This five-views work brings together an all-star lineup of Pauline scholars to offer a constructive, interdenominational, up-to-date conversation on key issues of Pauline theology. The editors begin with an informative recent history of biblical tradition related to the perspectives on Paul. John M. G. Barclay, A. Andrew Das, James D. G. Dunn, Brant Pitre, and Magnus Zetterholm then discuss how to interpret Paul's writings and theology, especially the apostle's view of salvation. The book concludes with an assessment of the perspectives from a pastoral point of view by Dennis Edwards.

IVP Readers' Choice Award Stop outsourcing justice! Many local churches don't know what to do about justice. We tend to compartmentalize it as merely a strategy for outreach, and we often outsource it to parachurch justice ministries. While these organizations do good work, individual congregations are left disconnected from God's just purposes in the world. Adam Gustine calls the local church to be just and do justice. He provides a theological vision for our identity as a just people, where God's character and the pursuit of shalom infuses every aspect of our congregational DNA. As we grow in becoming just, the church becomes a prophetic alternative to the broken systems of the world and a parable of God's intentions for human flourishing and societal transformation. This renewed vision for the church leads us into cultivating a just life together-in community, discipleship, worship, and more-extending justice out into the world in concrete ways. Let's hold being and doing together, so we can become just, compassionate communities that restore shalom and bring hope to the world.

20 Fascinating short stories about characters who stepped out of their lifeboxes and imagined what they could achieve if they let themselves dream. Just a few of the stories are: A salesman has a plan to emancipate our minds from fear of failure A coach's wife shows her husband how to win the championship game A hair stylist warns how it's possible to lose our free will A teenage boy hopes to exchange his baseball for a Marriott Hotel A nun advises Pope Francis about a new way to help the poor A builder dreams of constructing a model home for Heaven An educator calls on Hollywood to revolutionize learning The purpose of these stories is to entertain, and also to show how people responded when they were asked what they would do if they could be God. This unique viewpoint gave the characters in these stories enormous power and permission to change or do anything they wanted. Imagine if you had that power. What would you do? Playing God is your license to address the problems in your life, no matter how difficult they seem. From on high, you can dream with abandon to challenge the unreasonable and the impossible and become the person you want to be.

Often the smallest things make the biggest impact. Such is the case with this little book that is unlike anything you have read. Written as a narrative poem, Dennis Green's storytelling skill and rhythmic cadence create an emotional bond between character and reader that is impossible to achieve in traditional prose. The story is unique in how it is told and how it draws us into the lives of the characters. What Really Matters never fails to bring tears to the eyes of those who read this marvelous tale of love and hope. Though only seventy pages long, the scope is broad as it follows a couple from the moment they pledge their love, through their lifetime together. Don't be surprised if you recognize yourself in the story. This story should be read by every couple before marriage, and on every anniversary thereafter, as the ultimate reminder of what really matters in our lives.

Ancient Water invites the reader to think about the Earth's growing water crisis and the corporate giants willing to do almost anything to control water in the name of higher profits. A scientist, his wife, her environmentalist ex-lover, and a corporate executive caught in the evil schemes of a global water cartel question whether they should take up arms in defense of the Earth or to leave the Earth to rid itself of the scourge of humanity.
Bill Bunch, Texas, Director, Save Our Springs Alliance
Ancient Water awakens us to the complacency of our every day lives and then prompts us to realize and face the dangers of what is being done to our water. It is our duty and responsibility to strive with all we have to protect our water. I thought about how our forefathers faced endless adversities, but they fought and survived. How can we do less?
Betty Smallie, Illinois, avid reader and active octogenarian
As Copernicus vanquished an earlier age of its dead-wrong astronomic illusions, deep ecologists are urgently trying to rid our present age of its greatest illusion: that human interests and survival can be understood or achieved separate from the rest of nature. As the deep ecologists say, and as is keenly suggested in Edwards' novel, Nature bats last. Indeed.
Patrick Gariety, Missouri, psychiatrist embracing deep ecology
Ancient Water releases a tide of awareness concerning the future of our world. Following the characters introduced in The Caduceus, Edwards' first novel, in this series, the author enlarges the intrigue surrounding Francis Allenton, a discredited, water scientist now living in France. Allenton is recruited by the European Space Agency while his new wife reveals her historical activism and current perspective that Mother Earth knows best.
Larry Smallie, California, Regional Sales Director, Zaner-Bloser Educational Publishing
This installment finds the Water Cartel up to new tricks while Francis and Cassidy find themselves embroiled in new adventures. Edward's latest book captivates the reader, as the story moves from France to Louisiana. Be prepared to lose sleep as you find the book hard to put down.
Jim Walker, Maine, wildlife photographer and environmental activist

"When water scientist Francis Allenton discovers an authentic caduceus in a Grecian shop, his life and work plunge into mysteries, ancient and new. Edwards knows the territory, that same territory that drives NASA to search for traces of water on Mars and the outer planets, that has driven humankind to quest for the elusive Fountain of Youth." (Jory Sherman, Author of The Baron Decision) A fictional exploration of how our most precious natural resource, water, can be manipulated for profit and to the determent of humanity.

"MY KNOWLEDGE ABOUT FLOWERS IS BARE STRONG. COS DAT'S WHAT I'M DOING AT COLLEGE. I CAN TALK ABOUT FLOWERS FOREVER. HOWEVER, I SHARE A NAME WITH DESE... ANGELIQUE". Funeral Flowers follows the story of Angelique, a seventeen-year-old whose dreams of being a florist are a refuge from a complicated adolescence. With her mum in prison, Angelique faces bullying, abuse and growing up in the care system.

Volume 95 provides a convenient index to the contents of Volumes 61 through 74 and Volumes 76 through 80. The nomenclature and usage in the original articles have been retained wherever possible, assisting the reader in locating information. "Notes on the Use of the Index" provides a helpful discussion of the occurrence of entries for a given subject under a variety of names and phraseologies and the order of entries in the index.

The critically acclaimed laboratory standard, Methods in Enzymology, is one of the most highly respected publications in the field of biochemistry. Since 1955, each volume has been eagerly awaited, frequently consulted, and praised by researchers and reviewers alike. The series contains much material still relevant today - truly an essential publication for researchers in all fields of life sciences.