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Journeying with Luke is the first of four volumes that offer brief and accessible guides to the Gospels for learning and reflection. Following the Revised Common Lectionary, each chapter corresponds to a season of the liturgical year and the Gospel passages read during that season. The reader will find an introduction to the biblical text that looks at historical and literary themes; imaginative new ways to encounter the text in preaching and study, including poetry; and reflections on the text's meaning for contemporary Christian life. Each chapter ends with an action item,...

Journeying with

John offers a brief and accessible

guide to the Gospel of John for

learning and reflection. Following the

Revised Common Lectionary, each

chapter corresponds to a season of

the liturgical year and the Gospel

passages read during that season. The

reader will find an introduction to the

biblical text that looks at historical and

literary themes; imaginative new ways

to encounter John in preaching and

study, including poetry; and reflections

on the text's meaning for contemporary

Christian life. Each chapter ends...

Journeying with Matthew

offers a brief and accessible guide to

the Gospel of Matthew. Like the

previous volumes in this series,

Journeying with Matthew

follows the Revised Common

Lectionary. Each chapter corresponds

to a season of the liturgical year and

the Gospel passages read during that

season. Inside readers will find an

introduction to the biblical text that

looks at historical and literary themes;

imaginative new ways to encounter

Matthew in preaching and study,

including poetry; and reflections on the

text's...

Jaime Clark-Soles takes readers on a dynamic journey deep into the heart of John in this lively reading of the Fourth Gospel. This book is not simply a commentary but a spiritual companion to be read alongside the Bible. Clark-Soles provides important historical and literary insights while illuminating the dramatic characters in John and emphasizing the Gospel's unique themes and symbols. Her engaging writing style will generate enthusiasm and investment in John's message. Readers will also appreciate the addition of prayers as well as questions for individual study and/or group...

If you desire attention, adrenaline, or the adoration of the world; if you are embarrassed by your coat, or if you are tempted to leave it hanging in the back of your wardrobe closet behind your more contemporary outfits, then attune your ear to our Father, Who quietly encourages you: "Be still, and know that I am God" (D&C 101:16). These essays are intended to make it easier for you to charge your coat with enthusiasm, for the fire of God will be manifest to you by holy angels whose own garments have become pure and clean as the result of their comprehensive understanding of the power of...

Employing social description, social scientific models, and rhetorical analysis, Alicia J. Batten argues that the letter of James is conversant with the topic of friendship within Greek and Roman literature, as well as within various texts of early Christianity. She illustrates how James drew upon some of the language and concepts related to friendship with an intriguing density to advocate resistance to wealth, avoidance of rich patrons, and reliance upon God.

Employing social description, social scientific models, and rhetorical analysis, Alicia J. Batten argues that the letter of James is conversant with the topic of friendship within Greek and Roman literature, as well as within various texts of early Christianity. She illustrates how James drew upon some of the language and concepts related to friendship with an intriguing density to advocate resistance to wealth, avoidance of rich patrons, and reliance upon God.