The Righteous & Merciful Judge
The Day of the Lord in the Life and Theology of Paul
MATTHEW AERNIE & DONALD HARTLEY
STUDIES IN
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The Righteous and Merciful Judge
Studies in Scripture and Biblical Theology
Copyright 2018 Matthew D. Aernie, Donald E. Hartley
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1. The Day of the Lord in Recent Scholarship
2. The Day of the Lord in the Old Testament
3. The Day of the Lord in Extracanonical Literature
4. The Day of the Lord and Paul’s Damascus Road Encounter
5. The Day of the Lord in Paul’s Theology
Words cannot express how truly grateful I am for the privilege the Lord has afforded me to publish this monograph. It is my prayer that this work would bring him glory and encourage Christians to remember that the future impacts the present and therefore we must live in light of the day of the Lord.
No monograph is ever completed in isolation, and I am extremely grateful for the numerous conversations, criticisms, and insights from many individuals over the course of this work. Specifically, I would like to thank Dr. Brannon Ellis, who invited me to contribute this monograph to the Studies in Scripture and Biblical Theology series. Thanks also to Dr. Derek Brown, who served as an outstanding editor and offered numerous wise comments that have certainly enhanced this work. It has been a privilege to work with him. I also want to express my appreciation to Paul Roberts and Becky Owens, who were always diligent to locate all the interlibrary loans that I requested.
I want to also thank my colleague Dr. Donald Hartley for agreeing to join this project in its later stages. The demands of family, university responsibilities, and ministry made it seem that this work would never see completion. His contributions and expertise have not only made this project “see the light of day” much sooner but have tremendously enhanced the overall argument of the monograph. Don’s scholarly abilities are unprecedented, and I am sincerely grateful not only for his contributions to this project but also for his friendship.
Finally, I want to express my deep appreciation and gratitude to my immediate family, who ...
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About The Righteous & Merciful Judge: The Day of the Lord in the Life and Theology of PaulThe day of the Lord is not just a future event. Many people regard the day of the Lord as a future reality with little relevance for the earthly life of believers. But the apostle Paul understood the theological concept differently. For him the day of the Lord was a matter of present experience that influenced every aspect of his theology. In The Righteous and Merciful Judge, authors Matthew Aernie and Donald Hartley issue a corrective to scholarship that misconstrues the day of the Lord as only a distant event. Through engagement with scholarship and careful exegesis of relevant texts, they argue that the concept of the day of the Lord was so significant for Paul that every aspect of his theology was in some way affected by it. Aernie and Hartley show us that Paul’s understanding of the day of the Lord relates to all of Paul’s theology precisely because it was shaped by his encounter with Jesus, the Lord himself. The day of the Lord is coming, but it already shapes our lives and theology. The Righteous and Merciful Judge demonstrates that the day of the Lord is transformative and influential for believers today, just as it was for Paul. |
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