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The Politics of Witness

By: Allan R Bevere

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Can a church that is compromised through dependence on temporal, political power speak with a powerful prophetic voice in the world? As the body of Christ, the church has a prophetic role in the world. Prophets have always spoken clearly to people in power. They have been willing to challenge the decisions made by people who thought they were not accountable to anyone. Sometimes the prophets were respected, sometimes persecuted, but they were never ignored or regarded as irrelevant. So why is it that the church today cannot speak truth effectively to power? In The Politics of Witness, Dr. Allan R. Bevere asks these questions and proposes an answer. The church has come to depend too much on temporal power and has thus forgotten its divine authority. In finding this answer he goes back to the founding of the church and how it first became dependent on the state. He examines those who have followed, mostly building a political theory that takes the responsibility of ministry from the church and gives it to the state. You'll find some names in this that might surprise you. Any discussion of Christianity and the state will involve Emperor Constantine, but what about his modern lieutenants, such as Locke, Jefferson, Franklin, and others? While the theology applies to the church in any country, Dr. Bevere takes a particular look at the peculiarly American view that the United States of America is somehow God's chosen people, a nation of destiny in accomplishing the gospel mission. This book balances brevity with a broad intellectual and historical reach. You will be taken from the founding and foundation structure of Christian theology today to a proposal for how we, as the Church can reclaim our prophetic witness. In the current political atmosphere, every Christian needs to read this book.

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193843434X

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Sharing in the Inheritance

Identity and the Moral Life in Colossians

By: Allan R. Bevere

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Identity and the Moral Life in Colossians

By: Allan R. Bevere

The argument of this book is two-fold: the target of the argument of Colossians is a Judaism dismissive of the Gentile Colossian Christians and the recognition of that fact casts new light on the moral material of the letter and its integration into the argument of the epistle as a whole.Several arguments are made in support of these claims. Significant parallels between Colossians and Galatians suggest similar concerns in both letters relating to Israel's identity as the people of God and how that relates to the Gentile believers are to live. The writers of Colossians, while sharing a similar Jewish perspective with the Colossian philosophers on the relationship between identity and way of life, admonish the Gentile Christians to live in a way consistent with who they are. Nevertheless Paul and Timothy differ with the philosophers as to what constitutes the identity of the Colossian Gentiles as the people of God. In addition to the parallels drawn further themes are present in Colossians which strongly suggest the Jewish character of the philosophy: wisdom, election, and death of Christ as the final return from exile. The apocalyptic background of 3.1-6, the Jewish moral concerns of the ethical lists (3.5-17), and the christological orientation of the Haustafel, bolster the claim that the target of Colossians is Jewish in character and the moral material is integral to the argument.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0567210545

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The Character of Our Discontent

By: Allan R. Bevere

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The Character of Our Discontent

By: Allan R. Bevere

When was the last time you heard a sermon drawn from the Old Testament? Not just one with some Old Testament texts, but built from the text? Allan Bevere, a United Methodist pastor, set out to teach more from the first testament. The Character of Our Discontent grew out of the author's conviction that pastors do not preach enough about the Old Testament. The result is 19 chapters, each of which represents a sermon on an Old Testament character. These sermons are lively, fast paced, and practical yet are rooted in sound scholarship and are examples of the homiletical art. Christians who would like to learn how the Old Testament can enlighten and guide their Christian walk, and pastors who would like to learn how to preach more effectively from the Old Testament will both find these sermons an invaluable aid. While Dr. Bevere specializes in the New Testament and theology, he believes that pastors (and academics as well) can preach and teach effectively outside their areas of specialty. Indeed, they must, and this teaching can enrich their own learning and the fields of study into which they venture. The Character of Our Discontent is an adventure in preaching and it invites us into the adventure of living in relationship with God, an adventure that has similar characteristics whether we are learning about God's call to Abraham or how a call to mission in Africa came to a contemporary English teacher nearing retirement.

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1938434331

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9781938434334

Four Friends Tell Stories about Jesus

By: Allan R. Bevere

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Four Friends Tell Stories about Jesus

By: Allan R. Bevere

Written by a New Testament scholar, pastor, father, and grandfather, this book combines easy-to-read language and simplified vocabulary with faithfulness to the canonical gospel accounts. If you are a parent, grandparent, or teacher who would like to combine personal attention, growth in reading, and a faith built on genuine scriptural material, Four Friends Tell Stories about Jesus will help you take children on a tour of the story of Jesus that is built on the four gospels and presented so as to be faithful to the individual stories, while also echoing the fourfold gospel account. In these stories Jesus will become more real to your children. The book uses full color illustrations in multiple styles with images that show Jesus, his original audience, and modern people trying to reflect his teaching so that anyone can relate. While it is aimed at parents and grandparents, it will also be useful in Sunday School and other religious education programs.

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1631999060

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Colossians & Philemon

A Participatory Study Guide

By: Allan R Bevere

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Colossians & Philemon

A Participatory Study Guide

By: Allan R Bevere

Christology and ethics. Is it possible for letters written in the first century to still impact people living in the 21st century? Dr. Allan Bevere, pastor and professor, husband and grandfather, believes Pauls words are not only relevant to our century but timely to the world we are currently struggling to live and influence while still being known as aliens. "The Christians in Colossae are encouraged to look heavenward, not to escape this world, but rather to put this world in heavenly context, to seek the things above is not an escape from earthly realities, but rather the things above puts earthly things in their divine context." - Dr. Allan Bevere

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1631991124

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Who Is Jesus?

The Puzzle and the Portraits of a Divine Savior

By: Allan R. Bevere

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Who Is Jesus?

The Puzzle and the Portraits of a Divine Savior

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At Easter, major magazines and blogs will publish articles claiming to tell us who Jesus was. Every few weeks we see a new book making similar claims. Is it possible to know? In Who Is Jesus?, Allan Bevere addresses this question from the point of view of a person of faith who takes seriously the gospels and early Christian tradition as documentation of events and of serious theological reflection on those events. According to Bevere, Christian theology was neither an invention, nor a set of random speculations unrelated to reality. Rather, they were the response of early Christianity to the experience of Jesus and the historical pictures as presented in the canonical gospels. From a discussion of the Old Testament record piecing together the puzzle of biblical messianic prophecy through illumination of the christological controversies of the first five centuries of Christian history, and then back to the four portraits of Jesus given to us in the canonical gospels, this book provides a clear description of how orthodox Christian scholarship can bring together the varied evidence in order to present a coherent theological picture of the Jesus of history. As Bevere contends, history and theology are not easily separated, but are two threads that create an interwoven tapestry in which events have meaning. This book is good for individual reading, or could easily provide readings and an outline for a small group study.

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1631996983

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Keeping Up with Jesus

A Narrative Devotional Commentary on Mark

By: Allan R. Bevere

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Keeping Up with Jesus

A Narrative Devotional Commentary on Mark

By: Allan R. Bevere

What is a “narrative devotional commentary”? It’s a new way to gain insight into a Bible book with commentary that flows much like the source text. For those who may have found the gospel of Mark less helpful than the other gospels or who have looked at it more as a collection of stories strung together in order to get us to the end of Jesus’ life, this commentary could be a breakthrough. Allan Bevere follows the story while at the same time bringing insight, both from historical sources and from the history and the faith of the Church. As he does so, the gospel of Mark comes alive as we learn to hear in these stories a connected story leading to who Jesus was, and then who Jesus is. This short commentary avoids the pitfalls of enumerating dry details on the one hand, while also sticking to a serious, scholarly approach to the text. You can read clear, well-founded ideas about the text in a devotional way without the distraction of excessive notes or long, complex excurses. This book is suitable for a popular audience who will be led to a more serious understanding of the gospel writers, of Jesus, and of the Gospel that they proclaimed. More scholarly readers will find it a good aid to meditation and to absorbing the devotional message of the text.

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1631998927

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Holiness of Heart and Life

Loving God and Neighbor

By: Allan R. Bevere

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Holiness of Heart and Life

Loving God and Neighbor

By: Allan R. Bevere

The word "holiness" has become somewhat unpopular, as people associate it with a holier-than-thou attitude, a judgmental approach to others, or a legalistic approach to Christian life. But holiness is a word that is used a great deal in scripture and has a long history in Christian theology. Is it possible to talk about holiness as a positive element in living? Can people be called to be holy and in fact called holy? Dr. Allan Bevere believes so. Working from the Wesleyan tradition, but also examining the broader record of Christian thought and the scriptural witness, he looks at what holiness is and is not. As he does so he finds it helpful and challenging rather than negative and destructive. Topical Line Drive volumes are intended to point you to the basics and provide a start for deeper study. Individuals and small groups will find this book ideal as a starting point for a study of this important topic. All God's saints (holy ones!) should understand where they stand as they worship a holy God.

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Sharing in the Inheritance

Identity and the Moral Life in Colossians

By: Allan R. Bevere

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Identity and the Moral Life in Colossians

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Book's by Allan R. Bevere

The Politics of Witness

The Politics of Witness

Sharing in the Inheritance

Sharing in the Inheritance

The Character of Our Discontent

The Character of Our Discontent

Four Friends Tell Stories about Jesus

Four Friends Tell Stories about Jesus

Colossians & Philemon

Colossians & Philemon

Who Is Jesus?

Who Is Jesus?

Keeping Up with Jesus

Keeping Up with Jesus

Holiness of Heart and Life

Holiness of Heart and Life

Sharing in the Inheritance

Sharing in the Inheritance

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