Do you read the Bible and feel like you have a difficult time understanding what it says? Do the Bible's lessons seem too far removed from your everyday life? Few things have proven more effective in expanding our hearts and minds and drawing us closer to God than quiet reflection and the study of God's Word. He gave us this revelation of Himself in sixty-six unique books but often we turn to the more familiar passages and avoid the more difficult or complex ones. The Light To My Path commentaries will open up the whole Bible for you in a way that is understandable, practical and down-to-earth. More than just an academic study aid, the Light to My Path commentaries are devotional guides of God's revelation of Himself in the Bible. Use Light to My Path commentaries in your personal worship, study and devotional time, Questions to consider and points for prayer at the end of each chapter make each book relevant for your life today and are useful discussion starters for group studies. As you ponder the message of each book, you will find your heart and mind drawn toward God in worship.
No less than 21 books of the Bible are letters. Paul wrote 13 of these; John 3; Peter 2; James 1; Jude 1; and Hebrews is anonymous, although often associated with the name of St. Paul. Here is the letter from the heart of Jude, the half brother is Jesus. James and Jude had not been disciples, but were educated by those that followed Moses Law. Jesus later appeared to James after his resurrection. That was when James finally believed this man he had grown up with was really the Son of God. So, then, let's learn more about the brothers of Jesus Christ...and the true meaning of faith.
This volume is dedicated to the study of three late, little-known biblical works that historically have been relegated to the lesser works of the New Testament. Reading 1 Peter, Jude, and 2 Peter underscores the light that these letters shed upon one another and focuses on the snapshots they provide of early Christian communities as they encountered the social and religious environment in which they were situated.Careful reading of 1 Peter reveals the complex world of the post-apostolic period. Jude and 2 Peter provide a sober look at the early community's evolution in doctrinal and moral terms.
This seventh volume in the Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible offers a theological exegesis of 1st and 2nd Timothy, Titus, Philemon, and Jude. This commentary, like each in the series, is designed to serve the church--through aid in preaching, teaching, study groups, and so forth--and demonstrate the continuing intellectual and practical viability of theological interpretation of the Bible.
