Meditations

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Jesus' Sermon on the Mount and His Confrontation with the World: An Exposition of Matthew 5-10

Based on solid scholarship yet easy to read, Jesus' Sermon on the Mount combines two books by renowned author D. A. Carson in one: his popular The Sermon on the Mount, which has been in print for over twenty years, and When Jesus Confronts the World. Carson offers a thorough explanation of the teaching of Jesus in Matthew 5-10. Bible teachers in church and parachurch groups, thoughtful Christians who want more than surface devotionals, and pastors who preach on Matthew 5--10 will benefit from this book. The Sermon on the Mount and When Jesus Confronts the World were both published in 1978.

Approaches to Paul: A Student's Guide to Recent Scholarship

What distinguishes" the perspective on Paul" and what lies beyond it? What are scholars saying about Paul and the Roman Empire or about the intersection between feminist and postcolonial interpretation of Paul? Magnus Zetterholm provides a clear and reliable guide to these and other lively issues in the contemporary study of Paul, surveying the history of the principal perspectives on Paul's relation to Judaism and the Jewish law and showing the relationships between answers given to those questions and the assumptions scholars bring to other issues as well. This is an indispensable handbook for the beginning student of the apostle and his thought.

Galatians Re-Imagined: Reading With the Eyes of the Vanquished (Paul in Critical Contexts)

Brigitte Kahl brings to this insightful reading of Galatians a deep knowledge of the classical world and especially of Roman imperial ideology. The first wave of scholarship on the Roman imperial context of Paul's letters raised important questions that only thorough treatments of individual letters can answer. Kahl sets the letter to the Galatians in the context of Roman perceptions of vanquished peoples as represented in the Great Altar at Pergamum. Beginning with a perceptive discussion of the Great Altar, Kahl describes imperial representations of Roman power as well as the characteristics officially imputed to conquered peoples, including the "savage" Galatians (Gauls).

Themes of imperial propaganda — order vs. lawlessness, civilization vs. barbarity, harmony vs. anarchy — echo in Paul's letter and highlight the deeper issues at stake in the Galatian crisis. Paul's struggle is motivated not by Jewish antagonists but by Gentile anxiety about status on a landscape where withdrawal from the civic celebrations of Rome's glory was held in the gravest suspicion. Kahl offers a dramatic new interpretation of Galatians as an exhortation to

A Sincere and Pure Devotion to Christ: 100 Daily Meditations on 2 Corinthians

These meditations on 2 Corinthians will help readers grow in their devotion to Christ and find their joy in him.

Second Corinthians is unique in the New Testament in the way it portrays the sufferings of Paul and the supremacy of Christ. The apostle's affection for the Corinthian church and his endurance through hardship for their joy testifies to his deep devotion to Christ. Paul's example and instruction in this letter inspires us to find our joy in Jesus.

In both volumes of A Sincere and Pure Devotion to Christ, Storms provides readers with fifty daily meditations on this great epistle that are both accessible and substantive. His analysis and application of the biblical text make these meditations suitable for private devotions or small group studies, or as a commentary for Bible study, Sunday School lessons, or sermon preparation.

The Gospel According to St. Paul: Meditations on His Life and Letters