does this mean for theology? Is the Christian faith not only culturally translatable, but also theologically translatabl… Read more…
Based on solid scholarship yet easy to read, Jesus' Sermon on the Mount combines two books by renowned author D. A. Carson in one: his popular The Sermon on the Mount, which has been in print for over twenty years, and When Jesus Confronts the World. Carson offers a thorough explanation of the teaching of Jesus in Matthew 5-10. Bible teachers in church and… Read more…
Quiet Reflections for Morning and Evening offers you an opportunity to begin and end your day in a quiet moment with God--and experience his presence in every other moment as well. This encouraging devotional offers you 120 devotions for morning and 120 devotions for evening. Each devotion includes a verse of Scripture in the everyday, natural language … Read more…
Who is the real Jesus, and why does he matter? In Recovering Jesus: The Witness of the New Testament, respected New Testament scholar Thomas Yoder Neufeld offers an accessible and thorough introduction to the life of Jesus. Yoder Neufeld starts with the Jesus revealed in the Gospels, covering his birth, teachings, miracles, death, and resurrection. He bui… Read more…
Come to the Waters offers 365 Days of Life-Giving Devotions Beloved pastor and teacher James Montgomery Boice once said that the "study of the Bible must be the consuming passion of a believer's life." God's Word is like an endless stream of clear, revitalizing water that refreshes our spirits--but only if we drink deeply from it. Covering the full spa… Read more…
In Radical Faith: Essential Beliefs for Spirit-Filled Believers the reader will discover the freedom to believe God with all their hearts. This book will benefit both the new and seasoned believer. All of us dwell in a world hostile to the heavenly Kingdom. We must constantly battle an enemy who wants nothing more than to destroy us. Under such pressure, … Read more…
Integrative Theology is designed to help graduate students in a pluralistic world utilize a standard method of fruitful research. Each chapter on a major doctrine: (1) states a classic issue of ultimate concern, (2) surveys alternative past and present answers and (3) tests those proposals by their congruence with information on the subject progressively rev… Read more…
Whether you're a pastor, layleader, or person in the pew, The Irresistible Church: 12 Traits of a Church Heaven Applauds will show you how your church can become one that God uses in incredible ways. Wayne Cordeiro lays out twelve practical steps to being a church that heaven applauds--including ways to encourage love for the community, develop a culture of … Read more…
The Shunning All her life she has longed for the forbidden things, but will her dreams come at a price too dear to pay? Why would Katie Lapp's mother, a plain and simple Amishwoman who embraces the Old Ways, hide a beautiful satin baby dress in the attic? The staggering answer comes on the eve of Katie's wedding to widower Bishop John, throwing her… Read more…
How to Choose A Translation For All Its Worth is a book on Bible translation from a premier biblical scholar. With so many Bible translations available today, how can you find those that will be most useful to you? What is the difference between a translation that calls itself “literal” and one that is more “meaning-based”? And what difference do… Read more…
The Confession is the dramatic sequel to The Shunning Katie Lapp is torn from her close-knit Plain community in the painful ordeal called the shunning. But as she strikes out alone into the strange and sometimes dangerous "English" world, she is unaware that the man she loves is planning to return to his Amish family...and to her. Endorsements "One of… Read more…
The Reckoning is the Powerful Conclusion to The Shunning and The Confession! Shunned from the Plain life of her youth, Katie Lapp (now known as Katherine) delights in the modern world, yet she longs for the peace that reigned in her mother's heart. Though her life is far removed from Lancaster County, she must come to terms with her Amish heritage...and t… Read more…
Thomas Schreiner's substantial New Testament Theology examined the unifying themes that emerge from a detailed reading of the New Testament canon. Magnifying God in Christ provides a student-level digest of Schreiner's massive work, exploring the key themes and teachings of the New Testament in a more accessible and concise way. In addition to summarizing th… Read more…
How can Christians live faithfully at the crossroads of the story of Scripture and postmodern culture? In Living at the Crossroads, authors Michael Goheen and Craig Bartholomew explore this question as they provide a general introduction to Christian worldview. Ideal for both students and lay readers, Living at the Crossroads lays out a brief summary of t… Read more…
Holy People, Holy Land is a mind-expanding journey through the Bible from Genesis to Revelation. The authors reveal that the Old Testament themes of land and Law, temple and covenant, all begin and end with God's gracious salvific work in Christ, who fulfills the Law, establishes perfect justice, and is the true Temple. Dauphinais and Levering suggest tha… Read more…
With passion, wisdom, and wit, Rachel Olsen provides the "secrets" to what every woman is looking for-answers to issues and hang-ups like exhausting schedules, unpaid bills, relational conflict, and unmet expectations. Exploring 12 kingdom principles from Scripture, Rachel invites women to connect their real selves with God and with their sisters in Chris… Read more…
Jesus cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come to Me, and drink, and as the Scripture saith, out of his innermost being there shall gush torrents of living water. Jesus promised His bewildered disciples that He would not leave them as orphans, but that He would pray to the Father who would send them another Comforter who would come alongside to help th… Read more…
Rose Guide to End-Times Prophecy — An easy-to-understand overview of Bible prophecy from several viewpoints Jesus talked a lot about the end of time and his second coming. These are key teachings that every Christian should know. So why don't they? Perhaps the topic seems too complex or too confusing. And that's a shame because it doesn't have to be.… Read more…
Most historical theology texts follow Christian beliefs chronologically, discussing notable doctrinal developments for all areas of theology according to their historical appearance. And while this may be good history, it can make for confusing theology. In Historical Theology, Gregg Allison offers students the opportunity to study the historical development… Read more…
In This Momentary Marriage, John Piper exalts the biblical meaning of marriage over its emotion, exhorting couples to keep their covenant for all the best reasons. Even in the days when people commonly stayed married "'til death do us part," there has never been a generation whose view of marriage was high enough, says Pastor John Piper. That is all the m… Read more…
When we step across the line we can sail across the sea Amazing, beautiful things happen when people have the courage to live, work, and pray in the spirit of unity and peace. Often, though, to make these amazing things happen, we have to step out of our comfort zone and into a world we find uncomfortable or intimidating. Sometimes that world is physical;… Read more…
The system of theology known as Calvinism has been immensely influential for the past five hundred years, but it is often encountered negatively as a fatalistic belief system that confines human freedom and renders human action and choice irrelevant. In For Calvinism, Michael Horton invites us to explore the teachings of Calvinism, also commonly known as … Read more…
In the late afternoon sunlight, the Temple Mount in Jerusalem is one of the most breathtaking places in the world. This was the site of King Solomon's great Temple, a "house of prayer for all people" - the center of worship and celebration. Now you can see what the Temple looked like more than 3,000 years ago. Rose Guide to the Temple is a full-color over… Read more…