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Promise as a topic for study?
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xscot mcknight
I am sorting through some bibliography and can’t find a definitive comprehensive study of promise in the NT. Walt Kaiser made a case for its centrality in the OT, but I’m not seeing anything significant in NT studies. Newer NT theologies, Strecker and Stuhlmacher, don’t even have it as a topic in their references that…
Kingdom of God 6
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xscot mcknight
Today we explore the Ecclesia theme of 1 Peter, and do so as part of what Jesus envisioned in speaking about the Kingdom of God. What we are most interested in is how Peter saw the relationship of the Ecclesia (church) and the State with its powers. Tomorrow I will look at Paul. And it…
Kingdom of God 5
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xscot mcknight
Played golf this morning, so am just getting to the blog. The big difference one notices in entering into the early churches is this: kingdom language is largely dropped and ecclesia (church) language is picked up. There all kinds of issues here, not the least of which is that as the Church trotted into its…
Has Carson been fair?
By
xscot mcknight
Check this post out on whether or not Carson has been fair to Frei and Lindbeck. Should make for a good discussion on Harbinger.
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