E. Randolph Richards
Biography
E. Randolph Richards wrote Paul and First-Century Letter Writing, and co-wrote Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes and Rediscovering Jesus with others.
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Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“This work richly illustrated with over 450 images offers a narrative analysis of Acts using the Hellenists as the interpretive focal point. Drawing upon twenty-five years of research, including personally walking the paths, Gerald Stevens argues Pentecost, the Hellenist movement, and the dual character of Saul-Paul are the keys to Luke’s unfolding of Jesus’ ministry. An appendix provides descriptions and links to 187 short online videos by Stevens of his own on-location visits connected to the story in Acts, modern travel blogs, and museum images, all coordinated with the book, that provide the reader with supplemental resources for understanding Luke’s story of the early church.”
Christian Life in the Greco-Roman City
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“Blending his academic training as a church historian with his personal experiences living in Asia Minor, Borges shows us the New Testament world through its buildings. He goes beyond general facts, describing how these structures played a role in early Christianity and offering insights for specific biblical texts. With each chapter, whether discussing temples, prisons, or theaters, Borges becomes your perfect personal tour guide.”
Evangelism & Missions
“With stark honesty, sometimes painful but always helpful, a young missionary shares his fears and failings on his journey of faith. He learns community through his own neediness, discovering it wasn't an act of obedience on his part but a gracious gift from God to be invited to a place off the edge of the map.”
Exporting Progressivism to Communist China
History & Biography
“Modern histories of Chinese Christianity largely ignore any influence by Union Seminary (New York). Christopher Sneller not only demonstrates the profound impact of the seminary on the shaping of modern Chinese Christianity, but he also makes a persuasive case for intentionality. More than enlightening history, this book is a clarion call to the vital role of seminaries in shaping leadership, culture, and the direction of the church.”
Finding Direction to Redeem the Nations
Evangelism & Missions
“Every mission trainer, every pastor who sends mission teams, and every aspiring missionary needs this book.”
Four Portraits, One Jesus, 2nd Edition
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“This is the best textbook available for a course on Jesus and the Gospels and now Professor Strauss has made it even better, updated with new material and a fresh look. Rarely do both the instructor and the students rave about a textbook.”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“God's Word moved from being spoken and heard to being written and read. As Christianity moved westward, hearing as a community changed to reading as an individual. We now prefer written to oral. Brent Sandy urges us to allow a reader to perform Scripture. When, in a booming voice, the reader exclaims, 'The voice of the Lord twists the oaks,' we feel God's majesty. When the reader shouts 'Hosanna!' the electric energy of the triumphal entry courses in our veins. Sandy reminds us as a group: hear the Word of the Lord.”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“We have rehabilitated Jesus so much today that we can't imagine how anyone wouldn't admire Jesus. How could anyone hate this lovable guy enough to scream, 'Crucify him!'? Yet, a fuller reading of the Gospels reveals a tree-hating, name-calling troublemaker who often didn't play well with others. Maybe the home crowd at Nazareth wanted to stone him because he was a 'stubborn and rebellious son' (Deut 21:18-21). Yet, in a delightfully written book, Strauss treats fairly these typical objections to Jesus and guides the reader to a fuller understanding of this complex man from Galilee. Anyone wanting to understand Jesus better, whether in a classroom or Bible study, should read this book.”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“A warmly personal story of how Susan Lim's heart and head both came to a genuine transformative faith. Through a story that is uniquely hers and yet also everyone's, you will see how historical facts strengthened her conviction in Scripture as the Word of God. Lim invites you to walk alongside, to see how faith in Jesus is enriched by faith in God's Word.”
Ministering in Patronage Cultures
Evangelism & Missions
“In crosscultural ministry, patronage is often the elephant in the room. If you are ministering to people who are not Caucasian Euro-Americans, then it is highly likely you are working with collectivists; yet, many of us are individualists. For collectivists, patronage is the air they breathe, the water they swim in. It is what goes without being said. Abandon any foolish notion of avoiding patronage. As individualists, we often don't even see patronage networks around us. Worse, our cultural prejudices can cause us to view patronage with contempt, as something to be ignored or dismissed as sin. Yet when we do, we are neglecting a wonderful cultural tool, one that Jesus and Paul often used. As Georges notes, patronage is biblical. Come along with Jayson Georges as he teaches us how patronage, like all aspects of culture, may be warped by sin but can and should be redeemed for kingdom work. I enthusiastically commend this book to anyone wanting to serve those who come from the Majority World. While we may be blind to the patronage elephant in the room, it seems painfully evident to them. We overlook it at our own peril. Georges is an experienced and skilled guide, patiently tutoring us individualists on how to minister in a collectivist world.”
New Testament Texts and the Roman World
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“The fruit of a lifetime’s work as a scholar with a deep love for training the next generation. Gerald L. Stevens’s love for his students shows up not just in their warm affection for him, but also in his imprimatur stamped upon them. A Festschrift is always a potpourri, but there are multiple treasures here.”
Evangelism & Missions
“While Professor Schnabel modestly claims merely to bring some of the benefits of the last one hundred years of New Testament and Greco-Roman sociological insights to Roland Allen's work, he does so much more. Here is the new textbook for mission methodology. While technically limited to Paul, Schnabel covers the vital topics: goals, message, methods. The missions classroom has long needed this resource. Current and aspiring missionaries will benefit from what this scholar/missionary/teacher has to say.”
Reading Romans with Eastern Eyes
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
Foreword
“I have been looking forward to this book for two reasons. First, Brad is an expert. He was born and raised a Westerner but has spent most of his adult life in the East. He is fluent in an Eastern language, is deeply immersed in an Eastern culture, has been studying Eastern worldviews for decades, and has a keen interest in how modern Eastern Christians interpret the Bible. He understands the kinds of questions Westerners have, the ways that Westerners misread Scripture, and importantly, when and how a more Eastern perspective can help me. "Second, before opening the book, I knew Reading Romans with Eastern Eyes would upset my twentieth-century Western method of reading Romans. The 'Roman road' makes perfectly logical sense to me. All the dots in Romans connected comfortably for me. Romans was neat, simple, and clean. The problem is that Paul ended up looking a lot—a whole lot—like me. Instead of me imitating Paul, like I am supposed to (1 Cor 4:16), Paul imitated me. I suspect I had created a Paul in my own image. No wonder I liked and understood Romans so well! Brad is helping Westerners like me (and probably you) see how we might misread Romans because of our own cultural lenses.”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“Are we misreading Romans with gentile eyes? Stevens suggests Paul’s Letter to the Romans is all about Israel and her mission to the nations. Staying out of the ditches of old dispensationalism and Dunn’s reductionism to boundary markers, Stevens marks a middle ground, interacting with contemporary scholarship, often not mincing his words. Stevens argues Paul saw himself as Israel’s ambassador to the nations in the Isaianic sense. Thus, Paul’s ‘I’ in Romans 7 isn’t individual and autobiographical, but like is often argued for Isaiah’s Servant, the ‘I’ is Israel. Stevens walks the reader passage by passage through Romans as a letter about Israel. With over two hundred figures and illustrations and an intimate familiarity with biblical geography, this is not a typical commentary. Stevens argues we are misreading Romans with our gentile eyes.”
Spirituality According to John
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“John shows how imperfect disciples like Peter can still follow Jesus. Although Peter doesn't become a 'rock' during John's Gospel, Reeves shows how John expects his readers to know that Peter eventually does. John's Jesus fires our imagination by inviting us to 'come and see' where he is going and what he is up to. Although well conversant in the scholarly discussions on John, Reeves is a deft guide through the tricky landscape of Johannine scholarship. Like his mentor John, Reeves teaches through metaphors, images, and stories, leading us down a delightful path toward discipleship. An easy-reading but thoughtful romp through John's writings. Come and see.”
Spirituality According to Paul
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“Imitating Christ is too often reduced to the classic spiritual disciplines. While not inherently wrong, it superimposes an artificial framework on Paul. Like Procrustes of mythology, we stretch and chop the text to fit the bed. Dr. Reeves, a beloved professor in the classroom and an accomplished Pauline scholar, highlights the essential elements of following Christ, letting Paul use the framework Paul chose. Don't let his charming style and delightful wit deceive you. This is not fluffy devotion, but solid exegesis, cognizance of issues, thoughtful reflection and practical application by someone who knows and believes the text. Here is the spiritual formation textbook you were looking for.”
Evangelism & Missions
“Andy McCullough’s tour guide for Bethlehem has a time machine. You will visit the Bethlehem of Sarah, Rebecca, Leah, and many surprising others. You will learn God’s preference for Bethlehem over Jerusalem, the ordinary over the impressive. How God uses the marginalised to bring about his purposes. Let this experienced missionary show you how Bethlehem threads through Scripture and has much to teach us today about God’s ways.”
The Voices of the New Testament
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“Imagine attending a panel discussion on New Testament theology. Derek Tidball invites us to imagine that the panelists are the writers of the New Testament. Instead of a theology volume with a section on, for example, the sinlessness of Christ, we have a discussion by New Testament writers on the subject. Can such an artificial scenario really help? Yes, I think it can. This is not novel theology but well-vetted theology presented in a fresh, novel way. In the end it may be less artificial, less speculative than many traditional New Testament theologies. My students will find it more accessible and certainly more engaging.”
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