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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... Witnesses: Jesus—Paul—John. This appears to mean that there is such a thing as the “the” theology of the New Testament, though a doubt remains because, while there is a chapter called “The Theology of Paul,” the other chapter headings ...
... witness that what he is saying is true (e.g., Gal. 1:20; Phil. 1:8; 1 Thess. 2:5, 10; 2 Tim. 4:1). He appeals to God's knowledge of situations (2 Cor. 11:31; 12:2 3; Gal. 4:89). The things Christians speak, they speak before God (2 Cor ...
... witness for this position. But it is more than doubtful whether this can be sustained. There can be no doubt about Paul's enthusiasm for the gifts, but this does not seem to have exhausted his understanding of the ministry of the church ...
... witness with our spirit (Rom. 8:16), interceding for us (Rom. 8:2627), and sanctifying us (Rom. 15:16). He has a part in justification (1 Cor. 6:11) and in revelation (1 Cor. 2:10; cf. 1 Tim. 4:1). When we believed, we were “sealed ...
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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 | |