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Genesis 11:1-9 is a familiar story of how the descendants of Noah, leaving Mount Ararat after the flood, migrated to the fertile valley of Shinar where they built a tower and a city. The stroy of the Tower of Babel is about the tensions between the will of God and the pull of the flesh--of...

This book describes and illustrates each plant mentioned in both the Old and New Testaments and the Apocrypha. Drawing on Lytton John Musselman's extensive field investigations from Beirut to Borneo and from the Atlas to the Zagros mountains, it also includes his original images of each plant. Incorporating...

One in a series of twelve books by Gene Getz examining role models of the Old and New Testaments in situations relevant to modern times.

An essential biography of one of the Bible’s most powerful and inspiring books Exodus is the second book of the Hebrew Bible, but it may rank first in lasting cultural importance. It is here that the classic biblical themes of oppression and redemption, of human enslavement and divine salvation,...

The book of Sirach praises the study of the law, the wisdom of the men of old and their prophecies. Its author is well-read and rearticulates traditional Jewish wisdom for his generation, centering it on fear of the Lord, and clearly asserting that wisdom is a gift from God. He encourages his audience...

According to an old tradition preserved in the Palestinian Targums, the Hebrew Bible is "the Book of Memories." The sacred past recalled in the Bible serves as a model and wellspring for the present. The remembered past, says Ronald Hendel, is the material with which biblical Israel constructed its...

‘Jonathan Lamb has done an excellent job . . . The message that God is in control and is enough, even in the most difficult circumstances, rings out loud and clear.’ Clare Heath-Whyte, author of First Wives’ Club and Old Wives’ Tales Who is in control? The sustained threat from rogue...

Study all of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Songs, beginning with a look at the springs of life in the Proverbs and ending with the Song of Songs' declaration that love is as strong as death. Some of the major ideas explored are: the cost of getting involved, joy unlimited, the constancy of friendship,...

The place: Persia. The time: fifth-century BC. The Jews were threatened with genocide. A decree ordered the extermination of young and old, women and children. The book of Esther describes how this crisis was averted through the bravery of Esther, the wisdom of Mordecai and the unity of the Jewish...

Let the Ten Commandments command your imagination … and enrich your life. When the Holy One gave the Torah, no bird chirped, no fowl flew, no ox lowed, not one angel stirred its wing or sang its song. The sea did not roar, creatures did not speak—the whole world was hushed into breathless...

God has never suffered defeat but from the beginning had a clear picture of where He was going. The world became His easel, with saints of old His brushes, the events of their lives His colors, and the Bible His canvas. In these few pages, Allow your eyes to be opened to the beauty of the picture God began to paint in Genesis and find yourself in it as the inspired word of God unfolds!

Many see the Minor Prophets as dusty old men who are irrelevant to the 21st Century world. However, on further reading, we encounter real people who were brave enough to challenge the attitudes and behaviours of their generation. Speaking prophetically, they called their nation back to God even when...

If you’re a woman who feels like you don’t have time to study the Bible in a deep, meaningful way, but you want to, this is the book for you. Psalms is a combination of Chris’s ability to unpack Scripture in deep, practical ways and Hope’s ability to create questions that guide the reader...

In this issue of The Ministry, we continue with Brother Lee’s fellowship with the elders and co-workers in Taipei in March 1986. This is the second message of this series concerning the need of all the servants of God and the Lord’s followers to see a vision and live according to it. In every...