Kategoria BISAC: Religion >> Biblical Commentary - Old Testament - General

The book of Joel is about a locust invasion. It begins with the plague of locusts, and moves to the call for repentance. This small book of three chapters covers some of the most profound questions mankind has asked throughout history. The book of Obadiah is the shortest book in the bible and is about a feud between two brothers that spans hundreds of years. The author is anonymous. God said every generation needs to read this and adjust their life to be saved.

When Israel was at the pinnacle of her national power a lone prophet had come to town with a new message. Amos's first two sermons ingratiated him to the rich elite socialites of Jerusalem. Everything was going well. Then, his third sermon exploded their carefully constructed lives. Amos predicted coming judgment. From the moment he spoke these words, Israel began to spiral downward.

Do Muslims and Christians truly share Abraham? Is Abraham a starting point for dialogue among monotheistic faith
communities? These questions have seldom been examined as thoroughly or as sensitively as they are here. Bristow rigorously analyzes biblical and qur'anic Abraham narratives and builds on the tight connection between narrative and worldview to lay the foundation for a careful and illuminating theological comparison between two portraits of Abraham and the two faith tradition in which they are embedded. In the course of building his argument, Bristow introduces an original...

The book of Ezekiel conveys God’s jealous anger over Israel’s idolatry, His righteous judgments to purify her of spiritual harlotry, and His future intentions of restoring the Jewish nation to Himself and fulfilling all His covenants to her. Ezekiel contrasts God’s loyalty with Israel’s infidelity as an adulterous wife. God has not abandoned His covenant people of old; He has an agenda for restoring them to a position of honor and blessing. Ezekiel’s prophecies pertaining to the Kingdom Age: the splendor of Jerusalem with its glorious temple, the esteem of the...