It's About Life

"We declare to you what was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the word of life" (1 John 1:1).

This book brings together an international group of scholars to explore various aspects of the conviction that Scripture was intended to bring life. It features essays that (1) investigate texts featuring the theme of life, (2) consider how interpreters might approach Scripture with the aim of contributing to the life of the world, and (3) explore ways in which biblical visions of flourishing might bear fruit in the world. As such, the chapters collectively illustrate how biblical scholarship might be a handmaiden to the aims of Scripture itself.

Including contributions by David Allen, Bernardo Cho, Joshua Coutts, Jen Gilbertson, Peter Head, Mariam Kamell Kovalishyn, Jesse Nickel, Iain Provan, Thomas Shepherd, Sven Soderlund, Loren Wilkinson, and N. T. Wright

Bernard Bell (MCS, Regent College) is Pastor of Biblical Studies at Peninsula Bible Church Cupertino, California.


Joshua Coutts (PhD, University of Edinburgh) is Associate Professor of New Testament at Providence Theological Seminary, Canada. He is the author of The Divine Name in the Gospel of John.

Joseph Lee (PhD, University of Aberdeen) is Adjunct Professor of Biblical Studies at William Jessup University, California. He is co-editor of Scriptures, Scholarship, and the People of God.


Jesse Nickel (PhD, University of St. Andrews) serves on the Faculty of Biblical Studies at Columbia Bible College, Canada. He is the author of The Things That Make for Peace.