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The doctrine of creation has often been neglected in Christian theology. Distinguished evangelical theologian Jonathan Wilson exposes what has been missing in current theological discourse and offers an original, constructive work on this doctrine. The book unites creation and redemption, showing the significance of God’s work of creation for understanding the good news of redemption in Jesus...

The call to Sabbath rest is located in both creation and redemption. In Exodus 20:8–11, we are called to Sabbath because after creating, God rests on that seventh day.3 In Deuteronomy 5:12–15, the call to Sabbath is rooted in God’s deliverance of Israel from Egypt, where the people of God were enslaved and toiled for others.4 This change from the Exodus call for Sabbath to the Deuteronomy call beautifully reflects the dialectic of the kingdom. We cannot simply root Sabbath in the Genesis story of
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