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Keeping the end in mind shapes how we live our lives in the here and now. Living life backward means taking the one thing in our future that is certain—death—and letting that inform our journey before we get there. Looking to the book of Ecclesiastes for wisdom, Living Life Backward was written to shake up our expectations and priorities for what it means to live "the good life."

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Have you ever wondered what God truly expects of women? Is there really a prescription for biblical womanhood? Does the Bible's idea of womanhood have a place in modern Christianity? New York Times bestselling author Rachel Held Evans embarks on a year-long study of...

Travel the Shepherd's path to the green pastures and cool, refreshing waters of Psalm 23. As a shepherd himself, W. Phillip Keller shares his insights into the life and character of sheep--and of the Good Shepherd who loves and cares for them. A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23 will give new meaning...

Spurgeon & the Psalms will guide you into reading and meditating on God's Word with the insight of “the prince of preachers.” This devotional psalter features a brief extract from Charles Spurgeon's beloved The Treasury of David leading into each of the 150 chapters of Psalms. In this...

Find hope from God to get you through when life is messy…really messy. Does it ever feel like life is out of control? Could you use the reminder that God is in control? You might remember the Old Testament story. He was tossed in a pit, wrongfully imprisoned, forgotten, and dismissed. But...

Das Buch Rut oder Ruth ist ein Buch des Tanach. Wie kein anderes biblisches Buch thematisiert es die soziale Realität für Frauen in der patriarchalen Gesellschaft des antiken Israel. Namensgebende Hauptperson ist eine Moabiterin.

An indispensable guide for exploring the literary, historical, and theological issues behind the Old Testament. The purpose of studying the Old Testament is to understand God and his redemptive work more fully. However, this goal is complicated by the fact that it was transmitted through a very...

These audio lectures are a unique learning experience. Unlike a traditional audiobook's direct narration of a book's text, Exodus: Audio Lectures includes high quality live-recordings of college-level lectures that cover the important points from each subject as well as relevant material from...

Read by the author. Prayer is the lifeblood of the Christian faith--but many followers of Jesus still struggle to make prayer part of their daily lives. In Pray First, bestselling author and pastor Chris Hodges shows us how to make prayer a first response instead of a last resort. Why is it that...

"The school of life is preparation for eternity with God." No God, no passing grades! And the best students in this particular school are the ones who know that the bell signaling the end of the last class may ring when least expected. With creative word pictures like this, and the spiritual...

Renowned critic and translator Robert Alter’s The Art of Biblical Narrative has radically expanded our view of the Bible by recasting it as a work of literary art deserving studied criticism. In this seminal work, Alter describes how the Hebrew Bible’s many authors used innovative literary styles and devices such as parallelism, contrastive dialogue, and narrative tempo to tell one of the most revolutionary stories of all time: the revelation of a single God. In so doing, Alter shows, these writers reshaped not only history, but also the art of storytelling itself.

Vervang nachtelijk piekeren door diepe ontspanning met kalmerende christelijke slaapmeditaties tegen angst en onrust. Wanneer je na een lange dag in bed ligt en je gedachten blijven malen, biedt deze rustgevende luisterervaring een veilige haven. Zonder theologische zwaarte word je zachtjes...

当白日的喧嚣化作深夜里难以平息的焦虑，这十段舒缓的夜间默想将成为你卸下疲惫、缓解内耗的灵魂栖息地。面对失眠的挣扎与脑海中翻涌的忧虑，无需刻意压抑或伪装坚强，在这处专为睡前聆听打造的静谧空间里，你将被...

Encontre alívio para a ansiedade e a insônia com meditações guiadas que transformam o caos mental em paz espiritual. Quando a mente superestimulada não consegue desligar, este devocional noturno oferece um santuário de quietude perfeito para a sua rotina de sono. Deixe o peso das...

Abbandona l'ansia notturna e placa i pensieri intrusivi con meditazioni spirituali guidate per un sonno ristoratore. Quando la giornata finisce e il buio amplifica lo stress, questa esperienza intima e rassicurante ti accompagna dolcemente dal rumore del mondo al silenzio interiore. Lascia...

Das Buch erzählt die Geschichte vom betagten König David und seinem Sohn Salomo, der ihm auf den Thron Israels folgt, als weiser Richter „salomonische Urteile" fällt, dem Reich Wohlergehen und eine lange, 40-jährige Friedenszeit beschert (Salomo von hebräisch schalom) und für Israel den ersten Tempel auf dem Berg Moria in Jerusalem bauen lässt. Nach dem Tode Salomos zerfällt das seit David bestehende Reich in ein Nordreich (Israel) und ein Südreich (Juda).

Das 2. Buch Samuel ist der zweite Teil des Buches Samuel im Tanach. Es wird seit dem Mittelalter in 24 Kapitel unterteilt. Hauptfigur dieses Buches ist vielmehr David. Das Buch weist viele Parallelen zum 1. Buch der Chronik auf. Im Gegensatz zu diesem ist es aber merklich kritischer und legt den Schwerpunkt mehr auf die politischen Ereignisse als auf den Kultus.

The rarely heard inspirational stories of the Apocrypha brought to life in this unique audiobook. In Biblical terms, ‘Apocrypha’ is a much-misunderstood term - and the title belies the immense significance of the 14 books to which it refers, all of which were originally published in the 1611 King James Bible but removed in 1885. Most of those books have always been in the Roman Catholic, Greek and other Orthodox Bibles and therefore are accepted as true Scripture by the majority of Christians. 

Your greatest regret at the end of your life will be the lions you didn't chase. You will look back longingly on risks not taken, opportunities not seized, and dreams not pursued. Stop running away from what scares you most and start chasing the God-ordained opportunities that cross your path.

In our modern age the biblical Genesis flood account has been probed and analyzed for answers to scientific, apologetic, and historical questions. It is a text that has called forth flood geology, fueled searches for remnants of the ark on Mount Ararat, and inspired a full-size replica of Noah's ark in a biblical theme park. Some claim that the very veracity of Scripture hinges on a particular reading of the flood narrative. But do we understand what we are reading? Longman and Walton urge us to ask, what might the biblical author have been saying to his ancient audience?