Proclaiming Jesus Essays on the Centrality of Christ in the Church in Honor of Joseph M. Stowell

by Cornman, Thomas H. L.; Vanlaningham, Michael; Rydelnik, Michael; Peterman, Gerald; Litfin, Bryan; Quiggle, Gregg; O'Neal, Bryan; Zuber, Kevin; Schmutzer, Andrew; Rim, David; Burke, Trevor; Sauer, Ron; Weber, Richard M.; McDuffee, Michael; Litfin, Duane

• ISBN13: 9780802465115
• ISBN10: 0802465110
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-01-01
• Publisher: Moody Publishers

Summary

In the days immediately following 9/11, Joseph Stowell attended a special Chicago Prayer Breakfast. He was encouraged to learn there was much interest in God and spirituality among the attendees. He was troubled, however, by the subtle implication common among the speakers that day that Jesus, with His exclusive claims, was unwelcome. That, "given the broad diversity of religions in America, we now need to give up the 'traditions' that divide those of us who believe in God." Stowell left the breakfast even more determined to preach the centrality of Christ in the church. Proclaiming Jesusis a collection of essays, written by faculty of the Moody Bible Institute in honor of Dr. Stowell, that take up the message he proclaimed, making it clear that every area of church life and ministry is about Jesus.

Author Biography

THOMAS H. L. CORNMAN is Vice President and Dean of the Undergraduate School at The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. Completing 24 years on the faculty in July of 2006, Tom began his career at Moody as an instructor of Church History in 1982. In 1992 he became the coordinator of the newly created General Education department and was appointed dean in 2001. A member of The Evangelical Theological Society, Tom has authored “Laying the Foundation” in Foundational Faith with Moody Publishers. Tom and his wife, Sue, have two children.

Table of Contents

Introduction,
Thomas H.L. Cornman	7
1. Proclaiming Jesus from the Hebrew Bible	13
The Virgin Birth as Predicted in the Hebrew Scriptures
Michael Rydelnik
2. Proclaiming Jesus in the Gospels	39
Entering the Kingdom of Heaven in Matthew
Michael Vanlaningham
3. Proclaiming Jesus to Nonbelievers	63
The Gospel According to the Preaching in Acts
Gerald W. Peterman
4. Proclaiming Jesus in a Hostile World	87
The Lordship of Christ as Bold Confession
Bryan Litfin
5. Proclaiming Jesus in Water, Bread, and Wine	113
The Place of Baptism and Communion in the Gospel
Gregg Quiggle
6. Proclaiming Jesus Through the Life of the Mind	139
Thinking as an Act of Worship
Bryan O'Neal
7. Proclaiming Jesus Through Intellectual Defense	165
A Response to Both Modernism and Postmodernism
Kevin D. Zuber
8. Proclaiming Jesus Through Pastoral Integrity	197
The Role of Old Testament Imagery in Jesus' Temptation
Andrew Schmutzer
9. Proclaiming Jesus in a Cross-Cultural Context	225
Understanding the Trinity as a Model for Declaring the Gospel
David Rim
10. Proclaiming Jesus in Global Mission	251
A Pauline Perspective
Trevor J. Burke
11. Proclaiming Jesus Through Discipleship	273
A Look at the Discipling of Thessalonian Believers
Ron Sauer
12. Proclaiming Jesus Through Worship	297
A Theology of Genuine Worship
Richard M. Weber
13. Proclaiming Jesus in an Ecumenical Culture	323
Unease over "an Evangelical Celebration"
Mike McDuffee
In Tribute,
Duane Litfin	349