**Rethinking early Christian identity with the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles  **Shaping the Past to Define the Present comprises both new and revised essays by esteemed New Testament scholar Gregory E. Sterling on Jewish and early Christian historiography. A sequel to his seminal work, Historiography and Self-Definition, this volume expands on Sterling's reading of Luke-Acts in the context of contemporary Jewish and Greek historiography. These ...

When love is all you have, how do you protect it from those who want to take it from you?I’ve loved Dove Tryst my whole life. There wasn’t a time when I ever thought she wouldn’t be mine. Even when we hated each other, we loved each other.But now I’m sitting here alone, trying to figure out where it all went wrong and more importantly, how.She’s engaged to my enemy. Days from walking down the aisle toward a man who isn’t me. And she’s asked me to object.I kn...

The essays gathered here provide a panoramic view of current thinking on biblical texts that play important roles in contemporary struggles for social justice – either as inspiration or impediment. Here, from the hands of an ecumenical array of leading biblical scholars, are fresh and compelling resources for thinking biblically about what justice is and what it demands. Individual essays treat key debates, themes, and texts, locating each within its historical and cultural settings while ...

New York Times bestselling author J. Sterling takes you to the East Coast in this Grumpy / Sunshine romance that you’re going to adore!After finding out that her husband was cheating on her, Ava Starling packed her things and never looked back. She always planned on coming home to run her family’s seafood restaurant, but she never expected that she’d be doing it alone. Ava was finally in a good place; healing, no longer angry, peaceful and content.At least that’s what she told hers...

What happens when a New York City matchmaker gets herself matched … with a man in uniform no less? Come along and find out!April is the hottest matchmaker in Manhattan. She is completely content helping others find love and is in no rush to find a match of her own. But when she is forced into attending a bachelor auction, she has no idea that she’s about to be the winning bidder of Bachelor #22.Robbie is the city’s hottest fireman. The calendar he’s in even proclaimed it. A...

New York Times bestselling author J. Sterling brings you this hauntingly fun second-chance romance! What happens when you can’t get over the one who got away? Come find out!EVE:Seven years ago, my boyfriend broke up with me over the phone. The worst part was, I never even saw it coming. At first, I figured he’d regret it and come racing back to me, begging for my forgiveness. But when that never happened, I realized that I needed to put Tyson Hunter behind me and move on with my li...

What happens when you call off your engagement to your high school sweetheart and go on the honeymoon anyway? New York Times bestselling author J. Sterling brings you this fun and flirty story about finding love when you least expect it!I was engaged to my high school boyfriend, about to get married and live a life I no longer wanted. After breaking up, when he insisted that I go on our planned honeymoon anyway … alone … I wasn’t about to say no.Never in my wildest dreams d...

New York Times Bestselling author J. Sterling brings you a steamy story about a dirty talking pro-football player who doesn’t take no for an answer and the woman who is trying her best to resist him.I don’t date my clients.Being the top relocation specialist for professional athletes—a woman has to have rules. And that’s the only one I need. The only one that matters. The only one I’ve lived by since starting my own company.But when Crew Maxwell walks through my off...

New York Times bestselling author J. Sterling brings you a hot and hilarious story about falling for your brother’s best friend.IvyI’ve been in love with Saint my whole life. At least that’s how it feels. He’s never looked at me as anything more than his best friend’s little sister. Being stuck in the friend zone is my literal nightmare when it comes to him, and I want out.SaintIvy has no idea the way I see her. It kills me that she thinks I don’t want her the same way she ...

New York Times bestselling author J. Sterling brings you an enemies-to-lovers, forced-proximity romance that you’re going to adore.Spending Thanksgiving trapped in a hotel with a man I can’t stand, really isn’t my idea of a good time, but that’s what’s happening anyway.I’ve hated River Santos since I first started working for the airline. I was warned to stay away from him by more than one flight attendant, my best friend included. River was your typical pilot: cocky, arrog...

New York Times bestselling author J. Sterling brings you a fun and flirty romance about falling for a real life Prince during a trip to Ireland. Sometimes the best love stories are the most unexpected.After my mom died, I was heartbroken and devastated. She left behind a note for myself and my little sister and before we knew what hit us, we were on a plane, bound for Ireland.Mom had one last wish for us:To live our lives.To have experiences.To fall ...

What happens when you find Mr. Right after getting dumped by Mr. Wrong? New York Times bestselling author J. Sterling brings you this enjoyable romance about finding love again after getting your heart broken.Heading off to Vail single and alone wasn’t how I planned on spending the week before Valentine’s Day, but here I am, in one of the most scenic places in the country, with nothing to do and no one to do it with.Until I meet Jase Malone.He’s adventurous, charmin...