Christian Biblical Reference Books

With 59 commands in 108 verses, the epistle of James contains an obvious zeal for law. James, in his imperatives, directs us to the royal law, the ...

The man Job both prefigures Christ and illustrates our deep need of him. In this redemptive-historical commentary, Douglas O'Donnell applies the te...

John’s Gospel distinguishes itself among the four Gospels by its thorough discussions of single topics and by embedding its teaching material in co...

Jonah wrestled against God’s gospel message for pagan unbelievers; Micah was brokenhearted and fervent in his desire for Jerusalem to repent. Toget...

Luke provides an orderly account of the life of Jesus that helps people understand that his death and resurrection are good news. This redemptive-h...

While paying careful attention to a commentary’s traditional interest in the structure, backgrounds, and grammar of the text, Doriani also supplies...

The truth behind the phrase “for me to live is Christ” transforms our responses to present imperfections and future hope. Johnson’s commentary—grou...

In the inspired poems of the Psalms, we find the full range of human emotions laid bare before the heart of God. Pastor-theologian Richard D. Phill...

Even by the high standards of the Psalms, the poems contained in Books 3 and 4 (Psalms 73–106) are extraordinary in their insight and inspiration. ...

Drawing from the great doctrinal heritage of the Reformed faith, Dan Doriani brings clarity and unique insight to the many practical lessons on Chr...

The book of Zechariah records the prophetic message of Zechariah to the community that had returned to Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile and was...

William Cunningham was one of the remarkable galaxy of theologians who graced the Faculty of New College, Edinburgh in the early years, where he se...

The global crisis of forced displacement is growing every year. At the same time, Western Christians' sympathy toward refugees is increasingly over...

Popular preacher Anna Carter Florence explores how to read, encounter and interpret Scripture as it was originally intended - by doing so collectiv...

The Bible calls us to live as disciples of Jesus in every area of our lives, including politics. But how do we live as faithful political disciples...

These days many evangelicals are exploring the more sacramental, liturgical, and historically-conscious church traditions, including Roman Catholic...

The problems of morality are complicated by the competing perspectives that religion and philosophy sometimes bring to ethical discussions. Paul Di...

From the Introduction Andrew W. F. Coghill by Rev. George MacAskill: Is ‘The Lord’s Day’ still relevant in the twenty-first century? Everybody know...

The 500th anniversary of the Reformation in 2017 focuses the mind on the history and significance of Protestant forms of Christianity. It also prom...

Leading Bible scholar John Dominic Crossan, the author of the pioneering work The Historical Jesus, provides new insight into the Christian culture...

What is the relationship between divine and human agency in the interpretation of Scripture? Differing schools of thought often fail to address thi...

What Is the RIV? The Renner Interpretive Version of the New Testament is an expanded, interpretive version based on Rick Renner's exposition of th...

Greg Carey, a respected scholar of the New Testament and apocalyptic literature, shows how Revelation can speak meaningfully to today’s readers. He...

Many Old Testament scholars have focused their studies of justice on the eighth-century BC prophets Isaiah, Amos and Micah, giving little or no att...

FIND PEACE FOR YOUR UNSETTLED SOUL Rest for Your Soul meets you in the middle of your overwhelmed life. Join Wendy as she walks you through how to...

The theme of justice pervades the Bible from Genesis to Revelation. And all Christians agree that justice is important. We often disagree, however,...

Traditional views on the atonement tend to be reductive, focusing solely on Jesus's death on the cross. In his 2011 groundbreaking book Atonement a...

A series of expert and yet accessible essays on how the Pentateuch came to be, written by leading scholars worldwide. The Pentateuch constitutes th...

This paradigm-shifting study is the first book-length investigation into the compositional dates of the New Testament to be published in over forty...

Scholars have long attempted to explain how the Pentateuch was put together. According to the predominant theory--the documentary hypothesis--the m...

In The Smart Guide to the Bible, you'll easily discover insights, even in the passages you once thought were hard to understand.

Christianity has rapidly increased across Africa, with much of this expansion taking place in Pentecostal expressions of the faith. With the growth...

Revelation is a book that many Christians find confusing due to the foreign nature of its apocalyptic imagery. It is a book that has prompted endle...

This practical commentary on Revelation is conversant with contemporary scholarship, draws on ancient backgrounds, and attends to the theological n...

The Revelation to John--with its vivid images and portraits of conflict leading up to the marriage supper of the Lamb, the cosmic destruction of ev...

G. K. Beale's monumental New International Greek Testament Commentary volume on Revelation has been highly praised since its publication in 1999. T...

Written in an accessible and anecdotal style, John Riddle helps us to navigate the final book of the Bible, regarded by many as the hardest to unde...

This book was the first of its kind: a socio-rhetorical commentary on the Book of Revelation. Without sacrificing scholarly perspective or academic...