Reading Scripture with the Church Fathers

Reading Scripture with the Church Fathers
Author: Christopher A. Hall
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 232
Release: 1998-08-21
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780830815005

Christopher Hall shows that studying the writings of the leaders of the early church reveals how the Bible was understood in the centuries closest to its writing. He also lays out how modern Christians can benefit from patristic interpretation of Scripture.

Read the Bible for Life

Read the Bible for Life
Author: George H. Guthrie
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2011
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0805464549

Guthrie presents a layperson's guide to understanding how to read the Bible in context so that its teachings are illuminated and can be fully applied to every facet of daily life.

The New Oxford Annotated Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments

The New Oxford Annotated Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments
Author: Bruce Manning Metzger
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 2164
Release: 1991
Genre: Bibles
ISBN:

Edited by Bruce Manning Metzger and Roland E. Murphy Detailed, updated annotations Extensive essays and book introductions Outlines Textual notes Footnotes Larger pages with wide margins 36 pages of full-color maps with Index Essay by Metzger on how to use Annotated Bible Imprintable Smyth-sewn 7 x 9 3/8 % Font size: 10

Reading the Bible outside the Church

Reading the Bible outside the Church
Author: David G. Ford
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 253
Release: 2018-07-12
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1532636822

In many places in the Western world, churchgoing is in decline and it cannot be assumed that people have a good grasp of the Bible's content. In this evolving situation, how would "the person on the street" read the Bible? Reading the Bible Outside the Church begins to answer this question. David Ford spent ten months at a chemical industrial plant providing non-churchgoing men with the opportunity to read and respond to five different biblical texts. Using an in-depth qualitative methodology, he charts how their prior experiences of religion, sense of (non)religious identity, attitudes towards the Bible, and beliefs about the Bible all shaped the readings that occurred.

Reading the Bible Supernaturally

Reading the Bible Supernaturally
Author: John Piper
Publisher: Crossway
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2017-04-13
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 143355352X

The Bible reveals glorious things. And yet we often miss its power because we read it the same way we read any other book. In Reading the Bible Supernaturally, best-selling author John Piper teaches us how to read the Bible in light of its divine author. In doing so, he highlights the Bible's unique ability to reveal God to humanity in a way that informs our minds, transforms our hearts, and ignites our love. With insights into the biblical text drawn from decades of experience studying, preaching, and teaching Scripture, Piper helps us experience the transformative power of God's Word—a power that extends beyond the mere words on the page. Ultimately, Piper shows us that in the seemingly ordinary act of reading the Bible, something supernatural happens: we encounter the living God.

Eat This Book

Eat This Book
Author: Eugene H. Peterson
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2009-07-29
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0802864902

"Eugene Peterson maintains that how we read the Bible is as important as that we read it. The second volume of Peterson's momentous five-part work on spiritual theology, Eat This Book challenges us to read the Scriptures on their own terms, as God's revelation, and to live them as we read them. Countering the widespread practice of using the Bible for self-serving purposes, Peterson here serves readers with a nourishing entrée into the formative, life-changing art of spiritual reading." - from the back of the book.

The Case for Easter

The Case for Easter
Author: Lee Strobel
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2004
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0310254752

Of the many world religions, only one claims that its founder returned from the grave. The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the very cornerstone of Christianity. But a dead man coming back to life? In our sophisticated age, when myth has given way to science, who can take such a claim seriously? Some argue that Jesus never died on the cross. Conflicting accounts make the empty tomb seem suspect.sHow credible is the evidence for the resurrection? Focusing his award-winning skills as a legal journalist on history's most compelling enigma, Lee Strobel retraces the startling findings that led him from atheism to belief. Drawing on expert testimony first shared in his blockbuster book The Case for Christ, Strobel examines: The Medical Evidence -- Was Jesus' death a sham and his resurrection a hoax? The Evidence of the Missing Body -- Was Jesus' body really absent from his tomb? The Evidence of Appearances -- Was Jesus seen alive after his death on the cross? Written in a hard-hitting journalistic style, The Case for Easter probes the core issues of the resurrection. Jesus Christ, risen from the dead: superstitious myth or life-changing reality? The evidence is in. The verdict is up to you. Book jacket.

Reading the Old Testament

Reading the Old Testament
Author: Lawrence Boadt
Publisher: Paulist Press
Total Pages: 507
Release: 2012
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1616436700

Daily life in Ancient Israel - Great prophets including, Hosea, Amos, Isaiah - People and lands of the Old Testament.

Reading the Bible from the Margins

Reading the Bible from the Margins
Author: Miguel A. De La Torre
Publisher: Orbis Books
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2002-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1608333418

This introduction focuses on how issues involving race, class, and gender influence our understanding of the Bible. Describing how "standard" readings of the Bible are not always acceptable to people or groups on the "margins," this book afters valuable new insights into biblical texts today.