Christian Biblical Reference Books

Many Christians find the virgin birth a difficult doctrine and are not sure how to handle it. This book examines why that is by addressing the whol...

In his first sermon in his series on the opening chapters of the Gospel of John, begun in October 1962, Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones made the arresting r...

Bound for Exile by Mordechai Cogan, the newly translated companion volume of The Raging Torrent, presents a collection of Assyrian and Babylonian c...

What would Jesus have witnessed, experienced, and felt as a boy growing up in first-century Galilee? Jesus lived at a time of deep social disturba...

Throughout history, we have exalted and theologised about men like Moses or Paul for so long that we have become oblivious to the fact that they ar...

All too often, we attempt to reduce the gospel narrative to a set of theological propositions. However, our faith is not rooted in the abstract rea...

Bible doctrine gets a bad rap. It's anything but boring. The Bible is to doctrine what a recipe is to the delicious results. What satisfies is the ...

The Bible was written for us - but not to us. We're not part of the ancient world that informed its writers. We're strangers to their ideas, experi...

Traditional evangelical theology, with its emphasis on individual responsibility and the independence of faith communities, has often failed to off...

Truth matters. The apostle Paul's passion for truth runs throughout his Pastoral Letters - that it may be faithfully guarded and handed on. John St...

The letters of 2 Peter and Jude form a robust pair, with their distinctive overlap in theme and wording. These letters are sometimes overlooked, ye...

John Stott writes, 'During the gestation of this book I seem to have lived inside the second letter of Paul to Timothy. In imagination I have sat d...

A new and better society has been the constant dream of men and women. Responding to this dream, John Stott has been attracted back again and again...

The Book of Esther is one of two books of the Bible to be set entirely outside of the Promised Land, and the only book which does not mention God a...

The Book of Ezra recounts the return of the Judeans to Israel after the Babylonian exile, and the rebuilding of the Temple. The Book of Haggai spea...

To enclaves of young converts tucked away in the mountains of Asia Minor, Paul wrote what is perhaps the oldest document in the New Testament - the...

In the Book of Job we meet a man who is afflicted physically and emotionally. We encounter friends who do their best, but make things worse. We are...

In a climate of disunity and doctrinal deviation, the apostle John called his first readers to live in the love and truth of God. David Jackman has...

The Book of Nehemiah offers a first-hand telling of how ancient Jerusalem's walls were rebuilt in the face of great odds after the Babylonian exile...

This is the first volume of a practical and readable introduction to the Psalms which effectively unfolds the text and meaning as songs for the peo...

This is the second volume of a practical and readable introduction to the Psalms which effectively unfolds the text and meaning as songs for the pe...

The book of Ruth is a tale of charm and delight. Goethe called it the 'loveliest complete work on a small scale, handed down to us as an ethical tr...

God made us to rule with him as his representatives, to establish his kingdom on earth. But Adam and Eve's rebellion alienated humanity from God's ...

How do two brief letters to a church in first-century Macedonia speak to us today? John Stott demonstrates that Paul's letters to the Christians in...

Building for God's Glory: Times were tough for the first recipients of the prophecies of Haggai and Zechariah. They needed to be encouraged to resu...

The well-being of those who are financially secure depends on the well-being of those who are not, those who fall into the working poor, or Asset-L...

In his vast treasury of writings, Abraham Kuyper addressed nearly every sphere of society, including politics, science, and the arts. But his views...

The outstanding preaching ministry of Thomas Manton was exercised first at Stoke Newington from 1644, then from 1656 in one of the leading Puritan ...

Hostile encounters between Jesus and Jewish leaders are found throughout the Gospel of Matthew. Yet these encounters are rarely explored holistical...

In this in-depth study of the legacy of Byang Kato, Dr. Foday-Khabenje traces his extraordinary life from a boyhood immersed in African traditional...

The development of Christianity during the Byzantine period changed the religious map of Europe in a way that still resonates today. This brief int...

Is it really possible to accept Jesus' invitation and become a friend of God? To know God is one of humanity's deepest desires - but how can it hap...

Christians in the modern West hear a lot about—and talk a lot about—“freedom.” The word has taken on so many meanings that Christians often fail to...

No other Christian teachings in the past five hundred years have affected our Western culture as deeply as the worldview of John Calvin. It extends...

The church today is built on the Reformation's linguistic heritage yet is in danger of losing that strong foundation. Many seminaries no longer req...

This volume examines Calvin's thought and impact on political ideas. Not only does it set forth the Reformer's political ideas in his own words fro...

This enlarged and revised edition of a much-acclaimed, full-length study (1971) of Calvin's New Testament commentaries expounds upon Calvin's princ...