Christians needing a helping hand in their study of the Bible now have two fascinating new resources available to them.Through incisive teaching about the inspired writers and the historical background of the Bible, The Story of the Old Testament and The Story of the New Testament will help readers study and understand the Bible like they never have before. Developed by well-known Bible teachers John Stott and Stephen and Alec Motyer, these books have many reader-friendly features: ? Clear, well-organized writing sheds light on the writers, context, and themes of the biblical books? An attractive four-color interior design, including maps and photos that show the geography and artifacts of Bible lands? Intriguing callout sections go into greater depth on select topics? Helpful recommendations for further reading, organized by difficultyThe Story of the New Testament, available in this redesigned edition for the first time in North America, was previously published as Men with a Message: An Introduction to the New Testament and Its Writers. The Story ofthe Old Testament is available for the first time in North America.
John Robert Walmsley Stott is a British Christian leader and Anglican clergyman who is noted as a leader of the worldwide evangelical movement. He is famous as one of the principal authors of the Lausanne Covenant in 1974.
Stott was ordained in 1945 and went on to become a curate at All Souls Church, Langham Place (1945-1950) then rector (1950-75). This was the church in which he had grown up, and in which he has spent almost all of his life, aside from a few years spent in Cambridge.
Stott played a central role at two landmark events in the history of British evangelicalism. He was chairing the National Assembly of Evangelicals in 1966, a convention organised by the Evangelical Alliance, when Martyn Lloyd-Jones made an unexpected call for evangelicals to unite together as evangelicals and no longer within their 'mixed' denominations.
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