Criticism Interpretation category: 2013 books

King of Israel? Poor Jesus. Had he remained in Nazareth working in Joseph's carpentry shop, he would have been offered a share of the business. He could have settled down, married a nice Jewish girl and enjoyed a happy home life with his wife and children. He would not have gone to Jerusalem,...

This is a true short story about a concept that the author and her friend believe to be the truth about human creation and the atrocities of this world. It is a shocking concept that must be read with an open mind and the reader needs to let the information sink in to your thoughts for acceptance or denial.

Long overshadowed by Luther and Calvin, Philipp Melanchthon (1497–1560) is one of the most important figures in the Protestant Reformation and had profound effect on Western church history. This book gives the most detailed English-language biographical treatment of Melanchthon to date, moving from...

Meet Jesus Christ in an entirely new way by seeing Him through the eyes of those who actually knew Him. When everyday people are confronted by the most charismatic individual in the history of the world, their reactions vary from doubt to anger to instant commitment; but one and all their lives are...

Paphos Publishers offers a wide catalog of rare classic titles, published for a new generation.  The Bible in Five Years is a Bible study guide.

"Superficial views of the work of Christ produce superficial human lives." Martyn Lloyd-Jones Ever since his first sermon in 1925, Martyn Lloyd-Jones consistently emphasized the significance of Christ's sacrifice for our sake. This new collection of sermons reveals this theme...

Testifying about and sharing the Word effectively is one of the most important skills for any believer. How does a person witness in a way that is both persuasive and a blessing to Almighty Yahweh? What are some of the methods of effective witnessing?...

Un éclairage didactique sur les principales questions que nous pouvons nous poser à propos du premier des quatre évangiles canoniques que contient le Nouveau Testament. Traduit par M. l'abbé POGNON Augustin d’Hippone, ou Saint Augustin, est né dans le municipe de Thagaste le 13...

Our Bible is a translation from Hebrew and Greek manuscripts. Out of both superstition and misguided reverence, the Name of the Father, Yahweh, was hidden in subsequent translations. The title “Elohim” and its shorter forms “El” and “Eloah” are Biblical Hebrew terms meaning Mighty One(s), and from these terms translators concocted the English title “God...”

Although the demographics of World Christianity demonstrate a population shift to the Global South, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa, the preponderance of biblical scholarship continues to be dominated by Western scholars in pursuit of their contextual questions that are influenced by an Enlightenment-oriented...

While, in the pages that follow, controversy has been so far as possible (consistently with the object of presenting what I believe to be the truth as to Baptism) sedulously avoided, yet it is hoped a careful perusal may prove helpful even to those who have been troubled by conflicting views. The...

Renowned biblical sleuth and scholar Richard Elliot Friedman reveals the first work of prose literature in the world-a 3000-year-old epic hidden within the books of the Hebrew Bible. Written by a single, masterful author but obscured by ancient editors and lost for millennia, this brilliant epic of...

IS CHRISTIAN UNITY POSSIBLE? Is it possible that most Christians could agree on doctrines such as: Eternal Security, Infant Baptism, Original Sin, Women as Elders, Free Will, Predestination, Homosexuality, Who Has the Keys to the Kingdom?, Penance, The Deity of Christ, Filioque, Why...

The central thesis underlying this study of Genesis is that the God who is revealed as a character in Genesis is always a savior. In Genesis, David Cotter, OSB, helps readers discern a structure in the book whereby the least and the weakest are the object of God's saving help. Genesis begins...