Atonement is the mystery of God bringing union between himself and humanity, but also more, redeeming the entire cosmos. There is no one story that can contain the full meaning of atonement. From the purification theology of Leviticus, the Presence of God theme of the Hebrew Bible, glimmerings of a divine Messiah, priestly mysteries, and on to the death and glorification of Yeshua, atonement comes to us in metaphors and analogies. Torah itself is open-ended, pointing to an unspecified continuation, and the life, message, and identity of Yeshua are seen to be that continuation. To learn atonement is to penetrate the veil and realize the glories of what is to come.

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The first with many more volumes to come. These are stories of Messiah Yeshua’s life written for an elementary child’s level presenting Yeshua in his proper Jewish context. Dramatic and contextually accurate illustrations by Drake W. Dunaway.

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Who is the real Yeshua (Jesus)? Did he really live, do miracles, talk about a way to God? How could we know what to think about his identity and his aims?

Derek Leman charts a path to knowing the historical person of Yeshua through the stories. Stories are how we assess and know about practically everything. Yeshua in Context is a thoughtful and real journey through some of the Yeshua stories that most reveal what he was about and what we might believe about him.

The healer, the unpredictable teacher, the secretive Messiah, the critic of his generation, the parable-teller, the Temple protester, the man seemingly set on death, and the prophet who promised a glorious vindication and exaltation after suffering comes to us vividly, in the full color of the gospel stories in Yeshua in Context.

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FEAST is a part of the Threads series by LifeWay, a Southern Baptist publishing house. The Threads series is aimed at a post-modern audience, is very experiential, and I’m fortunate to have been asked to write this volume for them. FEAST introduces the spiritual themes and some practical celebration ideas for Christians surrounding the Biblical and Jewish holidays: Passover, Pentecost (Shavuot), Rosh HaShanah, Yom Kippur, Tabernacles (Sukkot), and Hanukkah.

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The Bible and our imagination combine to reveal what the world will be like when God renews it. Mountains dripping sweet wine. Every person under a vine and fig tree. God dwelling among us. Jerusalem enlarged and renewed, filled with the Presence. Everlasting hills. Trees like those in the Garden of Eden. A river of life. Messiah in Zion. The clues from desire. Israel and the nations. Revelation. A short, practical guide the the Bible’s view of the afterlife.

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The Temple. Sacrifices. Covenants. Israel’s History. Prophets. Psalms. Wisdom. Messiah. A short, practical guide to understanding the Hebrew Bible. For many readers these ancient laws, stories, wisdom sayings, poems, and oracles are as difficult to understand as the small print in a modern contract. Derek Leman explains the institutions and ideas of ancient Israel in simple terminology, making it accessible.

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A Jewish and Christian perspective on the apostle Paul. In agreement with the New Perspective on Paul, Derek Leman explains in simple terms the meaning of Paul’s life and letters. The Paul of the book of Acts is the same as the Paul who wrote to congregations all over the empire. Paul was not against the Law, but understood rightly that non-Jews are not bound by commandments such as Sabbath, dietary law, circumcision, and other Jewish identity markers.

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In language directed to Christian friends, Derek Leman explains Jesus in his Jewish world. This is a simple, practical look at the Jewishness of Jesus and the implications for Christians. Topics include: rediscovering his Jewish birth and childhood, encountering the rabbi from Galilee, untangling the messianic web, the messianic secret, understanding Yeshua’s conflicts with Pharisees and Sadducees, and believing in the death and resurrection of Yeshua.

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Proverbs is Israelite wisdom. Much of the book of Proverbs consists of sayings with no topical arrangement. Proverbial Wisdom considers eighteen topics and arranges the leading proverbs in each category, including: the righteous and the wicked, wisdom and folly, Adonai and wisdom, humility, love, family, finances, discipline and reproof, honesty and justice, and more. Proverbial Wisdom can help you make sense of the common sense of Proverbs and to consider its wisdom for living and relationships and spirituality.

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