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In this commentary Gene Green reads Paul's two letters to the Thessalonians in light of the canon of Scripture and of new knowledge about the first-century world of Thessalonica. This fruitful approach helps illuminate the impact of the gospel on its original readers and, in turn, shows how potent a force it can be for the church and society today. The book begins with an in-depth study of the...

for everything that comes their way, as if they were Stoics who believed that fate brought them what was destined to be their lot. That philosophy embraced the notion that the universe was rational and moved according to good purposes. Therefore whatever happened was precisely what was supposed to happen. The Stoic response was resignation to every situation that came their way. But the Christian approach is decidedly different since the believer trusts in a sovereign God who can turn any situation
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