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How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth: Audio Lectures
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How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth: Audio Lectures

by Gordon D. Fee, Douglas Stuart, Mark L. Strauss, Mark Strauss and Gordon Fee

Narrated by Douglas Stuart, Mark Strauss and Gordon Fee

The Zondervan Biblical and Theological Lectures series provides a unique audio learning experience. Unlike a traditional audiobook's direct narration of a book's text, How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth: Audio Lectures includes high-quality live recordings of college-level lectures that cover the important points from each subject as w… Read more…

Introducing Jesus

Introducing Jesus

by Mark L. Strauss

To Christians worldwide, the man Jesus of Nazareth is the centerpiece of history, the object of faith, hope, and worship. Even those who do not follow him admit the vast influence of his life. For anyone interested in knowing more about Jesus, study of the four biblical Gospels is essential.An abridged edition of the bestselling textbook Four Portraits, One … Read more…

Biblical Greek Companion for Bible Software Users: Grammatical Terms Explained for Exegesis

Biblical Greek Companion for Bible Software Users: Grammatical Terms Explained for Exegesis

by Mark L. Strauss

Provides students with simple and clear explanations of the grammatical terms they're likely to encounter in their Bible software of choice. While Bible language and exegetical programs provide users with lots of useful information, most of them unfortunately don't explain the basic meaning of the grammatical terminology or why that information is si… Read more…

Four Portraits, One Jesus: Audio Lectures: A Survey of Jesus and the Gospels
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Four Portraits, One Jesus: Audio Lectures: A Survey of Jesus and the Gospels

by Mark L. Strauss and Mark Strauss

Narrated by Mark Strauss

The Zondervan Biblical and Theological Lectures series provides a unique audio learning experience. Unlike a traditional audiobook's direct narration of a book's text, Four Portraits, One Jesus: Audio Lectures includes high quality live-recordings of college-level lectures that cover the important points from each subject as well as relevant material… Read more…

Jesus Behaving Badly: The Puzzling Paradoxes of the Man from Galilee
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Jesus Behaving Badly: The Puzzling Paradoxes of the Man from Galilee

by Mark L. Strauss

Narrated by Strauss, Mark L.

Everybody likes Jesus. Don't they? We overlook that Jesus wasJudgmental?preaching hellfire far more than the apostle PaulUncompromising?telling people to hate their familiesChauvinistic?excluding women from leadershipRacist?insulting people from other ethnic groupsAnti-environmental?cursing a fig tree and affirming animal sacrificeAngry?overturning table… Read more…

Jesus Behaving Badly: The Puzzling Paradoxes of the Man from Galilee

Jesus Behaving Badly: The Puzzling Paradoxes of the Man from Galilee

by Mark L. Strauss

Everybody likes Jesus. Don't they? We overlook that Jesus wasJudgmental—preaching hellfire far more than the apostle PaulUncompromising—telling people to hate their familiesChauvinistic—excluding women from leadershipRacist—insulting people from other ethnic groupsAnti-environmental—cursing a fig tree and affirming animal sacrificeAngry—overt… Read more…

Four Portraits, One Jesus Workbook: Guided Reading Projects and Exercises in the Gospels

Four Portraits, One Jesus Workbook: Guided Reading Projects and Exercises in the Gospels

by Mark L. Strauss

This workbook accompanies Mark L. Strauss’s Four Portraits, One Jesus. Following the textbook’s structure, it offers readings from the Gospels, activities, and exercises designed to support the students’ learning experience and enhance their comprehension of what can be known from the Gospels about the central defining subject of Christiani… Read more…

How to Read the Bible in Changing Times

How to Read the Bible in Changing Times

by Mark L. Strauss

How do we read God's unchanging Word in a world that is always changing? How can words written thousands of years ago in different times and cultures apply to us today? Why do Christians obey certain commands in the Bible and ignore others? Some say commands to greet one another with a kiss or not to eat pork are merely "cultural" but … Read more…

How to Choose a Translation for All Its Worth: A Guide to Understanding and Using Bible Versions
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How to Choose a Translation for All Its Worth: A Guide to Understanding and Using Bible Versions

by Gordon D. Fee, Mark L. Strauss and Don Reed

Narrated by Don Reed

With so many Bible translations available today, how can you find those that will be most useful to you? What is the difference between a translation that calls itself “literal” and one that is more “meaning-based”? And what difference does it make for you as a reader of God’s Word?How to Choose a Translation for All Its Worth brings clarity and in… Read more…

How to Choose a Translation for All Its Worth: A Guide to Understanding and Using Bible Versions

How to Choose a Translation for All Its Worth: A Guide to Understanding and Using Bible Versions

by Gordon D. Fee and Mark L. Strauss

With so many Bible translations available today, how can you find those that will be most useful to you? What is the difference between a translation that calls itself “literal” and one that is more “meaning-based”? And what difference does it make for you as a reader of God’s Word? How to Choose a Translation for All Its Worth brings clarity and i… Read more…

Challenge of Bible Translation: Communicating God's Word to the World

Challenge of Bible Translation: Communicating God's Word to the World

by Glen G. Scorgie, Mark L. Strauss, Zondervan and Steven M. Voth

An In-Depth Look at Bible Translation ·The concerns, issues, and approaches ·The history ·The ins and outs of the translation task With a reach that covers the entire globe, the Bible is the best-selling, most earnestly studied book of all time. It has been translated into well over 1,000 languages, from those of global reach such as Eng… Read more…


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