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In other words, the real “faith” versus “works” divide in Paul is more accurately framed as a divide between works performed as allegiance to Jesus the king versus works performed apart from new creation in the Christ.
Matthew W. Bates, Scot McKnight (Foreword) • Salvation by Allegiance Alone
Perhaps this is what pastoral ministry is supposed to look like? Maybe applying the gospel to those in the holes they keep falling into is the mission. Or part of it, anyway. Jesus says, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me” (Luke 9:23), so we should expect that every day feels like death
... See moreJared C. Wilson , Mike Ayers (Foreword) • The Pastor's Justification


We must begin where Sanders ends: with eschatology. The main issue between Jesus and his Jewish contemporaries was his claim that the moment had come, that their god was even now inaugurating his kingdom, and that this—this praxis, these stories, this person—was the mode and means of its inauguration. Thus far, Sanders; and in my view rightly.
N. T. Wright • Jesus Victory of God V2: Christian Origins And The Question Of God
The technical term for this is prosopological exegesis—more simply, person-centered interpretation.
Matthew W. Bates, Scot McKnight (Foreword) • Salvation by Allegiance Alone
