Power and poverty
Subtitle: divine and human rule in a world of need
By: Dewi Arwel Hughes.
Publisher: IVP Academic
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Downers Grove, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
ISBN-13: 9780830828098
Subjects: Poverty in the Bible; Poverty -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Power (Christian theology); Christian life
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Old Testament; title: Finding the roots of poverty in Genesis 1-11; title: God, humanity, and the soil; title: The legacy of Cain; title: The flood and its aftermath; title: The development of nations; title: God's covenant with Abraham and its significance in the history of redemption; title: The story of Abraham and Sarah; title: The content of the covenant with Abraham; title: Divinely ordained government in the Old Testament; title: Moses as a ruler; title: Israel's four categories of ruler; title: The laws to prevent poverty; title: The significance of the land for Israel; title: God's laws that condition Israel's occupancy of the land; title: Welfare law and what it implies about being poor; title: Old Testament welfare laws; title: What the law teaches about being poor; title: The glory and inadequacy of the mosaic covenant; title: The age of the Judges; title: The transition to monarchy; title: Israel's failure and the prophetic vision of a new covenant; title: Jesus and the final revelation of divine government; title: Jesus the supreme ruler; title: Jesus superior to Adam; title: Jesus superior to Abraham; title: Jesus superior to Moses; title: Jesus superior to Israel; title: Jesus as prophet, priest, king and judge; title: What Jesus did : the acts of the supreme ruler; title: Touching the untouchable; title: Driving out unclean spirits; title: Forgiving sins; title: The death of Jesus : breaking the power of sin; title: What Jesus taught : the Beatitudes; title: The Beatitudes (Matt. 5:3-10); title: Salt, light, and a city on a hill (Matt. 5:13-16); title: The Old and the New righteousness/justice (Matt. 5:17-20); title: What Jesus taught : strategies for kingdom living; title: Actions that break the cycle of sin (Matt. 5:21-48); title: The standard pious acts of kingdom people (Matt. 6:1-18); title: The disciples' reason for living (Matt. 6:19-34); title: To whom do we entrust the good news of the kingdom? (Matt. 7:6-11); title: The golden rule (Matt. 7:12); title: The conclusion of the Sermon on the Mount; title: What Jesus is doing : the work of the Holy Spirit; title: The spirit in the Old Testament; title: The spirit in the Gospels and Acts; title: The sanctifying work of the Spirit; title: What Jesus is going to do : the final judgment; title: The Christian hope; title: Continuity between the present and the eschatological future?; title: Eternal rewards; title: The judgment of the unrighteous/unjust; title: God's governed society, the church; title: The ordered society of the Supreme ruler; title: The church is a gathering community; title: The church is a suffering community; title: The church is a joyful community; title: The impact of the Resurrection : a new humanity; title: The early church was a sharing community; title: The testimony of the Epistles; title: The church in the world; title: The church is a community who speak God's words; title: Prophecy; title: Prayer.