Loading…

Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels is unavailable, but you can change that!

The Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels bridges the gap between scholars and those pastors, teachers, students and lay people desiring in-depth treatment of select topics in an accessible and summary format. The topics range from cross-sectional themes (such as faith, law, and Sabbath), to methods of interpretation (such as form criticism, redaction criticism, and sociological approaches), from...

“counting the cost,” both positively and negatively, of what the life of discipleship entails. To count the cost negatively means to recognize that one enters into the life of discipleship through detachment from all other allegiances and through giving total allegiance to Jesus as Master. A key passage is Luke 14:25–33, where Jesus addresses the crowds about the conditions of entrance into discipleship. The crowds have not yet begun to follow Jesus and, before they make a commitment, Jesus tells
Buy this book at Logos.com