The well known black and yellow striped Cliff’s Notes are a legend to generations of students and learners looking to grasp everything from great literary works to algebra. But where can Christians turn when they need a reliable, easy-to-understand guide to the Bible and great Christian works? To Shepherd's Notes, a series designed to help the faithful… Read more…
The well known black and yellow striped Cliff’s Notes are a legend to generations of students and learners looking to grasp everything from great literary works to algebra. But where can Christians turn when they need a reliable, easy-to-understand guide to the Bible and great Christian works? To Shepherd's Notes, a series designed to help the faithful… Read more…
The well known black and yellow striped Cliff’s Notes are a legend to generations of students and learners looking to grasp everything from great literary works to algebra. But where can Christians turn when they need a reliable, easy-to-understand guide to the Bible and great Christian works? To Shepherd's Notes, a series designed to help the faithful… Read more…
The well known black and yellow striped Cliff’s Notes are a legend to generations of students and learners looking to grasp everything from great literary works to algebra. But where can Christians turn when they need a reliable, easy-to-understand guide to the Bible and great Christian works? To Shepherd's Notes, a series designed to help the faithful… Read more…
The well known black and yellow striped Cliff’s Notes are a legend to generations of students and learners looking to grasp everything from great literary works to algebra. But where can Christians turn when they need a reliable, easy-to-understand guide to the Bible and great Christian works? To Shepherd's Notes, a series designed to help the faithful… Read more…
Built for Preachers and Teachers
Kerux Commentaries enable pastors and teachers to understand and effectively present the message of a biblical text. Kerux opens up each text of the Bible by explaining the message of the text to the original audience, unpacking the timeless truth of the passage, and finally providing communication insights… Read more…
Built for Preachers and Teachers
Kerux Commentaries enable pastors and teachers to understand and effectively present the message of a biblical text. Kerux opens up each text of the Bible by explaining the message of the text to the original audience, unpacking the timeless truth of the passage, and finally providing communication insights… Read more…
James is jam-packed with wisdom for Christians who want to truly apply their faith to everyday life. The James volume takes its readers through the whole letter, with a particular focus on this question: How might we apply the wisdom of Scripture to the way we behave in the modern marketplace?
The study addresses questions such as:
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Paul’s letter to the Philippians provides a different sort of answer to the question of where we find strength to do our work. The apostle says that our work is not the result of our own efforts, but of God’s work in—and through—us.
This eight-week study explores a variety of work-related topics for today’s Christian worker, rang… Read more…
The Acts of the Apostles depicts the early church working hard to grow itself and serve others in the face of opposition, shortages of people and money, government bureaucracy (church bureaucracy came later), internal strife, and even the forces of nature. Their work shows similarities to what Christians face in non-church-related workplaces today. A small g… Read more…
Luke’s Gospel is the story of how Christ the King established his Kingdom during his time on earth. But what does that mean for his followers in today’s workplace? This eight-week study explores a variety of work-related topics of God’s Kingdom from the Gospel of Luke, ranging from wealth, power, and conflict, to leadership, ethics, and provision.
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Ecclesiastes captures the toil and joy, fleeting success, and unanswered questions that we all experience in our work. Yet the book’s picture of work is also deeply troubling. "I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had spent in doing it, and again, all was vanity and a chasing after the wind" (Eccl. 2:11).
But does Eccle… Read more…
Studying Proverbs is a lifelong endeavor, one that requires using its sayings and teachings as touchstones as we slowly develop virtue, character, and an awe of God. This study will work through the book of Proverbs topically, as readers study qualities and characteristics of the "Wise Worker" such as trustworthiness, diligence, shrewdness, generosity, justi… Read more…
The story of Exodus opens and closes with ancient Israel at work—from toiling as slaves for the Egyptians to creating God’s tabernacle in the wilderness. In this study, we discover that God’s character is revealed in his work. And as we are drawn to him through his self-revelation, his work shapes our work. This not only frames our identity as his peop… Read more…
This Bible study follows closely the Genesis story to uncover truths from the lives of the patriarchs, providing insight on how these ancient stories can help us operate in our work environments today. You will follow Abraham as he journies from Haran to Egypt and his dealings in Canaan, Isaac as he maintains the family business, and Jacob as he returns to … Read more…
While every book of the Bible will contribute something to our understanding of work, Genesis proves to be the fountain from which the Bible’s theology of work flows.
This Bible study addresses themes such as:
God’s creation and the ongoing participation he planned for us.
The boundaries … Read more…
This study opens our understanding of the Acts of the Apostles so that "you may know the truth concerning the things of which you have been informed." Acts is the second volume of the history of Christian origins by Luke, a doctor who wrote "an orderly account" of the life of Christ and the early church. The first volume is Luke’s gospel. Acts is a pivotal… Read more…
The Gospel of Matthew, written for Jewish Christians, focuses on who Jesus is, why he came, and how he fits into God's bigger purposes. Matthew shows that Jesus is the long-expected Messiah, the bringer of God's kingdom. The most prominent feature of this gospel is the teaching of Jesus, which is arranged in five discourses that dominate the book'… Read more…
The Epistles of John were written to encourage believers in the face of false teachings and to assure them that they were indeed following the truth of Christ.
Believers still face the temptation to conform the gospel to current fashions of thought, just as they did in the time of John. In this careful verse-by-verse exposition, F.F. Bruc… Read more…
A thorough verse-by-verse exposition of Paul’s letter to the Ephesians. "Nowhere," says Bruce, is God’s "glorious purpose unfolded so fully and clearly as in the Epistle to the Ephesians...The message of Ephesians is that only through Christ, in the fellowship of his body, can iron curtains, color-bars, class-warfare and all other divisions of this kind … Read more…
"Exactly the sort of work [written] for ordinary Christians who want to know their Bible better," said D.A. Carson of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.
This outstanding commentary is easy to read, informative, and intended for the general reader interested in serious Bible study. The translation used is Bruce’s own. He sets passages i… Read more…
Focus on the Bible commentaries are popular level commentaries especially useful for pastors and small group leaders. They are also useful for personal devotions and spiritual growth. The series holds to the inerrancy of scripture and the uniqueness of Christ in salvation.… Read more…
Focus on the Bible commentaries are popular level commentaries especially useful for pastors and small group leaders. They are also useful for personal devotions and spiritual growth. The series holds to the inerrancy of scripture and the uniqueness of Christ in salvation.… Read more…
Matthew's Gospel was written to show that Jesus is the Messiah foretold in the Old Testament. It is carefully arranged by subject matter as a clear explanation to the Jewish people, and to the world, of who Jesus really is. Here you will meet Jesus the Great Teacher (chapters 5-7, the Sermon on the Mount), the Storyteller (chapter 13), the Prophet (chapt… Read more…
The breakdown of family values is having a devastating effect on society, older people are no longer respected by the young, lawlessness abounds, everyone does what they like, with no thought for their neighbours, politicians and the government are viewed as corrupt. The leaders of the church are out of touch, out of mind and out to lunch.
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The Song of Songs is a love poem attributable to Solomon and the first of the Hebrew Megilloth. Originally these scrolls were read in connection with the different feasts and fasts of the Jews, in the case of the Song of Songs, it was read at Passover time.
This commentary takes a line, it was at one time the consistent evangelical line bu… Read more…
Tragedy and triumph - the books of Ruth and Esther tell the stories of two women who achieve success against all odds. One woman overcomes a personal tragedy, the other a nationwide crisis. The roads they take to succeed, however, are quite different.
This fascinating study provides a practical commentary on the lives of two women as it sh… Read more…
Dale Leschert wrote that - "Paul's epistle to the Romans may possibly be the most influential letter ever written. Apart from its immediate impact upon the first century, it has indirectly altered the direction of the church and secular history through its instrumentality in the conversion of several of Christianity's most outstanding leaders." Explo… Read more…
It is ironical that a book called 'the revelation' remains probably the most obscure of all the books of the Bible. Many Christians have never ventured further than the first 3 chapters and others have studied its intricacies and the split churches that resulted wished that they hadn't!
For those who already love the book of Re… Read more…
A Psalm is basically a poem set to music and sung. For centuries the Psalms would have been the most familiar part of scripture to people who had no access to books. They are not only an integral part of the shared experience of the church but they also communicate God's guidance to this world, reveal his character and encourage his people.
In h… Read more…