Suffering and Evil in Early Christian ThoughtDistinguished Scholars Explore Early Christian Views on the Problem of Evil What did the early church teach about the problem of suffering and evil in the world? In this volume, distinguished historians and theologians explore a range of ancient Christian responses to this perennial problem. The ecumenical team of contributors includes John Behr, Gary Anderson, Brian Daley, and Bishop Kallistos Ware, among others. This is the fourth volume in Holy
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and how do we live it out
Rather than attempting to provide a detailed verse-by-verse commentary
Since the earliest days of the church
Moore explores conceptions of the heavenly temple in the ancient world
Covers both the writing and non-writing prophets
care of the poor
top-tier scholars offer critical engagements with Karl Barth's exegesis of Christian Scripture and explore its implications for contemporary hermeneutics and biblical interpretation
Twenty-first-century society is diverse
Following Sherwood Lingenfelter's successful books on ministering
his two surviving letters to the church in Thessalonica are highly valuable sources for reconstructing the theology of Paul and the history of the earliest Christian churches
Highly regarded Old Testament scholar Stephen Cook offers a substantive and useful commentary on the book of Daniel and explores the contemporary significance of this prophetic book