New Testament category: 3562 books

Can society function without a common standard of weights and measures, currency, and time-keeping? Is competition in athletics possible without rules? But what about religion? Is it left up to each person what to believe and practice, or is there a universal standard? There is. God sent Jesus, not...

I find in this book a carefully laid out, step-by-step catechesis on fundamental Christian virtues with corresponding biblical passages for support. There is no doubt that all our acts of piety and all established Christian action find their ultimate source in the scripture. The very remarkable thing...

In the present work we offer you the chapters on the Four Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John located in the New Testament and the important biblical prophecies enclosed in them. If the reader examines the Christian Gospels from the biblical point of view and not only doctrinal, it is not...

Reconsidering Johannine Christianity presents a full-scale application of social identity approach to the Johannine writings. This book reconsiders a widely held scholarly assumption that the writings commonly taken to represent Johannine Christianity – the Gospel of John and the First, Second and...

Was it really a vision of Jesus that turned erstwhile persecutor, Saul, into the devoted follower, Paul? If so, why did he renounce his allegedly "revealed" doctrines when arrested? Why did Jesus' disciples abandon him to his fate in his hour of need, and later level against him grievous accusations...

Newest volume in the acclaimed Pillar New Testament Commentary series The question that Paul set before the ancient church in Corinth -- Do you not recognize that Jesus Christ is in and among you? (2 Cor 13:5) -- remains a critical question for the church today. This commentary by Mark Seifrid...

The apostle Paul has been justifiably described as the first and greatest Christian theologian. His letters were among the earliest documents to be included in the New Testament and, as such, they shaped Christian thinking from the beginning. As a missionary, theologian and pastor Paul's own wrestling...

God chooses Israel (salvation “first to the Jew and then the gentile”), but without showing favoritism? Paul genuinely grieves for Israel as one speaking “in” Christ, yet prays to be cursed, cut off from Christ? Romans 9–11 remains one of the most difficult and contested biblical texts in...

A simple verse by verse guide to the Gospel of Matthew for individual or group use. Every chapter has thought provoking discussion questions to aid study and sample answers are provided. "These studies have helped me stand in the most difficult times of my life" "I feel...

A study of the shorter and sometimes neglected letters of the New Testament -- 1 & 2 Peter, 1, 2 & 3 John and Jude. As you study these letters you will be called to imitate the sacrificial life of Jesus while focusing on faith. The meditative style of "holy reading" makes the text more memorable...

What the Gospels Tell Us about Who Jesus Is This clear, compact introduction surveys what the Gospels tell us about who Jesus is by exploring his teachings and actions in their contexts. Darrell Bock, a leading evangelical New Testament scholar who speaks and teaches around the world, and Benjamin...

When is a letter not a letter? When it is the Letter to the Hebrews. Daniel J. Harrington describes this text as the greatest Christian sermon ever preached or written" and its author as "the patron saint of preachers." The basic theological point of the sermon is that Christ is both...

Aside from Jesus, the Apostle Paul had the greatest formative influence on the early Christian movement. Yet who was this passionate missionary who carried the message of Christ throughout the Mediterranean world? The New Testament writings give us not one but two portraits of Paul. We read numerous...

Through a detailed examination of the historical shaping and final canonical shape of seven oft-neglected New Testament letters, Reading the Epistles of James, Peter, John, and Jude as Scripture introduces readers to the historical, literary, and theological integrity of this indispensable apostolic...