Books from Zondervan

  • Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Songs
    By Tremper Longman III, John Hilber, Duane Garrett

    Rod ... staff (23:4). The “rod” was a clublike weapon used to defend a flock against predators; the same word is used for a royal “scepter” (see comments on 2:9). The “staff” could also serve as a weapon, but it was used to prod sheep ...

  • An Introduction to the Old Testament: Second Edition
    By Tremper Longman III

    Some scholars contend that oracles against foreign nations were delivered at sanctuaries, and for this reason some have suggested that Obadiah was himself a cultic prophet attached to the temple staff in Jerusalem, and furthermore, ...

  • Daniel
    By Tremper Longman III

    Peter Enns says that the story of Exodus does not truly end until the Second Coming, and hopes that by gaining a deeper understanding of the story, we will understand our part in it as a children of God.

  • A Prophet with Honor: The Billy Graham Story (Updated Edition)
    By William Martin

    A Prophet with Honor is the biography Billy Graham himself invited and appreciated for its sympathetic but frank approach.

  • Empowered by Faith: Experiencing God's Love Every Day
    By Jr., Richard G. Capen

    What Taylor Batten, an editor at the Charlotte Observer, had to say about his father was especially moving to me, because his father — Jim Batten — and I worked closely during my years with Knight Ridder. A highly respected leader in ...

  • 1 and 2 Thessalonians, 1 and 2 Timothy, Titus
    By Jeffrey A.D. Weima, Steven M. Baugh

    So, e.g., B. A. Pearson, “1 Thessalonians 2.13–16: A Deutero-Pauline Interpolation,” HTR 64 (1971): 79–94; D. Schmidt, “1 Thess. 2:13–16: Linguistic Evidence for an Interpolation,” JBL 102 (1983): 269–79. 23.

  • From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya: A Biographical History of Christian Missions
    By Ruth A. Tucker

    B. H. Pearson, The Vision Lives: The Life Story of Mrs. Charles E. Cowman (Fort Washington, PA: Christian Literature Crusade, 1961), 36–37. 55. Lettie B. Cowman, Charles E. Cowman: Missionary—Warrior (Los Angeles: Oriental Missionary ...

  • Real Hope in Chicago
    By Wayne L. Gordon, Randall Frame

    We prayed about it right then, and the next day she contacted our pastor, Dr. Vernon Pearson. While some people — even pastors — might have dismissed this whole thing as misguided youthful exuberance, Dr. Pearson pulled a book off the ...

  • Serving Up a Sweetheart: A February Wedding Story
    By Cheryl Wyatt

    Your readership is a tremendous blessing. Find out what's coming next by signing up for my newsletter at www.cherylwyatt.com. Thanks to Denise Hunter and Colleen Coble for recommending me for this project. I'm grateful for your belief ...

  • How to Make a Wedding: Twelve Love Stories
    By Becky Wade, Cindy Kirk, Melissa McClone

    Thanks to Denise Hunter and Colleen Coble for recommending me for this project. I'm grateful for your belief in me. Thanks Joel Kneedler and John Perrodin at Alive Communications for contracts and career guidance.

  • Proverbs
    By Ryan O'Dowd

    ... 299, 307, 309, 318, 319, 322, 322, 354, 355, 364, 366, 374,375, 377, 378, 389 Hill, Wesley, 369, 370 Honeycutt, Emily, 11 Jeeves, Malcolm A., 92 Johnson, Dru, 170 Johnson, Julie, 426 Johnson, Karl, 11 Johnson, Mark, 190 Kass, Leon, ...

  • Colossians and Philemon
    By David W. Pao

    Thus Winter, “Paul's Letter to Philemon,” 9; Pearson, “Assumptions in the Criticism and Translation of Philemon,” 276–77; Ryan, “Philemon,” 236; Wilson, Colossians and ... Wright, Colossians and Philemon, 184. In Attic legal texts, ...

  • When Making Others Happy Is Making You Miserable: How to Break the Pattern of People Pleasing and Confidently Live Your...
    By Karen Ehman

    Learn to say no; it will be of more use to you than to be able to read Latin. —CHARLES HADDON SPURGEON “But let your 'yes' mean 'yes,' and your 'no' mean 'no.'Anything more than this is from the evil one.” —MATTHEW 5:37 CSB ...

  • Aspire Higher
    By Avery Johnson, Roy S. Johnson

    Avery Johnson is a teacher, a leader, sometimes even a preacher, but most of all, he is a motivator; driving his team to new heights.

  • Brief Insights on Mastering Bible Study: 80 Expert Insights, Explained in a Single Minute
    By Michael S. Heiser

    Now you can. In Brief Insights on Mastering Bible Study, biblical scholar Michael S. Heiser is the guide by your side, providing easy-to-read lessons and truisms for grasping God's Word. Adept Bible study isn't about a checklist of tasks.

  • Brief Insights on Mastering Bible Doctrine: 80 Expert Insights on the Bible, Explained in a Single Minute
    By Michael S. Heiser

    This book is your guide to quickly deciphering key doctrines, providing expert observations so that you can comprehend more of Scripture than you ever have before. There's a lot to think about in the Bible.

  • Brief Insights on Mastering the Bible: 80 Expert Insights on the Bible, Explained in a Single Minute
    By Michael S. Heiser

    Brief Insights on Mastering the Bible presents readers with a straightforward but audacious proposition: Grasping these insights will mean comprehending Scripture more clearly than you ever have before.

  • Seeing Red, Feeling Blue, Or in the Pink: Understand Yourself Better Through a Colorful Analysis of Your Emotions
    By Tonya Pantle, Mark Pantle

    5Mary Jane Worden , NIV Women's Devotional Bible ( Grand Rapids : Zondervan , 1990 ) , 794 . 6Charles H. Spurgeon , The Treasury of Spurgeon ( Grand Rapids : Baker , 1967 ) , 45 . 7Dorothy Sayers , Creed or Chaos ?

  • Mourning Into Dancing
    By Walter Wangerin Jr.

    I had to crane my head upward, since I was sitting beside Thanne's shoulders, holding her weight when she crunched to push with the mighty contractions. I looked up at a mirror affixed above the doctor.

  • Jesus
    By Walter Wangerin

    She saw heads crane upward, and the stretcher coming down on ropes, and Jesus in the open space alone, a perfectly happy grin on his face. Hoo-hoo! Look how the widow has caused her son to grin! “Take heart, my son,” said Jesus to the ...