The modern church is immersed in a competitive, polarized, and status-driven society. It's hard to have conversations about important issues when so many are defensive and unwilling to learn. Too often, Christians fall into these same traps. The health and witness of the church urgently depend on recovering an essential biblical virtue: humility.
New Testament scholar Dennis R. Edwards illuminates humility as a, if not the, distinctive identity marker of followers of Jesus. Tracing the theme throughout Scripture, he demonstrates how true humility is grounded in submission to God and becomes manifest in all areas of life. Edwards defuses common misconceptions about humility and explores its role in Christian community, conflict, leadership, suffering, worship, and stewardship.
As we learn from and honor the humble instead of the power-hungry, humility paradoxically empowers God's people-including those who are often marginalized. Filled with stories from the author's ministry experience, Humility Illuminated addresses common areas of leadership failure and how to avoid them, applies biblical texts on humility to multiethnic ministry and justice work, and issues a compelling challenge to the church.
The Zondervan Biblical and Theological Lectures series provides a unique audio learning experience. Unlike a traditional audiobook's direct narration of a book's text, 1 Peter 1-2: Audio Lectures includes high quality live-recordings of college-level lectures that cover the important points from each subject as well as relevant material from other sources.
1 Peter 1-2: Audio Lectures features scholar and pastor Dennis R. Edwards teaching through the book of 1 Peter in 17 engaging and challenging lessons. Based on Edwards' 1 Peter commentary in The Story of God Bible Commentary series, lessons explain and illuminate each passage of Scripture in light of the Bible's grand story. Edwards offers an engaging and probing introduction to the entire book of 1 Peter, guiding viewers in creatively and faithfully living out the Bible's message in today's context. Using a story-centric approach, this set of lessons is ideal for formal and informal students alike, and for everyone who wants to better understand 1 Peter today.
1 Peter 1-2: Audio Lectures brings expert teaching from world-class biblical scholar Dennis R. Edwards directly to interested learners. These lectures breathe life into each text of the book, examined in its canonical and historical setting, in order to foster discernment in living God's story faithfully and creatively with and for the church in the twenty-first century.
The Zondervan Biblical and Theological Lectures series provides a unique audio learning experience. Unlike a traditional audiobook's direct narration of a book's text, 1 Peter 3-5: Audio Lectures includes high quality live-recordings of college-level lectures that cover the important points from each subject as well as relevant material from other sources.
1 Peter 3-5: Audio Lectures features scholar and pastor Dennis R. Edwards teaching through the book of 1 Peter in 17 engaging and challenging lessons. Based on Edwards' 1 Peter commentary in The Story of God Bible Commentary series, lessons explain and illuminate each passage of Scripture in light of the Bible's grand story. Edwards offers an engaging and probing introduction to the entire book of 1 Peter, guiding viewers in creatively and faithfully living out the Bible's message in today's context. Using a story-centric approach, this set of lessons is ideal for formal and informal students alike, and for everyone who wants to better understand 1 Peter today.
1 Peter 3-5: Audio Lectures brings expert teaching from world-class biblical scholar Dennis R. Edwards directly to interested learners. These lectures breathe life into each text of the book, examined in its canonical and historical setting, in order to foster discernment in living God's story faithfully and creatively with and for the church in the twenty-first century.
