With so many Bible translations available today, how can you find those that will be most useful to you? What is the difference between a translation that calls itself "literal" and one that is more "meaning-based"? And what difference does it make for you as a reader of God's Word? How to Choose a Translation for All Its Worth brings clarity and insight to the current debate over translations and translation theories. Written by two seasoned Bible...

A crucial responsibility for Christian interpreters of Scripture, says Richard Bauckham, is to understand our contemporary context and to explore the Bible's relevance to it in ways that reflect serious critical engagement with that context. In this book Bauckham models how this task can be carried out. Bauckham calls for our reading of Scripture to lead us to greater engagement with critical issues in today's world, including globalization, environmental...

Todo creyente que ama a Jesús y por consiguiente ama su Palabra, encontrará en Con precision mucha ayuda para entender mejor todo lo que Dios nos ha dicho en la Biblia através de los siglos. Tanto los libros históricos, poéticosy proféticos, como los Evangelios y las Epístolas tienen mucho que aportar a nuestro entendimiento y vida cristiana, para que podamostener esa «vida en abundancia» (Jn. 10: 10) que Jesúsnos prometió. Este libro aumentará...

This book is an attempt at a comprehensive look at all of the Scriptures that pertain to each of the doctrines associated with God's Amazing Grace, starting with a look at Original Sin and the Depravity of Man, the Law and its true purpose, and then moving into God's Predestination and Election of His chosen ones, God's Sovereignty versus Man's Responsibility, Salvation by Grace alone through Faith alone in Christ alone, Eternal Security or Perseverance...

La vida es un viaje, y como cualquier viaje, requiere de un mapa preciso y confiable para llevarnos a donde necesitamos ir. Dios nos ha provisto una guía así en su Palabra. Sin embargo, así como el navegante necesita aprender cómo interpretar todos los contornos y símbolos de un mapa, del mismo modo nosotros necesitamos poder entender cómo la Biblia nos comunica sus direcciones. Explorando la palabra de Dios ayuda a los que estudian la Biblia...

This is the fourth of a six-volume series called Reading the Bible as Literature. This volume on the Gospels continues the tradition of the first three in the series by exploring the intersection of the Bible and literature. Ryken enables pastors, students, and teachers of the Bible to appreciate the craftsmanship and beauty of the Gospels and how to interpret them correctly. He goes one step further than merely explaining the literary dimensions...

Existence of God didn't seem impossible to Bruce. After all, the universe exists, and something had to create it. All of the scientific theories that Bruce learned about the beginning of time, space, matter, and energy basically said that it just happened and perhaps cyclically repeated the process. He thought there was a critical piece missing because, according to his understanding, scientific principle requires a cause for every effect. But what...

"Are You Really Saved?" is a book that will challenge everything you think you know about God, eternal life and hell. Far too many professing Christians cannot explain why they believe what they claim to believe, relying on others to explain the teachings of God. Jesus Christ is very clear that the path to eternal life with God is very narrow, and few people find it. Yet most professing Christians do not think twice about these words of Jesus. They...

Un libro de interpretación bíblica para pastores y lideres de habla hispana. Rob Haskell pretende explicar la hermenéutica bíblica con atención especial al ambiente latinoamericano, contestando preguntas y usando ejemplos importantes que surgen en esta situación. Una guía práctica y útil, con un estilo ameno y con la claridad de los conceptos y herramientas hermenéuticas que comparte, para poder escudriñar e interpretar correctamente las...

Renewing Biblical Interpretation is the first of eight volumes from the Scripture and Hermeneutics Seminar. This annual gathering of Christian scholars from various disciplines was established in 1998 and aims to re-assess the discipline of biblical studies from the foundation up and forge creative new ways for re-opening the Bible in our cultures. Including a retrospective on the consultation by Walter Brueggemann, the contributors to Renewing Biblical...