Sandra L Richter
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"Sandra L. Richter cares about the Bible and the environment. Using her expertise in ancient Israelite society as well as in biblical theology, she walks readers through biblical passages, showing how significant environmental theology is in the Bible's witness and sharing case studies connecting modern day examples and Scripture. She then calls Christians to apply that message to today's environmental concerns"--
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"Does your knowledge of the Old Testament feel like a grab bag of people, books, events and ideas? How many times have you resolved to really understand the OT? To finally make sense of it?" "Perhaps you are suffering from what Sandra Richter calls the "dysfunctional closet syndrome." If so, she has a solution. Like a home-organizing expert, she comes in and helps you straighten up your cluttered closet. Gives you hangers for facts. A timeline to...
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Perfect for: small groups (each week includes a group discussion guide, DVD sold separately), Newcomer classes or new Christians, Anyone that struggles to see the Old Testament's relevance to the big story of Scripture, Groups looking to be challenged to understand the story of Ruth in ways they haven't before, Wednesday night studies and/or Sunday school classes
In these pages you'll find: seeker-friendly teaching that connects the story of Ruth...
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Set in the midst of one of the most corrupt eras of Israelite history, Ruth is a story about three compelling characters. Naomi is an elderly widow who has lost everything and returns to her homeland empty and bitter hoping simply to survive. Ruth is Naomi's young daughter-in-law, also a widow, and a foreigner, who at great personal cost refuses to let Naomi face the future alone. Boaz is the local patriarch-a man of wealth and influence who in this...
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The Old Testament of the Bible can feel like a junk drawer-a disorganized collection of important stuff we don't want to lose yet don't know what to do with. From the Pentateuch to patriarchs and from kings to prophets, it can feel like a puzzle we've tried to put together but wind up putting back in the box because it's too complicated. The Epic of Eden Video Study Guide is ideal for groups and individuals looking for a deeply substantive and profoundly...
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Often named "the fifth gospel," the book of the prophet Isaiah has more to say about Israel's coming Messiah than any other Old Testament book. Brilliant, courageous, uncompromising, this prophet declared that "the year of the LORD" had come, and God's people needed to either step up or stand down. Indeed, when Isaiah spoke, kings trembled. But, too often, when Isaiah speaks today, God's people have trouble hearing. Why? We often miss the larger context....
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Experience fresh connections to contemporary worship and devotional practices in this eight-session video-based study of Psalms with Bible scholar Sandra Richter (streaming video included).
The book of Psalms is well-known and well-worn. It is the Old Testament book most often quoted in the New Testament, and its quotations can be found everywhere from John Milton to Star Trek to Congressional speeches. Why so much attention? The Church Father Athanasius...
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This eight-session study of the Book of Psalms masterfully mixes scholarly and practical teaching of one of the most well-read wisdom Books. Sandra Richter's pedagogy offers every modern reader the scaffolding they cannot bring to the table themselves and introduces the people of God today to their ancestors in the faith in a cross-cultural-experience kind of way.
The key overall messages of this study is what the Book of Psalms is (the hymnbook...
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