Paul, Apostle of God's Glory in Christ

by Schreiner, Thomas R.

• ISBN13: 9780830826513
• ISBN10: 0830826513
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-10-01
• Publisher: Intervarsity Pr

Summary

Every serious student of the New Testament and of Christian theology must come to grips with the apostle Paul and his theology. By any measure, Paul's theological formulations of justification by faith, the meaning of the cross, the nature of the church, the preexistence and incarnation of Christ, and the future consummation of the new creation have been fundamental building blocks of Protestant theology.In Paul, Apostle of God's Glory in Christ,Thomas R. Schreiner gives us a sound and insightful exposition and assessment of Paul's theology that is well geared to the needs of seminary students and working pastors. While thoroughly informed by the issues of contemporary Pauline studies, he offers an account of Paul's theology that is relatively unburdened by scholarly trappings but deals directly with the matter at hand. "The goal of writing a Pauline theology," he writes, "is to unearth Paul's worldview and to present it to contemporaries. Our task is not merely to reproduce Paul's thinking on various topics but to rightly estimate what is most important in his thinking and to set forth the inner connections between the various themes."Like most writers of a Pauline theology, Schreiner discerns something at the heart and soul of Paul's theology. The theme is captured in the title of the book, Paul, Apostle of God's Glory in Christ. As Schreiner puts it, "The passion of Paul's life, the center and foundation and capstone of his vision, and the animating motive of his mission was the supremacy of God in and through the Lord Jesus Christ." Schreiner has stitched this theme into the fabric of his book, and the result is a Pauline theology that is not only informative but spiritually uplifting as well. Here is a Pauline theology eminently suited to the needs of theological students and preachers.

Table of Contents

Preface	9	(11)
Abbreviations	11	(4)
Introduction: The Centrality of God in Christ in Paul's Theology	15	(22)
Proclaiming a Magnificent God: The Pauline Mission	37	(36)
The Basis of Mission: The Fulfillment of the Promise to Abraham	73	(14)
Suffering & the Pauline Mission: The Means of Spreading the Gospel	87	(16)
Dishonoring God: The Violation of God's Law	103	(24)
Dishonoring God: The Power of Sin	127	(24)
The Person of Jesus Christ: The Exaltation of Christ for the Glory of God	151	(38)
God's Saving Righteousness: The Basis of a Right Relationship with God	189	(30)
God's Liberating Work for His People: Divine Transforming Grace	219	(32)
Living to Honor God: The Power to Live a New Life	251	(20)
Faith & Hope: The Ground of Perseverance	271	(36)
Life of Love in the Spirit: Exhortations & the Law in Paul	307	(24)
The Church & Spiritual Gifts: The Unity of God's People	331	(40)
The Ordinances of the Church & Its Ministry: The Building Up of the Body	371	(40)
The Social World of the New Community: Living as Christians in the Culture	411	(42)
The Hope of God's People: The Fulfillment of God's Saving Purposes	453	(32)
Epilogue: Magnifying God in Christ	485	(2)
Author Index	487	(2)
Subject Index	489	(4)
Scripture Index	493