Hope from the Garden of Eden to the End of the Patmos Island, author Andrew presents us with a Bible that shares the hope; discussing the fact that God promised a Messianic hope at the time of fall; Jesus' crucifixion and the resurrection gives hope the us; how the reconciliation with God would give us a hope. Hope from the Garden of Eden to the End of the Patmos Island is an inspired biblical commentary and spiritual guidebook that explores the...

We have all been in Sunday school or Bible study classes in which questions are asked and one gets a stare of surprise from the teacher and/or pastor that implies it is not relevant to the topic being taught or studied. Not so with the point of this book. It is the author's goal with this exposition to take you with him on a journey back in time, and so traverse events that began with the first man, Adam, and his wife, Hawwah-their fall, forfeiture...

The Eeerdmans Commentary on the Bible presents, in nontechnical language, the best of modern scholarship on each book of the Bible, including the Apocrypha. Reader-friendly commentary compliments succinct summaries of each section of the text and will be valuable to scholars, students, and general readers.   Rather than attempt a verse-by-verse analysis, these volumes work from larger sense units, highlighting the place of each passage within...

A unique commentary that explores each passage from three vital perspectives: original meaning, bridging context, contemporary significance. Isaiah wrestles with the realities of people who are not convicted by the truth but actually hardened by it, and with a God whose actions sometimes seem unintelligible, or even worse, appears to be absent. Yet Isaiah penetrates beyond these experiences to an even greater reality. Isaiah sees God's rule over history...

"Teach them the difference between the holy and the profane, between the clean and unclean. Teach them all the word God has given" (Leviticus 10:10). Emeralds, sapphires, diamonds? What do precious gems have to do with God? Everything, if you study the high priest breastplate and decode the message. Proverbs 25:2 says, "It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the glory of kings is to search a thing out." There is much more buried deep in the...

Relationships are a wonderful, mysterious, often elusive, sometimes, painful part of the human experience. The most intimate of all human relationships, according to the Bible, is that between a husband and a wife. It is no surprise, therefore, that there is a book of the Bible, the Song of Songs, that focuses on this relationship. What is surprising is how little attention is, given to the Song of Songs by scholars, by the church, and by readers...

As an Episcopal priest, I was motivated to write this book on the Ten Commandments after a visitation by our Bishop to our parish. The Bishop inquired of the congregation if they thought the Ten Commandments were important. Every hand went up to affirm they were. He then asked if they could name them. No hand was raised. I then undertook to write on the commandments to use for instruction with my parishioners.The present work is a revision of the...

For some thousands of years, the World has been the battle ground to decide which religious viewpoint, is to become the main player in the "God" stakes, but, none of the three main contenders - Judaism, Christianity, or Islam - can really substantiate any claims that they, alone, can speak with authority, of God's precepts. That they have the right to speak of their representational view-points and Pathways is, of course, undoubted, but the thousands...

Recientemente varias disciplinas académicas (Historia de las religiones, Filosofía de la religión, Sociología de la religión, Antropología de la religión) han confluido en lo que los anglosajones denominan Religous Studies (literalmente Estudios religiosos). Y lo han hecho sobre el presupuesto común de que en las distintas sociedades humanas hay de facto diversas religiones que son algo así como especies distintas de un mismo género, La...

A fresh approach which not only offers trustworthy exposition, but also provides a book-by-book, chapter-by-chapter tour through the glory of the Bible. This highly readable personal "conversation" with Scripture guides you through each book, helping you reap the rich, life-changing applications on every page. You will be encouraged to develop your own personal Bible reading program and learn the power of meditation on its truth.