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Paul’s Understanding of the Church’s Mission: Did the Apostle Paul Expect the Early Christian Communities to Evangelize? is unavailable, but you can change that!

Did the apostle Paul expect the early Christian communities to evangelize? This book engages in a careful study of Paul’s letters to determine if the apostle expected the communities to which he wrote to engage in missionary activity. It helpfully summarizes the discussion on this debated issue, judiciously handling contested texts, and provides a way forward in addressing this critical...

content about what God has done or promised, but is also the effective decree or power of accomplishing God’s will. In Romans 1:16 Paul writes, “For I am not ashamed of the gospel; for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.”35 In this verse, “I am not ashamed of the gospel” is the main statement. Paul then provides a reason for his lack of shame in the following γάρ clause. Paul states that he is not ashamed of the gospel because it
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