Hermeneutics category: 533 books
by Ted A Campbell
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2008
Throughout the history of Christianity, there have been theological disputes that caused fissures among the faithful. There were the major ruptures of the Great Schism of 1054 and the Protestant Reformation. Since the Reformation, though, there has been an eruption of new denominations. The World...
Where is the Wise Man?
Graeco-Roman Education as a Background to the Divisions in 1 Corinthians 1-4
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2015
The divisions in the Corinthian church are catalogued by Paul in 1 Corinthians 1:12: "Each of you says, 'I follow Paul,' or 'I follow Apollos,' or 'I follow Cephas,' or 'I follow Christ.'†? White shows how these splits are found in the milieu of 1st-century Graeco-Roman education. By consulting...
by Mark Clarke
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2014
In some Christian circles, the practice of water baptism is thought to be obsolete, replaced by a baptism in the holy spirit. Others consider it to be valid, but see it as an "optional extra." This study examines what the Bible says about baptism, and shows that there are three types mentioned: John's...
John: An Earth Bible Commentary
Supposing Him to Be the Gardener
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2017
This volume in the Earth Bible Commentary Series suggests how John's Gospel might motivate and resource a Christian response to the ecological crisis. Margaret Daly-Denton shows how aptly Mary Magdalene recognized the risen Jesus as 'the gardener' (Jn 20.15), completing his day's work in the 'garden'...
Repentace at Qumran
The Penitential Framework of Religious Experience in the Dead Sea Scrolls
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2015
Mark A. Jason offers a detailed investigation of the place of repentance in the Dead Sea Scrolls, addressing a significant lacuna in Qumran scholarship. Normally, when the belief system of the community is examined, “repentance” is usually taken for granted or relegated to a peripheral position....
by L. Daniel Hawk
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2019
How can we make sense of violence in the Bible? Joshua commands the people of Israel to wipe out everyone in the promised land of Canaan, while Jesus commands God’s people to love their enemies. How are we to interpret biblical passages on violence when it is sanctioned at one point and condemned...
by Gerry Fox
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2019
One of the glorious things about the Bible is how it provides a foreknowledge of future events. This is especially the case with the birth and life of our Lord and Savior Christ Jesus. He is without question the Messiah that was promised to us and though at his coming He did not set up an earthly...
by tiaan gildenhuys
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2018
I have been wondering for quite a while why Bible versions differ? Especially since we know that our God NEVER changes. So if He never changes, surely His word must also always stay the same?
In this book the Authorized King James Version Holy Bible (KJV) is compared with the New International...
by O.J. Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2014
The Hour of Trial: The Pattern of the Age and the Hour the World will be Tested is an exposition of the book of Revelation which takes the narrative patterns of the text and applies them to the Gospel Age, from Pentecost, the end of the Western Roman Empire, the Middle Ages, the Protestant Reformation,...
The Reformation and the Irrepressible Word of God
Interpretation, Theology, and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2019
According to Scripture, the Word of God is "living and active" (Heb 4:12). That affirmation was embraced by the Protestant Reformers, whose understanding of the Christian faith and the church was transformed by their encounter with Scripture. It is also true of the essays found in this volume,...
by Denis Plant
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2014
Throughout our ancient past and until our relatively recent past, the most binding agreement between, peoples, tribes or families was the Blood Covenant.Blood Covenant, more than any other form of agreement, was responsible for establishing and maintaining peace between warring nations, or...
Handbook For Evangelists & Ministers
A Comprehensive Guide & Teaching Manual For Ministers Of The Gospel
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2017
To adequately present the message of the Kingdom in the midst of a perverse generation, we must study and apply ourselves. But knowledge alone is not enough; wisdom, understanding and discernment are also required to effectively minister God's Word. From her decades of ministry experience, Dr. Glories...
The Old Testament in Theology and Teaching
Essays in Honor of Kay Fountain
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2018
This book is a series of essays in Old Testament theology and pedagogy. Each article is written by scholars with academic competence and long experience in their respective disciplines. Written with a high view of the inerrancy of Scripture in mind, each author seeks to seeks to bring biblical truth...
Bible Studies 1994 - The Establishment and Development of Churches of God
Bible Studies, #62
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2018
Bible Studies has been the scripture discussion and research magazine of the Churches of God since 1933. Each year, a different subject is explored via editorials, group discussions, Q&A and special focus articles. This volume explores the establishment and development of Churches of God in the book of Acts.