A leading New Testament scholar provides an easy-to-navigate resource for studying and understanding the Gospels. Written with classroom utility and pastoral application in mind, this accessibly written volume summarizes the content of each major section of the biblical text to help students, pastors, and laypeople quickly grasp the sense of particular passages. The series, modeled after Baker Academic's successful Old Testament Handbook series, focuses primarily on the content of the bibl...

Many people think eschatology refers to events occurring at the end of history. In this book, two scholars with expertise in biblical eschatology argue that God's kingdom breaking into this world through Jesus Christ has inaugurated a new creation, a reality that should shape pastoral leadership and be reflected in the life and ministry of the church. Brief and accessibly written, this book articulates the practical implications of G. K. Beale's New Testament Biblical Theology and...

Many Christians think of the doctrine of creation primarily as relating to the world's origins. In The Beginning and End of All Things, Edward W. Klink III presents a more holistic understanding of creation—a story that is unfolded throughout all of Scripture and is at the core of the gospel itself.From beginning to end, the theme of creation and new creation not only directs the movement of the entire biblical story but also unifies its message. Klink exp...

An Introduction to the Dominant Biblical-Theological Themes of the Gospel of LukeThe Gospel of Luke is a wonderfully detailed account of the ministry and miracles of Jesus Christ. What many readers don’t realize is that Luke, who was likely a Gentile, wrote his Gospel with a thorough knowledge of the Old Testament―pointing to Jesus’s life, ministry, and death as the culmination of Old Testament expectations and prophecy.In this addition to the New Testament...

In a world full of suffering and death, humans long for abundant life. Christians understand that in Christ God saves us from sin. But salvation must also include much more: being rescued from death, physical resurrection, and newlife in the new creation.In this ESBT volume, Jeff Brannon explores how the hope of life after death is woven throughout Scripture—even in unexpected places. In the biblical narrative, the themes of life, death, and r...

Leading biblical scholar Thomas Schreiner provides an easy-to-navigate resource for studying and understanding the Acts of the Apostles and the Pauline Letters. This accessibly written volume summarizes the content of each major section of the biblical text to help readers quickly grasp the sense of particular passages.This is the first volume in the Handbooks on the New Testament series, which is modeled after Baker Academic's successful Old Testament handbook series. Series volum...

The companion resource to the bestselling ***Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old TestamentSouthwestern Journal of Theology*** 2023 Book of the YearWith the torrent of publications on the use of the Old Testament in the New Testament, it's time for a dictionary dedicated to this incredibly rich yet diverse field. In this volume, leading evangelical biblical scholars explore and explain the many facets of how the New Testament writ...

Word Guild Award Winner—Biblical StudiesThe biblical story begins and ends with God as king. Human beings rebel, however, rather than fulfilling their royal calling to rule creation on behalf of their Sovereign—and the world became enslaved to the rule of a dark, serpentine lord.In this volume of IVP Academic's Essential Studies in Biblical Theology, Stephen Dempster traces the themes of kingship and kingdom throughout Scripture, illuminati...

Christian Book Award® Winner; Biblical Foundations Book Awards FinalistThe New Testament in Light of the Bible's Grand StorylineIn The Story Retold, G. K. Beale and Benjamin L. Gladd explore the New Testament in light of the broad history of redemption, emphasizing the biblical-theological themes of each New Testament book. Their distinctive approach helps listeners make sense of the New Testament in light of the Old Testament....

Few parts of the OT are more challenging to read than the prophets. Not only are so-called messianic passages relatively rare, but apart from Jonah, these books seem to present a message that is particularly negative, if not xenophobic, when it comes to the 'nations.'Daniel Timmer contends that this impression is not only mistaken, but diametrically opposed to the books' message. Following the direction established by God's foundational promise to Abram in Genesis 12, Timmer examin...

"Give thanks to YHWH, for he is good, for his covenant faithfulness endures for ever" (Ps 136:1).There are now numerous models that seek to explain how the biblical covenants relate to one another. In an attempt to evaluatethese models, James Hely Hutchinson mines the rich seams of the book of Psalms in this New Studies in Biblical Theology volume.After covering the key data on covenant relationships in Books 1–3 of the psalter, Hutchinson considers the per...

Developed by leading biblical theology scholars, G.K. Beale and Benjamin Gladd, the CSB Connecting Scripture New Testament helps readers connect the New Testament to the grand narrative and overarching redemption story of the Bible. This unique and accessible study resource includes a robust cross-reference system that highlights Old Testament quotations, allusions, and parallels within the New Testament and promotes the underlying unity of Scripture. Book introductions, study not...