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| Writing in an approachable and anecdotal style, Tom Wright helps us to see the pastoral nature of these letters. They are not just instruction books for junior disciples, but a guide to a way of life, and in many ways appropriate to all Christians. Paul is anxious to see that those who profess the faith should allow the gospel to transform the whole of their lives, right down to the deepest parts of their personality, and is concerned that every teacher of the faith should know how to build up the community in mutual support, rather than tearing it apart through the wrong sort of teaching and behavior.Tom Wright has undertaken a tremendous task: to provide guides to all the books of the New Testament and to include in them his own translation of the entire text. Each short passage is followed by a highly readable discussion, with background information, useful explanations and suggestions, and thoughts as to how the text can be relevant to our lives today. A glossary is included at the back of the book. The series is suitable for group study, personal study, or daily devotions. |
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| Making use of his scholar's understanding, yet writing in an approachable and anecdotal style, Tom Wright captures the verve and sparkle of these letters. Paul wrote the letters while in prison facing possible death, but their passion and energy anre undimmed. They reveal Paul's longing to see young churches grow in faith and understanding, rooted in Jesus himself, and to see this faith worked out in practice. Wright's stimulating comments are combined with his own fresh and inviting translation of the text.Tom Wright has undertaken a tremendous task: to provide guides to all the books of the New Testament and to include in them his own translation of the entire text. Each short passage is followed by a highly readable discussion, with background information, useful explanations and suggestions, and thoughts as to how the text can be relevant to our lives today. A glossary is included at the back of the book. The series is suitable for group study, personal study, or daily devotions. |
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| "For me," says N.T. Wright, "there has been no more stimulating exercise, for the mind, the heart, the imagination and the spirit, than trying to think Paul's thoughts after him and constantly to be stirred up to fresh glimpses of God's ways and purposes with the world and with us strange human creatures." Wright's accessible new volume, built on his Cambridge University Hulsean Lectures of 2004, takes a fresh look at Paul in light of recent understandings of his Jewish roots, his attitude toward the Roman Empire, and his unique reframing of Jewish symbols in relation to his experience of the risen Christ. Then Wright attempts a short systematic account of the main theological contours of Paul's thought and its pertinence for the church today. |
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| Explores the topic of the resurrection through the creative device of a live computer aided debate between the Apostle Paul and Muhammad, prophet of Islam. |
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| The question might properly be asked, 'Why another book about Paul? Haven't hundreds upon hundreds of books been written about Paul's life and ministry?' Yes, says Robert Reymond in the preface to this book. Not only books but commentaries on his letters and well over fifty-seven hundred journal articles about him as well!Firstly this is a classically orthodox book in its approach to Holy Scripture. Secondly Robert is concerned to portray Paul primarily in his role as a missionary, he is also concerned to represent as correctly as he could the main themes of his missionary theology. As an incidental feature in this book moving against the majority opinion of New Testament scholars in this age, Robert argues the case for Pauline authorship of the Letter to the Hebrews.This book comes from lectures for seminary students but they are not so scholarly that only a Paul scholar would appreciate them, they have been used to teach in Sunday School class and revised into their present form for the larger Christian public.This book was also written with the needs of mission agencies, missionaries and mission candidates in mind after Robert Reymond had spent a sabbatical on the mission field in South Korea and Japan. |
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| Even as theologians have become more critical of classic theories of atonement, biblical scholars have continued to rely upon such theories as a basis for interpreting Paul's teaching regarding salvation and the cross. In this vital volume, Brondos looks to the recent advances in New Testament scholarship to argue for an alternative understanding of Paul's doctrine of salvation and the cross.Paul, says Brondos, understood Jesus' death primarily as the consequence of his mission: to serve as God's instrument to bring about the long-awaited redemption of Israel, in which Gentiles throughout the world would also be included. For Paul, Jesus' death is salvific not because it satisfies some necessary condition for human salvation, as most doctrines of the atonement have traditionally maintained, nor because it effects some change in the situation of human beings or the world in general. Rather, Jesus' God responded to Jesus' faithfulness unto death by raising him, thereby ensuring that all the divine promises of salvation would be fulfilled through him.Jesus' death forms part of an overarching story culminating in the redemption of Israel and the world. It is this story, and in particular what preceded and followed Jesus' death on the cross, that makes that death redemptive for Paul. |
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| Click 'here to see Paul Potts perform his first audtion for "Britain's Got Talent", and how this humble man stunned the judges and the audience.' This is the debut album of Paul Potts, the surprise winner of the very popular TV show "Britain's Got Talent". Potts stunned the judges (including Simon Cowell) and the audience with his soaring tenor voice that rocked the house and brought him a standing ovation. His famous audition for the show is the most viewed video ever on You Tube. His beautiful tenor voice, called "simply magical" by Cowell, has made this new album a #1 seller in the UK, outselling the rest of the top 10 albums combined. This humble "people's tenor' and cancer survivor has an emotion and a voice that has touched millions of people. Among the 12 songs on this are Nessum Dorma, Music of the Night, Nella Fantasia, You Raise Me Up, O Holy Night and more. ' Track Listing ' 1. Nessun Dorma ' ' 2. Time to Say Goodbye (Contepartiru) ''3. Amapola '4. Everybody Hurts (Ognuno Soffre) '5. Caruso ' 6. Nella Fantasia ' ' 7. You Raise Me Up (Por Ti Sero) ' '8. My Way (A Mi Manera) '9. Cavatina ' 10. Music of the Night ' ' 11. O Holy Night (bonus track) ' '12. Silent Night(bonus track) '' |
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| Now children will always have fun at their fingertips! Each one of these intriguing books features a simple Bible story filled activities and discoveries which come to light when a child scribbles the page with a pencil. Ages 4-7. |
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| Commenting on the pastoral questions taken up by Saint Paul in his letters to the Corinthians, Hans Urs von Balthasar offers a meditative interpretation of Paul's writings and difficulties with the Christians at Corinth. He discusses the different roles of pastors and believers, and we see how the problems are resolved through Paul's advice, example and prayerful patience. "The questions people ask God and the Church change; God's answer in Christ is sufficient for all time. Even though the Church, as well as the individual priest, always has to make this answer understandable anew, its essence does not change. Paul's dramatic confrontation with the congregation of Corinth provides both: his words and actions do complete justice to the situation and yet they are timeless. Therefore his pastoral directives to this difficult congregation are still a guideline for everyone holding a pastoral office. The eye-to-eye confrontation with Corinth is so intense and so rich, that it includes virtually everything of importance. Paul emphasized that everything he says is spoken in love and because of love, but he must get rid of 'the old leaven' so that the Christian feast can be celebrated with joy. Joy has an amazing preeminence in all of Paul's letters." " Hans Urs von Balthasar. |
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| To follow along with films in the Footprints of God series, you can purchase a study guide for only a dollar! These handy booklets will take you through each chapter of the film. It features:'' - References the Bible AND The Catechism of the Catholic Church'' - Includes study questions for groups'' - A bibliography is included for those who want to learn more'' - Perfect for families, parish bible study, CCD, or Catholic schools |
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| From the producers of Saint Rita comes this feature film that chronicles the life of Christ's most prolific messenger. Paul, originally known as Saul of Tarsus, was a persecutor of Christians until Jesus came to him in a vision. Forever changed, Paul withstood persecution and imprisonment, and with unflagging determination he spread the word of Christ. Beautifully filmed in the Moroccan desert, this is a sweeping saga of a man whose story has made an incredible impact on Christian history. Starring Johannes Brandrup and Thomas Lockyer. |
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