Outline : G. K. Beale’s monumental New International Greek Testament Commentary volume on Revelation has been highly praised since its publication in 1999. This shorter commentary distills the superb grammatical analysis and exegesis from that tome (over 1,300 pages) into a book more accessible and pertinent to preachers, students, and general Christian readers. As in the original commentary,…
Outline : The Beginner's Bible 100 Bedtime Devotions -- the perfect addition to your child's bedtime routine! End each day with a devotion and prayer, assuring your little one of God's perfect love for them while tackling the big questions and thoughts that always come at bedtime. With devotions covering topics on your little one's heart and mind -- courage, friendship, gratitude, and more -- t…
Outline : How can sinful humans approach a holy God? In the book of Hebrews, Jesus Christ is celebrated as the great high priest who represents his people before the Father. Jesus' roles as priest and mediator are central to his identity and bring to completion themes woven throughout Scripture. In this fifth ESBT volume, T. Desmond Alexander considers the often-neglected themes of priesthood a…
Outline : It's no secret that we live in an increasingly isolated world. The pandemic has only exacerbated what was already a startling trend: loneliness and disconnection have been on the rise for a long time in our society. We long for a deep sense of meaning to make sense of our lives, but we don't know how to find it. Even worse, we often search for it in unhealthy ways that hinder the very…
Outline : Christians may well ask why we need to spend any time on the origin of the Bible: Wouldn't it be better simply to read and use it to advance the mission of the church? What difference does a background study make now, and why are we focusing on the Bible of the early churches? If, however, the Bible conveys the word of God and clarifies to us who God is, what God's will is for us, who…
Outline : The liturgies of early Christians are often obscure and variegated in the historical record. This is especially true of the eucharist, where the basic practice of communal eating is difficult to disentangle from other contemporary meals, whether Greco-Roman or Jewish practices—or the ill-defined agape meal. In Breaking Bread, Alistair C. Stewart cuts through scholarly confusion abou…
Outline : Praise & Prayer. When your time is stretched and life is busy, how can you connect the Bible to your everyday life? Make reading the Bible fun with Praise and Prayer! It's packed with a year's worth of devotions, easy-to-understand explanations, engaging questions, Bible-based activities, and more! Each weekly devotion begins with a Psalm and answers questions like: - What does this…
Outline : There is no shortage of books on eschatology―the study of "the last things" and "the end-times". Many arise out of incoherent or superficial readings of the Bible that detract from the "once and for all" achievements of God through the death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus. Others fail to consider the manner in which God reveals himself through the Lord Jesus and by the power of …
Outline : When suffering overwhelms us, it is easy to despair and even doubt God’s goodness. As the clouds of suffering roll in, we can lose sight of everything but our pain. In these moments, when the stars disappear, we must turn to Scripture to find assurance that God can and will carry us through. In this book, Mark Talbot recounts the suffering of some of the Bible’s greatest saints. T…
Outline : This work stands among the most important publications in biblical studies over the past twenty-five years. Richard Bauckham, James Davila, and Alexander Panayotov’s new two-volume collection of Old Testament pseudepigrapha contains many previously unpublished and newly translated texts, complementing James Charlesworth’s Old Testament Pseudepigrapha and other earlier collections.…
Outline : A groundbreaking book on the true nature of faith deconstruction. A movement called ‘deconstruction’ is sweeping through our churches and it is affecting our loved ones. It has disrupted, dismantled, and destroying the faith many. This book can help you not only understand what’s happening but also stand your ground and respond with clarity and confidence.
Outline : Discover anew God's story - and your place in it - told in this chronological edition of the world's #1-selling Life Application Study Bible. A chronological reading of Scripture allows you to follow the sweep of biblical history. Being able to understand the truth and texture of that sacred journey makes you reading even better. This beautiful edition of the NLT Chronological Life Ap…
Outline : What comes to mind when you think of the word church? In this volume, Gregg R. Allison helps define the church and its mission by presenting an overview of the specific doctrines and practices of different churches and denominations. He lays a basic foundation for better understanding the common practices among local church communities (“mere ecclesiology”) and the ways that they…
Outline: Recent ferment in Luther studies has led to new appreciation of his thought and his significance in the emergence and shaping of the modern world. This exciting volume brings there perspectives on the Reformer into a systematic framework. Here new understandings of Luther's popular image, his effect on the Peasants' War, his contribution to language and letters, his chief theological i…
Outline : Many people today don't understand who Christ is and what He has done for us. It is our job to make those glorious truths known. High King of Heaven is a detailed examination of the most important topic imaginable: Christology. Written by respected theologians, scholars, historians, and pastors, these essays explore the various facets of Christ's identity and encourage pastors and stu…
Outline: "Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might." (Ephesians 6: 10). Life can often feel like a daily cycle of struggle. Once you're convinced everything is under control, life forces you down - sometimes with trials which seem too difficult or painful to endure. How do you stay afloat during hardships - both big and small? Does your faith make a difference in those mo…
Outline: Ideal for Hebrew and Greek students, pastors, and instructors, A Reader's Hebrew and Greek Bible: Second Edition saves time and effort in studying the Hebrew Old Testament and Greek New Testament. By eliminating the need to look up definitions, the footnotes allow you to more quickly read the Hebrew, Aramic, and Greek. A Reader's Hebrew and Greek Bible: Second Edition is a practical, a…
Outline : Break open this one-of-a-kind book that starts in the middle! Start in the center with the size you know best-your own body. Then turn the pages to the right to discover creations larger than you or to the left to find creations smaller than you. As you journey from quarks to redwood trees to the Milky Way galaxy, you'll learn faith-filled truths about God's incredible world. What's…
Outline : Kids have big feelings, but none of their feelings are too big for God. Through kid-friendly text and bright illustrations, children can safely explore what it means to feel scared, discover healthy ways to process their emotions, and learn that being afraid is something they can face, especially with the help of God and those around them.
Outline : What Is the Bible? Help your little ones learn about God's Word, the Bible, and how it can help them every day!
Outline: "A tour de force" Taking inspirations from Jonathan Edwards, Gerald McDermott traces the redeeming work of the Mesiah in the Bible and in Church history up through the new heavens and new earth.
Outline: An exploration of the church. What is the church? What is its nature as a community gathered around the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth and his immediate disciples? How is it related to other topics of Christian dogmatics, such as the Trinity or redemption? How should we think and speak about the church today? The 2023-Los Angeles Theology Conference examined these and other questions r…
Outline : Explore twelve key points in the growth of Christianity. Alice Ott tells the story of pivotal turning points in the expansion of Christianity, helping readers grasp the big picture of missional trends and critical developments.
Outline: The Word Biblical Commentary delivers the best in biblical scholarship, from the leading scholars of our way who share a commitment to Scriptures as divine revelation. This series emphasizes a thorough analysis of textual, linguistic, structural, and theological evidence. The result is judicious and balanced insight into the meanings of the text in the framework of biblical theology…
Outline: Christians encounter the modern spirit - After the Reformation, Christians found themselves living amidst wars of religion, Enlightenment, and colonization. The conflictive and fast-changing scene in which Christians of all allegiances were thrown yielded vase and distinct new challenges and venues to ordinary Christians. The spread of Christianity to lands outside Europe and the Middl…
Outline: From Global to Local, the many faces of global Christianity - As they have from the very first century, the highly diverse and creative religious lives of ordinary Christians have decisively engaged the enormous developments of the twentieth century. However tentatively they can all be pieced together, these are some of their stories. Whether in the sugar cane fields of Central America…
Outline: Minat terhadap ajaran-ajaran John Calvin tidak berkurang sejak munculnya buku ini pada tahun 1939. Demikian juga kebutuhan akan theologi Calvin. Ketika kita memasuki abad ke-21, terbitnya buku yang memberikan ulasan ringkas tetapi pada tentang Calvinisme ini sangatlah tepat waktu. Dengan gaya yang lancar dan sistematis, Henry Meeter memberikan garis besar apa yang menjadi ciri-ciri yan…
Outline: Exploring the Personal and Social Effects - of this momentous upheaval - Perhaps no period in Christian history experienced such vast religious tumult and rapid social change as the European Reformation, when it quickly became apparent that social and political issues - finding deep resonance with the common people - were deeply entwined with religious ones raised by the Reformers. Led…
Outline: Dealing with a time when followers of Jesus were moving toward separation from the movement's Jewish origins, this inaugural volume of A People's History of Christianity tells "the people's story" by gathering together evidence from the New Testament texts, archaeology, and other contemporary sources. Of particular interest to the distinguished group of scholar-contributors are the oft…
Outline : We are far removed from the time and culture of the biblical world, and this distance easily leads to misunderstanding and misinterpretation. Our understanding and appreciation of God's Word increase exponentially when we know the historical and cultural context in which the biblical books were written. Richly illustrated with full-color photos throughout, The Baker Illustrated Bible …
Outline : William Perkins (1558-1602) was a master preacher and teacher of Reformed, experiential theology. He left an indelible mark upon the English Puritan movement and his writings were translated into Dutch, German, French, Hungarian, and other European languages. In Faith Working Through Love, a group of twelve scholars mine the depths of Perkins’s works on the Trinity, the work of Chri…
Outline : Ever a champion and pioneer in the field of textual studies, the Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts (CSNTM) has brought together the most recent debates and discoveries in the field of New Testament textual criticism. With eleven illuminating articles from the inaugural CSNTM Text & Manuscript Conference, Pen, Print & Pixels explains the shifting landscape of research m…
Outline : Many people wondered during their most painful moments, Why would a good, all-powerful God allow this? The Bible explains how suffering entered the world and why there is so much of it, and declares God's promise to believers that one day it will end. But in their distress, even Christians may have trouble seeing how their personal suffering connects to the storyline of Scripture. In …
Outline : No one likes being sad, but God gave us sadness for a reason. Through kid-friendly text and bright illustrations, children can safely explore what it means to feel sad, discover healthy ways to process their emotions, and learn that being sad isn't something they need to avoid. In fact, it's something that helps us grow closer to God and to others.
Outline: Recognizing that faithful theological study is an integrative task, uniquely combines biblical and systematic theology in dialogue with historical theology and with application to church and life. The series addresses classic doctrines of systematic theology and other relevant topics, pairing careful scholarship with the practical understanding that theology finds its focus within the …
Outline : Written for students of worship and church history, Worship in the Early Church serves as a valuable guide to the historical developments that brought about Christian worship as we know it today. While other histories of Christian worship exist, Gonzalez and Gonzales focus on the formative period between the first and fifth centuries CE, when so many of the understandings and patterns…
Outline : The ESV Church History Study Bible features notes from nearly 400 of church history's most prominent figures - including Athanasius of Alexandria, John Chrysostom, Martin Luther, John Bunyan, Jonathan Edwards, and Charles Spurgeon - to help believers in all seasons of life understand Scripture. Edited by Stephen J. Nichols, Gerald Bray, and Keith A. Mathison, this study Bible highligh…
Outline : An important study about judgment and hope at a critical moment of Israel's history - one that still resonates today. Ezekiel was an ordinary person, called "mortal" by God more often than his own name. Yet because of the radical times, Ezekiel reacted in a radical way through his unusual lifestyle and his sharp theological diagnosis. His important message about judgment and hope came…
Outline: Religious texts of various literary genres reveal the transforming expressions of piety from medieval times to the early modern period. Focused on prayer books and addressing a worldwide readership, this bi-lingual volume contextualizes a specific genre, devotional literature, within a broad geographical and chronological framework, bringing together local and global to define the plac…
Outline: At the Synod of Dordrecht, deep questions of grace, justification and faith were at stake. In this volume lines are drawn to the historical, theological and political context during that period. Patristics, Middle Ages, metaphysical questions and the church polity of Dordt are discussed as well as with some hermeneutical reflections.
Outline: This edited volume explores neglected aspects of the history, theology, and literary contribution of the Genevan reformer Theodore Beza (1519 - 1605). The contributors to this volume are an accomplished group of scholars who specialize in the religious and social history of 16th century reformed Protestantism. Theodore Beza at 500 celebrates the 500th anniversary of the reformer's birt…
Outline: The essays in this volume aim at a clarification of the church in the 16th century : What did the reformers think about the essence and origin of the holy, apostolic and catholic church? Can human beings see the true church or not? Does it have one existence in this world and another in the world to come? The concept of church is indissolubly connected with the theological concepts of …
Outline : As an international Synod, Dort had a significant impact on the definition of Reformed orthodoxy for decades and centuries to come. Despite its tremendous influence, the decisions of Dort remain a mystery to many today and are subject to false stereotypes about disturbing Calvin's pure theology. This volume seeks to shed light on various aspects of the Synod of Dort in order to inform…
Outline : This volume presents the collection of papers presented at the 12th International Congress on Calvin Research that took place in Philadelphia in 2018. The plenary papers focus on Calvin's political context and religious liberty, while the selection of short papers provides a window into current research on a wide range of topics in Calvin studies.
Outline: On the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the German monk and reformer Martin Luther posting his theses in 1517, the contributors of this volume invite us to expand our understanding of "the Reformation" by an examination of aspects of Reform which are lesser known than Luther to probe some less-explored corners of the Reformation. To be sure, Martin Luther himself receives attention…
Outline : Richard Hooker (1553/4 - 1600) was the premier theologian of the early church of England, and has been treated in the past by scholars primarily as the architect of "Anglicanism." The contributors to this volume facilitate new perspectives on Richard Hooker's theology. A wide range of scholars consider Richard Hooker's theology within the full context of late 16th- and early 17th-cent…