The Message of 2 Peter & Jude (The Bible Speaks Today Series) - Softcover

Lucas, R. C.; Lucas, Dick; Green, Chris EW; Green, Christopher

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0830825142 ISBN 13: 9780830825141

Publisher: IVP Academic, 2021

Synopsis

The letters of 2 Peter and Jude are sometimes overlooked, yet their message for the church is timely and compelling. Today, as in the first century, Christians must guard against false guides who can lead believers astray and cause divisions within the community of faith. Responding to this ever-present danger, 2 Peter and Jude equip readers to discern truth from illusion and exhort them to loyalty, harmony, and spiritual maturity.

In this volume of the Bible Speaks Today series, Dick Lucas and Christopher Green offer passage-by-passage exposition of the letters of 2 Peter and Jude. They include introductory information on authorship, original audience, major themes, and recent issues of scholarship, while focusing on the relevance of these two letters to contemporary Christian experience.

This revised edition of a classic BST volume includes updated language and Scripture quotations and a new interior design. A study guide for individuals or groups is included to help readers engage more deeply with the text.

About this title

About the Authors

Dick Lucas served for many years as rector of St. Helen's Bishopsgate, London. His books include The Message of Colossians and Philemon and Teaching John.

Dick Lucas served for many years as rector of St. Helen's Bishopsgate, London. His books include The Message of Colossians and Philemon and Teaching John.

Christopher Green is vicar at St. James in North London and formerly vice principal at Oak Hill College, London. He is the author of The Message of the Church and Cutting to the Heart.

Christopher Green is vicar at St. James in North London and formerly vice principal at Oak Hill College, London. He is the author of The Message of the Church and Cutting to the Heart.

From the Back Cover

Second Peter and Jude are among the most neglected books of the New Testament. But alert readers have long noted an unmistakable family resemblance between these two letters. Like orphans reunited, in this commentary 2 Peter and Jude show themselves to be robust theological siblings, charged with a keen, no-nonsense desire to warm young believers of the false spiritual guides that are out to beguile them. This commentary is a skillful exposition of these two letters within their original setting. More than that, it narrows the gap between our day and that day, between our cultural and spiritual setting and that setting, and allows the Spirit-driven message to arc between then and now. Wherever Christians face or anticipate the destabilizing and destructive influence of misled teachers and subverters of truth, these letters will speak today.

Edition details

• Publisher: IVP Academic
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0830825142
• ISBN 13: 9780830825141
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 296