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The Textual Transmission of the New Testament: Manuscripts, Variants, and Authority

Juan Hernández Jr. Dr. and Juan Chapa

2025

"The Textual Transmission of the New Testament: Manuscripts, Variants, and Authority' offers nuanced discussions of many topics that currently occupy the field of textual criticism, including debates over the dating of New Testa...
Commentary on Punctuation and Textual Structure

Juan Hernández Jr. Dr. and Martin Karrer

2024

Juan Hernández Jr.’s The Studies on Punctuation and Textual Structure is an English translation of the 153-page German Kommentar zu Interpunktion und Textstruktur by Martin Karrer. The volume represents a new genre—a br...
Science and Religion: Perspectives Across Disciplines

Claudia May Dr., Channon Visscher Dr., Omar Fakhri Dr., Barrett Fisher Dr., Marcus Simmons, Wayne Roosa Dr., Bernon Lee Dr., Michael W. Holmes Dr., Sherryse L. Corrow Dr., Cara M. Wall-Scheffler Dr., Julie M. Hogan Dr., Nathan Lindquist Dr., Angela M. Sabates Dr., Victor I. Ezigbo Dr., and Juan Hernández Jr. Dr.

2024

Science and Religion: Perspectives Across Disciplines interweaves science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields with the arts, humanities, theology, and psychology to cultivate discussion on science and religion alongside bibl...
Bash Idioms

Carl Albing and J P Vossen

2022

Shell scripts are everywhere, especially those written in bash-compatible syntax. But these scripts can be complex and obscure. Complexity is the enemy of security, but it's also the enemy of readability and understanding. With this prac...
Enchantments of the Mississippi: A Contemplative Journey of Time and Place

Thomas Becknell

2022
In a time of desolation, Thomas Becknell is drawn to the Mississippi River, then caught by its powers of enchantment. He sets out to learn about the river's great allure, to be near it and to ponder what it might show him.
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Philippians : An Introduction and Commentary

Jeannine K. Brown, Eckhard J. Schnabel, and Nicholas Perrin

2022

The letter to the Philippians illuminates a warm relationship between Paul and the Philippian believers. In this Tyndale commentary, Jeannine K. Brown shows how motifs of joy, contentment, and unity abound as Paul reminds the Philippians...
Centered on Jesus: A Lenten Devotional from the Faculty of Bethel University

Christopher Gehrz, Esther Shull, Carl Albing, Rebekah Bain, Andy Bramsen, Susan Leigh Brooks, Jeannine K. Brown, Michael Crawford, Julie Anne De Haan, Joy Doan, Dale Durie, Julie Finnern, Barrett Fisher, Joel Frederickson, Laura Gilbertson, Rhonda Gilbraith, Ann Holland, Stephen Hunt, Rachel Jorgensen, Patricia Kelly, Denise Muir Kjesbo, Marion H. Larson, Erik Leafblad, Elisabeth E. Lefebvre, Jim Lewis, Joyce LeMay, Alison Lo, Gary A. Long, Christopher Moore, Katherine Nevins, Pauline E. Nichols, Meredith Nyberg, Chad Osgood, Jeanine Parolini, Richard Peterson, Dan Ritchie, Matt Runion, Robin Rylaarsdam, Kristin E. Sandau, Sara L. H. Shady, Angela Shannon, Marta Shaw, Paula A.G. Soneral, Peter T. Vogt, Laura Wennstrom, Gloria Wiese, Brandon Winters, Yu-li Chang Zacher, and Nick Zeimet

2022

For the 2022 season of Lent, Bethel faculty and staff members collaborated to pen Centered on Jesus: A Lenten Devotional from the Faculty of Bethel University. The daily devotionals in Centered on Jesus are intended to ...
Postmortem Opportunity : A Biblical and Theological Assessment of Salvation after Death

James K. Beilby

2021

Summary: What happens to those who did not hear the gospel before death, or who heard an incorrect version? What about those who were too young or who were otherwise unable to respond? Examining the biblical evidence and...
Scripture as Communication: Introducing Biblical Hermeneutics 2nd Edition

Jeannine K. Brown

2021

Jeannine Brown, a seasoned teacher of biblical interpretation, believes that communication is at the heart of what happens when we open the Bible. We are actively engaging God in a conversation that can be life changing. In this guide to...
The Art of Contextual Theology : Doing Theology in the Era of World Christianity

Victor I. Ezigbo

2021

Christianity has an inherent capability to assume, as its novel mode of expression, the local idioms, customs, and thought forms of a new cultural frontier that it encounters. As a result, Christianity has become multicultural and multil...
Charles Lindbergh: A Religious Biography of America's Most Infamous Pilot

Christopher Gehrz

2021

The narrative surrounding Charles Lindbergh’s life has been as varying and complex as the man himself. Once best known as an aviator—the first to complete a solo nonstop transatlantic flight—he has since become increasingly identified wi...
Roman Masculinity and Politics from Republic to Empire

Charles Goldberg

2020

This volume explores the role that republican political participation played in forging elite Roman masculinity. It situates familiarly "manly" traits like militarism, aggressive sexuality, and the pursuit of power within a political sys...
Middle Range Theories: Application to Nursing Research and Practice, 5th Edition

Sandra J. Peterson and Timothy S. Bredow

2020

Give students the knowledge and critical thinking capability to effectively select and apply theories. The premiere resource for nursing students completing major research or practice projects, Middle Range Theories: Application to Nursi...
Four Portraits, One Jesus. A Survey of Jesus and the Gospels. Second Edition.

Mark L. Strauss

2020

An engaging introduction to Jesus and the gospels, this second edition of Four Portraits, One Jesus has been updated to meet the needs of today's students. With clarity and insight, Mark Strauss guides readers to understand the four dist...
Concepts of Chemical Dependency, (10th ed.)

Harold E. Doweiko and Amelia L. Evans

2019

CONCEPTS OF CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY, 10th Edition, provides comprehensive coverage and the latest information on a spectrum of substance use disorders and the compounds commonly misused. Author Harold Doweiko also covers topics not usually d...
Stay Curious : How Questions and Doubts Can Save Your Faith

Stephanie Williams O'Brien

2019

Most of us are going through the motions when it comes to faith, either believing we've found all the relevant answers to life's questions or believing none can be found. We shy away from our deepest questions about God because we fear t...
Matthew

Jeannine K. Brown and Kyle Roberts

2018

Including an original translation of the text along with section-by-section commentary, this volume features chapters on “thinking theologically with Matthew” about such themes as kingdom, Christology, the Holy Spirit, and discipleship. ...
Relational Integration of Psychology and Christian Theology: Theory, Research, and Practice

Steven J. Sandage and Jeannine K. Brown

2018

Relational Integration of Psychology and Christian Theology offers an in-depth, interdisciplinary relational framework that integrates theology, psychology, and clinical and other applications. Building on existing models and debates abo...
Studies in the History of the Greek Text of the Apocalypse : The Ancient Stems

Josef Schmid, Juan Hernández Jr., Garrick V. Allen, and Darius Müller

2018

Josef Schmid’s landmark publication, Studien zur Geschichte des Griechischen Apokalypse-Textes, has been the standard work for understanding Revelation’s Greek manuscript tradition and textual history for more than sixty years. Despite t...
Creative Practices for Visual Artists: Time, Space, Process

Kenneth Steinbach

2018

Based on interviews with a culturally, geographically, and aesthetically diverse group of 75 mid-career artists, Creative Practices For Visual Artists is a reassessment of the methods and approaches used by highly successful art...
Entrepreneurship for Caribbean Students – Second Edition

Lystra Stephens-James, Mauvalyn M. Bowen, Cuthbert C. Joseph, Franklyn Gittens, Paul Pounder, K’adamawe K’nife, Denis Mitchell, and Keith McDonald

2018

Entrepreneurship for Caribbean Students – Second Edition enables students to master all subject areas in the latest syllabus, including growth of entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship in the Caribbean, social entrepreneurship, e-commerce an...
The Pietist Option: Hope for the Renewal of Christianity

Christopher Gehrz and Mark Pattie III

2017

In The Pietist Option, Christopher Gehrz, a historian of Pietism, and Mark Pattie, a pastor in the Pietist tradition, show how Pietism holds great promise for the church—and the world—today. Modeled after Philipp Spener's 1675 classic, P...
From Bubble to Bridge: Educating Christians for a Multifaith World

Marion H. Larson and Sara L. H. Shady

2016

Summary: In a world of deep religious strife and increasing pluralism it can seem safer to remain inside the "bubble" of our faith community. Many Christians worry that engaging in interfaith dialogue will require wateri...
Pathways to Positive Parenting: Helping Parents Nurture Healthy Development in the Earliest Months

Jolene Pearson

2016

This . . .handbook serves as a parent educator's guide to coaching and supporting new parents. Describes innovative teaching techniques, along with practical and effective strategies that are field-tested, science-based, and can be appli...
Matthew

Jeannine K. Brown

2015

With large sections devoted to extended teachings and memorable sayings of Jesus, Matthew's Gospel has been a favorite of Christians throughout the centuries. New Testament scholar Jeannine Brown helps readers understand this Gospel as t...