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From the author of the critically acclaimed Godstories comes a new study for those who crave a life-changing experience with God. Over the course of 10 beautifully written chapters are the stories of 11 personal encounters between Jesus and another figure in the Gospel narratives. Each one was a chance meeting, a one-time interaction that Jesus had with someone he met along the way. Author and pastor Stephen Shoemaker builds on a foundation of...

This book, then, is a lyrical commentary, which seeks to be a theological re-presentation of the letter both in form and content. It is thus a new form of expository commentary, a "post-liberal" exposition, making use of modern scholarship and trying above all to re-present the themes and motifs of the letter. It searches first of all for the "literal" meaning of the text1-what Paul meant and what the words in their various structures and cont...

Join pastor, scholar, and author Steve Shoemaker on a questsearching for the Jesus who is searching for us. You may have heard of the "historical Jesus, " the figure who lived in first-century CE Galilee as best as we can reconstruct. And you undoubtedly know the more-than-historical Jesus who is in search of us, alive to us in the Spirit of God. This vital volume ushers today's disciples on a journey that moves from history into testimonyseek...

Taps into the twin hungers for spirituality and for a deeper grasp of who Jesus was by raking seriously the way Jesus prayed and how his prayers open a window to our own experience of God. Examines "The Lord's Prayer" (Matt. 6:9-13), "The Prayer of Thanksgiving Amid Life's Reversals" (Matt. 11:25-26), "The Gethsemane Prayer" (Mark 14:36, Matt. 26:39, Luke 22:42), "The Prayers from the Cross" (Luke 23:34, Matt. 27:46, Luke 23:46), and "Prayers ...

In "GodStories", H. Stephen Shoemaker uses the rabbinic way of storytelling to represent biblical narratives both ancient and modern. Multiple meanings emerge as readers wrestle with these ancient texts, which are terrible and wonderful in their exploration of the human condition. The author captures biblical stories and characters in a set of interpretive essays that span the Bible from Genesis to Revelation.