Even healthy churches are never completely immune to the intellectual and spiritual pressures of their time. The church in Colossae was no exception. False teaching shaped by the spirit of the age was rising within the community, suggesting that a fuller knowledge and freedom was available beyond what ordinary Christians had experienced. Paul’s response was adamant: all God's fullness is in Christ alone, and everyone who is in Christ shares in his triumph. 
The epistle to the Colossians is filled with teachings and warnings that are relevant to the church in every era. In this revised Bible Speaks Today volume, Dick Lucas identifies key themes of Paul's letter and considers applications for today. Guiding readers through each passage, Lucas explores the great truths of the faith packed into Colossians: freedom, victory over evil, knowledge of God, unity, and other aspects of the riches available in Christ. 
This new edition of a classic BST volume includes a new interior design, lightly updated language, and updated Scripture quotations throughout.

The Message of Colossians & Philemon (The Bible Speaks Today Series)

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LUCAS, Dick

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IVP Academic

The letters of 2 Peter and Jude are sometimes overlooked, yet their message for the church is timely and compelling. Today, as in the first century, Christians must guard against false guides who can lead believers astray and cause divisions within the community of faith. Responding to this ever-present danger, 2 Peter and Jude equip readers to discern truth from illusion and exhort them to loyalty, harmony, and spiritual maturity. In this volume of the Bible Speaks Today series, Dick Lucas and Christopher Green offer passage-by-passage exposition of the letters of 2 Peter and Jude. They include introductory information on authorship, original audience, major themes, and recent issues of scholarship, while focusing on the relevance of these two letters to contemporary Christian experience. This revised edition of a classic BST volume includes updated language and Scripture quotations and a new interior design. A study guide for individuals or groups is included to help readers engage more deeply with the text.\nFrom the Back Cover\nSecond Peter and Jude are among the most neglected books of the New Testament. But alert readers have long noted an unmistakable family resemblance between these two letters. Like orphans reunited, in this commentary 2 Peter and Jude show themselves to be robust theological siblings, charged with a keen, no-nonsense desire to warm young believers of the false spiritual guides that are out to beguile them. This commentary is a skillful exposition of these two letters within their original setting. More than that, it narrows the gap between our day and that day, between our cultural and spiritual setting and that setting, and allows the Spirit-driven message to arc between then and now. Wherever Christians face or anticipate the destabilizing and destructive influence of misled teachers and subverters of truth, these letters will speak today.

The Message of 2 Peter & Jude (The Bible Speaks Today Series)

GREEN, Christopher

The Message of Colossians and Philemon: Fullness And Freedom (The Bible Speaks Today New Testament) (The Bible Speaks Today New Testament, 13)

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Preachers find themselves turning to John's gospel time and time again. This is a primer to explore the main themes of his gospel. Its purpose is to provide the preacher with a way into the text that will enable it to be preached in a way that is consonant with its original purpose.
 The purpose that John gives for writing his gospel is found in chapter 20. It is this key that is then used to unlock 4 very famous chapters in the book.
 Many commentaries are written on John but very few take into account the needs of the preacher and congregation combined. This book aims to provide the missing ingredient that will help congregations and preachers come together with the sermon as the point of contact.

Teaching John: Unlocking the Gospel of John for the Bible Teacher (Proclamation Trust)

Christian Focus

Learn how to program with Kotlin! Kotlin is the exciting modern language from JetBrains, creators of IntelliJ IDEA, the basis of many popular IDEs such as Android Studio and PyCharm. Since the adoption of Kotlin by Google as an official language for Android, the momentum behind Kotlin has gone off the charts. In this book, you'll start with the basics of programming using Kotlin. You'll next learn everything from collections and lambdas to classes and interfaces, and then move on to more advanced topics like functional programming and coroutines. Kotlin supports many platforms, including Android, JavaScript, the JVM, and someday even iOS. By reading this book, you'll be ready to use Kotlin on any and all of these platforms. Who This Book Is For
This book is for complete beginners to Kotlin. No prior programming experience is necessary! Topics Covered in Kotlin Apprentice
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<li>Kotlin Development Environment: See how to setup a development environment for Kotlin using IntelliJ IDEA.</li> <li>Numbers and Strings: These are the basic kinds of data in any app-learn how to use them in Kotlin.</li> <li>Making Decisions: Your code doesn't always run straight through-learn how to use conditions and loops to control program flow.</li> <li>Functions and Lambdas: Group your code together into reusable chunks to run and pass around.</li> <li>Collection Types: Discover the many ways Kotlin offers to store and organize data into collections.</li> <li>Building Your Own Types: Learn how to model elements in your app using classes, objects, interfaces, and enumerations.</li> <li>Exceptions: Make your code more robust and flexible by signaling and handling exception conditions. Functional Programming: Learn how to use Kotlin in a functional style and how this can make your code clearer and more efficient.</li> <li>Coroutines: Asynchronous programming can be a complex topic on any platform, but Kotlin gives you a clear and consise approach with coroutines.</li> <li>Kotlin Platforms and Scripting: Learn about how Kotlin can be used on multiple platforms and see its use as a scripting language.</li> </ul>
One thing you can count on: after reading this book, you’ll be prepared to take advantage of Kotlin wherever you choose to use it!

Kotlin Apprentice: Beginning Programming with Kotlin

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Galata, Irina

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