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Many Christians today long to become reacquainted with their ancient ancestors in the faith. They see a deeper worship and devotion in the prayers and hymns of the early church. And they believe that the writings of the early church can shed new light on their understanding of Scripture. But where and how do we begin? Our first encounter with the writings of the church fathers may seem like visiting a far country where the language, assumptions, concerns, and conclusions are completely unfamiliar to us. Author Christopher Hall helps us through this cultural confusion.

The books of Ezekiel and Daniel relate dramatic visions of glory, apocalypse, and ultimate restoration. These revelations comforted the prophets’ fellow Babylonian exiles amid devastating chaos and upheaval.

In Revelation 20:1-3, the scriptures say God is going to lock Satan, the devil, up for 1000 years. This is when the millennium will come to the planet, and the Earth and paradise will be restored. From this verse, we get the word millennium, Latin for "one thousand," the kingly rule of God by Jesus and the resurrected saints, the kingdom of heaven on planet Earth.

The Book of Revelation holds many secrets, and can be interpreted in many ways from an unlimited amount of perspectives.

Blessed are those who defy God. Although bumper stickers abound that propose otherwise, the Bible itself reveals that just because “God says it,” does not, in fact, mean “that settles it.” On the contrary, a close study of Scripture reveals that God does not want us to blindly obey him, but rather, invites us to “lock hands” with him and fight.

Scripture is your guide to what matters most in life. If you're not familiar with it, Patrick Madrid's choice of 150 key verses can ease you in. If you regularly read and pray with Scripture, these verses will provide you rich food for thought. No matter what your situation, the Bible will help you evaluate the choices and make the decisions that confront you every day. Either explicitly or implicitly, Scripture addresses all of life's problems, worries, dangers, questions and uncertainties.

Filled with vivid details and little-known facts, this work of Christian nonfiction literature is filled with inspiration and deep knowledge. It gives the listener a sense of inner peace and spiritual respite as it's being read that is unmatched with any other Christian nonfiction that one may have listened to before. The book is written from the theme of the Social Gospel.

While many Christians would readily affirm this truth, the widely held assumption that the Bible depicts a male God persists—as it has for centuries. This misperception of Christianity not only perniciously implies that men deserve an elevated place over women, but also compromises the glory of God by making God appear to be part of creation, subject to it and its categories, rather than in transcendence of it.

Looking for God or faith? Romans 8 keeps me grounded. Let me walk with you through this beloved chapter of the Bible. Everything I ever needed to know about God I learned in Romans 8. This anchor keeps me connected to him; I may drift, but I am never far from God and I know he has me tethered to his simple, enormous, love. God wants that for you, too. Come along and see why Romans 8 keeps calling us to come back and get (re)connected to God’s radically simple and enormous love.

Christian speaker and Bible teacher Wade Joye pushes back against the dominant self-help teaching of the day—to follow your dreams—and encourages us to let go and surrender our lives to God in order to truly live. “Follow your dreams” is the self-help message of our day. In our schools...

A method of interpretation—a hermeneutic—is indispensable for understanding Scripture, constructing theology, and living the Christian life, but most contemporary hermeneutical systems fail to acknowledge the principles and practices of the biblical writers themselves. Christians today cannot employ a truly biblical view of the Bible unless they understand why the prophets and apostles interpreted Scripture the way they did. 

The unequivocal answer is an emphatic "yes" answers Dr Patrick Johnson, a long-serving minister of the gospel well-versed in scripture, who has also been on his own faith journey and taken a long, hard look at this vital question for himself.

Strongholds are anything that holds power over you. This should hopefully be Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, but often it is sin and darkness. Millions of people are living in misery today because Satan holds sway over them. This book will show you the way out of darkness and into the light. How to fight off your strongholds by uniting with or reuniting with the spirit of God.

Billions of people across the world and across time have followed the words of this ancient book. Countless numbers have died defending it. Even today, in the 21st century heated debates are fought every day over the truth which lies within. Great thinkers and intellectuals have seen something of pure wisdom and truth in it and others simply see it as an historical document, written by people from a different time and place.

Although most people acknowledge that Jesus was a first-century Jew, interpreters of the Gospels often present him as opposed to Jewish law and customs—especially when considering his numerous encounters with the ritually impure. Matthew Thiessen corrects this popular misconception by placing Jesus within the Judaism of his day. Thiessen demonstrates that the Gospel writers depict Jesus opposing ritual impurity itself, not the Jewish ritual purity system or the Jewish law.

The oppressive Eve narrative of sin, shame, and blame has permeated the fabric of global social structures. Wade with the Women of the Word: Blue Papyrus Eve awakens a narrative that shines light, illuminates love, and springs new life. It lifts Eve out of the sin and shame narrative into a narrative of life, thus freeing all creation.

Stuck in a spiritual wilderness, it can be easy to forget that God remains the God of overcomers. The power and victory present in the Old Testament still exist for Christians today.

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, Ezra-Nehemiah: Audio Lectures includes high-quality live recordings of college-level lectures that cover the important points...

In Ephesians 3:9, the Apostle Paul instructed the followers of Christ “to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery.” Here is Tom Barnes’ answer to those instructions.

A groundbreaking account of the Secret Gospel of Mark, one of the most hotly debated documents in Christian history.