{"product_id":"philippians-11-9780310327240","title":"Philippians Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA new commentary for today's world, \u003cem\u003eThe Story of God Bible Commentary\u003c\/em\u003e explains and illuminates each passage of Scripture in light of the Bible's grand story. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first commentary series to do so, SGBC offers a clear and compelling exposition of biblical texts, guiding everyday readers in how to creatively and faithfully live out the Bible in their own contexts. Its story-centric approach is ideal for pastors, students, Sunday school teachers, and laypeople alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach volume employs three main, easy-to-use sections designed to help readers live out God's story: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLISTEN to the Story: \u003c\/strong\u003e Includes complete NIV text with references to other texts at work in each passage, encouraging the reader to hear it within the Bible's grand story.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEXPLAIN the Story: \u003c\/strong\u003e Explores and illuminates each text as embedded in its canonical and historical setting.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLIVE the Story: \u003c\/strong\u003e Reflects on how each text can be lived today and includes contemporary stories and illustrations to aid preachers, teachers, and students.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--Philippians--\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Philippians, Paul speaks to the character of God, the character of the believer in Christ, and the character of believers together in Christ; and he invites theological reflection on the good news of the gospel of Jesus Christ in ways that--were this letter absent from the New Testament--certain aspects of God's redemptive plan and our response to it would be shifted into the realm of speculation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdited by Scot McKnight and Tremper Longman III, and written by a number of top-notch theologians, \u003cem\u003eThe Story of God Bible Commentary\u003c\/em\u003e series will bring relevant, balanced, and clear-minded theological insight to any biblical education or ministry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLongman III, Tremper:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eTremper Longman III (PhD, Yale University) is the Robert H. Gundry Professor of Biblical Studies and the chair of the Religious Studies department at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California, where he lives with his wife, Alice. He is the Old Testament editor for the revised Expositor's Bible Commentary and general editor for the Story of God Bible Commentary Old Testament and has authored many articles and books on the Psalms and other Old Testament books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCohick, Lynn H.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eLynn H. Cohick (PhD in New Testament\/Christian Origins, University of Pennsylvania) is the provost at Denver Seminary. Lynn has written \u003cem\u003ePhilippians \u003c\/em\u003ein the \u003cem\u003eStory of God Bible Commentary \u003c\/em\u003e(Zondervan, 2013) and \u003cem\u003eEphesians\u003c\/em\u003e in the New Covenant Commentary (Cascade, 2010), as well as \u003cem\u003eWomen in the World of the Earliest Christians \u003c\/em\u003e(Baker Academic, 2009). She explores early Jewish\/Christian relations in her book, \u003cem\u003eMelito of Sardis: Setting, Purpose, and Sources\u003c\/em\u003e (Brown Judaic Studies, 2000), and in several articles on women in Early Judaism and earliest Christianity. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLongman III, Tremper:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eTremper Longman III (PhD, Yale University) is a distinguished scholar and Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California. He is on the advisory council of the BioLogos Foundation, and is the Old Testament editor for the revised Expositor's Bible Commentary and general editor for the Story of God Bible Commentary Old Testament, and has authored many articles and books on the Psalms and other Old Testament books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEt al...\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Zondervan Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50717708386578,"sku":"9780310327240","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6b66084a-01c7-45fa-a844-7d1cda6160bc.jpg?v=1734624117","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/philippians-11-9780310327240","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}