In 1909 Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, on his way back to South Africa from London, wrote his now celebrated tract Hind Swaraj, laying out his vision for the future of India and famously rejecting the technological innovations of Western civilization. Despite his protestations, Western technology endur[...]

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"I am a collection of oddities, a circus of neurons and electrons: my heart is the ringmaster, my soul is the trapeze artist, and the world is my audience[...]

amuel Beckett once wrote that were he in the 'unfortunate position' of a critic studying his work, one of his points of departure would be the ideas of the 17th-century philosopher, Arnold Geulincx. Samuel Beckett and Arnold Geulincx: Tracing 'a literary fantasia' is the first full-length study t[...]

Straight to the point, practical, affirming, convicting---that's the book of James. In it, we see a picture of early Christians wrestling to apply the teachings of Jesus to their everyday lives. And we see a community plagued by divisiveness and hypocrisy, with an emphasis on wealth and status. Jame[...]

Most Bible commentaries take us on a one-way trip from our world to the world of the Bible. But they leave us there, assuming that we can somehow make the return journey on our own. In other words, they focus on the original meaning of the passage but don't discuss its contemporary application. The [...]

Hosea/Amos/Micah, which is part of the NIV Application Commentary Series, helps readers learn how the messages of Hosea, Amos, and Micah can have the same powerful impact today that they did when they were first written.[...]

The prophetic books Jonah, Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah are brief but powerful. They comfort us with the assurance that, when nothing in this life makes sense, God is still in control. They toughen our faith in the face of the world's ugly realities. And they reveal the complexities of humans in r[...]

Discover not only the original meaning of 1 Corinthians, but also how Paul's message can speak powerfully today.[...]

Hebrews, which is part of the "NIV Application Commentary Series", helps readers learn how the message of Hebrews can have the same powerful impact today that it did when the author first wrote it.[...]

Acts, which is part of the NIV Application Commentary Series, helps readers learn how the message of Acts can have the same powerful impact today that it did when Luke first wrote it.[...]

This volume of the NIV Application Commentary Series, helps readers learn how the message of 1 & 2 Timothy and Titus can have the same powerful impact today that they did when they were first written.[...]