Enjoying the BibleChristianity Today 2022 Book Award of Merit (Beautiful Orthodoxy) Many Christians view the Bible as an instruction manual. While the Bible does provide instruction, it can also captivate, comfort, delight, shock, and inspire. In short, it elicits emotion just like poetry. By learning to read and love poetry, says literature professor Matthew Mullins, readers can increase their understanding of the biblical text and learn to love God's Word more. Each
This book shows students how to integrate theology into the life of faith and demonstrates how theological thinking is a part of Christian worship
He illuminates how union with Christ can change the theological conversation about thorny topics such as total depravity and the mystery of God
making brief stopovers and not staying long enough to grasp some of the big ideas it contains
and updated to reflect major advances in Septuagint studies
World-renowned scholar Michael Gorman examines the important Pauline theme of participation in Christ and explores its contemporary significance for Christian life and ministry
This fresh interpretation of significant passages from the Gospels shows that throughout his life
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Now an updated second edition is available as part of a series focusing on each of the gospel writers as storyteller
Elissa Yukiko Weichbrodt teaches us how to learn from art rather than critique it and how to respond to images in Christian ways
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