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From Genesis to Junia offers something rare: an honest journey through Scripture that begins with questions rather than answers. With theological rigor and a pastor’s heart, Preston Sprinkle opens the Bible with fresh eyes and invites us along as he examines key passages from Genesis to Revelation—weighing historical context, interacting with a variety of scholarly perspectives, and holding familiar views up to Scripture.

For the first time ever, hear the bestselling leadership book of all time, read in its entirety by John Maxwell himself! HarperCollins and John C. Maxwell are celebrating the milestone anniversary of Maxwell’s New York Times bestselling book, The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, with the...

The local church is meant to function as a healing and helping community that cares for God’s people. But what if, instead of grace and care, someone experienced harm and hurt? When the church becomes a place of abuse and silence, the pain leaves people spiritually disoriented and alone. These individuals may wonder if they will ever feel safe around God’s people again. Instead of running to God and his people, they run as far away as possible.

Theological and practical reflections on demographic change in the church. Numerous churches are contending with the challenges posed by declining membership and attendance. While these trends have most recently been ascribed to the COVID-19 pandemic, the trajectory predates the pandemic and is...

Discover how God used ordinary men, Jesus's twelve chosen disciples, to change the world, and how He can accomplish the same thing through you. You don't have to be perfect to do God's work. Look no further than the twelve disciples, whose many weaknesses are forever preserved throughout the...

Over 300,000 Copies Sold! The Essential Workbook for Spiritual Growth We grow in Christ as we seek him together. Jesus's own pattern of disciple-making was to be intimately involved with others and allow life to rub against life. By gathering in twos or threes to study the Bible and encourage...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Who better to face the greatest evil of the 20th century than a humble man of faith? As Adolf Hitler and the Nazis seduced a nation, bullied a continent, and attempted to exterminate the Jews of Europe, a small number of dissidents and saboteurs worked to dismantle...

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“Dan Jones is an entertainer, but also a bona fide historian. Seldom does one find serious scholarship so easy to read.” – The Times, Book of the Year A New York Times bestseller, this major new history of the knights Templar is “a fresh, muscular and compelling history of the ultimate...

Historical scholarship, not theological agenda — Curious what Christianity looked like before a Bible, a pope, or official creeds? This 5-in-1 guide offers a clear, accessible tour of the earliest Jesus movements using contemporary historical scholarship. Unlike devotional or overly academic books, Before the Bible helps you understand how multiple “Christianities” emerged, competed, and evolved—along with the debates and human stories behind what became the world’s largest religion.

This new edition of Systematic Theology by Wayne Grudem may be the most important resource you can own for helping you understand Scripture and grow as a Christian. The most widely used resource of the last 25 years in its area, Systematic Theology by Wayne Grudem has been thoroughly revised and...

El Concilio Ecuménico Vaticano II es el acontecimiento más importante de la Iglesia Católica en el siglo XX. Fue iniciado por Juan XXIII el 11 de Octubre de 1962 y clausurado por Pablo VI el 8 de diciembre de 1965. A pesar de las expectativas y esperanzas de muchos, la época que siguió a ese gran acontecimiento no representó para la Iglesia una “primavera” sino, como el mismo Pablo VI y sus sucesores reconocieron, un periodo de crisis y dificultades sin precedentes, especialmente en los ámbitos doctrinal y litúrgico. Tras el Concilio Vaticano II se abrió una viva discusión ...

«Ochenta y seis años le sirvo, y en nada me ha hecho daño. ¿Cómo puedo blasfemar a mi rey que me salvó?» La Epístola y Martirio de Policarpo reúne dos textos fundamentales del cristianismo primitivo: la Epístola a los filipenses, escrita por el propio Policarpo, y el Martirio de Policarpo, redactado por la Iglesia de Esmirna tras su muerte en la hoguera hacia mediados del siglo II. Policarpo de Esmirna ocupa un lugar singular en la historia de la Iglesia. Discípulo directo del apóstol Juan y maestro de Ireneo de Lyon, su figura representa un eslabón vivo entre la generación ...

Rev. Dr. Stephen De Young, creator of the popular The Whole Counsel of God blog and podcast, traces the lineage of Orthodox Christianity back to the faith and witness of the apostles, which was rooted in a first-century Jewish worldview. The Religion of the Apostles presents the Orthodox Christian Church of today as a continuation of the religious life of the apostles, which in turn was a continuation of the life of the people of God since the beginning of creation.

How did a libertine who lacks even the most basic knowledge of the Christian faith win 81 percent of the white evangelical vote in 2016? And why have white evangelicals become a presidential reprobate's staunchest supporters? Jesus and John Wayne is a sweeping account of the last 75 years of white evangelicalism, showing how American evangelicals have worked for decades to replace the Jesus of the Gospels with an idol of rugged masculinity and Christian nationalism.

Many people today think the Bible, the most influential book in world history, is not only outdated but irrelevant, irrational, and even immoral. This explanation of the Book of Genesis, the first book of the Bible, demonstrates clearly and powerfully that the opposite is true. The Bible remains profoundly relevant - both to the great issues of our day and to each individual life. It is the greatest moral guide and source of wisdom ever written.

Movements of disciples and churches are transforming lives around the world—from the underground churches of Iran to the suburbs of California, from the bustling streets of Indonesia to inmates on Texas death row.

Over 250,000 Copies Sold! Learn the Commonsense Approach to Studying Scripture The Bible is the written Word of God, and it is treasured by many. But it is also an ancient book about people and cultures very different than us. While we know we should read it, many of us have a hard time understanding the Bible. In this expanded edition of Knowing Scripture with a preface by J. I. Packer, R. C. Sproul helps us uncover the meaning of Scripture for ourselves. The author says, "The theme of this book is not how to read the Bible but how to study the Bible.

In Bart Ehrman Interpreted, theologian and writer Robert M. Price evaluates Ehrman’s body of work. Taking a collegial approach and rejecting polemics, Price defends Ehrman’s writing against conservative attacks, but also suggests a number of points at which Ehrman may be insufficiently or inconsistently critical.

"This enlightening volume should be placed in the hands of every Bible College and Seminary Homiletics student!" Every pastor eventually encounters passages they would rather avoid—texts that are difficult to interpret, uncomfortable to explain, or controversial to address. But faithful preaching does not skip what God has spoken. Preaching Through the Hard Texts equips pastors to approach Scripture’s most challenging passages with clarity, conviction, and pastoral wisdom. Drawing on more than three decades of ministry experience, Barry L. Davis provides a practical framework for ...