What does Jesus preach about the use of violence? And how can we apply his lessons to our world today? There's no question that we live in a very different social, religious, political, and economic climate from that of Jesus and his contemporaries....

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David Rensberger shows here how the Epistles of John spoke to the emerging concerns of an early Christian community that cherished John's Gospel. The Epistles apply many of the themes of the Gospel to new situations. In particular the Elder, who wri...

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The Gospel of John has often been handed out to new converts to Christianity, or even to nonbelievers, as an evangelizing tool, because it insists so forcefully on Jesus' identity as the divine Son of God and on the need for faith in him. Yet a case...

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Building on recent developments in biblical studies, David Rensberger explores new avenues of interpretation of the Fourth Gospel made possible by the rediscovery of its social and historical settings. He looks to the first generation of readers and...

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The apostle Paul has often been considered a controversial figure in early Christianity, especially in modern times. Paul's own complex and sometimes contradictory writings are partly responsible for his mixed image. Yet at the heart of his difficul...

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