Author: Jason C. Meyer Publisher: B&H Publishing Group ISBN: 080544842X Category : Bibles Languages : en Pages : 354
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A study of Paul's theology in the Bible, focusing on his view of the old covenant God made with Israel and the new covenant Jesus announced at the Last Supper.
Author: Michael Knowles Publisher: Sacristy Press ISBN: 1789590264 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 367
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The Council of Jerusalem, which committed Christianity to offering to gospel to all of humanity, was the most important moment in the history of the Church. Michael Knowles argues that the Church needs to rediscover the Council and its message for the sake of its own credibility today.
Author: P.D. James Publisher: Canongate Books ISBN: 0857861077 Category : Bibles Languages : en Pages : 93
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Acts is the sequel to Luke's gospel and tells the story of Jesus's followers during the 30 years after his death. It describes how the 12 apostles, formerly Jesus's disciples, spread the message of Christianity throughout the Mediterranean against a background of persecution. With an introduction by P.D. James
Author: Frank F. Judd Publisher: Brigham Young University Press ISBN: 9781590386286 Category : Bible Languages : en Pages : 423
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Now you can have the best Sperry Symposium articles about the New Testament gathered in one outstanding volume! Containing many of the most instructive and inspirational commentaries ever written on the subject, this book features such authors as President James E. Faust, Elders Jay E. Jensen, L. Aldin Porter, Gerald N. Lund, and many others. The fourth and final volume in the Sperry Symposium Classics series, this collection is sure to serve as a precious resource as we focus on the New Testament in the coming year. Topics include Christs ministry, atonement, and resurrection as well as chapters on the apostles writings and on vital doctrines taught in this standard work.Additional contributors include Elder John K. Carmack, Dennis Largey, Andrew Skinner, Robert Matthews, Richard Anderson, Wilfred Griggs, Richard Holzapfel, Monte Nyman, Catherine Thomas, Robert Millet, Matthew Richardson, Richard Draper, Gaye Strathearn, Kent Brown, and others.
Author: Publisher: Penguin UK ISBN: 0141915307 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 286
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The writings in this volume cast a glimmer of light upon the emerging traditions and organization of the infant church, during an otherwise little-known period of its development. A selection of letters and small-scale theological treatises from a group known as the Apostolic Fathers, several of whom were probably disciples of the Apostles, they provide a first-hand account of the early Church and outline a form of early Christianity still drawing on the theology and traditions of its parent religion, Judaism. Included here are the first Epistle of Bishop Clement of Rome, an impassioned plea for harmony; The Epistle of Polycarp; The Epistle of Barnabas; The Didache; and the Seven Epistles written by Ignatius of Antioch - among them his moving appeal to the Romans that they grant him a martyr's death.
Author: Phillip J. Long Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers ISBN: 1532671202 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 171
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Galatians is one of the earliest of the Pauline letters and is therefore among the first documents written by Christians in the first century. Paul’s letter to the Galatians deals with the first real controversy in the early church: the status of Jews and gentiles in this present age and the application of the Law of Moses to gentiles. Paul argues passionately that gentiles are not “converting” to Judaism and therefore should not be expected to keep the Law. Gentiles who accept Jesus as Savior are “free in Christ,” not under the bondage of the Law. Galatians also deals with an important pastoral issue in the early church as well. If gentiles are not “under the Law,” are they free to behave any way they like? Does Paul’s gospel mean that gentiles can continue to live like pagans and still be right with God? For Paul, the believer’s status as an adopted child of God enables them to serve God freely as dearly loved children. Galatians: Freedom through God's Grace is commentary for laypeople, Bible teachers, and pastors who want to grasp how the original readers of Galatians would have understood Paul’s letter and how this important ancient letter speaks to Christians living in similar situations in the twenty-first century.
Author: Dennis E. Johnson Publisher: ISBN: 9781596382206 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 312
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Charles Spurgeon once said that just as every road in England leads to London, so every text in Scripture contains a path to Christ. But there's still a chance of going the wrong way, blazing misleading trails where none previously existed. How can we be sure that we're reading our road map correctly? Dennis Johnson shows us that there are established routes we can trust. Guiding us along the network of trails in the Old and New Testaments, he points to the signs and markers that help us to identify roads to Christ. He surveys the Bible's sweeping story that makes up the lay of the land and explores different landmarks-the central motifs in Scripture that give us our bearings as we seek out Jesus. Our sermons, Bible studies, and personal devotions will be transformed as we navigate Scripture in light of its central purpose: to draw us in faith and love to our Prophet, Priest, and King. Book jacket.
Author: Phillip J. Long Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers ISBN: 1630870331 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 456
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Did Jesus claim to be the "bridegroom"? If so, what did he mean by this claim? When Jesus says that the wedding guests should not fast "while the bridegroom is with them" (Mark 2:19), he is claiming to be a bridegroom by intentionally alluding to a rich tradition from the Hebrew Bible. By eating and drinking with "tax collectors and other sinners," Jesus was inviting people to join him in celebrating the eschatological banquet. While there is no single text in the Hebrew Bible or the literature of the Second Temple Period which states the "messiah is like a bridegroom," the elements for such a claim are present in several texts in Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Hosea. By claiming that his ministry was an ongoing wedding celebration he signaled the end of the Exile and the restoration of Israel to her position as the Lord's beloved wife. This book argues that Jesus combined the tradition of an eschatological banquet with a marriage metaphor in order to describe the end of the Exile as a wedding banquet.
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