Text and Task: Scripture and Mission - Softcover

Parsons, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1842274112 ISBN 13: 9781842274118

Publisher: Send The Light, 2006

Synopsis

Practical, scriptural and contemporary, Text and Task is a series of essays on Scripture and mission. It aims to show the significance of reading the biblical text appropriately and with faithful engagement for our theology and missiology. A team of biblical scholars suggests ways forward in areas such as the implicit missional narrative of David and Goliath, the story of Solomon and his Temple-building, the genre of lament, the explicit gracious message of the prophet Isaiah, Paul's understanding of divine call and gospel and the place of mission as a hermeneutic for reading the Bible. Theological chapters engage the issues of the Trinity and the unevangelized, the missional dimensions of Barth's view of election, the gospel's loss of plausibility in the modern West, the place of preaching in mission and the idea of belonging to a church community before one believes the gospel.

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From the Publisher

Written by well-known and respected academics who are also practioners with a heart for mission. Challenging, useful and eminently readable.

Synopsis

Featuring a scriptural and contemporary series of essays on Scripture and mission, this work is written by well-known and respected academics who are also practitioners with a heart for mission.

Edition details

• Publisher: Send The Light
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1842274112
• ISBN 13: 9781842274118
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 232