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Paul (Hardcover)
Jerry L. Sumney
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R998
Discovery Miles 9 980
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The New Testament Library offers authoritative commentary of every
book and major aspect of the New Testament, providing fresh
translations based on the best available ancient manuscripts,
critical portrayals of the historical world in which the books were
created, careful attention to their literary design, and a
theologically perceptive exposition of the biblical text. C.
Clifton Black, M. Eugene Boring, and John T. Carroll are series
editors. The letter to the Colossians offers great insight into the
faith, life, and problems of an early Christian church.
Understanding this letter to be one of Pauls prison epistles but
aware of the differences between this and his other writings, Jerry
Sumney shows how the church struggled with expressing its new faith
in the diverse settings of the Greco-Roman world. Paying special
attention to the ways of forgiveness and salvation through the
power of Christ, this fine commentary offers compelling new
insights into Colossians expansive Christology and expectant
eschatology.
Coauthored by a homiletician, a theologian, and a biblical scholar,
this book is a preaching primer that provides tools for crafting
effective, engaging, and inspiring sermons. Using a unique
workbook-style format, Introduction to Preaching equips seminarians
and preachers to use appropriate theological claims informed by
solid biblical interpretation while providing several sample
sermons from the authors. Readers will learn how to use a
three-part scheme-the Central Question, the Central Claim, and the
Central Purpose-to provide the drive, direction, and destination
for the sermon. Offering guidelines for using appropriate sermon
forms, imagery, metaphors, and creativity, tougher with advice on
how to deliver contextually relevant sermons using our bodies,
presence, and voice make this a staple for both new and experienced
preachers. Introduction to Preaching includes a chapter on
exploring the space of preaching, including onsite and online
sermons. In addition, it features charts and worksheets to help
organize the sermon-writing process, as well as exercises for the
preacher's voice and body and tips for advice for guest preachers
and supply preachers. A glossary of terms and an extensive
bibliography make this a handy reference guide for students and all
preachers.
Coauthored by a homiletician, a theologian, and a biblical scholar,
this book is a preaching primer that provides tools for crafting
effective, engaging, and inspiring sermons. Using a unique
workbook-style format, Introduction to Preaching equips seminarians
and preachers to use appropriate theological claims informed by
solid biblical interpretation while providing several sample
sermons from the authors. Readers will learn how to use a
three-part scheme-the Central Question, the Central Claim, and the
Central Purpose-to provide the drive, direction, and destination
for the sermon. Offering guidelines for using appropriate sermon
forms, imagery, metaphors, and creativity, tougher with advice on
how to deliver contextually relevant sermons using our bodies,
presence, and voice make this a staple for both new and experienced
preachers. Introduction to Preaching includes a chapter on
exploring the space of preaching, including onsite and online
sermons. In addition, it features charts and worksheets to help
organize the sermon-writing process, as well as exercises for the
preacher's voice and body and tips for advice for guest preachers
and supply preachers. A glossary of terms and an extensive
bibliography make this a handy reference guide for students and all
preachers.
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Paul (Paperback)
Jerry L. Sumney
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R806
R599
Discovery Miles 5 990
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Covering the entire Pauline corpus the reader finds a man who was
adept at persuasive arguments and providing theological answers to
real and, often, thorny congregational issues. Readers have a keen
understanding of Paul s place in the early church, the relationship
between church and synagogue, and the relationship between the
teaching of Paul and that of Jesus. These discussions set Paul
firmly within the church that existed before he joined, finding
that he became an adherent to much that preceded him."
To develop a method for identifying Paul's opponents it is first
necessary to analyse procedures used by previous scholars. Too
little attention has been paid in the past to issues of method, and
many procedures have been used which violate the canons of
historical research. In the first place, limits should be set upon
the use of historical reconstructions and of external sources, and
the determinative source for identifying the opponents of any
letter must be that letter itself. Secondly, a satisfactory method
will analyse passages within the primary text according to the
nature of the section (e.g. polemical or didactic) and the types of
statements they contain (e.g. explicit statements about opponents
or allusions to them). Then each combination of context and
statement type is evaluated to determine (1) how certain we can be
about whether the passage refers to opponents and (2) how much
distortion is likely to be present. The application of the proposed
method to the two letters within 2 Corinthians indicates that Paul
faced the same group of opponents in both letters. These opponents
were pneumatics who demanded a particular manner of life as
evidence that a person possesses the measure of the spirit which
makes one an apostle.
One view that perennially springs up among biblical scholars is
that Paul was the inventor of Christianity, or that Paul introduced
the idea of a divine Christ to a church that earlier had simply
followed the ethical teaching of a human Jesus. In this book Jerry
Sumney responds to that claim by examining how, in reality, Paul
drew on what the church already believed and confessed about Jesus.
As he explores how Paul's theology relates to that of the broader
early church, Sumney identifies where in the Christian tradition
distinctive theological claims about Christ, his death, the nature
of salvation, and eschatology first seem to appear. Without
diminishing significant differences, Sumney describes what common
traditions and beliefs various branches of the early church shared
and compares them to Paul's thought. Sumney interacts directly with
arguments made by those who claim Paul as the inventor of
Christianity and approaches the questions raised by that claim in a
fresh way.
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