Time to Mourn and a Time to Dance: Ecclesiastes and the Way of the World (The Bible speaks today)

DEREK KIDNER

Religion & Spirituality

Inter-Varsity Press]

<p>"Go and marry a prostitute." These are the first words God spoke to his prophet Hosea. Why would he ask this of one of his special spokesman? Because he wanted to teach Hosea, the nation of Israel and all of us today a lesson we will not forget, a lesson that is painful yet joyous.Hosea's somber portrait of the human condition is our lesson in pain. All of us have played the harlot by forsaking God and his ways. The picture is not pretty but it's true. Yet Hosea clear illustration of God's love for us brings joy. While we are yet sinners, God comes to us and loves us. Derek Kidner imaginatively takes us through the unfolding story of Hosea and his wife, Gomer explaining the basic message, pointing out the subtleties and encouraging readers to live lives worthy of the God who loves the loveless.</p>

Love to the loveless: the story and message of Hosea

The Message of Ecclesiastes: A Time to Mourn and a Time to Dance (The Bible Speaks Today)

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<p>The story and message of Hosea, whose marriage to a prostitute is a parable of the Lord's covenant love for his faithless people.</p>

The Message of Hosea: Love to the Loveless (The Bible Speaks Today)

Wisdom to Live by: Introduction to the Old Testament's Wisdom Books of Proverbs, Job and Ecclesiastes

Proverbs - a book full of wisdom, and yet a book demanding all one's wisdom to understand. Derek Kidner has not only provided a running commentary on the whole of Proverbs, but has also included two helpful study aids: a set of subject guides that bring together teaching scattered throughout the book, and a short concordance that helps locate lost sayings (in territory notoriously hard to search) and encourages further subject studies. In short, this volume is a wise person's guide to wisdom.

Proverbs (Tyndale Old Testament Commentary Series)

Tyndale Press

Psalms: 1-72 (Tyndale Old Testament Commentary)

"The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want" . . . "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet" . . . "Search me, O God, and know my heart" . . . Such phrases leap to mind each time a Christian lifts his or her heart to God. For many, in fact, the book of Psalms is the richest part of the Old Testament.Renowned scholar Derek Kidner provides a fresh and penetrating guide to Psalms 73-150. As in the companion volume (Psalms 1-72), he analyzes each psalm in depth, comments on interpretive questions and lays bare the universal relevance of the texts.This helpful companion to the book of Psalms, while not specifically devotional, will inspire and deepen personal worship.

Psalms: 73-150

Intervarsity Pr, Westmont, Illinois, U.S.A.

"The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want." "Thy word is a lamp to my feet." "Search me, O God, and know my heart!" Such phrases leap to mind each time a Christian lifts his heart to God. For many, in fact, Psalms is the richest part of the Old Testament.  Derek Kidner provides a fresh and penetrating guide to Psalms 1-72. He analyzes each psalm in depth, comments on interpretive questions and lays bare the universal relevance of the texts. In addition he gives special help on the psalmists' cries for vengeance. Together with its companion volume (Psalms 73-150) this introduction and commentary will inspire and deepen personal worship.  The original, unrevised text of this volume has been completely retypeset and printed in a larger, more attractive format with the new cover design for the series.  These commentaries are designed to help the reader of the Bible understand what the text says and what it means. The Introduction to each book gives a concise but thorough treatment of its authorship, date, original setting and purpose. Following a structural Analysis, the Commentary takes the book section by section, drawing out its main themes, and also comments on individual verses and problems of interpretation. Additional Notes provide fuller discussion of particular difficulties. The goal throughout is to explain the true meaning of the Bible and make its message plain.

TOTC: Psalms 1-72 (Tyndale Commentaries Series)

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TOTC: Psalms 73-150 (Tyndale Commentaries Series)

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