The Race Set Before Us

by Schreiner, Thomas R.

• ISBN13: 9780830815555
• ISBN10: 0830815554
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-04-01
• Publisher: Ivp Academic

Summary

Discipline. Endurance. Perseverance. The New Testament often describes the Christian life as a marathon, a race set before us. But what exactly is the prize? Do all those completing the race share in it? And can the prize be lost? Tackling these and other vexing questions, Thomas Schreiner and Ardel Caneday offer in this book a serious, exegetical wrestling with the biblical understanding of the nature of saving faith and its implications for the people of God. Here is a foundational study that considers all of the relevant New Testament texts and that weighs the meaning of those texts for both Christian living and pastoral ministry.

Author Biography

Thomas R. Schreiner is professor of New Testament at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky Ardel B. Caneday is associate professor of Bible at Northwestern College, St. Paul, Minnesota

Table of Contents

Preface	7	(2)
Introduction	9	(10)
The Race Set Before Us	19	(27)
What Is There to Win or Lose?
The Prize to Be Won	46	(41)
Our Present & Future Salvation
The Race to Be Run	87	(55)
The Necessity of Obedient Faith
Running to Win the Prize	142	(72)
Heeding God's Admonitions & Warnings
Reflecting on Fallen Runners	214	(31)
Who Are Those Who have Fallen Out of the Race?
Drawing on God's Grace	245	(23)
Going the Distance by God's Power
Running With Confidence	268	(44)
Being Assured That We Shall Win the Prize
Running by Divine Appointment	312	(20)
Who Are Those Who Run to the End & Win?
Appendix: A Response to William Lane Craig's ```Lest Anyone Should Fall': A Middle Knowledge Perspective on Perseverance & Apostolic Warnings''	332	(6)
Author Index	338	(1)
Subject Index	338	(3)
Scripture Index	341