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John the Baptist and the Jewish Setting of Matthew

By: Brian C. Dennert

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John the Baptist and the Jewish Setting of Matthew

By: Brian C. Dennert

Although recent discussions on Matthew have emphasized the document's setting within Judaism, these studies have not analyzed how the Jewish figure of John the Baptist functions within this setting. Brian Dennert steps into this gap, arguing that Matthew presents Jesus to be the continuation and culmination of John's ministry in order to strengthen the claims of Matthew's group and to vilify the opponents of his group. By doing this he encourages Jews yet to align with Matthew's group (particularly those who esteem the Baptist) and to gravitate away from its opponents. The author examines texts roughly contemporaneous with Matthew which reveal respect given to John the Baptist at the time of Matthew's composition. The examination of Matthew shows that the first Evangelist more closely connects the Baptist to Jesus while highlighting his rejection by Jewish authorities.

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Mohr Siebeck

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3161540050

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9783161540059

Earthquakes and Eschatology in the Gospel According to Matthew

By: Brian Carrier

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Earthquakes and Eschatology in the Gospel According to Matthew

By: Brian Carrier

In this study, Brian Carrier provides a comprehensive analysis of the role that seismic language plays within the Matthean Gospel narrative. After reconstructing what connotations seismic language likely carried in Matthew's cultural context, the author utilizes an historically informed author-oriented narrative criticism that is complemented with redaction criticism to analyze the relationships that Matthew's seismic references display with regards to each other and to the overall narrative. This analysis leads to the conclusion that Matthew's seismic references collectively indicate that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus together represent the partial fulfillment of the Old Testament eschatological Day of the Lord.

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Mohr Siebeck

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3161596722

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9783161596728

Not Guilty

Be Free to Experience God’s Love

By: Brian & Candice Simmons

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Not Guilty

Be Free to Experience God’s Love

By: Brian & Candice Simmons

Dive into Romans and watch God’s love set you free. Shame. Failure. Sin. They leave mankind with a verdict: guilty. Have you been trusting in your works or feeling continually crushed by sin? Your story does not end there. Christ paid the price, and a new verdict has been rendered: not guilty! It’s time to relinquish every heavy burden of sin and guilt to God. As you examine the powerful, freeing book of Romans through this devotional commentary and study guide, you will ● rediscover the joy of your salvation, ● surrender all self-righteousness, ● stop striving to please God or earn his love, ● return to the simplicity of the gospel of grace, ● silence the accusing voice of shame, and ● experience acceptance by God. Understand the true grace of the gospel that releases God’s power and peace into your life.

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BroadStreet Publishing Group LLC

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1424564700

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9781424564705

Unconditional?

Small group discussion guide

By: Brian Zahnd

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Unconditional?

Small group discussion guide

By: Brian Zahnd

This is a six-week small group discussion guide for the Brian Zahnd book, Unconditional? It provides material and instruction for studying Unconditional? is a small group setting. Each week readers will prepare at home by reading the chapter from Unconditional? that corresponds with the week's study. Each week's study is broken into five sections. They are all key parts of learning to practice Christ's radical vision of forgiveness. The READ sections of each chapter explain what to read at home, and they give a brief summary of the main parts in those chapters. The REFLECT sections are intended to get you into the Word so you can study the topic before the discussion begins. That way everyone will have had time to think deeply about these concepts before talking them over with the group. The DISCUSS sections are just that--questions for you to discuss and explore together as a group. Ideas for continuing the application of the important truths in each chapter will be found in the WRAP UP section at the end of each chapter. Each chapter ends with a POWER WORD, motivating readers to write God's Words on your heart, and to grow in your knowledge and understanding of Christlike forgiveness.

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Charisma Media

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1616383518

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9781616383510

Bearings

Getting Our Bearings Again in the Light of the Gospel

By: Dave Andrews,Helen Beazley

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Bearings

Getting Our Bearings Again in the Light of the Gospel

By: Dave Andrews,Helen Beazley

How does Jesus, and the ancient Scriptures he held sacred, help us get our bearings in this multifarious, complicated, conflicted, and increasingly endangered planet? First, seek theological insight that can guide our practice. In Navigating the Meanings of Being a Christian, Mark Deleaney invites us on his journey of theological reflection twenty years after his certainties were shaken by a life-changing encounter in an Indian slum. In Evangelism in a Pluralist Society, Ross Farley applies his experience of evangelism in sensitive contexts to a careful review of evangelism in the New Testament and finds that what we call evangelism bears little relationship to the Gospel and Acts. On the subject of HIV epidemics, Greg Manning and Dave Andrews have joined the struggle to reduce HIV infection rates and witnessed the stigmatization of vulnerable people based on misapplied Christian moral teaching. In Supporting HIV Prevention as People of Faith, they consider the Sermon on the Mount as a valuable framework for dealing sensitively and effectively with people vulnerable to HIV infection. Second, critically reflect on possible distortions that come from our own perspectives. In his essay Liberation Theologians Speak to Evangelicals, Charles Ringma shows how Liberation Theologians can shed light on the inadequacies of the evangelical movement in its perspective on God's love for the poor. Helen Beazley's essay Antidote for a Poisoned Planet? examines whether stewardship--the dominant framework informing evangelical perspectives on the environment--can alone radically reorient Christians in their relationship to creation so necessary for its renewal. Third, look for the challenges in the Bible that critique our current orientations and call us to be reconverted. In An Evangelical Approach to Interfaith Engagement, Dave Andrews takes one of our most precious articles of exclusive faith, Jesus is the Way, and makes it a framework for inclusive interfaith dialogue by exploring the Way that Jesus in the Gospels advocated engaging with people from other traditions and religions. In Australia--Whose Land? Peter Adams allows himself to be utterly transformed by the Bible's clear ethical teaching, which, he convincingly argues, must be applied in all its fullness to the injustice of Europeans towards indigenous Australians.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1610978544

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9781610978545

Boundaries

Rediscovering the Ten Commandments for the Twenty-First Century

By: Brian N. Winslade

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Boundaries

Rediscovering the Ten Commandments for the Twenty-First Century

By: Brian N. Winslade

In an age of moral relativity, is there a place for rules? They govern acceptable behavior on the sports field, but do they have a position in general life and relationships? 3,500 years ago, a new nation emerged as Moses led the Israelites on a journey toward the land God had promised them. They needed boundaries that would govern their worship, interpersonal relationships, and property, and God wrote them down. We refer to them as the Ten Commandments. Over the centuries, they have formed the basis for rule of law in most countries of the world, defining boundaries of fairness and interaction, within which we live and have our being. But are they still relevant in and for the twenty-first century? Some regard them as anachronistic and outdated, superseded by more enlightened thinking. For others, they are timeless. Clearly, Jesus regarded them as pertinent for all who follow him, although in many instances he clarified their intent and application. This book takes a fresh look at the boundaries God gave his emerging special race and how they apply in our current age—a resource for pastors, individual Christ-followers, and a discussion-starter for small groups.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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153266530X

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9781532665301

Welcome to the Revolution

A Field Guide For New Believers

By: Brian Tome

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Welcome to the Revolution

A Field Guide For New Believers

By: Brian Tome

Felt the pull of God? Answered it? Freaked out about what to do next? As Brian Tome was talking to a new Christ-follower in his office, he realized that he had nothing on his bookshelf that would give her the "straight talk" on the radical new life she was about to begin. So he penned Welcome to the Revolution a bold, honest, humorous guide to joining the ever-advancing Kingdom of God. "The Revolution," as Tome calls the Christian life, is already underway, and while it is both exhilarating and fulfilling, it's challenging and confusing at times. This book will guide the reader from the basics (navigating through Christian kitsch at the bookstore) to the practical (Bible reading and building community) to the profound (concepts of forgiveness and using imagination in prayer). To those people who have previously dismissed the "Christian" life, or those who want to learn more about God in an accessible way, this book will be the breath that clears the air and shows them how to follow a Revolutionary God.

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189

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Thomas Nelson

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1418570877

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9781418570873

Bits and Pieces 2018

By: Brian A Curtis

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Bits and Pieces 2018

By: Brian A Curtis

This is a complete record of the blogs posted on the website: brianacurtis.com.au (and other social media) in 2018. They include sermons, devotions, children's talks, questions, and other comments. In order to maintain the integrity of the material, the posts have not been edited or corrected. They have not been updated to correct any errors (theological or grammatical). They simply appear here in the ?raw?, in the state in which they were first published.

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Lulu.com

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0244466653

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John the Baptist and the Jewish Setting of Matthew

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Unconditional?

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