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Paul for the World: A Grounded Vision for Finding Meaning in This Life―Not Just the Next:
"Leading with Bonhoeffer's example of applying faith to the issues of real life, Gupta makes his case for "holy worldliness"—seeing the world as God sees it, belonging wholly to him. Rather than aim for the moment we "go up" to heaven, Christians are "
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"Populair-wetenschappelijk boekje waarmee de nieuwtestamenticus Nijay K. Gupta zijn piëtistische achtergrond wil corrigeren: bij Paulus gaat het er niet alleen om later in de hemel te komen, masr doet het leven hier op aarde er volop toe. Hij geeft di"
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"What did Paul say about life in heaven? He really didn't. He wrote about how to live as citizens of God's kingdom, children of God, followers of Jesus, in the here and now as we await Jesus' return. "
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Strange Religion: How the First Christians Were Weird, Dangerous, and Compelling
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“Deborah is an important answer to the question “Can a woman . . . ?” or “Is a woman allowed to . . . ?” Deborah could. Deborah was. God was behind it; he filled her with prophetic wisdom, and her sung words became part of the Word of God, testifying to the brave and wise woman who brought God’s peace to a troubled people.”
― Tell Her Story: How Women Led, Taught, and Ministered in the Early Church
― Tell Her Story: How Women Led, Taught, and Ministered in the Early Church
“In our modern minds, we quickly jump to her having a string of divorces and is now shacking up with yet another man. But another scenario is possible, even more probable. Her husbands have died, not that uncommon in a world with high mortality, and she very well could be living with her brother or another male relative. In that case, Jesus was not calling her out on her promiscuity; he was attentive to her hard life.”
― Tell Her Story: How Women Led, Taught, and Ministered in the Early Church
― Tell Her Story: How Women Led, Taught, and Ministered in the Early Church
“Prayer is no sedentary, cerebral, or even safe activity in the eyes of Jesus or the mind of Luke. Rather prayer is those sturdy, audacious, perhaps even outrageous acts that go by the name of faith.”
― Paul and the Language of Faith
― Paul and the Language of Faith