Ephesians and All that Jazz

Ephesians and All that Jazz
Author: Tom Anderson
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2020-07-31
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1725266474

You will never read Ephesians the same way again. You will discover a God you could never have imagined and a you imagined before the worlds began. And you will also identify with Paul in a new way.

Ephesians and All that Jazz

Ephesians and All that Jazz
Author: Tom Anderson
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 102
Release: 2020-07-31
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1725266490

You will never read Ephesians the same way again. You will discover a God you could never have imagined and a you imagined before the worlds began. And you will also identify with Paul in a new way.

Blue Like Jazz

Blue Like Jazz
Author: Donald Miller
Publisher: Thomas Nelson Inc
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2012-04
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1400204585

This contemporary classic gets a limited edition makeover with movie art and a new preface from Donald Miller. In print for nearly a decade, Blue Like Jazz has earned a coveted spot on readers' shelves and in their hearts. Many have said that Donald Miller expressed exactly what they were feeling but couldn't find the words to say themselves. In this landmark book that changed what people expected from Christian writers, that changed what people needed for their spiritual journeys, Donald Miller takes readers through a real life striving to understand relationship with God. Heartwarming and hilarious, poignant and unexpected, Blue Like Jazz has become a contemporary classic. For anyone wondering if the Christian faith is still relevant in a postmodern culture, thirsting for a genuine encounter with a God who is real, or yearning for a renewed sense of passion in life . . . Blue Like Jazz is a fresh and original perspective on life, love, and redemption.

Ephesians

Ephesians
Author: John Paul Heil
Publisher: Society of Biblical Lit
Total Pages: 357
Release: 2007
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1589832671

This book analyzes Paul's Letter to the Ephesians and demonstrates that the Letter's implied audience heard its individual units as a rich and complex pattern of chiastic structures. It shows that, not only is the entire Letter arranged in fifteen units that function as a comprehensive chiastic structure, but that each of these fifteen units in turn exhibits its own chiastic structure. By attending carefully to the structure and rhetoric of Ephesians, this work demonstrates how the implied audience is persuaded and empowered by the progression of the Letter to “walk in love” and so contribute to the cosmic unity of all things in Christ.

Ephesians

Ephesians
Author: Abraham Kuruvilla
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2015-04-28
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1498203043

Ephesians: A Theological Commentary for Preachers engages hermeneutics for preaching, employing theological exegesis that enables the preacher to utilize all the units of the Letter to craft effective sermons. This commentary unpacks the crucial link between Scripture and application: the theology of each preaching text, that is, what the author is doing with what he is saying. Ephesians is divided into twelve preaching units and the theological focus of each is delineated. The overall theological trajectory or theme of the book deals with God's consummation of all things in the cosmos in Christ, and the role of the church in this grand and glorious divine operation. This theme is progressively developed in Ephesians, in each of the twelve passages. The specific theological thrust of each unit is captured in this commentary, making possible a sequential homiletical movement through each pericope of Ephesians. While the primary goal of the commentary is to take the preacher from text to theology, it also provides two sermon outlines for each of the twelve preaching units of Ephesians. The unique approach of this work results in a theology-for-preaching commentary that promises to be useful for anyone teaching through Ephesians with an emphasis on application.

A Commentary on Ephesians

A Commentary on Ephesians
Author: David Pawson
Publisher: Anchor
Total Pages: 183
Release: 2016-03-21
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

Unlike Paul’s other letters, this one is not addressed to particular churches or individuals, with their own needs and problems (even “Ephesians” is not in all the early copies). It is a circular despatch, covering general matters of belief (chapters 1–3) and behaviour (chapters 4–6), applicable to all churches and Christians everywhere. It is one of the clearest statements in the New Testament of God’s purpose in saving us and is as practically challenging as it is spiritually inspiring. Perhaps that is why it is such a popular choice for preachers.

Ephesians Verse by Verse (Osborne New Testament Commentaries)

Ephesians Verse by Verse (Osborne New Testament Commentaries)
Author: Grant R. Osborne
Publisher: Lexham Press
Total Pages: 174
Release: 2017-02-22
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1577997735

While he was in prison, Paul wrote a letter to the Ephesian Christians whose magnificent themes have echoed throughout the centuries: the exaltation of Christ, the church as his body, believers as his new creation, and his defeat of the cosmic powers that opposed him. Throughout, he makes clear that everything we are and have is ours only “in Christ.” In Ephesians Verse by Verse, Grant R. Osborne offers a clear exposition of this letter that takes seriously both its first-century context and what it means for us today. Pastors, Bible study leaders, and invested laypeople will all benefit from Osborne’s careful reading of the text and commitment to making sense of the New Testament without scholarly jargon. The Osborne New Testament Commentary Series is a set of commentaries on every New Testament book. In each volume, Grant R. Osborne seeks to carefully exposit the text in plain language, bringing out the treasures in each book and making them accessible for today’s readers.

Ephesians (ESV Edition)

Ephesians (ESV Edition)
Author: R. Kent Hughes
Publisher: Crossway
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2013-08-31
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1433536293

The Apostle Paul's letter to the Ephesians is one of the most dynamic portions of all of Scripture. A book which one commentator called "the crown and climax of Pauline theology," Ephesians issues a clarion call to all who follow Jesus. In this newly updated volume, author and pastor Kent Hughes leads readers through the book's major themes, helpfully pairing skilled, exegetical insights with wise, practical guidance. From celebrating salvation by grace through faith to exploring the mystery of the new humanity God has created through Jesus, Ephesians' dual focus on Christ and the church points the way to victorious Christian living in this sin-embattled world. Part of the Preaching the Word series.

Paul and the Vocation of Israel

Paul and the Vocation of Israel
Author: Lionel J. Windsor
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages: 318
Release: 2014-04-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 3110369834

The Apostle Paul was the greatest early missionary of the Christian gospel. He was also, by his own admission, an Israelite. How can both these realities coexist in one individual? This book argues that Paul viewed his mission to the Gentiles, in and of itself, as the primary expression of his Jewish identity. The concept of Israel’s divine vocation is used to shed fresh light on a number of much-debated passages in Paul’s letter to the Romans.

Reading Ephesians and Colossians after Supersessionism

Reading Ephesians and Colossians after Supersessionism
Author: Lionel J. Windsor
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 279
Release: 2017-10-31
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1498219063

The apostolic mission from Israel to “the nations” forms the explicit framework for Ephesians and Colossians. Yet the concrete dynamics of this mission seldom play any significant role in modern interpretation. Scholars frequently approach these letters as if the Jew-gentile dynamics inherent in the early Christ-preaching mission are either irrelevant, or are negated by the letters themselves. This book seeks to redress this deficiency. Windsor approaches Ephesians and Colossians with an evangelical post-supersessionist perspective. By highlighting, rather than downplaying, Israel’s special place in salvation history, Windsor demonstrates that Jew-gentile dynamics and missionary concerns are highly significant for understanding the overall argument of these two letters. The resulting readings offer a deeper appreciation of the biblical, Israel-centered contours in which the theological and ethical concerns of the letters are expressed. Along the way, Windsor demonstrates how certain texts in Ephesians and Colossians, which are often read as evidence of a supersessionist perspective, are capable of more fruitful and satisfactory post-supersessionist interpretations. He demonstrates that in these letters, Christ does not negate Jewish distinctiveness. Rather, Christ’s mission proceeds through Israel to the nations, creating mutual blessing in the Messiah.