For the apostle Paul—author of most of the books of the New Testament—life with Christ was a total 180 degree turn from where he had been. From Christian basher to Christian champion. From church attacker to church father. Truly, when Jesus captured Paul’s soul, He got all of him. The same can be true for you. No matter who you’ve bee… Read more…
Many believers accept traditional Christian sexual morality but have very little idea why it matters for the Christian life. In Faithful, author Beth Felker Jones sketches a theology of sexuality that demonstrates sex is not about legalistic morals with no basis in reality but rather about the God who is faithful to us.In Hosea 2:19-20 God says to Israel, &l… Read more…
Discover the Richness of the Old TestamentThe Hebrew Scriptures are the beginning of—and foundation for—God’s incredible story of redemption. Studying the Old Testament, and its relationship to God’s new covenant, inspires wonder and awe at God’s grand plan of salvation that spans millennia. Tragically, too many preachers and Bible teachers don’t… Read more…
We are in a season of church meltdown.The apostle John—the beloved disciple and the author of the Gospel by the same name—wrote letters to churches caught in a turbulent season of leadership failures, divisions over interpretation and practice, church splits, and even a powerful leader stirring up dissent. Sound familiar? It seems as though the church is… Read more…
Parables make up one-third of Jesus' speech in the New Testament. In this volume, Richard Lischer provides an expert guide to these parables and proposes an important distinction between reading and interpreting the parables.
Emphasizing the importance of reading the parables versus interpreting them, Lischer asserts that reading offer… Read more…
In this commentary, Thomas Renz reads Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah as three carefully crafted writings of enduring relevance, each of which makes a vital contribution to the biblical canon. Discussing the historical settings, Renz takes up both long-standing issues, such as the relationship of Zephaniah to Josiah’s reforms, and the socioeconomic conditio… Read more…
"I want to love my neighbor, but I don't know how."Most of us feel guilty about Christ's command to love our neighbor, but let's be honest--we don't even know most of the people living around us.How can we love people we don't even know? Besides, doesn't it count as "loving our neighbor" when we send money to missi… Read more…
En Nunca estás solo, Max Lucado, el pastor y autor best seller del New York Times, te mostrará que eres más fuerte de lo que crees porque Dios está más cerca de lo que te das cuenta. Serás consolado por el Dios vivo, amoroso y hacedor de milagros que ni lo pensará dos veces antes de entrar en los matorrales espinosos de tu mundo pa… Read more…
Do you have the courage...the faith...the fire?Loving the world like God does involves extreme sacrifice. Living the passionate, courageous life Jesus challenged us all to live also has radical effects, demonstrated in these 366 true accounts of fellow believers from around the world:A Christian claims the names of God at knifepoint— and lives to tell abou… Read more…
A new yearÆs worth of inspiring stories from the front lines of faith. "A willingness to go is all they have in common," exclaim Beth Moore and Kim P. Davis, speaking of their friends on the front lines who are spreading the gospel around the world and with whom they collaborated to create this book. This second book of 366 daily devotionals features storie… Read more…
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