Author : Christopher A. Hall
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 37,24 MB
Release : 1998-08-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830815005
Christopher Hall shows that studying the writings of the leaders of the early church reveals how the Bible was understood in the centuries closest to its writing. He also lays out how modern Christians can benefit from patristic interpretation of Scripture.
Author : Ronald E. Heine
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 10,92 MB
Release : 2007-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0801027772
Examines the role played by the Old Testament in the formation of early Christian thinking.
Author : David G. Ford
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 33,29 MB
Release : 2018-07-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1532636814
In many places in the Western world, churchgoing is in decline and it cannot be assumed that people have a good grasp of the Bible’s content. In this evolving situation, how would “the person on the street” read the Bible? Reading the Bible Outside the Church begins to answer this question. David Ford spent ten months at a chemical industrial plant providing non-churchgoing men with the opportunity to read and respond to five different biblical texts. Using an in-depth qualitative methodology, he charts how their prior experiences of religion, sense of (non)religious identity, attitudes towards the Bible, and beliefs about the Bible all shaped the readings that occurred.
Author : George H. Guthrie
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 25,79 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0805464549
Guthrie presents a layperson's guide to understanding how to read the Bible in context so that its teachings are illuminated and can be fully applied to every facet of daily life.
Author : Lawrence Boadt
Publisher : Paulist Press
Page : 507 pages
File Size : 29,54 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1616436700
Daily life in Ancient Israel - Great prophets including, Hosea, Amos, Isaiah - People and lands of the Old Testament.
Author : John Piper
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 15,41 MB
Release : 2017-04-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 143355352X
The Bible reveals glorious things. And yet we often miss its power because we read it the same way we read any other book. In Reading the Bible Supernaturally, best-selling author John Piper teaches us how to read the Bible in light of its divine author. In doing so, he highlights the Bible's unique ability to reveal God to humanity in a way that informs our minds, transforms our hearts, and ignites our love. With insights into the biblical text drawn from decades of experience studying, preaching, and teaching Scripture, Piper helps us experience the transformative power of God's Word—a power that extends beyond the mere words on the page. Ultimately, Piper shows us that in the seemingly ordinary act of reading the Bible, something supernatural happens: we encounter the living God.
Author : John Hunt
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 29,27 MB
Release : 2021-10-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1789048117
Religion is an essential part of our humanity. We all follow some form of religion, in the original meaning of the word. But organized religion establishes definitions, boundaries and hierarchies which the founders would be amazed by. This is perhaps more true of Christianity than most other religions, due to the short life of Jesus, his sudden death, the lack of any contemporary records. His teaching about the kingdom of God is great; it could see us through our time on earth. But his followers watered it down and soon lost it altogether. It became a kingdom in heaven for the few, rather than one here and now for everyone. The Church, or Churches, that resulted became increasingly irrelevant, even a hindrance, to seeing it realized. Many will always find security and truth in the traditions that developed, and good for them. But for those who can't, for those who have given up on religion or never thought it worth considering, the original teachings are worth another look. If we could recover them and live by them, we could change ourselves and the world for the better. We could bring God up to date.
Author : Pope Paul VI.
Publisher :
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 48,23 MB
Release : 1965
Category : Religion
ISBN :
This document's purpose is to spell out the Church's understanding of the nature of revelation--the process whereby God communicates with human beings. It touches upon questions about Scripture, tradition, and the teaching authority of the Church. The major concern of the document is to proclaim a Catholic understanding of the Bible as the "word of God." Key elements include: Trinitarian structure, roles of apostles and bishops, and biblical reading in a historical context.
Author : Eugene H. Peterson
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 24,93 MB
Release : 2009-07-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0802864902
"Eugene Peterson maintains that how we read the Bible is as important as that we read it. The second volume of Peterson's momentous five-part work on spiritual theology, Eat This Book challenges us to read the Scriptures on their own terms, as God's revelation, and to live them as we read them. Countering the widespread practice of using the Bible for self-serving purposes, Peterson here serves readers with a nourishing entrée into the formative, life-changing art of spiritual reading." - from the back of the book.
Author : Bruce Manning Metzger
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 2164 pages
File Size : 41,46 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Bibles
ISBN :
Edited by Bruce Manning Metzger and Roland E. Murphy Detailed, updated annotations Extensive essays and book introductions Outlines Textual notes Footnotes Larger pages with wide margins 36 pages of full-color maps with Index Essay by Metzger on how to use Annotated Bible Imprintable Smyth-sewn 7 x 9 3/8 % Font size: 10
