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Comentario Bíblico con Aplicación NVI: Hechos: del texto bíblico a una aplicación contemporánea

Comentario Bíblico con Aplicación NVI: Hechos: del texto bíblico a una aplicación contemporánea

by Ajith Fernando

La mayoría de los comentarios bíblicos nos llevan en un viaje de una sola vía de nuestro mundo al mundo bíblico. Pero nos dejan ahí, asumiendo que de alguna manera nosotros podremos hacer el viaje de regreso por nuestros propios medios. En otras palabras, se enfocan en el significado original del pasaje pero no discuten las aplicaciones contemporáneas.… Read more…

Preaching the Word - Deuteronomy

Preaching the Word - Deuteronomy

by Ajith Fernando

The book of Deuteronomy is a call to obedience—the proper response to God’s faithfulness and love. Consisting primarily of speeches that Moses gave to the Israelites shortly before they entered the Promised Land, Moses’ words proclaimed God’s covenant faithfulness in hopes of motivating the Israelites to obey God despite the coming temptation to conf… Read more…

Acts: NIV Application Commentary (NIVAC)

Acts: NIV Application Commentary (NIVAC)

by Ajith Fernando

The early church was incredibly active in its mission to bring God’s word to the world. What started as a small, Jewish cultic movement erupted into a dominant world religion—and all because of God’s absolute love for His people. Acts is a prime example of what active faith looks like, and guards against the incorrect tendency of relying on knowledge f… Read more…

Family Life of a Christian Leader

Family Life of a Christian Leader

by Ajith Fernando

Anyone involved in Christian ministry knows how challenging it is to balance ministry and family responsibilities. Many demands pull leaders in different directions—making it easy to neglect one or the other, often without even realizing it. Writing from decades of counseling and personal ministry experience, Ajith Fernando points Chris… Read more…

Heaven

Heaven

by Ajith Fernando, Andreas J. Köstenberger, Raymond C. OrtlundJr., Gerald Bray, Christopher W. Morgan, Robert A. Peterson, Jonathan Pennington, Stephen J. Wellum, Jon Laansma, Stephen Noll, David B. Calhoun, Andreas J. Köstenberger and Ray Ortlund

Our culture has a lot to say about heaven. But too much of it is based more on imaginative speculation or "supernatural" experiences than on the Bible itself. In the latest addition to the Theology in Community series, Christopher Morgan and Robert Peterson have assembled an interdisciplinary team of evangelical scholars to explore t… Read more…

Problems of Christian Leadership

Problems of Christian Leadership

by Ajith Fernando and John Stott

Christian leaders face challenges. But God works with us and through us to accomplish his purposes. Available here for the first time in English is John Stott's practical wisdom for younger leaders. Speaking personally from his own experience, Stott addresses issues of discouragement, self-discipline, relationships and youth. Also includes reflections on… Read more…

Reclaiming Love: Radical Relationships in a Complex World

Reclaiming Love: Radical Relationships in a Complex World

by Ajith Fernando

In 1 Corinthians 13, Paul places love at the very center of what it means to embrace life in Christ. All other spiritual gifts are worth nothing in comparison. But the love explained in those verses is nothing short of radical.  Fernando’s pastoral work—in the midst of the cultural and ethnic tensions of Sri Lanka—often brought up a very real and … Read more…

The Bible Study Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to an Essential Practice

The Bible Study Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to an Essential Practice

by Ajith Fernando and Lindsay Olesberg

There are Bibles literally all over the place. You can find them in the drawer of the end table in your hotel room, under the pews at your local church, on the shelves of your local library or bookstore, posted in full and in multiple versions on any number of websites. You can find them in every corner of the earth, even (if you look carefully enough) in pl… Read more…

Jesus Driven Ministry

Jesus Driven Ministry

by Ajith Fernando

Author Ajith Fernando believes that much ministry failure results from neglect of the basics of the faith. Too often today's church is riveted on ministry technique to the neglect of leadership lifestyle. In this book, Fernando identifies the foundational elements that allow you to be both effective and joyful in y… Read more…

Call to Joy and Pain: Embracing Suffering in Your Ministry

Call to Joy and Pain: Embracing Suffering in Your Ministry

by Ajith Fernando

2008 Christianity Today Book Award Winner Joy and pain are both aspects of the call of God for the Christian. The Bible even presents pain as a trigger for joy. The Call to Joy and Pain explores how this is so, showing the connection between rejoicing and suffering, how suffering draws us nearer… Read more…