Passions of the ChristSenior New Testament scholar F. Scott Spencer focuses on a neglected area in the study of Jesus and the Gospels: the emotional life of Jesus. This book offers a fresh reading of the Gospels through the lens of Jesus's emotions anger, grief, disgust, surprise, compassion, and joy. These emotions motivate Jesus's mission and reveal to Gospel readers what matters most to him. Amid his passions, Jesus forges his character as God's incarnate Messiah,
accessible book by a widely respected scholar and seasoned teacher introduces embedded genres
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The ministry of reconciliation is the new whole in holistic ministry
Written in an accessible style with many ancient and contemporary examples
Friendship with Christ will appeal to professors and students of theology
and sacrifices that foreshadowed it
a respected scholar of the history of Christianity
their influence was not always identified by leadership titles nor did their gender always determine their level of participation
He provides critical analyses of various interpretations of the atonement and places New Testament teaching in its Old Testament and Greco-Roman contexts
In The Pastor in a Secular Age
and rearticulate it in a better way
we can better understand the earliest believers' experience of God's empowering and purifying Spirit
