CONTENTSPrefaceIntroduction1. The Parable of the Prodigal Sons and Their Father2. Can I Be Saved without Stewardship?3. Who Is My Most Important Neighbor?4. Can I Be Saved if I Refuse to Forgive Others?5. Shrewd Stewards6. Let's Play Wedding, Let's Play Funeral7. How Do You Hear?8. Seeds, Weeds, and Explosive Growth9. The Kingdom of Heaven: Priceless10. The Basement of the Hard Rock Cafe11. The Parable of the Recovering Homosexual12. Pray and Persevere13. The Cost of Discipleship14. How to Prepare for Christ's Return15. Who Really Are the Sheep and the Goats?ConclusionNotes

Give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread. (Proverbs 30:8) One of the most difficult questions facing Christians today is that of the proper attitude toward possessions. In wealthy nations such as Britain and the USA, individuals accumulate much and yet are daily exposed to the plight of the poor, whether the homeless on their own city streets or starving children on their TV screens. What action should we take on behalf of the poor? What should we do with our own possessions? In this New Studies in Biblical Theology volume, Craig Blomberg asks what the...

One of humanity's most basic and common practices--eating meals--was transformed by Jesus into an occasion of divine encounter. In sharing food and drink with his companions, he invited them to share in the grace of God. He revealed his redemptive mission while eating with sinners, repentant and unrepentant alike. Jesus' "table fellowship" with sinners in the Gospels has been widely agreed to be historically reliable. However, this consensus has recently been challenged, for example, by the claim that the meals in which Jesus participated took the form of Greco-Roman symposia--or that the...

This new edition has been thoroughly updated in light of new developments with numerous additions to the footnotes and two added appendixes. Readers will find that over the past twenty years, the case for the historical trustworthiness of the Gospels has grown vastly stronger.

A comprehensive biblical theology of the Christian attitude to poverty, wealth and material possessions

Many evangelical readers who have learned the basics of eschatology from popular authors and more recently from novelists assume that dispensational premillennialism, with its distinctive teachings about the pretribulation rapture of the church, is the only reliable view of the end times and the return of Christ.

This volume, however, offers a compelling case for an alternative perspective--one that was widely prevalent throughout church history. The contributors, all respected scholars in their respective fields, suggest that classic premillennialism offers believers a more coherent and...

Este libro es una lectura esencial para aquellos que buscan un estudio profundo del nacimiento y crecimiento de la iglesia primitiva. Siendo un volumen acompanante del galardonado Jesus y los Evangelios de Blomberg, esta accesible investigacion provee una introduccion, un comentario y una aplicacion para cada uno de veintitres libros restantes del Nuevo Testamento, ayudando de esta forma a los estudiantes a captar su significado historico, linguistico y teologico.

Este libro se enfrenta a tres cuestiones teologicas de conocida dificultad: (1) la fiabilidad historica del Nuevo Testamento, (2) el debate sobre quien fue el verdadero fundador del cristianismo, Jesus o Pablo, y (3) el modo en que los creyentes del siglo veintiuno debemos aplicar el Nuevo Testamento a la vida cotidiana. Todo ello lo hace ofreciendo respuestas bien trabajadas y razonadas, que nos ayudan a apreciar el valor de la fe cristiana y a acercarnos a ella de una forma mas profunda. Basado en las investigaciones mas serias, pero escrito en un estilo accesible a todos los publicos, este...

Throughout much of the twentieth century the Fourth Gospel took a back seat to the Synoptics when it came to historical reliability. Consequently, the contemporary quest of the historical Jesus discounted or excluded evidence from the Fourth Gospel. The question of the historical reliability of John's Gospel is well overdue for a thorough reinvestigation and reassessment. In this foundational study, Craig L. Blomberg sheds new light on persistent questions. He presents his conclusions largely in commentary form, following the principal scenes of the Gospel. His introduction frames the pathway...