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THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF GOD - 1 Introduction
THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF GOD - 1 Introduction
by SPCK - N T Wright
Chapter One Introduction The land of Israel is a small country. You can walk its length, north to south, in a few days, and from its central mountains you can see its lateral boundaries, the sea to the west and the river to the east…
The Women's Bible Commentary - The Household Code
The Women's Bible Commentary - The Household Code
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
The Household Code Household Duties in Greco-Roman Culture and Early Judaism As long ago as the fourth century BCE, philosophers considered the household a microcosm, the basic social unit whose structure ought to reflect the pyramidal structure of the whole society and even natu…
The Women's Bible Commentary - The Violation of Earth and Zion
The Women's Bible Commentary - The Violation of Earth and Zion
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
The Violation of Earth and Zion The author foregrounds the story of the Maccabees’ rebellion against the Seleucids with the exploits of Alexander the Great (ca. 333 BCE; 1:1–4). The taut narrative links Antiochus IV to Alexander and his immediate successors, who are condemned as …
The Post Evangelical - 10 Christianity for a new age
The Post Evangelical - 10 Christianity for a new age
by SPCK - Dave Tomlinson
10 Christianity for a new age A friend of mine recently asked a well-known evangelical leader if he had heard of the term ‘post-evangelical’. ‘Post-evangelical?’ the man replied, ‘Post-evangelical? Whatever is a post-evangelical? Surely, my boy, one either is an evangelical, or o…
Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes - 8 The Wisdom of God
Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes - 8 The Wisdom of God
by SPCK-Kenneth E. Bailey
The Wisdom of God In review, the overall structure of Paul’s first essay is as follows: 1.1 Divisions in the Church (1:10-16) 1.2 The Wisdom and Power of God: Revealed Through the Cross (1:17–2:2) 1.3 The Wisdom of God: Revealed Through the Spirit (2:3-16) 1.4 Christian Unity (3:…
Great Christian Thinkers - 8 St. Cyprian
Great Christian Thinkers - 8 St. Cyprian
by SPCK - Pope Benedict XVI
St. Cyprian We come now to an excellent African bishop of the third century, St. Cyprian, “the first bishop in Africa to obtain the crown of martyrdom.” His fame, Pontius the Deacon, his first biographer, attests, is also linked to his literary corpus and pastoral activity during…
The Minister as Entrepreneur - 8 “Habitually”
The Minister as Entrepreneur - 8 “Habitually”
by SPCK - Michael Volland
“Habitually” Bolton and Thompson tell us that ‘habit’ is the characteristic that distinguishes entrepreneurs from owner-managers in business. They explain, as noted above, that ‘the true entrepreneur just cannot stop being an entrepreneur’… Taken from The Minister as Entrepreneur…
John The People's Commentary - Destroy This Temple
John The People's Commentary - Destroy This Temple
by BRF - Richard A. Burridge
Destroy This Temple It is not only in his placing of the temple incident at the start of Jesus’ ministry that John differs from the other gospels. He also has this story concerning a saying of Jesus about the destruction of the temple…
journeying with John - 7 Pentecost He breathed on them