Children today are no longer expected to be "seen and not heard," yet in many churches children are involved only in programs designated for them. "Children Matter" offers a full discussion of children's spirituality and shows how the faith community can effectively nurture its youngest members.

An exciting development of recent years in the study of early Judaism and Christianity has been the growing recognition of the importance of the extra-biblical traditions for understanding these religious movements--apocryphal and pseudepigraphical literature, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the Nag Hamma... (more)

Twelve parables of Jesus and a Gospel story retold for two voices The popularity of the original Parables Lite is testimony that Mike Stone's style has found great favour among congregations and individual readers alike, so it's no surprise to discover him answering calls for a second collection.... (more)

This new format for the Sheffiled Old Testament guides offers the acclaimed and authoratative introductions in larger configurations, prefaced with a broad theological and literary orientation by a leading biblical theologian. Genesis and Exodus is introduced by John Goldingay.