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The theological foundation of the Christian faith has just been delivered to the belly of the Roman beast. But the man who wrote it is walking straight into a death trap. In c. 57 AD, a battered wooden merchant’s case arrives in the sprawling, pagan capital of Rome, carried by a lone woman named Phoebe. Inside is a single, heavy scroll of Egyptian papyrus: the Apostle Paul’s Epistle to the Romans. As the patriarchs of the underground house churches unseal the letter, they are struck by a theological earthquake. Paul’s unyielding words strip away the pride of the Jewish legalists and ...

How did the ancient world shape the rise of Christianity? What political forces, social customs, and philosophical ideas influenced the spread of the gospel? To truly understand the New Testament, one must explore the historical and cultural environment in which it was written. Early Christianity: Exploring Backgrounds, Historical Settings, and Cultures takes readers on a deep and comprehensive journey through the world of the first century. From the turbulent history of Judea under Babylonian, Persian, Greek, and Roman rule to the daily lives of people in the Roman Empire, this book ...

The Zondervan Biblical and Theological Lectures series provides a unique audio learning experience. Unlike a traditional audiobook's direct narration of a book's text, Romans 1-7: Audio Lectures includes high-quality live recordings of college-level lectures that cover the important points from...

The Zondervan Biblical and Theological Lectures series provides a unique audio learning experience. Unlike a traditional audiobook's direct narration of a book's text, Romans 8-16: Audio Lectures includes high-quality live recordings of college-level lectures that cover the important points from...

A Deep, Pastoral Journey Through Paul’s Greatest Letter Paul’s Epistle to the Romans has shaped Christian faith, theology, and mission for two thousand years. In this rich and accessible commentary, readers are invited to explore the letter chapter by chapter, discovering its historical depth, doctrinal power, and life changing relevance for today’s church. Written with theological care and pastoral warmth, this volume brings together biblical insight, historical background, and practical application. Each chapter of Romans is examined in its original first century setting while also ...

Step into the Gospel of Luke as you have never encountered it before. This expansive commentary takes you verse by verse through the third Gospel, drawing upon the World English Bible (WEB) translation and insights from the Life Application Study Bible (LASB). Rich in theological depth yet written with clarity, it brings together first-century Jewish culture, Roman political realities, and timeless spiritual truths. Luke’s account of Jesus is one of detail, compassion, and universality. It is the Gospel that reminds us that Christ came for all people: Jew and Gentile, rich and poor, the ...

The White Stone offers the first fully structured, rubric-based investigation of one of Revelation’s most debated promises: the mysterious “white stone” given to the conqueror in Revelation 2:17. Drawing directly from the biblical text, its literary placement in the oracle to Pergamum, and the historical world of first‑century Asia Minor, this study evaluates six major scholarly interpretations using a nine‑variable analytical framework. Each variable—lexical precision, literary structure, cultural correspondence, pastoral function, biblical theology, canonical development, ...

Starting from the two iconic dates of 753 BC (according to legend, the founding of Rome) and 476 AD (the deposition of the last Western Roman emperor Romulus Augustulus), the history of the Roman Empire spans more than 1200 years. This was not only a long period of time, but also an eventful one - after all, the inhabitants of the city on the Tiber River conquered an empire that, at its greatest expansion in 116 AD, encompassed most of Europe as well as parts of North Africa and Asia Minor.

Shortlisted for the André Simon Food & Drink Book Award An intoxicating interconnected history of booze and medicine, from one of the world’s foremost cocktail writers. Consider the Negroni. The bittersweet cocktail dating to the early 1900s is made of equal parts gin, sweet vermouth and...