As the first historian of Christianity, Luke's reliability is vigorously disputed among scholars. The author of the Acts is often accused of being a biased, imprecise, and anti-Jewish historian who created a distorted portrait of Paul. Daniel Marguerat tries to avoid being caught in this true/false quagmire when examining Luke's interpretation of history. Instead he combines different tools - reflection upon historiography, the rules of ancient historians and narrative criticism - to analyse the Acts and gauge the historiographical aims of their author. Marguerat examines the construction of the narrative, the framing of the plot and the characterization, and places his evaluation firmly in the framework of ancient historiography, where history reflects tradition and not documentation. This is a fresh and original approach to the classic themes of Lucan theology: Christianity between Jerusalem and Rome, the image of God, the work of the Spirit, the unity of Luke and the Acts.

Luke's Acts of the Apostles is the only documentation available on the birth of Christianity, despite the author's vigorously disputed reliability as a historian. Daniel Marguerat avoids this true/false quagmire by establishing his evaluation of Luke's talent as an historian within the framework of ancient historiography (the rules of ancient historians and narrative criticism). His study portrays Luke as a skillful and sound theologian, and provides an original approach to the classic themes of Lucan theology.

This collection of essays by Dr. Gregory J. Laughery, the Director of the Swiss branch of L'Abri Fellowship, explores many important issues at the heart of current discussions about the veracity of Scripture and the future of the church. Reductionism and polarization offer deceptive promises of resolution, and all too often function as the patron saints of Christian thought in disputes over philosophy, theology, language, interpretation, and their interactions. Living Reflections moves in a different direction. It establishes a space for dialogue, mediates one-sided extremes, and depicts a new vision for engaging these contested issues. Challenging and insightful, it invokes a perceptive wisdom going beyond modernist and postmodernist perspectives, affirming the tension-filled and organic character of Christian truth.

Gregory J. Laughery has put together a challenging blend of anecdotes, stories, poems, and prayers that call us to serious reflection and redemptive action. Neither a boring sermon, nor a surface-level feel-good list of devotions, Laughery takes us on a journey through a constellation of thoughts and emotions including joy and sadness, trust and suspicion, courage and fear, love and justice. Living Spiritual Rhythms develops a picture of life lived in community with God and others, opening up new directions for Christian spirituality.

Gregory J. Laughery has put together a challenging blend of anecdotes, stories, poems, and prayers that call us to serious reflection and redemptive action. Neither a boring sermon, nor a surface-level feel-good list of devotions, Laughery takes us on a journey through a constellation of thoughts and emotions including joy and sadness, trust and suspicion, courage and fear, love and justice. Living Spiritual Rhythms develops a picture of life lived in community with God and others, opening up new directions for Christian spirituality.

At a time when the subject of spirituality means everything, yet nothing, Dr. Gregory J. Laughery offers us a deeply insightful and profound theological meditation that aims to illuminate and clarify the truly spiritual life. Challenging us to think seriously about our orientations towards life or towards death, Laughery perceptively relocates spirituality on the map of Scripture and leads us through it on the journey to our destiny. This bold and thought provoking book will capture our souls, confront our preconceived ideas, and direct our lives to the core of living spirituality.

LIVING APOCALYPSE: A REVELATION READER AND A GUIDE FOR THE PERPLEXED Everybody is interested in the subject of the end of the world. Debates proliferate today. Are we living in the end times? Will the world ever end? If it all comes down, does it matter whose side we are on? Gregory J. Laughery's Living Apocalypse: A Revelation Reader and a Guide for the Perplexed, points out the dangers of false predictions and highlights the possibilities for living faithfully in our perilous times. This careful and insightful analysis of the book of Revelation will awaken us from our slumber, alert us to the journey ahead, and set us on the path to life.