Alan Thompson

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  Colossians And Philemon

  $25.00

  In the letter to the Colossians, Paul points us to the sufficiency of Christ, urging readers to continue to trust in him. Because Christ is supreme over all, our hope is secure in him. Colossians also shows how the new life that believers have in Jesus is to reflect his character in everyday relationships.

  Then in the letter to Philemon, we see the difference the gospel makes in the delicate context of Onesimus’s departure from Philemon.

  In this Tyndale Commentary, Alan Thompson shows how both Colossians and Philemon unpack and apply the beauty of the gospel of God’s grace and Christ’s supremacy.

  The Tyndale Commentaries are designed to help the reader of the Bible understand what the text says and what it means. The Introduction to each book gives a concise but thorough treatment of its authorship, date, original setting, and purpose. Following a structural Analysis, the Commentary takes the book section by section, drawing out its main themes, and also comments on individual verses and problems of interpretation. Additional Notes provide fuller discussion of particular difficulties.

  In the new New Testament volumes, the commentary on each section of the text is structured under three headings: Context, Comment, and Theology. The goal is to explain the true meaning of the Bible and make its message plain.

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  Acts Of The Risen Lord Jesus

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  Series Preface
  Author’s Preface
  Abbreviations

  Introduction
  Reassurance Concerning God’s Purposes: The Purpose(s) Of The Book Of Acts
  Excursus: Assumptions Concerning Authorship, Audience, And Interpreting Acts

  1. Living ‘between The Times’: The Kingdom Of God
  2. The Hope Of Israel: The Resurrection And The Arrival Of The Last Days
  3. Israel And The Gentiles: The Kingdom And God’s Promises Of Restoration
  4. The Promise Of The Father: The Gift Of The Holy Spirit
  5. The End Of An Era: The Temple System And Its Leaders
  6. The End Of An Era: The Law Is No Longer The Direct Authority For God’s People
  7. Concluding Summary

  Bibliography
  Index Of Authors
  Index Of Scripture References
  Index Of Ancient Sources

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  When the book of Acts is mentioned, a cluster of issues spring to mind, including speaking in tongues and baptism with the Holy Spirit, church government and practice, and missionary methods and strategies. At the popular level, Acts is more often mined for answers to contemporary debates than heard for its natural inflections.

  Instead of using Acts as a prooftext, this New Studies in Biblical Theology volume brings a biblical-theological framework to the account to expose Luke’s major themes as they relate to the book as a whole. With this framework in place, Alan Thompson argues that Acts is an account of the ‘continuing story’ of God’s saving purposes. Consequently we find that Luke wants to be read in light of the Old Testament promises and the continuing reign of Christ in the inaugurated kingdom.

  Read in this way as a snapshot of God’s dynamic, unfolding kingdom, the book of Acts begins to regain the deep relevance it had in the first century.

  Addressing key issues in biblical theology, the works comprising New Studies in Biblical Theology are creative attempts to help Christians better understand their Bibles. The NSBT series is edited by D. A. Carson, aiming to simultaneously instruct and to edify, to interact with current scholarship and to point the way ahead.

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