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The NIV is the world's best-selling modern translation, with over 150 million copies in print since its first full publication in 1978. This highly accurate and smooth-reading version of the Bible in modern English has the largest library of printed and electronic support material of any modern translation.

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.

In this book, a socio rhetorical analysis blending literary with social sciences approaches provides the exegetical leverage to explore Matthew’s use of the Lord’s Prayer in shaping the identity of his community in the antiquity. The book lays down a foundation for drawing insights from the Lord’s Prayer concerning Christian norms, values, and traditions that are pertinent to pastors, students, researchers, and lecturers who are interested in exploring matters of identity in their communities, institutions, and society at large.

Each year we begin anew the journey to the radiant feast of Pascha, entering the season of repentance known as Great Lent. The homilies presented in this modest volume, from one of the spiritual giants of the Orthodox Church of Russia, can both encourage and inform us in this struggle of the Fast. For the first time a selection of St John's Lenten sermons is presented in English translation. They follow the thematic structure of the Lenten season in the Orthodox Church, from the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee through to Great and Holy Friday. A sermon for St Thomas Sunday, that follows Holy Pascha, is offered as an Epilogue.

A devotional and liturgical resource of great beauty and depth, for daily use in public worship and private prayer.

Literary Studies in Luke-Acts is a collection of essays by a group of distinguished biblical scholars who use literary-ciritcal analyses in the study of Luke-Acts. The variety of literary-critical approaches to Luke-Acts, as compiled uniquely in this volume, provides a needed resource by presenting methodological options for approaching biblical narrative texts with literary questions and considerations. Contributors include: Arthur Bellinzoni, C. Clifton Black, Darrell L. Bock, John A. Darr, William Farmer, Mikeal Parsons, Vernon Robbins, Jack Sanders, Charles Talbert, Robert Tannehill, and Victor Paul Furnish.

Yes, even YOU can memorize Scripture if you really want to. If you are like most Christians, you don't think this is possible. HOWEVER, you can do it IF you have: 1) The willingness to learn, and 2) The proper tool. This book will provide the tool for you. All you need is the desire to get started. By following this easy plan, you will find that Scripture memory is also fun. This book addresses and answers the four main objections why you might think you cannot memorize Scripture: 1) Why should I memorize Scripture? 2) What good does it do? 3) It is too hard? 4) I don't have the time. Not only can you memorize Scripture, but you will actually enjoy it as you challenge yourself (and your friends) to grow in the knowledge of His Word. This book will help EVERY CHRISTIAN, to memorize 12 verses per year, or 52 verses per year, or more. Jesus told us that "out of a man's heart flows his thoughts, words and actions." If people learn the meaning of each word, like Mark 12:29-30, loving God with all of their heart, soul, mind and strength, the new memory grows very large in their brains and that new memory affects how they think, speak and behave. Bob Marette's book, "SCRIPTURAL CALENDAR: A Daily Guide To Help You Hide God's Word In Your Heart", is a surefire way to take a few minutes each day to commit God's Word to your memory and reshape your life! Gary Smalley Conference Speaker, Author of "Change Your Heart, Change Your Life

Volume 2 includes a detailed chronology of the events in Emerson's life during the months between July 1829 and October 1830. Explanatory footnotes, textual endnotes, and a comprehensive index further add to this significant contribution to our understanding of one of America's foremost thinkers.