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An Introduction to the New Testament: Contexts, Methods & Ministry Formation (Second Edition) is unavailable, but you can change that!

This New Testament introduction is different. Many introductions zero in on the historical contexts in which the New Testament literature was written. This introduction goes further—to give particular attention to the social, cultural, and rhetorical contexts of the New Testament authors and their writings. Few introductions to the New Testament integrate instruction in exegetical and...

Looking beyond the visible world gave a behind-the-scenes perspective on the realities encountered and experienced by the audience of the apocalyptic message. In the heavenly realm God’s rule is already manifest—the whole cosmos is not out of order, only the earth. The inhabitants of heaven are subservient to God’s will, and only the inhabitants of the earth and the demonic powers fail to recognize God’s authority.8 Placing everyday life within these broader contexts changes how aspects of the everyday
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