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"Most Bible commentaries take us on a one-way trip from the twentieth century to the first century. 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 information they offer is valuable -- but the job is only half done! The NIV Application Commentary Series helps us with both halves ..."
"The NIV Application Commentary, New Testament Set: Matthew - Revelation, 20-Volume Collection is a value for readers. This series helps readers with the vital task of bringing the ancient message of the Bible into a contemporary context."
"find our own way in it is to recognize that Christ is the converging point of the
transcendent God's activity in the arena of human history. He is the interpretive
key for understanding the meaning of creation, the purpose of life, and its goal (
John 14:6). ... grail” of science, the “theory of everything,” the simple set of laws
that explains every complex detail of our universe. ... they are not the center of the
universe, we hum ..."
"The NIV Application Commentary helps you communicate and apply biblical text effectively in today's context.To bring the ancient messages of the Bible into today's world, each passage is treated in three sections:Original Meaning. Concise exegesis to help readers understand the original meaning of the biblical text in its historical, literary, and cultural context.Bridging Contexts. A bridge between the world of the Bible and the world ..."
"The NIV Application Commentary helps you communicate and apply biblical text effectively in today’' context.To bring the ancient messages of the Bible into today's world, each passage is treated in three sections:Original Meaning. Concise exegesis to help readers understand the original meaning of the biblical text in its historical, literary, and cultural context.Bridging Contexts. A bridge between the world of the Bible and the world ..."
"The NIV Application Commentary helps you communicate and apply biblical text effectively in today's context.To bring the ancient messages of the Bible into today's world, each passage is treated in three sections:Original Meaning. Concise exegesis to help readers understand the original meaning of the biblical text in its historical, literary, and cultural context.Bridging Contexts. A bridge between the world of the Bible and the world ..."
"Most Bible commentaries take us on a one-way trip from the twentieth century to the first century. 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 information they offer is valuable--but the job is only half done! The NIV Application Commentary Series helps us with both halves of ..."
"The NIV Application Commentary helps you communicate and apply biblical text effectively in today's context.To bring the ancient messages of the Bible into today's world, each passage is treated in three sections:Original Meaning. Concise exegesis to help readers understand the original meaning of the biblical text in its historical, literary, and cultural context.Bridging Contexts. A bridge between the world of the Bible and the world ..."
"The NIV Application Commentary helps you communicate and apply biblical text effectively in today's context.This commentary shows how Esther is perfect guidance for us when we find ourselves in a situation where right and wrong are not so clearly defined and every choice we have seems to be a troubling mixture of good and bad. Esther is perfect inspiration for us when we find ourselves in situations we never sought, never planned for, a ..."
"The NIV Application Commentary helps you communicate and apply biblical text effectively in today's context.To bring the ancient messages of the Bible into today's world, each passage is treated in three sections:Original Meaning. Concise exegesis to help readers understand the original meaning of the biblical text in its historical, literary, and cultural context.Bridging Contexts. A bridge between the world of the Bible and the world ..."
"The NIV Application Commentary helps you communicate and apply biblical text effectively in today's context.To bring the ancient messages of the Bible into today's world, each passage is treated in three sections:Original Meaning. Concise exegesis to help readers understand the original meaning of the biblical text in its historical, literary, and cultural context.Bridging Contexts. A bridge between the world of the Bible and the world ..."
Punishment and Welfare A History of Penal Strategies by DavidGarland 330 Pages, Published 2018 by Quid Pro Books ISBN-13: 978-1-61027-378-7, ISBN: 1-61027-378-8
"Castel, R. (1975) 'The Doctors and Judges', in M. Foucault (ed.), I, Pierre Rivière,
Harmondsworth: Penguin. Chapple, W. A. (1904) The Fertility of the Unfit,
Melbourne: Whitcombe & Tombs. Chapple, W. A. (1910) First Principles in the Art
of ..."
Punishment and Welfare A History of Penal Strategies (Classics of Law & Society) by DavidGarland Paperback, 328 Pages, Published 2018 by Quid Pro, Llc ISBN-13: 978-1-61027-379-4, ISBN: 1-61027-379-6
"First published in 1985, this classic of law and society scholarship continues to shape the research agenda of today's sociology of punishment. It is now republished with a new Preface by the author. Punishment and Welfare explores the relation of punishment to politics, the historical formation and development of criminology, and the way in which penal reform grew out of the complex set of political projects that founded the modern we ..."
The Welfare State A Very Short Introduction by DavidGarland 144 Pages, Published 2016 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-165308-7, ISBN: 0-19-165308-X
"I would like to thank the following colleagues, friends, and loved ones for their
generous assistance and advice: Mike Adler, Michelle Austin, Vanessa Barker,
Yvette Bisono, Craig Calhoun, Oscar Chase, Tom Daems, David Donnison,
David Downes, Gretchen Feltes, Amy Garland, Bernard Harcourt, Anton
Hemerdijk, Henner Hess, Stephen Holmes, Dan Hulsebosch, Jim Jacobs, David
Kamin, Michael Meranze, Lindsay Paterson, Robert Reiner, Mike Ro ..."
The Welfare State A Very Short Introduction by DavidGarland 144 Pages, Published 2016 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-165307-0, ISBN: 0-19-165307-1
"Economic management: Peter Hall, Governing the Economy: The Politics of State
Intervention in Britain and France (Polity ... Press 1997); Peter Svenson,
Capitalists Against the Markets: The Making of Welfare States in the United
States and ..."
"[Performed by Joe Bevilacqua, Lorie Kellogg, and A Full Cast]Now available in one collection for you to enjoy!Long before Sgt. Lefty and the Camp Waterlogg gang took over, The Comedy-Rama Hour residents were parody versions of Mysteries (Sherlock Holmes), Old-time Radio (The Shadow, The Lone Ranger, etc.), SCI-FI (Willoughby and the Professor), Superheroes (Teaman and Polfroon), and more.''Those were the XM years,'' explains Joe Bevilac ..."
"This is an epic science fiction/fantasy comedy about a boy and his professor who travel willy-nilly across time and space in a failed attempt to ''cure the world of all its ills.'' Stories include: Episode One: 'I'll Teach You!' or 'Box of Nothing' Episode Two: 'Holy Smoke' or 'The Red-Suited Man' Episode Three: 'More Edible Than Durable' or 'You Smashed My Monkey!' Episode Four: 'Oh Boy, She Looks Great!' or 'Which Witchway is Which? ..."
Peculiar Institution(Reprint) America's Death Penalty in an Age of Abolition by DavidGarland Paperback, 432 Pages, Published 2012 by Belknap Press ISBN-13: 978-0-674-06610-6, ISBN: 0-674-06610-3
" The U.S. death penalty is a peculiar institution, and a uniquely American one. Despite its comprehensive abolition elsewhere in the Western world, capital punishment continues in dozens of American states– a fact that is frequently discussed but rarely understood. The same puzzlement surrounds the peculiar form that American capital punishment now takes, with its uneven application, its seemingly endless delays, and the uncertainty of ..."
The Culture of Control Crime and Social Order in Contemporary Society by DavidGarland 336 Pages, Published 2012 by University Of Chicago Press ISBN-13: 978-0-226-19017-4, ISBN: 0-226-19017-X
"ROCK, P., 'The Present State of Criminology in Britain', in P. Rock (ed), A History
of British Criminology (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988). Helping Victims of
... 'The Organization of a Home Office Initiative', European journal of Crime,
Criminal Law and Criminal justice (1994), 2(2): 141—67. (ed), The History ...
ROSCH, J., 'Crime as an issue in American Politics', in E. S. Fairchild and V. J.
Webb (eds), The Politics of C ..."