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Free Speech In Pauline Political Theology, David E. Fredrickson
Free Speech In Pauline Political Theology, David E. Fredrickson
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Unwelcome Words From The Lord: Isaiah's Messages, Rolf A. Jacobson
Unwelcome Words From The Lord: Isaiah's Messages, Rolf A. Jacobson
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Isaiah’s word of the Lord, even a positive word, often received an unwelcome reception. God’s promises, then and now, can be unwelcome because they warn against trusting any other promise.
God, Christ, And All Things In 1 Corinthians 15:28, David E. Fredrickson
God, Christ, And All Things In 1 Corinthians 15:28, David E. Fredrickson
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God's becoming "all in all" requires neither God's absolute sovereignty over all things nor the absorption of God into creation. In the New Testament, as in trinitarian theology, it is better understood as a way to speak of a personal relation between Creator and creation and between the Father and the Son.
Confessing Jesus As Lord: Selected Epistles (Epiphany To Palm Sunday), David E. Fredrickson
Confessing Jesus As Lord: Selected Epistles (Epiphany To Palm Sunday), David E. Fredrickson
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Pauline Ethics: Congregations As Communities Of Moral Deliberation, David E. Fredrickson
Pauline Ethics: Congregations As Communities Of Moral Deliberation, David E. Fredrickson
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Eucharistic Symbolism In The Gospel Of John, David E. Fredrickson
Eucharistic Symbolism In The Gospel Of John, David E. Fredrickson
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A metaphorical reading of eating Jesus’ flesh in John 6 is insufficient. It keeps the reader from seeing the connection between Jesus’ self-giving and his divinity; it does not reckon with the communication of divinity to communicants; it does not allow for our participation in the life of God through the ascent of the incarnate Word.
Promise And Warning: The Lord's Supper In 1 Corinthians, Craig R. Koester
Promise And Warning: The Lord's Supper In 1 Corinthians, Craig R. Koester
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There is a yes and a no in Paul's understanding of the Lord's supper—a yes to life and promise and Christ, a no to sin and death and other religious claims. A biblically based participation in communion will hear both with equal clarity.
The Chronicler's Speeches And Historical Reconstruction, Mark A. Throntveit
The Chronicler's Speeches And Historical Reconstruction, Mark A. Throntveit
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The Idealization Of Solomon As The Glorification Of God In The Chronicler's Royal Speeches And Royal Prayers, Mark A. Throntveit
The Idealization Of Solomon As The Glorification Of God In The Chronicler's Royal Speeches And Royal Prayers, Mark A. Throntveit
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Advice For Religious Historians: On The Myth Of A Purely Historical Jesus, Alan G. Padgett
Advice For Religious Historians: On The Myth Of A Purely Historical Jesus, Alan G. Padgett
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No Noose Is Good News: Leadership As A Theological Problem In The Corinthian Correspondence, David E. Fredrickson
No Noose Is Good News: Leadership As A Theological Problem In The Corinthian Correspondence, David E. Fredrickson
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The role of the leader implied by Paul’s Corinthian letters is to prepare persons for public participation in the gathered community. Paul portrays himself as the community’s slave, who thus makes others free for political participation.
The Nrsv: All Things To All People, Mark A. Throntveit
The Nrsv: All Things To All People, Mark A. Throntveit
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The Spectrum Of Johannine Readers, Craig R. Koester
The Spectrum Of Johannine Readers, Craig R. Koester
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No abstract provided.
Parrēsia In The Pauline Epistles., David E. Fredrickson
Parrēsia In The Pauline Epistles., David E. Fredrickson
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On The Verge Of The Millennium: A History Of The Interpretation Of Revelation, Craig R. Koester
On The Verge Of The Millennium: A History Of The Interpretation Of Revelation, Craig R. Koester
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The power of a book can be seen in its effects, and few books have had more dramatic effects than Revelation. Attempts to control the effects of the book by ignoring it or dismissing it have not been successful; Revela- tion’s secrets are too alluring. We do better to consider the effects the book has had on Christians over the centuries and to let this history of influence help shape a way to read the book that is both faithful and compelling.
Topography And Theology In The Gospel Of John, Craig R. Koester
Topography And Theology In The Gospel Of John, Craig R. Koester
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Preaching From The Book Of Genesis, Mark A. Throntveit
Preaching From The Book Of Genesis, Mark A. Throntveit
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The Bible, Congregational Leaders, And Moral Conversation, Patrick R. Keifert
The Bible, Congregational Leaders, And Moral Conversation, Patrick R. Keifert
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No matter how old an observation, it remains nonetheless true: We tend to remember the preacher more than the sermon, the teacher more than the lecture. Perhaps that is all we have recently learned in a preliminary study of twelve congregations in the Southwestern Minnesota Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (SW Synod). However, there are some nuances that raise very important questions for theological education in seminaries and congregations—and, even more important, insights for the role of leaders and their use of Scripture in the moral conversations within congregations. In short, we have found from dozens of …
Free Speech In Pauline Political Theology, David E. Fredrickson
Free Speech In Pauline Political Theology, David E. Fredrickson
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Although it is generally recognized today that Paul’s faith was not a religion of subjectivity, some may nevertheless object to the notion that the apostle’s theology has a political dimension. Surely, it may be said, the sectarian communities which Paul nurtured with the stark contrasts of “outsiders” and “insiders” did not think that their task was to influence public policy in the cities of the Roman empire. While it is of course preposterous to think that the early Christians had Caesar’s ear, influencing public policy is only one way of engaging in politics.
The Distant Triumph Song: Music And The Book Of Revelation, Craig R. Koester
The Distant Triumph Song: Music And The Book Of Revelation, Craig R. Koester
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Music plays a larger role in the book of Revelation than in any other book of the New Testament, and few books in all of Scripture have spawned more hymns sung in Christian worship today. Attention to how the hymnic material in Revelation would have sounded to the Christians who first heard it, to the place of these hymns in Revelation as a whole, and to their relation to the rest of Scripture can help revitalize the singing of the hymns these passages have inspired.
For The Renewal Of Repentence: The Lukan Texts In Lent, Gary M. Simpson
For The Renewal Of Repentence: The Lukan Texts In Lent, Gary M. Simpson
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“When our lord and master Jesus Christ said, ‘repent,’ he willed the entire life of believers to be one of repentance.” With these opening words of Luther’s Ninety-Five Theses, the Reformation erupted on the western Christian world. The renewal of repentance has often energized God’s mission and ministry. For instance, one might recall the mission of the eighth-century Hebrew prophets or of John the Baptist or of Peter on Pentecost or even of Jesus himself. The Lukan texts for Lent (Series C) in their distinctive way proffer a renewal of repentance for mission and ministry today.
Pentecost: Paul The Pastor In 2 Corinthians, David E. Fredrickson
Pentecost: Paul The Pastor In 2 Corinthians, David E. Fredrickson
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To read 2 Corinthians is to watch a pastor at work. Paul practices, describes, defends, and commends to his audience his pastoral ministry. Something quite rare presents itself in this letter: an extended argument for the ministry of the gospel offered by a practitioner in the heat of the moment. My task is to disclose that heat. What does it mean to place pastoral practice at the center of the interpretation of Pauline epistles? Is this not anachronistic? There is indeed the danger of reading into the text what by habit has become pastoral practice in North America. Nevertheless, by …
The Passion And Resurrection According To John, Craig R. Koester
The Passion And Resurrection According To John, Craig R. Koester
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The story of the passion follows the upward movement of the pendulum. It begins with Jesus in the posture of a slave, washing his disciples’ feet (chap. 13); but concludes when Thomas recognizes that Jesus is both Lord and God (20:28), bringing the story back to the high point where it began in 1:1. Each year John’s passion account appears in the lectionary for Holy Week and his story of the resurrection is appointed for Easter and the Sunday after Easter, providing an opportunity for sustained reading and proclamation of these texts. John’s narrative is masterfully told; the drama is …
Messianic Exegesis And The Call Of Nathanael (John 1:45-51), Craig R. Koester
Messianic Exegesis And The Call Of Nathanael (John 1:45-51), Craig R. Koester
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'The Savior Of The World' (John 4:42), Craig R. Koester
'The Savior Of The World' (John 4:42), Craig R. Koester
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Jesus’ encounter with the Samaritan woman in John 4 draws on themes of Roman imperialism and Samaria’s colonial history. The Samaritan townspeople call Jesus “the Savior of the world” (4:42), a title used for Roman emperors from Julius Caesar to Hadrian. They go out to meet Jesus and welcome him to their town, a practice used to welcome emperors and other dignitaries. Using a title of empire-wide significance emphasizes that Jesus now transcends older national divisions. The Samaritan woman speaks as an individual and representative of her people. Her personal history with five husbands parallels her national history of colonization …
The Fourth Gospel In A Three-Year Lectionary, Craig R. Koester
The Fourth Gospel In A Three-Year Lectionary, Craig R. Koester
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The Gospel of John does not march in step with the other gospels. Perhaps this is why the framers of the three-year lectionary now used by many Christian churches found it so difficult to domesticate John. The readings from Matthew, Mark, and Luke proceed in measured pace, one gospel per year, while the Fourth Gospel appears sporadically throughout the lectionary, claiming a premier role on festival days, dominating the Easter season, and making occasional guest appearances. Yet since there is no “Year of John,” those who preach from the lectionary face the formidable task of capturing this “maverick” gospel without …
"Minor" Prophets In The Midst Of Pentecost, Mark A. Throntveit
"Minor" Prophets In The Midst Of Pentecost, Mark A. Throntveit
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The Old Testament lessons for Pentecost 18, 19, and 20 are drawn from the works of two of the so-called minor prophets, Amos and Habakkuk. In our first passage, Amos 8:4-7(8), the dichotomy of faith and life—compartmentalized religion that sees no reason to let the understandings and experiences of worship affect the activities of the rest of life—comes to the fore. Our second passage, Amos 6:1-7, depicts the incongruity of the way of the affluent: lolling around Samaria, totally oblivious to the “ruin of Joseph” (Amos 6:6) or to the judgment that God will soon visit upon them by means …
Opportunity To Do Good: The Letter To The Galatians, Craig R. Koester
Opportunity To Do Good: The Letter To The Galatians, Craig R. Koester
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This message may have been attractive to the Galatians because they considered Paul’s gospel of freedom inadequate. The law would give them clear marks of identity, such as circumcision and distinctive rituals. Moreover, it would offer clear directives on how to deal with the Galatians as a form of neurotic legalism. The new preachers were apparently saying something like this: “the flesh with its passions and desires” (5:24), and what to do when someone “is overtaken in any trespass” (6:1). Paul accepts the challenges presented by these issues, as the modern preacher must do. His letter will argue for freedom—and …
Hearing, Seeing, And Believing In The Gospel Of John, Craig R. Koester
Hearing, Seeing, And Believing In The Gospel Of John, Craig R. Koester
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No abstract provided.
The Origin And Significance Of The Flight To Pella Tradition, Craig R. Koester
The Origin And Significance Of The Flight To Pella Tradition, Craig R. Koester
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No abstract provided.