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Many critics read the Gospel of Mark through a context external to Mark's story world. Hatina examines how contexts determine the meaning of embedded scripture texts in Mark, in a way that is sensitive to the story world, without disregard for the historical setting of the gospel.

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The issue of authority has been contended in Anglican Theology since the Reformation, and remains very much alive today. Setting his critique within its ecumenical context, Avis examines the way that Anglican theologians throughout history have developed their theories of authority in relation to the Bible, tradition, reason and experience.

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In this work, the author asks what agendas, assumptions, and human needs do the contributors to this work take to their studies of Jesus Analyzing popular and scholarly images of Jesus, writers discussed include: Marcus Borg, the Dalai Lama, Abraham Geiger, Barbara Thiering and Tom Wright.

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In recent years there has been a tendency among certain scholars to claim that little can be known about pre-exilic Israel, because the Old Testament was only compiled in the post-exilic period (for example Philip Davies, Thomas Thompson, Neils Peter Lemche). One scholar (Lemche) has even claimed that the Old Testament is a Hellenistic work.

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This collection focuses on the meaning of the common good and what resources Christian theology, biblical studies, and ethics might contribute to our understanding of it. The rationale for the discussion is ultimately theological.

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These five superb homilles by the newly elected Pope, Benedict XVI, provide a clear and biblically based explanation of the first few chapters of the Bible. Reissued with a new cover and ISBN to celebrate Joseph Ratzinger's election.

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The foundation stone of Jewish and Christian scriptures, the power of the Book of Genesis lies in its stories - Creation, the Fall, Cain and Abel, Noah, Abraham, Jacob and Joseph. Karen Armstrong traces the themes and meanings of these stories, examining what they can still tell us about the human quest for meaning.

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This five-session small group Bible study, In the Dust of the Rabbi, by noted teacher and historian, Ray Vander Laan, is volume six of the That the World May Know series. In this volume, Vander Laan helps you experience Jesus life up close and personal.

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One day in the life of Christ. Call it a tapestry of turmoil: A noisy pictorial in which the golden threads of triumph knot against the black, frazzled strings of tragedy. If you've ever wondered if God in heaven can relate to you on earth, then read this account of a pressure-packed day in the life of Christ. God knows how you feel.

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This is a collection of short, thought-provoking stories built around and based on the people in the Bible, and how they might have reacted to some of the incidents and events that are described or implied in Scripture.

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Life is full of fumbles and stumbles. Fraught with opportunities to make mistakes, occasions to feel guilty, and the drive to do it yourself. The pressure to be self-sufficient is high, but the way of the cross points toward the place where you stop striving and fall into the boundless, liberating, refreshing grace of God!

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Paul Murray OP explores the writings of key figures in the contemplative tradition, drawing attention to the wisdom and lived experience of men and women who knew, first hand, of the light and fire of which they speak.

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How do you turn your struggles into strengths Beloved Bible teacher Sheila Walsh teaches readers how the daily spiritual practices of confession, meditation on Gods Word, and prayer result in fresh freedom in Christ.

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This volume focuses on the concept of inaugurated resurrection within earliest Christianity, and argues that a present resurrection with Christ is already discernible in Pauls own writings, in large part due to the influence of Scripture.

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Whitworth University president Bill Robinson highlights five qualities that characterized the leadership style of Jesus. Conversational in tone and seasoned with real-life stories from his own successes and failures as a leader, Robinson helps Christian leaders understand how to emulate the strong yet humble approach to leadership that Jesus used to establish his church.

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Through engagement with the historical debate, this title offers an exposition of the person of Jesus that brings together dissonant aspects of the tradition. It serves as an introduction to the theology to John Owen, the most able of the Puritan theologians. It seeks to illuminate the inner rationality of God's triune being and his mission.

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A re-reading of the Pneumatology in Western theology, particularly in Augustine and Barth.

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How is committing oneself to God described within the Gospel of Matthew, and how is this related to becoming a disciple of Jesus Moreover, how may reading or hearing the Gospel function to evoke such a response To answer these questions, this study draws upon a variety of approaches in linguistics and literary studies in new and innovative ways.

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