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He is risen indeed! Here are the best reasons why it's true!
Culture is doing its best to convince the world there is nothing
special about Jesus. And many Christians never get beyond a Sunday
school understanding of their own faith. As a result,
Christianity's most important historical fact--the resurrection--is
often the most misunderstood, relegated to Easter and funeral
services, creating a powerless Christianity. In Body of Proof,
acclaimed apologist and scholar Dr. Jeremiah Johnston sets out to
show why Jesus' victory over death is central to a believer's
faith. Straightforward, accessible, and practical, this book
examines the latest archaeological and textual findings and
presents seven tangible, fresh reasons to believe Jesus really rose
from the dead--and why it matters today as the foundation of our
hope in the face of suffering and grief. When you fully understand
the implications of the resurrection, you will begin to understand
the power of Christ in you. This changes everything. "A creative
masterpiece of persuasive evidence for the pivotal event of human
history."--LEE STROBEL, New York Times bestselling author and
founding director of the Lee Strobel Center at Colorado Christian
University "Body of Proof is a book every pastor should teach
and every believer should read."--DR. JACK GRAHAM, senior pastor,
Prestonwood Baptist Church
It's easy to think that emotional pain and feelings of hopelessness
are modern issues. But two thousand years ago, Jesus ministered to
people who were also longing for peace and happiness. His answer?
God's peace--his Shalom, a word so important that it's translated
seventy different ways in the Bible. This often-overlooked aspect
of the Christian life is the foundation for deep, meaningful
happiness. In this uplifting book, Jeremiah Johnston provides a
biblical perspective on living a life of Shalom. Johnston reveals:
* the peace Jesus offers vs. the peace the world promises but can't
deliver * how to apply God's peace to our current situation and
combat anxiety, fear, and hopelessness * how to protect this
perfect peace in our lives when troubles try to steal it This book
is also helpful for lay leaders, pastors, and everyone else who
recognizes the church's incredible opportunity today to help
individuals and families dealing with anxiety and depression.
Is God dying? Some people think so--and more want it so. They say
Christian beliefs and our way of life aren't relevant anymore. But
what critics, and even many churchgoers, don't realize is the
life-changing importance of Christianity. Showing how the world
would be a dark place without Christianity, Unimaginable guides you
through the halls of history to see how Jesus's teachings
dramatically changed our world and continue to be the most powerful
force for good today. Learn how Christianity has stood against
slavery, racism, eugenics, and injustices toward women and children
why freedom as a universal value and modern education and legal
systems owe much to Christianity how Christians throughout the ages
have demonstrated the value of human life by sacrificially caring
for the sick, marginalized, and dying how people of faith are
extending God's kingdom through charities, mental health
initiatives, and other ways. This provocative and enlightening book
is sure to encourage believers and equip them to respond to
doubters.
Scribes and Their Remains begins with an introductory essay by
Stanley Porter which addresses the principal theme of the book: the
text as artifact. The rest of the volume is then split into two
major sections. In the first, five studies appear on the theme of
'Scribes, Letters, and Literacy.' In the first of these Craig A.
Evans offers a lengthy piece that argues that the archaeological,
artifactual, and historical evidence suggests that New Testament
autographs and first copies may well have remained in circulation
for one century or more, having the effect of stabilizing the text.
Other pieces in the section address literacy, orality and
paleography of early Christian papyri. In the second section there
are five pieces on 'Writing, Reading, and Abbreviating Christian
Scripture.' These range across numerous topics, including an
examination of the stauros (cross) as a nomen sacrum.
Scribes and Their Remains begins with an introductory essay by
Stanley Porter which addresses the principal theme of the book: the
text as artifact. The rest of the volume is then split into two
major sections. In the first, five studies appear on the theme of
'Scribes, Letters, and Literacy.' In the first of these Craig A.
Evans offers a lengthy piece that argues that the archaeological,
artifactual, and historical evidence suggests that New Testament
autographs and first copies may well have remained in circulation
for one century or more, having the effect of stabilizing the text.
Other pieces in the section address literacy, orality and
paleography of early Christian papyri. In the second section there
are five pieces on 'Writing, Reading, and Abbreviating Christian
Scripture.' These range across numerous topics, including an
examination of the stauros (cross) as a nomen sacrum.
This work critically engages the hermeneutical methods used to
analyse the New Testament writings, so that the lenses through
which studies of the texts have been traditionally viewed can be
revised. Jeremy Hultin contributes an article on the rhetorical use
of the chosen citations by Jewish rabbis in their commentary on
scripture, while Mark Gignilliat writes on the potential
implications for viewing Old Testament Scripture in the manner of
the early Church exegetes and theologians. With these two
contributions providing a frame for the other chapters, the essays
explore a range of topics including the significance of the number
42 in Matthew; the study of Wisdom in Matthew, the extent to which
the four gospels are underlined by Hebrew material, if any; the use
of Hebrew material in shaping New Testament writings; and the uses
of Scripture in the letters of Paul and the letters to the Hebrews.
Read separately, these articles provide fascinating insights and
revisions to established ideas on intertextuality between the
Old/Hebrew Bible and the New Testament writings. Taken together,
the collection presents a solid argument for the fundamental
revision of our current hermeneutical practice in Biblical Studies.
All four canonical gospels identify the resurrection of Jesus, yet
none detail the exact moment of its happening. The absence of this
narrative detail was hotly contested in the second century, when
critics derided a resurrection account without credible witness.
Thus, the discovery of the Akhmim fragment at the end of the 19th
century, which purports to provide exactly that detail, is a huge
and surprisingly under-utilised addition to Biblical scholarship of
the Apocryphal gospels. Johnston examines both the impact of this
discovery on the scholarship at the time, and argues for the dating
of the fragment to the second century AD. He identifies shared
characteristics with other documents from this period, including a
rise in anti-semitic feeling, and developments in concepts of the
afterlife, and makes a claim for this fragment being the text that
aided the development of these movements. The Second Century was
the key time in which the non-canonical Biblical texts were
established. It was also the era in which theologies which would
become 'orthodox' in the third century were penned and defined. The
significance, then, of dating the Akhmim fragment to the second
century AD is huge. This work will be of great use to scholars of
Second Temple Judaism, and those with an interest in the creation
of the ideas that surround scholarship of the Bible.
This work critically engages the hermeneutical methods used to
analyse the New Testament writings, so that the lenses through
which studies of the texts have been traditionally viewed can be
revised. Jeremy Hultin contributes an article on the rhetorical use
of the chosen citations by Jewish rabbis in their commentary on
scripture, while Mark Gignilliat writes on the potential
implications for viewing Old Testament Scripture in the manner of
the early Church exegetes and theologians. With these two
contributions providing a frame for the other chapters, the essays
explore a range of topics including the significance of the number
42 in Matthew; the study of Wisdom in Matthew, the extent to which
the four gospels are underlined by Hebrew material, if any; the use
of Hebrew material in shaping New Testament writings; and the uses
of Scripture in the letters of Paul and the letters to the Hebrews.
Read separately, these articles provide fascinating insights and
revisions to established ideas on intertextuality between the
Old/Hebrew Bible and the New Testament writings. Taken together,
the collection presents a solid argument for the fundamental
revision of our current hermeneutical practice in Biblical Studies.
All four canonical gospels identify the resurrection of Jesus, yet
none detail the exact moment of its happening. The absence of this
narrative detail was hotly contested in the second century, when
critics derided a resurrection account without credible witness.
Thus, the discovery of the Akhmim fragment at the end of the 19th
century, which purports to provide exactly that detail, is a huge
and surprisingly under-utilised addition to Biblical scholarship of
the Apocryphal gospels. Johnston examines both the impact of this
discovery on the scholarship at the time, and argues for the dating
of the fragment to the second century AD. He identifies shared
characteristics with other documents from this period, including a
rise in anti-semitic feeling, and developments in concepts of the
afterlife, and makes a claim for this fragment being the text that
aided the development of these movements. The Second Century was
the key time in which the non-canonical Biblical texts were
established. It was also the era in which theologies which would
become 'orthodox' in the third century were penned and defined. The
significance, then, of dating the Akhmim fragment to the second
century AD is huge. This work will be of great use to scholars of
Second Temple Judaism, and those with an interest in the creation
of the ideas that surround scholarship of the Bible.
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