Having long served as a standard introduction to the world of the early church, Everett Ferguson's Backgrounds of Early Christianity has been expanded and updated in this third edition. The book explores and unpacks the Roman, Greek, and Jewish political, social, religious, and philosophical backgrounds necessary for a good historical understanding of the New Testament and the early church. New to this edition are revisions of Ferguson's original material, updated bibliographies, and fresh discussions of first-century social life, of Gnosticism, and of the Dead Sea Scrolls and other Jewish literature.

El Espíritu de las Disciplinas es un libro fascinante que ha cambiado la forma en que miles de cristianos viven su fe. Es una cura espiritual a las diversas causas del sufrimiento humano y ofrece al lector un camino de transformación accesible para todos, el camino de Jesús. El autor Dallas Willard, teólogo y académico reconocido, toma como propósito inspirar al cristianismo de hoy a remover las disciplinas de la categoría de curiosidades históricas y colocarlas en el centro de una nueva vida enfocada en Cristo. Él revela cómo la clave para la transformación personal reside en la práctica de las disciplinas espirituales, y cómo esa práctica afirma la vida humana en toda su plenitud. Incluye:

Contenido de psicología y teología.

El estudio de vida de Pablo.

Amplia bibliografía.

Spirit of Disciplines

Spirit of Disciplines is a fascinating book that has changed the way thousands of Christians live their faith. It is a spiritual cure to the various causes of human suffering and offers the reader a path of transformation accessible to all, the path of Jesus. Author Dallas Willard, a renowned theologian and scholar, aims to inspire Christianity today to remove disciplines from the category of historical curiosities and place them at the center of a new Christ-centered life. He reveals how the key to personal transformation lies in the practice of the spiritual disciplines, and how that practice affirms human life in all its fullness. It includes:

Psychology and theology content.

A study of the Apostle Paul's life.

Extensive bibliography.

At first glance, the Book of Leviticus seems like barren material for lively preaching. Most expositors merely skim the surface for messages on tithing or sabbath-keeping. Yet Leviticus is one of the most important books of the Old Testament; it not only describes the complete religious system of ancient Israel, it also lays the theological foundation for the Christian gospel.

In Holiness to the Lord, Allen P. Ross enables preachers and teachers to mine the riches of Leviticus and deliver them to a contemporary audience. Following the same practical method he used in the acclaimed Creation and Blessing, Ross first carefully sites Leviticus within its context in the ancient world. Then he traces the development of God's plan of salvation-how Leviticus' laws, rituals, symbols, and events prepared for the complete revelation in Jesus Christ. Finally, unlike traditional commentaries, Ross offers helpful ideas for correlating Leviticus to New Testament teachings (particularly Romans, Hebrews, and Peter) and for applying the material in relevant expository form.

Holiness to the Lord is every expositor's indispensable guide for interpreting the Law for the church and for elucidating Leviticus in practical, biblical messages about worship, sanctification, and obedience.

The pathway to understanding the New Testament leads through the vibrant landscape of the first-century Greco-Roman world. The New Testament is rooted in the concrete historical events of that world. In Jesus the Rise of Early Christianity Paul Barnett not only places the New Testament within that world of caesars and Herods, proconsuls and Pharisees, Sadducees and revolutionaries, but argues that the mainspring and driving force of early Christian history is the historical Jesus. We cannot understand the rise of Christianity apart from this Jesus, the messiah of Israel and the spiritual and intellectual impact he had on his immediate followers and those who succeeded them. From his intimate acquaintance with the sources, the evidence and the problems of New Testament history, Barnett offers fresh insights. His telling of the story skillfully avoids the encumbrance of extraneous details and side journeys. From the brith of Jesus to the founding of the messianic community, from the rise of Paul's mission to the Gentiles to the writing of the Gospels, Barnett offers a comprehensive account of the movement that would change the face of world history. Jesus the Rise of Early Christianity is a comprehensive survey of New Testament history that will meet the needs of students and teachers of the New Testament. In its engagment with contemporary scholarship and its emphasis on the propelling role of the historical and risen Jesus in the rise of Christianity, it provides a timely rejoinder to current revisionist exploration of Christian origins.