Offers stories, scriptural principles, and advice encouraging readers to never give up on themselves or God, regardless of the setbacks or obstacles that they encounter.

Helpful insights into the rich background and meaning of the Bible, in a convenient, one-volume commentary.

When reading Scripture, it's sometimes easy to get lost in the details, bogged down by all the different stories, lineages, rulers, peoples, numbers, and confusing phrases—specifics that only make sense in context, when we understand the Bible as a whole...

A clear and concise companion to the whole Bible,

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The standard take on Creation is that it displays God's power for all to see through what has been created. But there is more to the Creation account than meets the eye. Not only did God reveal himself through what was created but also in how he created it. Have you ever wondered why it took God so long to create the heavens and the earth? He could have done it in the blink of an eye. But he chose six days. Why? The answer is found in his intentional...

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...

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 the overarching...

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...

Most Bible commentaries take us on a one-way trip from the twentieth century to the first century. But they leave us there, assuming that we can somehow make the return journey on our own. In other words, they focus on the original meaning of the passage but don't discuss its contemporary application. The information they offer is valuable but the job is only half done! The NIV Application Commentary Series helps us with both halves of the interpretative...

These three short prophetic books of the Old Testament each contain a dual message. On one hand are messages of impending judgment-for all peoples on the Day of the Lord, for an enemy of Israel, and for Israel herself. On the other hand are messages of great hope-of the pouring out of God's Spirit, of restoration and renewal, and of a coming Messiah. Placing judgment and hope together in such a manner may seem paradoxical to a contemporary mindset....

Los anawin, hijos de la Sabiduria, que Dios los llama sus pobres, sus fieles y leales, son hombres y mujeres que tienen conciencia de que la voluntad de Dios, la Palabra, es siempre buena para el hombre y la mayor riqueza que una persona puede tener. Este libro no es un compendio del libro de la Sabiduría sino una selección comentada para descubrir su riqueza y profundidad. Los hijos de la Sabiduría -así llamaba Jesús a sus discípulos de todos...

I, the Christ "come from above" (St. John 3.31), from heaven, from paradise; where we live in harmony with the animals. I know perfectly well the tree of knowledge and that its forbidden fruit is the fish. First of all, I said: "I do everything, JUST like what my father did." And if my father in the beginning blessed and multiplied live fish; I will never bless or multiply dead fish. Second: I represent a Lamb, and we lambs are vegetarians; but...