Life really should come with an operator's manual. The good news is that God's Word provides God's insight to some of life's biggest questions. What does He say about joy? What about discipline or kindness or purity? His guidance on these issues and more are covered in Bible Answers for Women. This book created just for women provides God's words on dozens of topics-arranged alphabetically-that offer real answers from the heavenly Father himself.
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The God Who Makes Himself Known The God Who Makes Himself Known: The Missionary Heart of the Book of Exodus (New Studies in Biblical Theolo)
The Lord's commitment to make himself known throughout the nations is the overarching missionary theme of the Bible and the central theological concern of Exodus.
Countering scholarly tendencies to fragment the text over theological difficulties, Ross Blackburn contends that Exodus should be read as a unified whole, and that an appreciation of its missionary theme in its canonical context is of great help in dealing with the difficulties that the book poses. For example, how is Exodus 6:3 best understood? Is there a tension between law and gospel, or mercy and judgment? How should we understand the painstaking detail of the tabernacle chapters?
In the end, Exodus not only sheds important light on the church's mission, but also reveals what kind of God the Lord is, one who pursues his glory and our good, ultimately realizing both as he makes himself known in Christ Jesus.
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The Lives of Ordinary People in Ancient Israel The Lives of Ordinary People in Ancient Israel: When Archaeology and the Bible Intersect