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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 letter to Philemon brings a bold call for forgiveness and unity as the brotherhood of all believers. This letter, the shortest book in the Bible, speaks powerfully to us today toward issues like equality, unity, and what conversion to Christ does for us all. Christ forgave us everything and welcomed us as brothers and sisters in the Lord, now the choice of action is ours. Philemon: Audio Lectures features scholar David E. Garland teaching through the book of Philemon in 4 engaging and challenging lessons.

This letter to the Colossians reminds Christians that they are "God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved" (3:12). It proclaims the deity of Jesus using some of the loftiest language in all the New Testament to help the church know God in his greatness and glory. This proper view of Christ serves as the antidote for heresy and a building block for Christian life and doctrine both then and now. Colossians: Audio Lectures features scholar David E. Garland teaching through the book of Colossians in 10 engaging and challenging lessons.

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.

We are imperfect, but we are perfectly loved because we are God’s child. He wants to heals our hurts, remove our shame, and calm our fears. Like Mephibosheth, we don’t need to hide in a low place like Lo-debar, because our king wants to raise us high.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Too often when we come to the Bible, we settle for easy answers.

After Fee published his magisterial God's Empowering Presence, he was asked to write a more accessible volume that would articulate Paul's priorities for experiencing the life of the Spirit in the church. Fee's bestselling introduction to Paul and the Spirit, Paul, the Spirit, and the People of God, went on to sell over 70,000 copies. This book by one of the greatest evangelical and Pentecostal New Testament interpreters of our time argues that the presence of the Spirit is, for Paul and for us, the crucial matter for the Christian life.

Hahn explores the "covenant love" God reveals to us through the Scriptures and explains how God patiently reaches out to us—despite our faults and shortcomings—to restore us into relationship with his divine family. Join Hahn as he follows the high adventure of God's plan for the ages, beginning with Adam and Eve and continuing down through the generations to the coming of Christ and the birth of the Church. You'll discover how the patient love of the Father revealed in the Bible is the same persistent love he has for you.

The conversation about the relationship between women and men and their roles in the Christian life and the church has evolved, but the topic continues to inspire debate and disagreement. The third edition of this groundbreaking work brings together scholars firmly committed to the authority of Scripture to explore historical, biblical, theological, cultural, and practical aspects of this discussion.

Introduction and reflections by T.C. Griswold.

La Biblia, especialmente en Mateo 18 y 2 Timoteo 2, muestra la necesidad de que los creyentes se reúnan en grupos vitales y pequeños para llevar la vida del reino y enfrentarse a la degradación de la iglesia. En Los grupos vitales Witness Lee presenta el propósito y los constituyentes de los grupos vitales, la gran comisión de Cristo en resurrección, el asunto del pastoreo y la enseñanza, la edificación del Cuerpo de Cristo, el hecho de que Cristo nos cuida con ternura y nos nutre, nuestra necesidad de cuidar con ternura y nutrir a otros.

Gran parte de lo que se predica y enseña entre los cristianos hoy en día está relacionado con el ministerio terrenal del Señor Jesús, es decir, a la obra que Él realizó durante Su vida en la tierra. Sin embargo, así como la persona de Cristo tiene dos aspectos, también lo tiene Su ministerio.

Como cristianos, sabemos que la salvación nos salva de nuestros pecados y nos libra de la perdición; sin embargo, es posible que no entendamos que éstos no son el significado ni la meta de la salvación.

El reino de los cielos es un ítem principal en la Biblia, y a fin de entenderlo, debemos prestar atención al Evangelio de Mateo. En los capítulos del 5 al 7 de Mateo, el Señor explicó el reino de los cielos.

Are you afraid to read the Book of Revelation? Do you assume you won't understand it? Overcoming will dispel your fears and give you insight into its meaning, freeing you to discover and experience its power to encourage and motivate you on your spiritual journey. I used to think like you do: "I don't understand the Apocalypse and I never have. I just don't get it, and I probably never will. So until I do, I'm not going to read it." That was before I learned a few common-sense principles that opened up this locked-shut book for me.

From the opening chapter of the Gospel of Mark, The First 24, is an exciting, fast-paced investigation and commentary on the first 24 hours of Jesus' public ministry in the town of Capernaum on the Sea of Galilee.

Over 250,000 copies sold in print. This anniversary edition celebrates fifty years of Whitcomb and Morris's biblically based system of creationism and catastrophism that unifies and correlates scientific data from early earth history—a modern creationist classic.

The concept of the Messiah Son of Ephraim is a little known subject that came to light when the Gabriel Revelation, a stone tablet found in the desert, was discovered. This relic provides us with insights into the development of Jewish mystical writings. This archeological artifact is a historical document attests to the messianic trends in ancient times.

In the spring of 2020, Christians in North Carolina began to pray for a spiritual awakening. It began in Marble, NC, with a 95-year-old preacher named Fred Lunsford, who felt God extended his days to pray for America. He traveled two miles daily to pray in his wife’s prayer garden at the bottom of Lighthouse Mountain. His faithful praying proves “the earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results” (James 5:16). What has happened since is nothing short of a miracle.