"Be thankful" (Colossians 3:15) is a recurring exhortation in the letters of the apostle Paul. No other New Testament writer gives such a sustained emphasis on thanksgiving--and yet, major modern studies of Paul fail to wrestle with it. David Pao aims to rehabilitate this theme in this comprehensive and accessible study, a New Studies in Biblical Theology volume. He shows how, for Paul, thanksgiving is grounded in the covenantal traditions of salvation history. To offer thanks to God is to live a life of worship and to anticipate the future acts of God, all in submission to the lordship of Christ. Ingratitude to God is idolatry. Thanksgiving functions as a link between theology, including eschatology, and ethics. Here Pao provides clear insights into the passion of an apostle who never fails to insist on the significance of both the gospel message and the response this message demands.
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"Very few treatments of this theme in Paul comprehensively reflect on the theology of thanksgiving and how such theology is deeply embedded in Paul's thought, and in the gospel itself. Pao supplies the lack, and does so in a way that is both informed and edifying. His study is not only the stuff of biblical theology and grist for many sermons but will prove to be the occasion for self-examination, repentance and a new resolve to be thankful." (D. A. Carson, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (Deerfield, Illinois) )
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thanksgiving paragraphs, eschatological songs, thanksgiving points, covenantal traditions, connection between grace, thanksgiving theme, introductory thanksgivings, thanksgiving can, covenantal partner, covenantal terms, household code, covenantal faithfulness, covenantal promises, covenantal relationship, exodus event, mighty acts, household rules Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Reciprocity in Ancient Greece by Christopher Gill on 4 pages
- Worship: Adoration and Action by D. A. Carson in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Last Supper (Religious Fine Art) by Editors of Phaidon Press in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Asking and Thanking (Concilium) by Christian Duquoc in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Ten Commandments in History and Tradition (Sidrat Sefarim Le-Heker Ha-Mikra Mi-Yesodo Shel S. Sh. Peri.) by Ben-Tsiyon Segal in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Render to God by Jerome H. Neyrey in Back Matter
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