The publication of the King James version of the Bible, translated between 1603 and 1611, coincided with an extraordinary flowering of English literature and is universally acknowledged as the greatest influence on English-language literature in history. Now, world-class literary writers introduce the book of the King James Bible in a series of beautifully designed, small-format volumes. The introducers' passionate, provocative, and personal engagements with the spirituality and the language of the text make the Bible come alive as a stunning work of literature and remind us of its overwhelming contemporary relevance.
This commentary seeks above all to explain the text of John's Gospel to those whose privilege and responsibility it is to minister the Word of God to others, to preach and to lead Bible studies.
The NIV is the world's best-selling modern translation, with over 150 million copies in print since its first full publication in 1978.
In The Gospel of John: A Thematic Approach, Jackson Painter investigates John's literary-theological strategy by identifying seven key themes and showing the reader how to detect them in any portion of the Gospel as well as how to see the ...
" --John Painter, School of Theology, Charles Sturt University "Decades of study of the Fourth Gospel have uniquely qualified Frank Moloney to write this book about love in the Gospel of John.
See especially Clapp's discussion of Cash as a Christian in Johnny Cash and the Great American Contradiction: Christianity and the Battle for the Soul of a Nation (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2008), pp. xvi-xvii, 17-18, 61-62, ...
This remarkably fresh translation and commentary will deepen your understanding of the most sublime book of the New Testament.
J. Ramsey Michaels assumes that the John who authored the book is someone very close to Jesus and, therefore, that the gospel is a testimony to events that actually happened in the life of Jesus.
"In this commentary on John, Ford communicates his love of Scripture, his passion for allowing John's Gospel to teach us, and his immense learning and profound commitment to the church. This is a commentary of rare value.
This highly accessible 2007 commentary brings readers into the cultural world of the gospel.
The Gospel of John begins with a magnificent prologue that states many of the major themes and motifs of the gospel. The prologue proclaims Jesus as the preexistent and incarnate Word of God who has revealed the Father to us.