The Feasts of Repentance: From Luke-Acts To Systematic and Pastoral Theology - Couverture souple

Ovey, Michael J.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1783598964 ISBN 13 : 9781783598960

Editeur : Apollos, 2019

Synopsis

In gospel proclamation today, the critical New Testament element of repentance can be far too often ignored, minimalised or dismissed. Yet John the Baptist, Jesus himself, and those he commissioned to spread his gospel all spoke of the urgent need to repent. Michael Ovey was convinced that a gospel without repentance quickly distorts our view of God, ourselves and one another by undermining grace and ultimately leading to idolatry. Only when we grasp the need for true repentance as consisting of a real change -- a transforming work of the Spirit of God -- can we fully understand the gospel Jesus preached. With care and clarity, Ovey focuses first on the relevant biblical material in Luke-Acts, examining who repents and who does not, and the characteristics of both groups. He surveys the ‘feasts of repentance’ of Jesus with Levi, the Pharisees, and Zaccheus, and in the parable of the Lost Son. He then moves to more systematic-theological aspects of repentance, in relation to idolatry and to salvation; and finally to pastoral theology in the corporate life of the people of God today, with regard to self-righteousness, hypocrisy, humility, forgiveness and justice.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Michael J. Ovey (1958–2017) served as the Principal of Oak Hill College, London, from 2007 until his unexpected and untimely death. He was the author of Your Will Be Done: Exploring Eternal Subordination, Divine Monarchy and Divine Humility, and co-author of Pierced for Our Transgressions and Confident: Why We Can Trust the Bible. The Goldilocks Zone is a posthumous collection of his other writings.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Apollos
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1783598964
• ISBN 13: 9781783598960
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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