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Tara-Leigh Cobble • The Bible Recap: A One-Year Guide to Reading and Understanding the Entire Bible
It was more the case that the person of Christ, the work of the Spirit, and the fundamental dynamics of the gospel themselves changed their orientation toward God, God’s world, God’s creatures, and God’s good end. That made Christians seem like aliens from another planet.
Nijay K. Gupta • Strange Religion: How the First Christians Were Weird, Dangerous, and Compelling
Jesus the king 1. preexisted with the Father, 2. took on human flesh, fulfilling God’s promises to David, 3. died for sins in accordance with the Scriptures, 4. was buried, 5. was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, 6. appeared to many, 7. is seated at the right hand of God as Lord, and 8. will come again as judge.
Matthew W. Bates, Scot McKnight (Foreword) • Salvation by Allegiance Alone
and you shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
C. S. Lewis • The C. S. Lewis Bible: For Reading, Reflection, and Inspiration
Pistis is not the polar opposite of works; rather pistis as ongoing allegiance is the fundamental framework into which works must fit as part of our salvation.
Matthew W. Bates, Scot McKnight (Foreword) • Salvation by Allegiance Alone
The Swedish Lutheran theologian, Gustav Aulén, published a seminal work on the types of atonement theory in 1930 (Christus Victor). Though time and critical studies have suggested many subtler treatments of the question, no one has really improved on his insight. Especially valuable was his description of the “Classic View” of the atonement. This i
... See moreThomas Boston and his friends believed that “the gospel-doctrine” had been attacked in the Marrow Controversy.