Are You the One Who Is to Come?

Are You the One Who Is to Come?Did Jesus claim to be the long awaited "messiah"? Going against much contemporary scholarship, Australian scholar Michael Bird argues that he did. He begins by exploring the messianic expectations in the Old Testament and Second Temple Jewish literature. Next, Bird points out weaknesses in current arguments that "Messiah," or "Christ," was a title given to Jesus by the early church but not used by Jesus himself. Bird then examines the Gospels and

It demystifies the writing process and helps students understand why their writing matters

This new edition incorporates professor and student feedback

and Ben Witherington III

All of it matters to faithful and fulsome worship for the sake of a body that is fully alive in the praise of God

"Drawing together research from many others along with his fresh exploration into the world beneath

He points out the pitfalls that stem from our obsession with individual freedom--from the prosperity gospel to Christian nationalism to conformity with secular progressivism

and truthfulness

which the author suggests concerns God's future people under his king's reign and authority

It is sometimes easy to forget that the books of the Bible are not really "books" at all but individual documents composed in a wide array of literary genres

and interactions with people engaged the senses

Leading evangelical scholar Millard Erickson offers a new edition of his bestselling textbook

others to care for us in our sadness