New Testament English

“Open your ears,” says James Montgomery Boice. “Hear the voice of Christ. Believe him. Turn to him. Throw yourself upon him. Receive him as your Savior.” Even in the midst of pain and persecution, we are to live as Christ would live. Volume 3 of the Gospel of John shows Jesus turning to all who had received him in the midst of, and in spite of, growing hostility from the authorities of Judaism.

Why should the beliefs and practices of the New Testament writers be important to sincere Bible-believing Christians today? Because they received “the faith once delivered to the saints.” (Jude 3) So to the degree that we believe and practice what they believed and practiced, to that degree we have the original Christian faith.

Missionary, theologian, and religious genius, Paul is one of the most powerful human personalities in the history of the Church. E. P. Sanders, an influential Pauline scholar, analyzes the fundamental beliefs and vigorous contradictions in Paul's thought, discovering a philosophy that is less of a monolithic system than the apostle's convictions would seem to suggest.

With more than 15 million copies in print, More Than a Carpenter continues to be one of the most powerful evangelical tools worldwide. Josh McDowell's timeless examination of the true nature of Christ and his impact on our lives is one of the best-selling Christian books ever. Written by a former skeptic of Christianity, it answers the tough questions about Christ's deity and the historical reliability of Scripture.

Suffering and Pain One questions people always ask Why does God let Christians go through pain and suffering? It would be great if our lives on Earth were always good and nothing bad happened. Because of the fall of man from the perfect life in the beginning, we have to endure the same things that all men have to go through. God does not cause us to suffer and go through pain, but he does allow bad things to happen to good people. What will you learn from this book? We will go through how God allowed Satan to test Job. And how when it was done, Job kept his faith and was rewarded many ...

Have you ever had your faith in God take a nose dive? I have. I have felt like my faith was as stagnant a pond longing for the fresh water of faith that used to flow through me. Relationship with the living God is not supposed to look like this, but mine has and maybe yours has too. I think Timothy might very well have been in a similar place when Paul sent this last letter to him. I find over and over again in this letter, encouragement from the Apostle, who is fanning the flame of faith that once burned brightly in Timothy.

Eminent biblical scholar Michael D. Coogan offers here a wide-ranging and stimulating exploration of the Old Testament, illuminating its importance as history, literature, and sacred text.

The whole essence of the Christian faith is defined by God’s pact with humanity called the New Covenant. This new covenant was also premised on another covenant of God known as the eternal covenant. The eternal covenant is that which God made on behalf of humanity before the foundation of the world. This determined the eternal destiny of every man and was delivered through the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ. Interestingly, the only gateway to the eternal covenant is the new covenant. No man can access his eternal destiny until he finds his way to the new covenant. What are the other ...

More than a message of Christ’s triumph, the final chapters of the Gospel of John describe how we can triumph as well. Volume 5 covers chapters 18-21 and deals with the culmination of Christ’s earthly ministry, centering on his betrayal, trial, death, and resurrection.

Verse-by-verse commentary with pictures and Bible study notes to guide the reader through two of Paul's letters Colossians and Philemon. Additional articles featured are: When Did the Prophetic Clock Stop and When Does It Restart? and The King James Bible is the Greatest Book Ever Written, plus hymns and other helpful information.

An easy to read guide with in-text commentary and pictures for understanding Second Corinthians. Paul was “troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears” (7:5). Second Corinthians is an intensely personal, autobiographical, heart-pounding letter that apostle Paul dictated to Timothy, from Macedonia about A.D. 57. God comforted Paul and God can comfort us in our troubles.

What does it mean for Jesus to be “deified” in early Christian literature? Litwa’s samples take us beyond the realm of abstract theology to dwell in the second- and third-century imagination of what it meant to be a god and shows that the Christian depiction of Christ was quite at home there.

Established in 2000, The purpose of the Journal of Biblical Theology is to provide an outlet for theologians and theology students in the field of Biblical Theology to share their research in a peer-reviewed journal environment. Consequently, papers are invited to be submitted by graduate students and those who have completed graduate degrees in any field of Christian theology and/or biblical studies. Each volume of the Journal contains a minimum of twelve articles submitted by authors from around the world that address a wide range of topics in the field of Christian Theology. The Journal ...

The Apocrypha of the Bible examines the history of the books excluded from the Bible, the characters and events told by the books, and the discoveries that have influenced Biblical studies in the last few centuries.

In this book, H.K. Holland takes the old questions and freshly analyzes and answers them. Some of these questions include: -Is the Bible from God? -How do people become Christians? -Where do people go when they die? -Did God really love Jacob and hate Esau? -Is Jesus the Son of God? -Is repentance just blabbering words you hear from a preacher? -Is baptism really necessary? -Is it bad if people don't believe in Jesus? -Does the Holy Spirit talk? And other questions.

The Shepherd of Hermas, composed in the late 1st or mid-2nd century AD, is an intriguing early Christian work filled with vivid visions, parables, and teachings. It follows the journey of Hermas, a former slave, who receives divine revelations through a figure known as the Shepherd. The text explores themes of repentance, moral integrity, and the necessity of maintaining a pure and faithful Christian community.

Jesus' life is a song that still resonates down through the ages. His deeds and words speak with beauty and mystery, both comforting and confounding us. Who is this man? Over the course of his career, singer-songwriter Michael Card has explored the depths of Scripture by bringing together biblical study and the power of the imagination. Now he sheds light on the life of Jesus through lyrical reflections on the four Gospels. These 40 meditations lead us to a place where Jesus becomes real and we can hear him with both hearts and minds.

God's word has the power to change lives. Want to know what's to come? Need to understand who Jesus is? Do you have fear or anxiety? Do you feel empty inside? If you need love, understanding, peace, joy...the Bible holds the answers you need. Contains all 27 books of the New Testament.

This is Leo Tolstoy's integration of the four biblical gospels into a single account of the life of Jesus. The Gospel in Brief is an intriguing fusion of biblical texts and Tolstoy's own religious views. Tolstoy explains that his goal is a “solution to the problem of life," not a theological or historical statement. He therefore ignores issues like Jesus' genealogy and divinity, focusing instead on the words and teachings of Jesus, stripped of what he regarded as the Church's distortions and focus on dogma and ritual.

Traditional cultures in many parts of the world have displayed a profound appreciation of the need for human beings to understand each other, leaving aside religious partisanship in a search for common understanding of the worldly, the transcendent, and the divine. Poetry and music may build such lasting bridges and provide disparate cultures with forms for public celebration. To promote singing, and a stronger sense of community, THE SONG OF LUKE retells the gospel story as a poem arranged in stanzas of four lines with lines of four beats, rhyming every other line, a ballad form called ...