N. T. Wright

1 Peter

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Peter Rodgers, from a lifetime of combining scholarly study with pastoral ministry, here leads a team of younger scholars to produce a sparkling commentary on First Peter, putting it where it belongs at the heart of early Christianity and opening windows on many vital issues of interpretation and application. This book, like its subject, is a gem to be treasured.”

Apostle of the Crucified Lord

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Michael Gorman enviably combines simplicity of presentation with profound originality. The present work, enhanced in this new edition, is simultaneously an accessible textbook and an exposition of challenging new ideas which all Pauline scholars must take seriously. A book to draw in the beginner and to compel the expert into fresh reflection.”

Beyond the Greek New Testament

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“This is the book I wish I’d had when I was teaching Greek to university and seminary students. It beckons the new generation into a kind of intellectual maturity: understanding not only the New Testament but also the world in which it was birthed. That’s what we need if we, today, are to relate the Scriptures to our world. This book is a gift that will keep on giving.”

Christology in Cultural Perspective

Theology

“Colin Greene's magisterial work is far more than a conventional survey of what theologians have done with Christology, though it takes that in on the way. It is a challenge to several of the major assumptions that underlie the work not only of theologians but also of cultural critics, politicians, and opinion-formers in today's world. It is, in other words, doing for today something of what the Gospel writers did for their day--telling the story of Jesus in such a way as to blow open existing worldviews and propose fresh, startling perspectives in their place.”

Colossians Remixed

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“What would Paul say to contemporary Western culture? Well, it might just look like this. Walsh and Keesmaat have written one of the most creative and exciting books to emerge from the current interface of biblical, cultural and political studies. Bringing together serious historical study of Colossians and the urgent questions of our time, they entertain as well as educate with verve, wit and surprise as well as scholarship and in-depth cultural analysis. Paul recognized that living under aglobal empire posed particular challenges for Christians in the first century. This book compels us to engage with the equivalent questions we face in the twenty-first.”

Conformed to the Image of His Son

Theology

Foreword

“The letters of Paul are notoriously complex. However exciting and stimulating the subject matter, there always seems to be more going on than meets the eye of the casual reader, even of the Christian reader used to hearing sermons and other expositions of well-known texts. It is therefore always worthwhile investigating even the most familiar passages to be sure they have yielded up their secrets. This is what Haley Jacob has done in this remarkable work, and the results are striking. If she is right—and I am convinced that she is—then the standard assumptions about a central Pauline passage will need to be revised. After a lifetime of study and teaching on Romans, I was not expecting to be confronted at my age with a fresh understanding of its central chapter, requiring a radical rethink of many familiar landmarks both exegetical and theological. But that is what Dr. Jacob has achieved. Not everyone will agree with all segments of her argument. But both in its parts and as a whole it has, to my mind, compelling force. I urge all students of Paul and of Romans to work carefully through the step-by-step presentation of the case.”

Does the Bible Support Same-Sex Marriage?

Marriage, Family & Relationships

“Another splendid book from Preston Sprinkle, who manages to address some of the toughest contemporary issues with a light but vital touch. There is a wealth of important material here in short and accessible form.”

From Cells to Souls - and Beyond

Science & Faith

“Despite what many people think, the Bible does not envisage human beings as split-level creatures (with, say, a distinct body and soul) but as complex, integrated wholes. The ultimate Christian hope is not for disembodied immortality but for bodily resurrection. But how does this square with state-of-the-art scientific insights about what makes us human? Remarkably well. The media regularly report neuroscientific and genetic research indicating the interdependence of mind, brain, and body. This outstanding book brings that work into dialogue with profound philosophical analysis and careful attention to relevant biblical texts. The result is not only a striking contribution to current debates about human nature but also a call to a better-informed compassion for those who suffer from neurological and psychiatric disorders. This book issues a clear call to fresh thought and positive action.”

God and the Faithfulness of Paul

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“I am delighted that my work on Paul has generated such warm interest and substantial engagement, which has also given me the chance to take some of the conversations to the next stage. Even where I profoundly disagree with some of the things that are said, I am very grateful to authors and editors for keeping the discussion going in so many important directions.”

God Dwells Among Us

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Gregory Beale's work on the temple in biblical theology remains seminal for understanding the whole Bible. This shorter version will enable an even wider readership to grasp the often-forgotten message that the really important thing is not how we get up to God but how God's design is to come and dwell with us.”

Habakkuk before Breakfast

Preaching & Worship

“Habakkuk Before Breakfast is like no other book on the prophet. That’s because it is, itself, prophecy – and poetry, and preaching, and prayer, and liturgy, and lament, and a dozen other things melded together into a powerful, and powerfully disturbing, whole. A book to shake us up and make us realize that God’s loving justice is the only firm on which anyone—or any society—can stand.”

Hidden Criticism?

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“As the question of Paul’s possible critique of imperial rule has taken an increasingly important role in scholarship, the proposal that some of that critique was 'hidden', a coded transcript for those with eyes to see, has won favor in some quarters though by no means all. Christoph Heilig here subjects this idea to important and telling analysis and scrutiny in what will be required reading for anyone studying 'Paul and Politics'.”

In This World of Wonders

History & Biography

“If you ever thought philosophy dull, read this book and think again. Nick Wolterstorff describes the rich landscape of his life—art, music, love, grief, the academy, houses, travel, family, furniture, and much more—in a vivid, fast-paced, and deeply moving account. From these foothills there rise up the mighty peaks of his life’s work: justice, liturgy, peace, divine discourse, lament, politics, Reason, Being, Knowing. Seeing these in the context of Wolterstorff’s remarkable life, we see in new ways why they matter for all of us.”

Introducing the New Testament

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Anyone coming to the New Testament for the first time needs a clear and comprehensible guide, abreast of recent scholarship but not forbiddingly long or technical. Here it is.”

Jesus and the Eyewitnesses, 2nd ed.

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“The question of whether the Gospels are based on eyewitness accounts has long been controversial. Richard Bauckham, in a characteristic tour de force, draws on his unparalleled knowledge of the world of the first Christians to argue not only that the Gospels do indeed contain eyewitness testimony but that their first readers would certainly have recognized them as such. This book is a remarkable piece of detective work, resulting in a fresh and vivid approach to dozens, perhaps hundreds, of well-known problems and passages.”

Jesus and the God of Israel

Theology

“The question of whether the Gospels are based on eyewitness accounts has long been controversial. Richard Bauckham, in a characteristic tour de force, draws on his unparalleled knowledge of the world of the first Christians to argue not only that the Gospels do indeed contain eyewitness testimony but that their first readers would certainly have recognized them as such. This book is a remarkable piece of detective work, resulting in a fresh and vivid approach to dozens, perhaps hundreds, of well-known problems and passages.”

Living Justification

Theology

“It is an alarming honor to be discussed alongside Calvin and Edwards. I cannot comment on Huggins's discussion of those two, but I am grateful for his clear and careful exposition of my own thought on justification and its relevance to ongoing debates within different sections of the church, and in particular for his recognition that what mattered to the Reformers, and should matter to us, is fidelity to scripture.”

Paul and John in Harmony

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Scholars have long studied John and Paul as though they inhabited mutually exclusive theological worlds. But recent work on both writers is now raising afresh the possibility that they are in fact closely related, even mutually dependent. Michael Gorman is one of the wisest and most seasoned guides in these areas, and this new book will open the eyes of a new generation of scholars and preachers to exciting and fruitful study and proclamation.”

Paul and the Conflict of Cultures

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“The work of Edwin Judge has been an inspiration and an education to generations of students of early Christianity. His unrivaled classical knowledge and insight has again and again shed a flood of light on the early churches and what Paul was saying to them. These essays will do the same again and enable all of us to profit from Professor Judge's lifelong labors.”

Paul and the Trinity

Theology

“This is a bold and interesting argument. It deserves careful pondering not only for its proposals about using later trinitarian theological categories to understand Paul but also for the wider challenge of seeing the first five Christian centuries as a continuum rather than in two different compartments — which raises important questions about Scripture and tradition. . . . An important step forward.”