Designed to serve as a companion volume to Brevard S. Childs' acclaimed Old Testament Books for Pastor and Teacher, this convenient reference provides authoritative, up-to-date listings of books in the New Testament field for those in the pastoral ministry, as well as for teachers in churches, colleges, and seminaries. Comprehensive in scope, it considers basic exegetical tools, translations, dictionaries, encyclopedias, introductions, histories, theological reference works, and commentaries. Dr. Martin gives priority to books in English, although he cites exceptional works in German and French.

Designed to serve as a companion volume to Brevard S. Childs' acclaimed Old Testament Books for Pastor and Teacher, this convenient reference provides authoritative, up-to-date listings of books in the New Testament field for those in the pastoral ministry, as well as for teachers in churches, colleges, and seminaries. Comprehensive in scope, it considers basic exegetical tools, translations, dictionaries, encyclopedias, introductions, histories, theological reference works, and commentaries. Dr. Martin gives priority to books in English, although he cites exceptional works in German and French. This practical book includes a basic list of what the author considers the most valuable current publications along with classic older volumes that should be the nucleus of a good New Testament library. Containing a complete bibliography, it will help readers of all denominations acquire the basic tools to understand and communicate the message of the New Testament.

This publication includes a revised and updated version of Luke Timothy Johnson's introduction to the New Testament, with a CD-ROM. The CD-ROM includes: a fully searchable version of Johnson's text; links to the NRSV text from each biblical reference in the book; a glossary hyperlinked to key words in the text; student-friendly summaries for each chapter; additional discussion/reflection questions for each chapter; suggestions for research-paper topics; and links to additional resources on the Web (primary documents, other introductory material, museum artefacts, artwork).

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 edition. Excerpt: ... ing with it divine powers and fruits, and producing a relation to God in Christ and to His eternal kingdom, which manifests itself in a life of obedience and blessedness. If preaching is to accomplish this object, it must give the words which Christ gave to His disciples as God's word; God's word must be taught in the sense in which it was taught by Jesus Christ and His apostles; that is, it must be taught in exact accordance with Scripture. For this reason it is not every sermon that is God's word. Very vague ideas prevail on this point. This subject is minutely discussed by Burk, Collections for Pastoral Theology, the older edition, pp. 748--752 (edition by Oehler, p. 459); and by Sailer in his concise Admonitions to Young Preachers, p. 11: "A Christian preacher will, like a steward in the house of God, allow no one to lay any other foundation in the Church of God than that which is the true foundation, apart from which there is no salvation. A Christian sower will scatter divine seed according to the teaching and the example of Jesus and His apostles. He who teaches God's word, will teach regarding God and Jesus and the Holy Ghost what Christ Himself teaches: regarding man, his fall and restoration, his destiny, and so forth, he will likewise teach what Jesus taught. Let him who would teach God's word teach what was taught by Christ's apostles in Christ's spirit." In order to determine more exactly the fundamental idea of the pastoral office as found in Scripture, we add--2. Features of the pastoral life of the apostles, with special reference to doctrine, government, and service. First of all, for a right apprehension of the superintendent's position and his work as a leader, we find 1 Pet. v. 1-3 eminently instructive. From this...

Excerpt from Outline Studies in the New Testament for Bible Teachers Scriptures finds an abundant reward. There is need in our age of searchers in the Bible, who shall bring out of its treasure-house things new and old. In the Old Bible the most important themes are those which gather around the God-man, Jesus Christ. His coming to earth was the culmination Of all prophecy, the focus of all history, and the center of all doctrine; and the church which he founded has been for nineteen centuries the inspiration Of the world's progress. There are two subjects in the New Testament with which everv follower of Christ should be thoroughly acquainted, and they are its two most prominent themes: the life of Christ on earth, and the growth of the early church. In the life of Christ he should know the order of the leading events; he should grasp its principles, and should enter into its Spirit. Only as we apprehend Christ can we comprehend the truths taught. And inspired by Christ. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.