For generations, scholars who study the letters of St. Paul have argued about "being-in-Christ" and "justification by faith" as though they were competing theologies. They have argued about faith as divine gift or ...

In 1820, Thomas Jefferson worked for months, often by candlelight, carefully cutting the pages of several Bibles to remove the teachings of Jesus. He then reorganized those verses and pasted them into a new book that he called simply,...

LGBTQ Christians read, love, scrutinize, become absorbed with, and find deep spiritual meaning in the Bible. As these testimonies show, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and other queer Christians are inaugurating a fresh, exciting...

What connects the whole Bible into one purposeful story? Dennis Johnson takes readers of the Bible on a journey of discovery through the Old and New Testaments, pointing out a network of trails in the text. These are recurring themes ...

E.A. Johnston, Ph.D., D.B.S. is a fellow of the Stephen Olford Center for Biblical Preaching and an evangelist and conference speaker with Ambassadors For Christ Intl.-USA. Dr. Johnston has been a student of revival for several decade...

We Christians have lost our focus. Grace and love should be our first and most important priority. Grace is available to all. It is an inclusive doctrine. This book will examine difficult issues that the church needs to face to be rel...

The Bible consists of sixty-six books that differ in narrator, context and life lesson imparted by God: no wonder it can be a daunting task for people to read and learn of the Bible's value. Author Steve Langford offers readers an ins...

In Old Made New, Greg Lanier explains how New Testament authors used the Old Testament to communicate the gospel and present the person and work of Jesus. Writing for a broad range of readers, Lanier distills thorough research into de...

Beyond the conventional religious telling of gospel stories, the voice of the Sacred Feminine calls out for us to listen in new surprising and relevant ways. Beginning with a brief history of the roles of women in the early Jesus move...

"The flood continued forty days on the earth; and the waters increased, and bore up the ark, and it rose high above the earth . . . and the ark floated on the face of the waters" (Gen 6:17-18 NRSV).   In our modern age the Genesis fl...

“Indifferentism about doctrine makes no heroes of the faith.” —J. Gresham Machen ——— How will the Christian faith survive in a skeptical world? Modernists in the early twentieth century considere...

Steven McKenzie here surveys the historical books of the Old Testament — Joshua through Ezra-Nehemiah — for their historical context, contents, form, and themes, communicating them clearly and succinctly for an introductory audien...

Gregory Mobley plunges beneath the Bible's surface to reveal its "backstories" -- the tales that constitute the backbone of the people Israel and of the body of Christ. Viewing the Bible as "essentially, relentlessly st...

Does the Bible need to be saved? Over the course of the centuries, Bible scholars and publishers have increasingly added "helps"―chapter divisions, verses, subheads, notes―to the Bible in an effort to make it easier to ...

In 40 Questions about Interpreting the Bible, New Testament Professor Dr. Robert L. Plummer tackles the major questions that persons ask about reading and undestanding the Bible.  Questions include:Does the Bible contain error?Were...

Woman Wisdom in Proverbs 9 invites any who want to learn her ways to come and eat at her table—an image for the rich and satisfying teaching that she offers. In this book Barbara Reid invites readers to this feast, drawing on women'...

The book of Daniel holds the distinction of being one of the most important prophetic books in the Bible--and one of the most challenging to understand. Now you can unearth its inspiring lessons and enduring truths in just 40 daily re...

From the IX Bishop of the Diocese of New Hampshire in the Episcopal Church, the first openly gay person elected  to the episcopate and the world's leading religious spokesperson for gay rights and gay marriage—a groundbreaking book...

This is the second of a projected six-volume series called Reading the Bible as Literature (the first volume being How Bible Stories Work). An expert at exploring the intersection of the Bible and literature, Ryken shows pastors and s...

In this powerful and timely book, one of the most admired and authoritative religious leaders of our time tackles the phenomenon of religious extremism and violence committed in the name of God. If religion is perceived as being part ...

The Shema is arguably the most important creed the Jews, including the Christian Jews, ever have. Its importance can also be seen in the texts of the New Testament. This book attempts to explore the Shema's influence over the Gospel o...

The nature and existence of God is often misrepresented in the arguments of theists and atheists alike. An alternative representation of God - one that I believe will make sense to and touch the hearts of people of good will in both ...

HAS GOD SPOKEN?Provides specific Biblical statements that predate 31 recent major scientific discoveries.Archaeological research is used to prove Biblical prophecy predated by hundreds of years the historical calamities God brought to...

Scripture's commands to persevere, and warnings of the consequences if we fail, have been met with apathy by some, and led others to doubt the state of their salvation. The fearful and eternal nature of these issues warrants careful e...

Five years after writing Deceived on Purpose: The New Age Implications of the Purpose-Driven Church, former New Age follower Warren B. Smith continues to reveal how Rick Warren and other Christian leaders-wittingly or unwittingly-are ...

What is the meaning of the Holy Spirit's activity in Luke-Acts, and what are its implications for today? Roger Stronstad offers a cogent and thought-provoking study of Luke as a charismatic theologian whose understanding of the Spirit...

"Important both historically and theologically. Readers will not be able to see the New Testament in the same way again."—Marcus Borg, author of The Heart of Christianity“A New New Testament does what some of us never dreamed po...

How can a good God command genocide?  In this short, accessible offering, Charlie Trimm provides the resources needed to make sense of one of the Bible’s most difficult ethical problems—the Israelite destruction of t...

Join renowned teacher and historian Ray Vander Laan as he travels through the land of the Bible. In each lesson, Vander Laan illuminates the historical, geographical, and cultural context of the sacred Scriptures. Filmed on location i...

Love of God and love of others are the two great commandments: Jean Vanier shows that these are the same thing. We express our love for God through compassionate care for one another and we encounter the love of God most tangibly thro...