Title: An Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words
Published by: Thomas Nelson Inc
Release Date: May 1, 1985
Contributors: W.E. Vine
Genre: Theology
Pages: 755
ISBN13: 978-0840753878

The most affordable complete edition of Vine's famous Old and New Testament dictionaries available, this super value edition of a classic study resource helps those with limited or no background in Hebrew or Greek to study the meaning of biblical words in the original languages. A great resource for students, pastors, and anyone who enjoys biblical word studies. Serves as a dictionary, commentary, and concordance.

Title: The Five People You Meet in Heaven
Published by: Hyperion Books
Release Date: April 7, 2003
Contributors: Mitch Albom
Genre: Theology
ISBN13: 978-1401308582

A specially produced paperback edition--with flaps--of the phenomenal #1 New York Times bestseller, that has sold more than six million copies in hardcover

Eddie is a grizzled war veteran who feels trapped in a meaningless life of fixing rides at a seaside amusement park. His days are a dull routine of work, loneliness, and regret.

Then, on his 83rd birthday, Eddie dies in a tragic accident, trying to save a little girl from a falling cart. He awakens in the afterlife, where he learns that heaven is not a lush Garden of Eden, but a place where your earthly life is explained to you by five people. These people may have been loved ones or distant strangers. Yet each of them changed your path forever.

One by one, Eddie's five people illuminate the unseen connections of his earthly life. As the story builds to its stunning conclusion, Eddie desperately seeks redemption in the still-unknown last act of his life: Was it a heroic success or a devastating failure The answer, which comes from the most unlikely of sources, is as inspirational as a glimpse of heaven itself.

In The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom gives us an astoundingly original story that will change everything you've ever thought about the afterlife--and the meaning of our lives here on earth. With a timeless tale, appealing to all, this is a book that readers of fine fiction, and those who loved Tuesdays with Morrie, will treasure.

Title: Effective Biblical Counseling
Published by: Zondervan
Release Date: June 14, 1977
Contributors: Larry Crabb
Genre: Theology
Pages: 212
ISBN13: 978-0310225706

A Model for Helping Caring Christians Become Capable Counselors. In Effective Biblical Counseling, Gold Medallion Award-winning author Dr. Larry Crabb presents a model of counseling that can be gracefully integrated into the functioning of the local church. He asserts that counseling is simply a relationship between people who care and that its goal is to free people to better worship and serve God. This book will show you how to help people achieve obedience and character growth in their lives, and establish a sense of personal worth and security along the way. Dr. Crabb says, 'I believe that God has ordained the local church to be his primary instrument to tend to his people's aches and pains. In writing this book I have tried to be of practical help to Christians who want to be more effective in ministering to their suffering brothers and sisters.

Title: The Life And Times of Jesus the Messiah
Published by: Hendrickson Publishers, Inc.
Release Date: June 1, 1992
Contributors: Alfred Edersheim
Genre: Theology
Pages: 1136
ISBN13: 978-1565638228

One of the best known and most important references on the life of Christ ever written, Alfred Edersheim's "The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah" is a storehouse of information on the background of the New Testament. This classic work successfully portrays the streets, the marketplaces, the religious conflicts, the people, and the places of Jesus' earthly ministry.

Edersheim divides his work into five sections or books:
- Book 1--"The Preparation for the Gospel"
Introductory historical, religious, political, and cultural material based on the author's extensive knowledge of Jewish lore and customs.
- Book 2--"From Bethlehem to Jordan"
The background of Herod and his reign, St. John the Baptist and his message, and the birth and baptism of Jesus.
- Book 3--"From Jordan to the Mount of Transfiguration"
Thirty-seven chapters explore the miracles and teachings of Jesus' early ministry.
- Book 4--"The Descent into the Valley of Humiliation"
A history of the latter part of Jesus' ministry from the Transfiguration to the journey to Jerusalem.
- Book 5--"The Cross and the Crown"
A chronicle of each day of Passion Week, from Palm Sunday to the Resurrection.
- Appendices
Valuable background material on Jewish history, tradition, and law

Title: The Books of Enoch: Complete Edition
Published by: International Alliance Pro Publishing
Release Date: May 5, 2017
Contributors: Charles H Robert (translator), Paul C. Schneiders (introduction)
Genre: Theology
Pages: 258
ISBN13: 978-1609423353

This book contains the three most-known books attributed to Enoch. It also includes an extensive introduction showing the history of the books etc.

1st Book of Enoch, the Ethiopic Book of Enoch, or 1 Enoch, which is more known as simply the Book of Enoch. Although this book is considered apocryphal for the Western canon, it is contained in the Ethiopic Bible. It was considered sacred by some important first followers of Christ but it was left out of the Bible and disappeared for centuries until it was rediscovered in 1773 in Ethiopic. This manuscript was first translated into English in the 1820s and into German in the 1830s. According to most scholars, part of it was written in third century BCE and part of it in the first century CE (the part related to the Son of Man). Although the oldest complete copies of 1 Enoch are K-9 or Kebran 9, dated late fourteenth early fifteenth century and Ethiopian Monastic Microfilm Library (EMML 2080) of the fifteenth or fourteenth century, fragments found in Qumram in the 1950s are more than 2000 years old. Other old important manuscripts are Abbadianus 55 (possibly fifteenth century) and British Museum Orient 485 (first half of the sixteenth century).

2nd Book of Enoch, the Slavonic Enoch, or 2 Enoch, which is another apocryphal book, found complete only in Old Slavonic manuscripts, and it was once present in the Old Slavonic Bible. It’s usually dated to the first century CE although Matthew Black in The Oxford Guide to People & Places of the Bible state that there is no manuscript “earlier than the fourteenth century BE”.

3rd Book of Enoch, the Hebrew Enoch, or 3 Enoch, which is a Rabbinic text in Hebrew usually dated to the fifth century CE. Some experts believe it was written by Rabbi Ishmael (second century CE), familiar with both 1 Enoch and 2 Enoch.

Title: Purpose In Prayer
Genre: Theology
ISBN13: 978-0883684382

The prayer of faith is the only power in the universe that can change the purposes of God and bring victory to the Christian life. E. M. Bounds encourages every believer to open a "vista of infinite resource and possibility" by living a life of purposeful prayer. This book is your passport to answered prayer and a changed life.

Contents

1. The Force That Shapes the World
2. The Fire That Consumes
3. "Ask of Me"
4. Living in an Attitude of Prayer
5. The Energy of Prayer
6. Persistence in Prayer
7. Secret Prayer
8. Praying Men and Personal Purity
9. The Possibilities of Prayer
10. Prayerless Praying
11. Wonderful Results of Prayer
12. The Birthplace of Revival
13. Our Passport to Assurance

Title: Encouragement: The Key to Caring
Published by: Zondervan
Release Date: June 18, 1990
Contributors: Larry Crabb, Dan B. Allender
Genre: Theology
Pages: 144
ISBN13: 978-0310225911

Encouragement. It's more than a compliment or a pat on the back. According to Drs. Larry Crabb and Dan Allender, it is the most basic form of counseling -- a skill that can be mastered by laypeople as well as counselors. What must we know in order to fulfill the biblical exhortation to 'encourage one another'? Encouragement: The Key to Caring tells you. Part one deals with understanding encouragement, and part two explores the process of encouragement, including such practical how-tos as - developing a careful selection of encouraging words - cultivating active listening skills - using biblical fellowship to move beyond superficial smiles and shallow greetings - recognizing subtle opportunities for encouragement -- Without the encouragement of a caring community, biblical truth taught in church tends to just thicken people's defense layers. But authenticity, freedom, and greater love for God and others are the fruit of encouragement, and evidence of the tremendous power God invests in individuals and churches who practice it.

Title: Philippians, Colossians, & Philemon Commentary
Published by: Baker Pub Group
Release Date: December 1, 1979
Contributors: William Hendricksen
Genre: Theology
Pages: 243
ISBN13: 978-0801042126

Combined Reprint of 1962 Epistle to the Philippians and 1964 Epistles to Colossians and Philemon.

Title: Grasping God's Word
Published by: Zondervan Academic
Release Date: May 7, 2012
Contributors: J. Scott Duvall, J. Daniel Hays
Genre: Theology
Pages: 512
ISBN13: 978-0310492573

Grasping God's Word has proven itself in classrooms across the country as an invaluable help to students who want to learn how to read, interpret, and apply the Bible for themselves. The third edition, revised based on feedback from professors, will continue to serve college-level students and lay learners well in their quest to gain a firm grasp on the rock of God’s word.

Old Testament scholar J. Daniel Hays and New Testament expert J. Scott Duvall provides practical, hands-on exercises to guide students through the interpretive process. To emphasize the Bible’s redemptive arc and encourage correlation across the biblical canon, the authors have included a call to "Consult the biblical map. How does a theological principle fit with the rest of the Bible?" as an additional step in the Interpretive Journey. This edition has also been rearranged for clarity and includes updated illustrations, appendices, bibliography, and assignments.

A robust suite of learning aids is available for purchase to be used alongside the textbook to help students excel in their studies. These include a workbook, video lectures for each chapter featuring the authors, and a laminated quick study sheet with key concepts from the book. Free teaching resources for instructors and learning resources for students are available for Grasping God's Word on ZondervanAcademic.com.

Title: Not a Fan: Becoming a Completely Committed Follower of Jesus
Published by: Zondervan
Release Date: June 1, 2011
Contributors: Kyle Idleman
Genre: Theology
Pages: 215
ISBN13: 978-0310331933

Are you a follower of Jesus? Don’t answer too quickly. In fact, you may want to read this book before you answer at all. Consider it a “Define the Relationship” conversation to determine exactly where you stand. You may indeed be a passionate, fully devoted follower of Jesus. Or, you may be just a fan who admires Jesus but isn’t ready to let him cramp your style. Then again, maybe you’re not into Jesus, period. In any case, don’t take the question—Are you a follower of Jesus?—lightly. Some people don’t know what they’ve said yes to and other people don’t realize what they’ve said no to, says Pastor Kyle Idleman. But Jesus is ready to clearly define the relationship he wants with his followers. Not a Fan calls you to consider the demands and rewards of being a true disciple. With frankness sprinkled with humor, Idleman invites you to live the way Jesus lived, love the way he loved, pray the way he prayed, and never give up living for the One who gave his all for you.

Title: The Pressure's Off: There's a New Way to Live
Published by: WaterBrook
Release Date: April 17, 2012
Contributors: Larry Crabb
Genre: Theology
Pages: 368
ISBN13: 978-0307730534

You can stop trying to get everything right.

Is the pressure getting to you? Do you try to make everything work, only to find that your best efforts are largely ineffective?

Christians have unknowingly embraced two errors: that following the rules guarantees a good life, and that God is important because He dispenses blessings. When God’s blessings seem to taper off and when life doesn’t work out, people take it upon themselves to make things work. And that creates pressure that we are all too familiar with.

In The Pressure’s Off, best-selling author and counselor Larry Crabb introduces you to the New Way of living. God does not guarantee ease or convenience—or even a good outcome as the result of your obedience. But he does promise himself, no matter what the circumstances of your life.

When you seek God and nothing else, the pressure truly is off you.

Title: Interlinear NASB-NIV Parallel New Testament in Greek and English
Published by: Zondervan
Release Date: November 29, 1993
Contributors: Alfred Marshall
Genre: Theology
Pages: 784
ISBN13: 978-0310401704

The Interlinear NASB - NIV Parallel New Testament does three things for you. It sets the New American Standard Bible with its 'literal correspondence' approach side by side with the New International Version and its 'dynamic equivalency' approach, allowing you to easily compare the two translations. It directly relates Greek words in the Nestle's Greek text to their corresponding translations in the NASB and NIV texts. And it allows easier reading of the Greek New Testament. These advantages offer you a better understanding of the Bible. This proven study tool uses Alfred Marshall's interlinear English text -- the standard, widely used literal translation of the Nestle's Greek text, 21st edition. A generation of students, pastors, and scholars has relied on Marshall's renowned contribution to biblical study. The Interlinear NASB - NIV Parallel New Testament brings it to you in a parallel format that will bring new depth, perspective, and insight to your Bible studies.