Ashland Theological Journal, Volume 23
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Ashland Theological Journal, Volume 23.
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“Believers are not just living out the consequences of their judicial standing before God; they are living out their new nature, as they participate in the nature of Christ, and they are doing so in the community that is his body.” (Volume 23, Page 20)
“It is not enough to say, as Bultmann does, that ‘in Christ’ is a metaphor for ‘Christian.’6 Of course it is. But the question remains, what does this expression tell us about what Paul felt it meant to be a Christian?” (Volume 23, Page 9)
“The ethical responsibility of believers is to live out the consequences of their new citizenship. They do so by living out their union with Christ.” (Volume 23, Page 12)
“instrumental usage are passages that describe Christ as the source or locus of the benefits believers have” (Volume 23, Page 10)
“Being in Christ should govern all the behavior of believers.” (Volume 23, Page 20)
- Title: Ashland Theological Journal, Volume 23
- Author: Ben Witherington III
- Series: Ashland Theological Journal
- Publisher: Ashland Theological Seminary
- Print Publication Date: 1991
- Logos Release Date: 2006
- Era: era:Contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Theology › Periodicals
- Resource ID: LLS:gs_atj_23
- Resource Type: Journal
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T03:33:35Z
Ben Witherington III (PhD, University of Durham) is Jean R. Amos Professor of New Testament for Doctoral Studies at Asbury Theological Seminary. A prominent evangelical scholar, he is also on the doctoral faculty at St. Andrews University in Scotland. Witherington has written over forty books, including The Jesus Quest and The Paul Quest, both of which were selected as top biblical studies works by Christianity Today. His other works include The Indelible Image, Women and the Genesis of Christianity, The Gospel Code, A Week in the Life of Corinth and commentaries on the entire New Testament. He also writes for many church and scholarly publications and is a frequent contributor to Patheos and Beliefnet. Witherington is an elected member of the prestigious Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas, a society dedicated to New Testament studies. He is a John Wesley Fellow for Life, a research fellow at Cambridge University and a member of numerous professional organizations, including the Society of Biblical Literature, Society for the Study of the New Testament and the Institute for Biblical Research. He previously taught at institutions like Ashland Theological Seminary, Vanderbilt University, Duke Divinity School and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. An ordained pastor in the United Methodist Church and a popular lecturer, Witherington has presented seminars for churches, colleges and biblical meetings around the world. He has led numerous study tours through the lands of the Bible and is known for bringing the text to life through incisive historical and cultural analysis. Along with many interviews on radio and television networks across the country, Witherington has been seen in programs such as 60 Minutes, 20/20, Dateline and the Peter Jennings ABC special Jesus and Paul—The Word and the Witness