CHURCH LIBRARY

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Job (The People’s Bible)


Christ-centered Bible truths unfold as you read this complete series of commentaries designed for spiritual growth and reading enjoyment. These trustworthy commentaries help you comprehend what you’ve read in Scripture as well as apply it to your life. These commentaries offer: Easy-to-read commentary that follows the text (in NIV) so you learn as you read, Scripture and commentary on the same page, Bible text highlighted in bold, explanation of complicated passages, important facts are identified to expand understanding of Bible times and help apply passages to life today, and maps and charts. This series is an excellent companion text for Bible study leaders and for individual use.

Job is a literary masterpiece that tells the story of a man described as “blameless and upright” who “feared God and shunned evil.” Yet Job suffered. In this book God reminds believers that he sometimes sends suffering to test them. His faithful people patiently endure each trial and trust that God’s ways are far beyond the human ability to understand.

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John (The People’s Bible)


Christ-centered Bible truths unfold as you read this complete series of commentaries designed for spiritual growth and reading enjoyment. These trustworthy commentaries help you comprehend what you’ve read in Scripture as well as apply it to your life. These commentaries offer: Easy-to-read commentary that follows the text (in NIV) so you learn as you read, Scripture and commentary on the same page, Bible text highlighted in bold, explanation of complicated passages, important facts are identified to expand understanding of Bible times and help apply passages to life today, and maps and charts. This series is an excellent companion text for Bible study leaders and for individual use.

In this People’s Bible Commentary John, the apostle John refers to himself as the disciple “whom Jesus loved.” John was one of the inner circle of disciples, together with Peter and James. As he records the ministry of Jesus, the apostle adds many insights not recorded by the other gospels. John is a simple and clear statement of God’s grace in Christ, written so that readers might believe and have life in Jesus, God’s Son.

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Judges, Ruth (The People’s Bible)


Christ-centered Bible truths unfold as you read this complete series of commentaries designed for spiritual growth and reading enjoyment. These trustworthy commentaries help you comprehend what you’ve read in Scripture as well as apply it to your life. These commentaries offer: Easy-to-read commentary that follows the text (in NIV) so you learn as you read, Scripture and commentary on the same page, Bible text highlighted in bold, explanation of complicated passages, important facts are identified to expand understanding of Bible times and help apply passages to life today, and maps and charts. This series is an excellent companion text for Bible study leaders and for individual use.

The book of Judges records the stories of those leaders God sent to rescue his people before Israel had kings. Each account reveals how frequently God’s people turned away from him and yet how faithful God was in sending them deliverance. Ruth is the beautiful story of a Moabite woman who became an ancestor to King David and to Jesus.