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The Kingdom of God by Nicholas Perrin explores the contours of the kingdom by answer the important 'what, ' 'who, ' and 'how' questions. This comprehensive study brings together careful exegesis of the Old and New Testaments with thoughtful attention to how the kingdom-ethic applies to God's subjects today.
List of contents
Part 1: Queueing the Questions
1. The Kingdom: The Meta-center and Mystery of Jesus’ Proclamation
Part 2: Arriving at Answers
The “What” Question
2. Yahweh the Creator God is King
3. The Covenantal Structure of Yahweh’s Kingdom
4. Yahweh’s Kingdom as a Dynamic, Eschatological Reality
5. The Kingdom in the Preaching of John the Baptizer
6. The Lord’s Prayer and the Essence of the Kingdom (Matt 6:9-13)
7. The Christological Character of the Kingdom: Present Signs of the Kingdom
8. The Future Advent of the Kingdom
9. The Kingdom and Ethics
The “Who” Question
10. Kingdom of Sons and Daughters
11. Kingdom of Priests
12. Kingdom of the Poor
The “How” Question
13. Defining Feature of the Kingdom: Suffering (Mark 8---10)
14. Defining Values of the Kingdom
15. Defining Activities of the Kingdom: Prayer and Meals
16. Defining Commitments of the Kingdom: The Overriding Commitment to the Kingdom
Part 3: Reflecting on the Relevance
17. Living the Kingdom Life Today
About the author
Nicholas Perrin PhD, Marquette University, is Franklin S. Dryness Professor of Biblical Studies at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois. Between 2000 and 2003 he was Research Assistant to Nicholas T. Wright. He is author of numerous books, including Thomas: The Other Gospel, Lost in Transmission, and Jesus the Temple.
Jonathan Lunde (PhD, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is associate professor of biblical and theological studies at Talbot School of Theology of Biola University. He is coeditor (with Kenneth Berding) of Three Views on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament and has contributed articles to The Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels and the New Dictionary of Biblical Theology. Jon and his wife, Pamela, have three children and reside in Brea, California.
Summary
The Kingdom of God by Nicholas Perrin explores the contours of the kingdom by answer the important 'what,' 'who,' and 'how' questions. This comprehensive study brings together careful exegesis of the Old and New Testaments with thoughtful attention to how the kingdom-ethic applies to God’s subjects today.
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Avoiding both oversimplification and hyper-technicality, Perrin addresses a wide sweep of questions and issues regarding Jesus’s central message . . . and continuing mission, through the church and beyond. “The work of understanding the kingdom of God is a holy obligation,” the author writes, and this volume furnishes essential resources. Informed by discussion across the sweep of Christian tradition (and sometimes secular punditry), Perrin effectively marshals his Gospels expertise to produce an incisive study of a controversial topic. I believe the ways he maps challenges and arrives at proposals will not only enhance understanding but also deepen Christians’ daily petition to the Father: “Your kingdom come.”
