D. Brent Sandy

Finding Freedom and Grace in a Broken World

Christian Living

“This book is a Godsend, in the way of the book of Proverbs, offering nuggets of wisdom for mind and heart. With the ‘closing of the American mind’ and the ‘scandal of the evangelical mind,’ it’s clear that our society has deep needs. And Thomas Stallter delivers. The meditations and supporting Scripture references are gourmet: insightful, thought-provoking, inspiring, reassuring. Eat slow and savor the flavors.”

Interpreting the Prophets

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“I'm very excited about the potential of this book to help people understand the Old Testament Prophets. The explanation of prophecy's distinctive genre, historical setting, rhetoric, theology and significance is engaging, informed and insightful. If the Prophets seem confusing and irrelevant to certain readers, or primarily about contemporary events in the Middle East to others—and if the church wants a user-friendly corrective to the misunderstanding—this is it. Every pastor and teacher seeking to nourish the church through messages from the prophets needs to drink deeply from Chalmers's well. And every professor hoping students will learn to interpret the Prophets correctly ought to assign this book. (Further, if scholars want a modelfor writing interpretive guides for other biblical genres—this is it.) Misinterpretations of prophecy have been a stumbling block to Christian maturity and to unity in the body of Christ. I hope and pray that this book will result in the trees of the field clapping their hands.”

The Return of Oral Hermeneutics

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Whatever you’ve thought about understanding the Bible, think again. Whatever you said in Bible studies, sermons, or wrote in commentaries, think again. Most of us were schooled only in textual ways to read Scripture. But that’s a serious neglect of how to listen to God’s voice, especially if we want to understand the Bible the way original hearers did. All of us need to enter into the world of oral culture, and Steffen and Bjoraker do a masterful job of showing the way. You owe it to yourself and to God to read this groundbreaking, hermeneutics-altering work.”