This bestselling textbook surveys the grand narrative of the Bible, demonstrating how the biblical story forms the foundation of a Christian worldview. The second edition has been thoroughly revised. Additional material is available online through Baker Academic's Textbook eSources, offering course help for professors and study aids for students. Resourc… Read more…
In her new book about the end times, author Michele Neal highlights many of these prophesied events, and addresses the serious reality that the destiny of half-hearted Christians is in jeopardy. Sound asleep, spiritually, they are neither watching for the Bridegroom nor making themselves ready for His return and risk being caught unprepared. She also reveals… Read more…
The Ultimate Profile in Courage Each of us has a calling to both joy and suffering as we seek to glorify God. In the second half of the book of Luke, we find in Jesus the perfect example of how to respond to that call with courage and hope. Chronicling Jesus’s journey through opposition, betrayal, and the ultimate sacrifice on the cross, this stud… Read more…
“The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining ever brighter till the full light of day.”
—Proverbs 4:18, NKJV
Solomon says in Proverbs 4:18 that we can expect an increase in enlightenment and an expansion of understanding as we approach the last days.
That is Charles P. Schmitt’s position as he pres… Read more…
The Bible makes big claims for itself. But do those claims stand up?
Aren’t the stories just legends? Hasn’t the information been corrupted over time? Isn’t the Bible full of mistakes? And isn’t it culturally outdated?
In this absorbing little book, Barry Cooper explores these questions - and many others - with w… Read more…
Are you willing to be used for God’s Glory? Just as we do today, people in biblical times lived in a time of turmoil when evil often triumphed over good. And that’s when good people can make a great difference—in their nation and in the world. Following the time period from the death of Joshua to the rise of Saul, the book of Judges re… Read more…
Understanding the Bible isn’t for the few, the gifted, the scholarly. The Bible is accessible. It’s meant to be read and comprehended by everyone from armchair readers to seminary students. A few essential insights into the Bible can clear up a lot of misconceptions and help you grasp the meaning of Scripture and its application to your twenty-first-cent… Read more…
Many Christians who know and love the Bible think they know the apostle Paul. He's a theological master, a pastoral mentor, a spiritual adviser and a missionary hero. Yet just when we think we have him in our grasp, he slips through our fingers. At the point where we suppose we have finally understood him, Paul again confounds us. But he also beckons us … Read more…
Learning about the Bible is one of the most important things you can do. It can also be fun and exciting! Did You Know? helps you engage the Bible from beginning to end in new and interesting ways. For ease of use, questions are sorted into sections, including History, Poetry, Prophecy, Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, and Epistles. Short answer, true/false, a… Read more…
How could the life, let alone the death, of one man 2,000 years ago be the salvation of the human race? The biblical explanation is the atonement: the crucified one was the Son of God, acting and suffering in cooperation with God the Father and God the Holy Spirit. The crucifixion of Jesus Christ is presented in all four Gospels, and occupies considerable sp… Read more…
Except for the Lord Jesus himself, no person has been more influential in the history of the church than Saul of Tarsus. Paul’s influence upon the early church’s most cherished convictions is so clear and powerful that some scholars have dared to describe him as the founder of Christianity. Paul had a greater impact on the formation of the Christ… Read more…
"We have found him of whom Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth." (John 1:45)
In the Old Testament, God spoke to his people through prophets—men specially called to speak God's Word to his people. The New Testament makes it … Read more…
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