Daniel I. Block
Marriage, Family & Relationships
“This volume should be not only on the shelf of every pastor in this land, but also in the syllabus of every course on marriage and the family taught in Christian colleges and seminaries. The author’s careful defense of traditional biblical values relating to family life demands a serious reading, especially by those who do not agree with him.”
Theology
“Taking his cues from a key biblical text (Exodus 5:22-6:8), in God's Design, Elmer Martens has seized upon basic threads of biblical theology and woven them into a magnificent tapestry of divine grace and redemption encompassing the entire Bible. Through his careful exegesis of individual texts, judicious synthesis of fundamental theological concepts, and an engaging literary style, readers learn how the motifs of salvation, covenant, divine revelation, and land all play together in God's grand design of creation and redemption. Martens' presentation is neither overly technical nor esoteric; on the contrary, he often pauses to guide us in relating biblical theology to life. I am delighted that through the republication of this volume another generation of readers of Scripture will have ready access to his brilliant work.”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“Heath Thomas’s volume on the small prophetic tractate of Habakkuk represents theological interpretation at its best. He offers a fair and balanced reading throughout, judiciously weighing the options available and arriving at sound conclusions. But the feature that commends this work above most is its theological gravitas. It assumes that the goal of exegesis is theological conviction that translates into life.”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“This handy volume will solve the riddle of the book of Proverbs for many. Longman's guidance for interpreting biblical proverbs in general is lucid and his clarification of special issues raised by Proverbs extremely helpful. A must-read for all who study and teach the book.”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“Pastors and lay people will welcome this new series, which seeks to make the message of the Scriptures clear and to guide readers in appropriating biblical texts for life today.”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“With Abraham Kuruvilla's sensitive literary and theological reading of Judges . . . he shows preachers how to relate its message to the world in which we live and the alternative world Christians are called to represent. Given his clear focus on helping preachers, this is probably the first book anyone expounding the book of Judges for a class or a congregation should get.”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“Expository preaching involves much more than defining Hebrew and Greek words, or cool and collected explanations of obscure issues raised by biblical texts. It involves grasping both the theological message of the Scriptures and letting that message grasp us who preach week in and week out. Barry Webb is not only the finest interpreter of the book of Judges; he is also the book’s finest expositor. His presentation of the principle enduring theological points of each literary unit in Judges and Ruth is clear, practical, and passionate. This book is a great gift first to preachers, but ultimately to God’s people who will hear from them the living and life-giving Word of the Lord from these books.”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
Foreword
“Newkirk helpfully explores the role and consequences of deceit in twenty-eight episodes in the books of Samuel, with the aim of determining the narrator's disposition toward the issue. He observes that when the goal of the deceit was to cause unjust harm or death to someone else, or when deceivers were only looking out for their own interests, the biblical author assessed the actions negatively. However, when the intent of the deception was to prevent unjust harm or death, and when the deception was intended to benefit someone else, it was assessed positively. . . . Pastors and biblical commentators, students of Scripture and Christian ethicists will need to pay careful attention to this work in the future.”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“Pastors and lay people will welcome this new series, which seeks to make the message of the Scriptures clear and to guide readers in appropriating biblical texts for life today.”
Majestic Mirror or Mind-Bending Mirage
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“This volume by Jens Bruun Kofoed offers the church and the academy the best treatment of currently discussed gender issues that I have read. With keen exegetical skill the author examines every relevant biblical text in the light of all Scripture as well as their place in ancient Near Eastern and classical Greek and Roman writings and practice. He interacts intensely with contemporary scientific, theological, and philosophical writings on the subject, but he grounds his appeal for a binary understanding of what it means for human beings to be male and female in divine creation theology as presented in the Bible. This book should be at the top of anyone’s list of resources for answering questions related to gender and sexuality that Christ-followers confront today.”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“Pastors and lay people will welcome this new series, which seeks to make the message of the Scriptures clear and to guide readers in appropriating biblical texts for life today.”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“This volume on Micah by Stephen Dempster represents biblical-commentary writing at its best. With brilliant insights, an engaging literary style, an impassioned tone, and a whole-Bible theological acumen, Dempster invites us into the world and message of this eighth-century prophet. But he does not leave us there. He challenges us to let its life-giving message transform our thinking about pressing social and ethical issues in our time.”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“Pastors and lay people will welcome this new series, which seeks to make the message of the Scriptures clear and to guide readers in appropriating biblical texts for life today.”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“Pastors and lay people will welcome this new series, which seeks to make the message of the Scriptures clear and to guide readers in appropriating biblical texts for life today.”
Old Testament Law for Christians
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“Of books that offer guidance for Western Christians on how to make sense of the Old Testament law, this is the finest I have read. Gane treats the record of God's revelation as a single continuous gospel story. With his 'progressive moral wisdom' approach, he offers a liberating view of the Torah of Moses and the law of God. All who desire to live by 'the law of love' and 'the law of Christ' will find in the Old Testament law an inexhaustible resource for learning what that looks like in life. Gane's concluding summary alone is worth the price of the book.”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“The interest in and publications on Paul continue unabated. For those who are looking for an inviting and very readable biography of this extraordinary man, the Lord’s apostle of grace, this is it. Based on wide-ranging primary research in the book of Acts, the Pauline writings, and contemporary extra-biblical writings, and combined with a thorough grasp of modern scholarship on Paul, Thielman has produced a magnificent volume. With clarity and artistic force he integrates the brushstrokes available from Luke’s narratives on Paul and the apostle’s own epistles to paint a portrait of the man that comes alive in the reading. As a nonspecialist in Paul, whom I perceive as the Moses of the New Testament, this is exactly what I needed to provide depth and texture to my own understanding of the Scriptures about him and written by him. What a delight it has been to track the man’s transformation through his own experience and understanding of grace embodied in Christ Jesus our Savior. Congratulations on the publication of this masterpiece.”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“Although life in modern, Western, and largely urban contexts becomes ever more complex and driven by technological gadgets, many Christians continue to find guidance for daily living in the ancient biblical book of Proverbs. The adage 'The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom' has never been more true or more relevant. Recognizing the profoundly theological message of Proverbs, Tremper Longman provides a thorough, up-to-date guide for readers. With his eyes on both the ancient Near Eastern world out of which the book arose and the broader biblical teaching, the author opens the door to a treasure house of biblical wisdom for lay people and professional teachers alike.”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“Pastors and lay people will welcome this new series, which seeks to make the message of the Scriptures clear and to guide readers in appropriating biblical texts for life today.”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“With keen appreciation for literary and rhetorical features of each psalm, Kuruvilla keeps his finger on the text. He resists a ‘homiletical hermeneutic’ that is driven by what one wants to preach out of the text rather than what the psalmists tried to communicate with the text. Although he is an authority on preaching, Kuruvilla does not prescribe how to preach individual psalms, but teachers of Scripture be inspired by his commentary and find the ‘sermon maps’ that conclude the commentary on each psalm helpful.”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“Pastors and lay people will welcome this new series, which seeks to make the message of the Scriptures clear and to guide readers in appropriating biblical texts for life today.”
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