Christ and community
Subtitle: the Gospel witness to Jesus
By: Suzanne Watts Henderson
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Nashville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
ISBN-13: 9781426793080
Subjects: Criticism, interpretation; Bible; Mission of the church; Biblical teaching; Messiahship
Description: You are the Christ; we are your church. Christ and Community:The Gospel Witness to Jesus casts new light on how Jesus's followers sought to faithfully live into the reign of God as recorded in the Gospels. Dr. Henderson traces the contours of Jesuss messiahship found in the four Gospels, but rather than taking each Gospel in turn, she works thematically, treating different aspects of Jesus's mission and identity found across the four accounts. Rather than assuming Jesus's exclusive status, the author exposes Gospel evidence for the clear communal implications of his messiahship. It turns out that the Gospels do more than simply affirm that Jesus is the Christ; they cast a vision of messianic community for those who would call him Lord, in the first century and beyond. This accessible introduction offers a case for Christ and community that answers perplexing questions that have long plagued New Testament study.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Foundational questions; title: Part 1. Messianic mission; title: Messianic message: "announging God's good news" (Mark 1:14); title: Messianic power: "authority over all the power of the enemy" (Luke 10:19); title: Messianic sacrifice: "to give up one's life" (John 15:13); title: Messianic resurrection and reign: "inherit the kingdom" (Matt 25:34); title: Part 2. Messianic identity. Messianic titles: son of the human, God's son, Lord, and Christ; title: Messianic traits: servanthood, righteousness, prophetic power, and mystical union; title: Conclusion: Christ and community: the gospel witness to Jesus.