This volume of essays is dedicated to Professor Ralph Martin of the University of Sheffield, formerly Director of the Graduate Studies Program at Fuller Theological Seminary, widely known for his incisive and disciplined scholarship on the New Testament. The editors called on associates from his various teaching posts, former students, and colleagues in the field for these original essays, the range of which reflects Professor Martin's own broad interests in New Testament studies, worship and ministry. Contributors to the volume are: Ernest Best, Colin Brown, James Dunn, E. Earle Ellis, Donald Guthrie, Donald Hagner, Gerald Hawthorne, Colin Kruse, Andrew Lincoln, I. Howard Marshall, Leon Morris, Peter T. O'Brien, Terence Paige, Eduard Schweizer, Graham Stanton, Marianne Meye Thompson and Michael J. Wilkins, with a curriculum vitae and reminiscences supplied by Lynn A. Losie and Leslie Allen.
Refers to New Testament teachings while delineating the nature of early Christian worship of God.
This is the first volume of Ferguson's collected essays, and includes some of his most memorable work, especially on "laying on of hands."
This is the first volume ofFerguson's collected essays, and includes some of his most memorable work, especially on laying on of hands.
... 155n17, 247n64, 252n78 McGowan, Andrew B., 30n, 34n, 36n, 39n25, 42n30, 43n, 44n, 48n37, 49n39, 84n50, 162n30, 177n, 192n22, 243n52, 251n74 McKay, Heather A., 220n9 McKinnon, James W., 115n5, 123n21, 205n44 McKnight, Edgar V., 86n54.
If we want to follow Jesus, we can become like Him. "Jesus takes us exactly as He finds us," writes Wilkins, "and transforms us into His likeness." So come, learn what it means to walk with Jesus and reflect His image to the real world.
This book will be of great value to those studying the history of Christian worship and the development of the sacraments.
Arthur G. Patzia explores the story, weighs the issues and traces the contours of the early church's expansion and growth, life and practices, leadership and worship.
In this second edition, the author includes a new chapter outlining advances in the field since the book was first published.
This book is ideal for ministerial, classroom, and congregational settings.
"These essays, spanning four decades of Ferguson's scholarship, sum up major discussions of ministry and canon in early Christianity. Especially useful for exploring the terminology surrounding ordination, these essays are vintage Ferguson.