Luke

LukeMikeal Parsons, a leading scholar on Luke and Acts, examines cultural context and theological meaning in Luke in this addition to the well received Paideia series. This commentary, like each in the projected eighteen volume series, proceeds by sense units rather than word by word or verse by verse. Paideia commentaries explore how New Testament texts form Christian readers by attending to the ancient narrative and rhetorical strategies the text

Their manifesto for a catholic and Reformed approach to dogmatics seeks theological renewal through retrieval of the rich resources of the historic Christian tradition

Sound theological method is a necessary prerequisite for good theological work

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showing that it flows from an understanding of the missional character and purposes of God

and Ted Ward

Building on and simplifying the author's much-discussed technical work

The series is a deliberate outreach by the Orthodox community to Protestant and Catholic seminarians

With extensive research and thoughtful chapter-by-chapter exegesis

this survey is arranged thematically and includes careful exegesis of key passages

Topics covered include deism

Considering faith and economics in terms of how desire is shaped

Combining substantive biblical principles and missiological understanding with practical insights