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This volume written by a theologian and a biblical scholar offers a
fresh model for understanding Scripture as God's Word. The authors
work out the four Nicene marks of the church--one, holy, catholic,
and apostolic--as marks of Scripture, offering a new way of
thinking about the Bible that bridges theology and interpretation.
Their ecclesial analogy invites us to think of Scripture in similar
terms to how we think of the church, countering the incarnational
model propagated by Peter Enns and others.
This compact, one-semester introduction to the Bible prepares
students to begin reading the biblical text as Christian Scripture,
focusing on the meaning of Scripture for the church. The editors
and contributors--experienced teachers with expertise in different
parts of the Bible--orient students to the whole of Scripture so
that they may read the biblical text for themselves. The book first
explains what Christians believe about Scripture and gives a
bird's-eye survey of the whole biblical story. Chapters then
introduce the story, arrangement, style, and key ideas of each
division of the Old and New Testament, helping readers see how the
books of the Bible make a coherent whole.
Following up on their previous volume, Called to Be Church: The
Book of Acts for a New Day, biblical scholar Robert Wall and
pastoral leader Anthony Robinson here join forces again. Featuring
both exegetical study and dynamic contemporary exposition, each
chapter of Called to Lead first interprets the text of 1 and 2
Timothy as Scripture and then engages 1 and 2 Timothy for today's
church leaders. The book covers many vexing issues faced by church
leaders then and now -- such issues as the use of money, leadership
succession, pastoral authority, and the role of Scripture. Through
it all, Called to Lead shows how Timothy remains a text of great
value for the church today
As one of the leading figures in New Testament studies, Robert W.
Wall has continually focused on the function of the New Testament
as a "canonical" or authoritative collection of writings,
reflecting not only the content and essence of the Church's
emerging faith, but also the life to that community of followers of
Jesus who eventually became widely known as "Christians." In the
vein of his defining work, The New Testament as Canon: A Reader in
Canonical Criticism, Wall now reflects upon his more recent body of
study. Always emphasizing 'canonical conversation', Wall had
collected and revised some of his most important essays of the last
two decades, including Unity of Luke and Acts (2010), The Unifying
Theology of the Catholic Epistles (2003-13) and Images of Church in
John's Revelation (2015). Completed by a new essay on the canonical
approach to the Paratext of Hebrews, and with vital "introductory
notes" for each chapter that highlight both Wall's revisions and
his response to critical reception, this book is yet one more asset
in Wall's continuing pursuit of the canonical function of the
church's Scriptures.
To the Colossians, preoccupied with legal codes and intellectual
disputes, Paul wrote a letter stressing not only the centrality of
Christ but also the need for Christians to live out their faith in
genuine community. Paul's antidote to a privatized and
intellectualized faith will provide relief to many Christians
today. To Philemon, a powerful church leader, Paul wrote a strong
personal letter asking him to embark on a new relationship with his
slave Onesimus. As a model for conflict resolution and mutual
relations within the Christian community, Paul's letter has much to
offer the church today. Throughout this commentary, Robert W. Wall
explains what each letter meant to its original hearers and its
application for us today.
The Catholic Epistles and Apostolic Tradition asks two questions:
Can the Catholic Epistles from James to Jude be fruitfully examined
in relation to each other, without contrasting them with the
Pauline Epistles? And, if so, will we learn something new about
them and early Christianity? The essayists here answer "yes" and
"yes," offering provocative perspectives on James, the Johannine
epistles, the Petrine epistles, and Jude. Additional contributors
are Ernst Baasland (Church of Norway), Lutz Doering (University of
London--King's College), Reinhard Felmeier (University of
GAttingen), JArg Frey (University of Munich), Scott J. Hafemann
(Gordon-Conwell Seminary), Patrick J. Hartin (Gonzaga University),
John S. Kloppenborg (University of Toronto), Matthias Konradt
(University of Berne), David R. Nienhuis (Seattle Pacific
University), and John Painter (Charles Sturt University).
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Women in Ministry (Hardcover)
Shannon Nicole Smythe; Foreword by Robert W. Wall
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Women in Ministry (Paperback)
Shannon Nicole Smythe; Foreword by Robert W. Wall
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Why the Church? (Paperback)
Joel B. Green; Robert W. Wall
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Given the way many in the West have read the New Testament in the
last century, the church might be regarded as an afterthought at
best. But at the worst, it can be viewed as an unnecessary, perhaps
even problematic, institutionalization of genuine faith especially
in our post-denominational context. These perspectives fly in the
face of the robust ecclesiological concerns and commitments of the
New Testament documents when read as witnesses from, to, and for
congregations of God's people. For Wall, the problem is spiritual
because fewer go to find God in church. Why the church? Because
this peculiar fellowship of saints, whose loving communion is with
the risen One, has been appointed by the triune God as God's
herald. With its sacred vocation, every demonstration of the
church's oneness, holiness, catholicity, and apostolicity--each
eschatological mark enabled and brought to maturity by God's
grace--is the concrete means to address our theological crisis.
This book will contribute to New Testament studies but also serve
related discussions in theology and church history. Reframing New
Testament Theology is a series that fulfills the need for brief,
substantive, yet highly accessible introductions to central
questions and themes raised by New Testament study.
This theological commentary on 1 & 2 Timothy and Titus by
Robert Wall powerfully demonstrates the ongoing relevance and
authority of the Pastoral Epistles for the church today. Wall
uniquely employs an apostolic "Rule of Faith" methodology for
interpreting these texts as sacred Scripture. Three successive
historical case studies by Richard Steele vividly instantiate key
themes of the Pastorals. This innovative yet reverent volume will
help revive the interest of students, pastors, and other Christian
leaders in the Pastoral Epistles.
What makes the authentic markers of the church? The biblical book
of Acts not only insistently raises this question but also provides
resources to help congregations answer it. In "Called to be
Church," biblical scholar Rob Wall and pastoral leader Tony
Robinson join together to make Acts available as a source of
renewal and transformation for the Christian church today.
Featuring both careful exegetical study and exciting
contemporary exposition, "Called to be Church" explores twelve
familiar stories from Acts. In addressing these stories it dives
into many of the most vexing issues faced by the church in Acts and
now again in the twenty-first century -- issues of sexuality,
money, exclusion, conflict in the church, pluralism, and the role
of the Holy Spirit. Through it all Acts challenges the church to
stay connected to its Jewish legacy and to be a people set
apart.
"Called to be Church" will inspire those involved with the
church to see themselves as part of God's story in our time.
Using a variation of reader-response criticism, Melchert engages
thewisdom texts in an effort to determine why the sages said and
taught asthey did. He also explores what contemporary teachers and
learnersmight pick up from the wisdom texts about teaching,
learning, and beingwisely religious in a postmodern world. Melchert
argues that the wisdomtexts presumably embody not only what these
teachers wanted readers tolearn but also how it was to be learned.
As one of the leading figures in New Testament studies, Robert W.
Wall has continually focused on the function of the New Testament
as a "canonical" or authoritative collection of writings,
reflecting not only the content and essence of the Church's
emerging faith, but also the life to that community of followers of
Jesus who eventually became widely known as "Christians." In the
vein of his defining work, The New Testament as Canon: A Reader in
Canonical Criticism, Wall now reflects upon his more recent body of
study. Always emphasizing 'canonical conversation', Wall had
collected and revised some of his most important essays of the last
two decades, including Unity of Luke and Acts (2010), The Unifying
Theology of the Catholic Epistles (2003-13) and Images of Church in
John's Revelation (2015). Completed by a new essay on the canonical
approach to the Paratext of Hebrews, and with vital "introductory
notes" for each chapter that highlight both Wall's revisions and
his response to critical reception, this book is yet one more asset
in Wall's continuing pursuit of the canonical function of the
church's Scriptures.
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