A study of the imagery of the New Testament, revealing an understanding of the nature of the Christian Church. This work allows the reader to uncover the true nature of the church through the gallery of images in the New Testament. It analyses the range of connotations communicated by a particular image against a historical background.

Images of Church in New Testament

Religion & Spirituality

Minear, Paul S.

Christian Books & Bibles

James Clarke & Co.

Matthew: The Teacher's Gospel

Darton,Longman & Todd Ltd.

A key text in the study of Paul's Epistle to the Romans.

The Obedience of Faith: The Purposes of Paul in the Epistle to the Romans (Studies in Biblical Theology Second)

Hymns Ancient & Modern Ltd

Minear puts forward the significance of using the information uncovered from the last three chapters of Romans (14-16) to reconstruct the picture of the situation in Rome and to interpret the letter as a whole accordingly. He challenges the assumption held by many commentators that there was a single Christian congregation in Rome where different groups of Christians worshipped side by side. Minear proposes that Paul is trying to unite the strong and the weak communities in Rome. Paul does this by employing twelve axioms in efforts at reconciliation in 14.1-15.13. According to Minear, it is the purpose of the rest of Romans to explain, support, and defend these axioms.

The Obedience of Faith: The Purposes of Paul in the Epistle to the Romans (Studies in Biblical Theology: Second Series)

Wipf & Stock Pub

From the Preface: There are indeed few books in the Bible where the modern student does not need deft guidance if reading is to prove profitable. In the case of the Book of Revelation that need becomes absolutely essential. When the average student takes up this book, almost without exception the going is tough, the language baffling, the sense of profit minimal. This situation represents a curious reversal, for in earlier centuries no other part of Scripture so greatly intrigued the imagination of Christendom or so greatly fascinated its painters and musicians . . . . The book at hand is designed to restore the Apocalypse to its rightful place in Christian thinking. The title asserts a continuing conviction: John as a prophet actually saw a new earth. The ordinary ways of perceiving reality had been radically altered by his faith in Christ.... Even moderns., in their traffic with "the earth," have accessible a greater diversity of visions than they suppose. The ancient prophet may still have power to enable us to see a new earth. Such at least is the premise that prompted the publication of this book.

I Saw a New Earth: An Introduction to the Visions of the Apocalypse

Wipf and Stock

John: The Martyr's Gospel: The Martyr's Gospel

Most studies of Matthew have been oriented toward a recovery of the portrait of Jesus or toward strengthening faith in him in our time. I have chosen a different orientation. The focus of my attention is on the work of the Evangelist as a teacher and on his intended audience in the churches of the first century--men and women who, like many of us, were charged with basic educational work among adult believers in Jesus Christ. I hope that such an orientation may strengthen your sense of kinship both with the Evangelist, who was a teacher, and with his first readers, who also were teachers. From the Preface This insightful commentary on the Gospel of Matthew will help readers better understand the importance of this book of the New Testament. Paul S. Minear focuses on Matthew as a teacher in the early Christian church, assesses Matthew's impact on Christians in the first century, and examines the fascinating array of literary forms found in this Gospel. Throughout, the book aims at increasing comprehension of the distinctive and constructive theological stance of Matthew.

Matthew: The Teacher's Gospel: The Teacher's Gospel

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