"Affluence, exploitation and the profit motive were the most notable features of the society which Amos observed and in which he worked . . .
"Standards had gone to pot. Authority and the rule of law were despised, and national leadership, while reeling in the publicity and dignity of position . . . Seemed to be contributing to the comple… Read more…
Bible commentaries are often huge and daunting—but they don’t have to be. The Layman’s New Testament Bible Commentary from Barbour Books addresses key passages of Matthew through Revelation. With thousands of notes, covering the Gospels, History, Epistles, and Prophecy, this commentary is concise and easy to understand—perfect for the non-scholar.… Read more…
This commentary on the New Testament comes from three of the greatest Bible commentators. Study the New Testament with the assistance of Matthew Henry, John Wesley, and Charles Spurgeon. The New Testament reveals the divine plan of redemption and the secrets and principles of Christian living, and these three giants of the faith bring out the most … Read more…
The book of Judges bustles with colorful characters.
Ehud, a left-handed political assassin who cleverly dispatches a corpulent king.
Deborah, a bold prophet and matriarch of Israel who musters tribes to war.
Samson, a Rambo-like warrior who dallies with women and annihilates Philistines in a temple of doom.
To … Read more…
The book of Ruth is a tale of charm and delight. Goethe called it "the loveliest complete work on a small scale, handed down to us as an ethical treatise and an idyll." Another writes, "No poet in the world has written a more beautiful short story."
The book tells about very ordinary people facing very ordinary events. We meet Naomi, who u… Read more…
Reading the books of 1 and 2 Samuel, we witness the transition of Israel from tribal confederacy to established monarchy. And, as Mary Evans shows in this passage-by-passage commentary, during such a transition questions of identity and power are unavoidable.
In the aftermath of the decline of the judges, priests abuse their priestly privi… Read more…
The book of Proverbs is the most practical book in the Bible. Its instruction in the art of living has been long tried and long proven. Its proverbial seeds of discernment are ready to be planted and rooted in the receptive soil of Wisdom's sons and daughters today.
In The Message of Proverbs the ancient voice of Lady Wisdom cries out … Read more…
What is life about? In the end, does it all amount to a wisp of vapor, a puff of wind, a mere breath---nothing you can get your hands on--the nearest thing to zero? So says the Preacher in the book of Ecclesiastes. But is this the whole message of Ecclesiastes?
With imagination and clarity, Derek Kidner introduces this Old Testament book w… Read more…
Ever since Jesus read from the scroll of Isaiah in the synagogue of Nazareth, Christians have gravitated to this great prophecy as the interpretive center of the Old Testament. Here the story of Israel, scourged by judgment and exile and hopeful of restoration, is framed by its witnesses, heaven and earth. How will Israel be brought through its school of suf… Read more…
The study of the book of Zechariah is bound to be enriching, for it is imbued from beginning to end with the same heart-cry that Jesus turned into a prayer for all of us: "Your kingdom come."
Here Barry G. Webb explores the kingdom of God as the prophet Zechariah apprehended it. In oracles and visions Zechariah challenged his hearers
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