Designed for pastors and church leaders, this volume explores how the Johannine letters can shape faithful belief, discipleship, and congregational life today.In this volume in the Belief: A Theological Commentary on the Bible series, Steffen Lösel offers a fresh reading of the Johannine letters, reclaiming them from critiques that have characterized them as overly exclusionary or narrowly doctrinal. Rather than privileging right belief over right action, Lösel argues that these letters hold ort...
Discover how the timeless words of Isaiah speak into today’s crises, offering insight, challenge, and hope for contemporary readers.Preachers and teachers of the Bible know that the present continually reshapes our understanding of the past, including the texts Christians hold sacred. In Isaiah 40–66, Julia O’Brien explores how the authors of Second and Third Isaiah reworked their religious traditions to address the concerns of their own times, how these texts have been read across diverse commu...
Discover how the Psalms can speak powerfully to today’s church, offering lyrical theology that shapes prayer, reflection, preaching, and worship.This volume in the Belief series explores how the Psalms speak as lyrical theology in today’s world. Drawing on the Psalter’s genres of praise and lament, the Psalms’ reception in Christian tradition, and their range of musical settings, Kris Kvam and Don Saliers show how the Psalms can teach, comfort, and challenge the church. Giving the biblical tradi...
In God the Creator: Biblical Images of the Divine, Steven Tuell explores the rich tapestry of biblical creation accounts to uncover how Scripture speaks of God, the world, and humanity’s place within it.The Bible doesn’t offer just one image or account of God as creator—it offers many that are held together in a rich and faithful tension. So, then what does it mean to call God “Creator”? Drawing from both the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament, Tuell guides readers through the diverse and someti...
With fresh insight and scholarly depth, I and II Chronicles: A Commentary reclaims these often-overlooked texts as far more than a retelling of Israel’s past. They are vital witnesses to the theological and communal imagination of a people rebuilding identity in the shadow of empire.In this critical and illuminating volume of the Old Testament Library, internationally respected scholar Louis C. Jonker reveals Chronicles as a dynamic text that reinterprets sacred traditions to help the postexilic...
Walter Brueggemann and Brent Strawn lead readers through the prophetic book of Isaiah, moving between looming predictions of punishment against Israel for breaking covenant with God and exultation in the ultimate hope of Israel’s restoration.
Unwavering Faithfulness provides an accessible guide to Isaiah, helping contemporary readers grasp both the uncompromising demands of God’s holiness and God’s unshakable faithfulness to covenant relationship and desire to bring about a good future for God’s...
Step into the profound world of Paul’s Letter to the Romans, where renowned Pauline scholar and pastor Susan Eastman brings the text to life with rich pastoral and theological insights. This commentary doesn’t just analyze Scripture but invites readers into an encounter with the transformative power of the gospel that shaped Paul’s original audience and continues to resonate today.
With preaching and teaching at its heart, Susan Eastman explores Romans as a dynamic proclamation of God’s faithful...
Unraveling creation, covenant, and family in a foundational biblical narrative.
In this thought-provoking addition to the Old Testament Library, David L. Petersen offers a fresh reading of the book of Genesis, understanding it to address the creation of the universe, the beginnings of human culture, and the origins of Israel, all of which are anchored in the central motif of family. Petersen traces the intricate lives and relationships of the ancestral families—from the story of Adam and Eve to ...
***NOW AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK!***In this new contribution to the New Testament Library, renowned New Testament scholar Beverly Roberts Gaventa offers a fresh account of Paul's Letter to the Romans as an event, both in the sense that it reflects a particular historical moment in Paul's labors and in the sense that it reflects the event God brings about in the gospel Paul represents.Attention to that dual sense of event means that Gaventa attends to the literary, historical, and theological featur...
Ruth and Esther theologically examines Ruth and Esther as moral agents who overcome gendered violence with moral courage and imagination.
In this volume of the Belief commentary series, Marcia Y. Riggs brings a womanist, social-ethical reading of the books of Ruth and Esther to reveal the intersection of various forms of gendered violence—social, political, ethnic, economic. Riggs insightfully invites readers to examine how Ruth and Esther are social actors and moral agents responding constructi...
Encounter Acts as a book that depicts the church as a hospitable and multicultural community on a journey in which it continues to be surprised by the new realities the Holy Spirit makes possible in the post-Easter world.
Acts: An Interpretation Bible Commentary is a lively, readable commentary that offers historical, literary, theological, and pastoral analysis of the Acts of the Apostles. It explores the biblical narrative’s potential to inform the theological imagination of ancient audiences ...
In this new authoritative volume of the New Testament Library series, Joel B. Green presents the writer of James as a sort of practical theologian, directly addressing the lived experiences of Jewish Christ followers beset by Roman social conventions and sensibilities contrary to the divine command to love God and love neighbor.
The book of James is nothing if not pragmatic. Its core arguments rest on urging its audience to take concrete action to develop faithful life patterns in a world that i...
In this volume of the Old Testament Library, Juliana Claassens delves into the theological questions posed by the book of Jonah in the context of a community making sense of their harrowing experiences of imperial domination.
Attending to the historical and literary elements of the text, Claassens traces the narrative of Jonah as one that is steeped in the trauma inflicted by successive ancient empires and that urges its original and ongoing readers to grapple with the woundedness of the prophe...
In Grace Abounds: God's Abundance against the Fear of Scarcity, Walter Brueggemann explores our human struggle of having a smallness of mind that breeds competition and envy against God’s prompting to move beyond our small selves to trust in God’s ultimate provision and to extend ourselves to others openhandedly.
The Walter Brueggemann Library brings together the wide-ranging and enlivening thought of popular biblical scholar Walter Brueggemann over his storied career. Each volume collects previ...
Scripting a Sermon approaches common challenges for crafting sermons looking toward the essential components of filmmaking to help preachers create more potent sermons.
In this third volume in the "Preaching and…" series, Shauna K. Hannan and Gael Chandler combine their expertise to focus on the convergences between the crafts of homiletics and filmmaking. Looking to enliven the preached word, this book draws attention to the ways in which the sermon is set up to captivate the audience. For exam...
This volume of the Princeton Theological Seminary Dead Sea Scrolls Project significantly helps us understand Jewish interpretations of Torah, preoccupations with purity, penchants for creating new prayers, the need to bless the Creator at all times, the sacredness of the land, eschatology, and celebrating the importance of the Creator "God" and "Israel."Thanks to improved images supplied by the Israel Museum and focused research of other specialists, many of these compositions are significantly ...
In this new contribution to the New Testament Library, renowned New Testament scholar Beverly Roberts Gaventa offers a fresh account of Paul's Letter to the Romans as an event, both in the sense that it reflects a particular historical moment in Paul's labors and in the sense that it reflects the event God brings about in the gospel Paul represents.Attention to that dual sense of event means that Gaventa attends to the literary, historical, and theological features of the letter.
Throughout the...
The Connections Worship Companion is an essential resource for leaders and planners of Christian worship services.This volume offers complete liturgies--from the call to worship to the closing charge, with prayers and litanies for every need in between--for all worshiping occasions for the season after Pentecost of Year B. Part of the Connections commentary series, these worship resources help congregations illuminate the connections between Scripture and liturgical rhythms.
The Connections Wors...
**The bestselling commentary series from N.T. Wright in an easy-to-read 13-point type edition!**Biblical scholar N. T. Wright explores the captivating yet challenging letter to the Hebrews. This ancient text unveils a profound and timeless message for today’s and tomorrow’s church, much as it did for yesterday’s.The letter to the Hebrews is a captivating yet challenging text, filled with unfamiliar concepts. As we engage with the ancient text, its richness and profound message reveal themselves,...
**The bestselling commentary series from N.T. Wright in an easy-to-read 13-point type edition!**N. T. Wright, the renowned biblical scholar, offers an accessible commentary on the book of Revelation, highlighting God’s hope for believers rather than dwelling on doom and destruction others may focus on.Often deemed the most enigmatic New Testament book, the book of Revelation overflows with peculiar, intense and occasionally violent imagery. In today’s world of complex cinematic visuals, Revelati...
**The bestselling commentary series from N.T. Wright in an easy-to-read 13-point type edition!**N. T. Wright illustrates Paul’s personal Pastoral Letters to Timothy and Titus, offering practical church guidance and theological insights and focusing on the letters’ contemporary relevance and content. The Pastoral Letters, unlike Paul’s other writings to entire churches, are intimate correspondences to individuals: two to Timothy and one to Titus. They provide practical guidance for local churches...
**The bestselling commentary series from N.T. Wright in an easy-to-read 13-point type edition!**Explore Jesus as teacher, healer and embodiment of compassion with renowned Bible scholar N. T. Wright. He unveils Luke’s gospel through an accessible translation and profound commentary, revealing its brilliance and historical importance.Luke for Everyone unveils one of early Christianity’s brilliant writings. Luke’s meticulous approach, conversation with key figures and examination of prior texts pr...
**The bestselling commentary series from N.T. Wright in an easy-to-read 13-point type edition!**Esteemed biblical scholar N. T. Wright examines four of Paul’s prison letters: Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians and Philemon – poignant letters revealing the apostle’s unwavering faith and hope despite severe trials.This book compiles four of Paul’s brief prison letters: Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians and Philemon. These letters offer a poignant portrait of a man facing severe trials yet unwaver...
**The bestselling commentary series from N.T. Wright in an easy-to-read 13-point type edition!**Renowned biblical scholar N. T. Wright examines early Christian letters from the apostles James, Peter, John and Judah in this highly accessible and insightful commentary.The early Christian letters from James, Peter, John and Judah offer practical advice for newcomers to the faith, equipping them to navigate challenges. They reflect the joy of newfound faith and hope, emphasizing Jesus’ sacrifice and...
**The bestselling commentary series from N.T. Wright in an easy-to-read 13-point type edition!**Step into the vibrant world of the gospel of Matthew with the guidance of esteemed Bible scholar N. T. Wright as he brings the profound message and timeless significance of this gospel to life, making it accessible and engaging for contemporary readers. N. T. Wright’s updated translation and insightful commentary breathe fresh life into the gospel of Matthew. Here, Jesus emerges as a multifaceted figu...
1, 2, and 3 John
Author(s):Steffen Losel
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