New Testament TheologyThis work is not a history of New Testament times, nor an account of New Testament religion. Nor does it proceed from a view that the New Testament was written as theology. We must bear in mind that the writers of the New Testament books were not writing set theological pieces. They were concerned with the needs of the churches for which they wrote. Those churches already had the Old Testament, but these new writings became in time the most significant part of the Scriptures of the believing community. As such, they should be studied in their own right, and these questions should be asked: What do these writings mean? What is the theology they express or imply? What is of permanent validity in them? We read these writings across a barrier of many centuries and from a standpoint of a very different culture. We make every effort to allow for this, but we never succeed perfectly. In this book I am trying hard to find out what the New Testament authors meant, and this not as an academic exercise, but as the necessary prelude to our understanding of what their writings mean for us today. -- From the Introduction |
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... expression necessarily point to irreconcilable contradictions. There is such a thing as “unity in diversity,” and where it exists we should seek it out. I do not mean, of course, that Hunter's example proves that all the diversities in ...
... expression. And they all wrote under the tutelage of the same Holy Spirit. This does not mean that all ways of expressing the Christian position are acceptable. Paul complained of “another gospel—that is not another” (Gal. 1:6—7), and ...
... expression to some important theological ideas. Whether these ideas present a complete theology or not, they make a rewarding study. We should not overlook the fact that these writings were produced early. While there is uncertainty ...
... expression, for the gospel is power; it does not just tell about power (Rom. 1:16; 1 Cor. 1:18; cf. 2:5). It is through the gospel that God brings us into his family: we can call him “Father” (Rom. 8:15; Gal. 4:67; 2 Thess. 1:12; 2:16 ...
... expression that recurs (Rom. 1:17; 3:5, 2122, 2526; 10:3; 2 Cor. 5:21; Phil. 3:9; cf. Rom. 8:33; note that Paul does not say “the righteousness of Christ,” though that phrase has a long and honorable history among Christians). The ...
Contents
the Holy Spirit | |
discipleship | |
Part three The Johannine Writings | |
the doctrine of Christ | |
God the Father | |
God the Holy Spirit | |
the Christian Life | |
The epistles of John | |
Part two The synoptic gospels and Acts | |
The gospel of Mark | |
The gospel of Matthew | |
the doctrine of God 8 The gospel of Luke and Acts the doctrine | |
Christ | |
the salvation of our | |
The revelation of John | |
Part four The general epistles | |
The epistle to the Hebrews | |
The epistle of James | |
The past epistle of Peter | |