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First Timothy Overview.What the book of first Timothy deals withThe book of First Timothy is a letter written by the apostle Paul to his young protégé, Timothy. It is part of the New Testament in the Bible and is one of the pastoral epistles.First Timothy deals with various issues that were arising in the early Christian church, including false teachings, church leadership, and practical instructions for Christian living.Paul instructs Timothy on...
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This book breaks a significant impasse in much Pauline interpretation today, pushing beyond both "Lutheran" and "New" perspectives on Paul to a noncontractual, "apocalyptic" reading of many of the apostle's most famous - and most troublesome - texts.
In The Deliverance of God Douglas Campbell holds that the intrusion of an alien, essentially modern, and theologically unhealthy theoretical construct into the interpretation of Paul has produced an...
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The book of Hebrews is a rich and complex work of Christian scripture, emphasizing the superiority of Jesus Christ as the ultimate fulfillment of the Jewish faith. It offers a theological exploration of key concepts such as faith, redemption, sacrifice, and the role of Christ as both priest and sacrifice. The author urges his audience to persevere in their faith despite persecution and the temptation to revert back to Judaism. The book also contains...
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Anthony Thiselton's lengthy New International Greek Testament Commentary volume The First Epistle to the Corinthians (2000) has become a standard work on 1 Corinthians. In this "shorter" commentary Thiselton draws on his excellent exegesis from that volume but combines it afresh with keen practical and pastoral application for readers at all levels.
Thiselton delves deeply into the context and text of Paul's first Corinthian letter as he suggests,...
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"Christians may not have shared the details of the particular situation of the Roman followers of Jesus, but they have shared for centuries the concern about what faith means for life, and they have turned to Paul to understand what it means to be faithful to our faithful God."
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For centuries, the apostle Paul's reflections in the book of Romans have...
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This book in the Westminster Bible Companion series explores one of Paul's most central letters. Frederick W. Weidmann observes the changes and developments in Paul's thought and practice in order to help pastors negotiate the distinction between their calling and self-identity.
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Legacy--everyone has one to give. What will be your legacy? Jensen explores the motif of legacy through the lens of the apostle Paul and one of his last letters to his spiritual son Timothy. It is an intensive exploration of the universal human endeavor to pass something of worth to a subsequent generation. Jensen weaves a tapestry of exegesis, theological excursus, psychological integration, and contemporary pastoral dilemmas to underscore the need...
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The First Epistle of Peter constitutes an important work of New Testament theology and pastoral care, serves as an example of how the early church applied Jesus' sayings and the Old Testament writings to contemporary concerns, and presents some extremely useful perspectives on living the Christian life today. This commentary by Peter Davids does an excellent job of mining the rich wealth of instruction to be found in this very significant section...
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“... Undertaken to provide earnest students of the New Testament with an exposition that is thorough and abreast of modern scholarship and at the same time loyal to the Scriptures as the infallible Word of God.” This statement reflects the underlying purpose of The New International Commentary on the New Testament. Begun in the late 1940s by an international team of New Testament scholars, the NICNT series has become recognized by pastors, students,...
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The book of 2 Thessalonians is one of the letters that the Apostle Paul wrote to the early Christian church in Thessalonica. It is believed to have been written shortly after the first letter to the Thessalonians, likely in the early AD 50s. In this letter, Paul addresses some of the concerns that had arisen among the Thessalonian believers since he last wrote to them.Here are some of the key themes and topics addressed in 2 Thessalonians:Persecution...
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In this major work, James D. G. Dunn brings together more than two decades of vigorous and creative work on interpreting the letters of Paul into an integrated, full-scale study of Paul's thought.
Using Paul's letter to the Romans as the foundation for constructing a fuller exposition of Paul's whole theology, Dunn's thematic treatment clearly describes Paul's teaching on such topics as God, humankind, sin, christology, salvation, the church, and...
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A distinguished group of scholars here introduces and illustrates the array of strategies and methods used in New Testament study today. Standard approaches - text criticism, historical methods, etc. -appear side by side with newer approaches- narrative criticism, Latino-Latina hermeneutics, theological interpretation of the New Testament, and more. First published in 1995, Hearing the New Testament is now revised and updated, including rewritten...
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The Lord's Supper, also known as Communion or the Eucharist, holds significant importance in Christian theology for several reasons:Remembrance of Christ's Sacrifice: It commemorates Jesus Christ's Last Supper with his disciples, during which he instituted the practice. Christians believe that by partaking in the bread and wine (or symbolic elements), they remember and proclaim Christ's sacrificial death on the cross for the forgiveness of sins.Spiritual...
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This latest commentary in the Belief series looks at Paul's theological wrestling with the divisions facing the early church in Corinth. These divisions arose for many reasons, among them the practices of the community: baptism,the Lord's Supper, preaching, and the exercise of spiritual gifts.
The contemporary church in North America is likewise dealing with divisions of various sorts. Who can preach? Who can celebrate Communion? Who can marry...
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Far above dominion and every name that is named, not only in this world but also in the world which is to come. It places us far above sin, far above sickness, far above addictions, far above fears, far above poverty, far above loneliness, and far above the powers of the devil. Not only is Jesus risen from the dead, but He has now ascended, and Christ Jesus is Revealed!
You will be amazed at the impact of knowing the titles and names given to...
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In this latest volume in the Belief series, Daniel L. Migliore plumbs the depth of Paul's letters to the Philippians and to Philemon. With splendid theological reflection, Migliore explores central themes of these remarkable letters--themes that include the practice of prayer, righteousness from God, and the work of reconciliation and transformation through Jesus Christ.
Migliore shows how Philippians continues to speak to churches that, like the...
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This widely praised commentary by William Lane shows Mark to be a theologian whose primary aim was to strengthen the people of God in a time of fiery persecution by Nero. Using redaction criticism as a hermeneutical approach for understanding the text and the intention of the evangelist, Lane considers the Gospel of Mark as a total literary work and describes Mark's creative role in shaping the Gospel tradition and in exercising a conscious theological...
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In this carefully crafted commentary Peter O'Brien distinctively harvests the results of recent scholarship on the letter to the Hebrews, especially in relation to the genre of the document and the flow of its discourse. This volume is purposely neither unduly technical nor unhelpfully brief. Its careful exegesis and exposition combined with its theological richness and warm devotion will fruitfully serve pastors, teachers, and students everywhere....
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“... undertaken to provide earnest students of the New Testament with an exposition that is thorough and abreast of modern scholarship and at the same time loyal to the Scriptures as the infallible Word of God.” This statement reflects the underlying purpose of The New International Commentary on the New Testament. Begun in the late 1940s by an international team of New Testament scholars, the NICNT series has become recognized by pastors, students,...
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This new commentary - part of Eerdmans's acclaimed NICNT series - gives primary attention to John's gospel in its present form rather than the sources or traditions behind it.
J. Ramsey Michaels assumes that the John, who authored the book is someone very close to Jesus and, therefore, that the gospel is a testimony to events that actually happened in the life of Jesus. Yet Michaels does not ignore the literary character of the gospel of John or...
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