Magnifying God in Christ: A Summary of New Testament Theology
Overview
Thomas Schreiner’s substantial New Testament Theology examined the unifying themes that emerge from a detailed reading of the New Testament canon. Magnifying God in Christ provides a student-level digest of Schreiner’s massive work, exploring the key themes and teachings of the New Testament in a more accessible and concise way. In addition to summarizing the findings of Schreiner’s larger work, this survey provides answers to the "so what?" question of New Testament theology.
Comprehensive and up to date, the book is arranged thematically and includes careful exegesis of key passages. It argues for a New Testament theology that is God-focused, Christ-centered, and Spirit-saturated and offers students of the Bible a big-picture view of what the New Testament is all about.
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- Explores a detailed reading of the New Testament canon.
- Provides a student-level digest of Schreiner’s massive work.
- Serves as a wonderful companion to those preparing sermons from NT texts.
Schreiner has a high degree of competence in his field and is able to communicate his thoughts with admirable clarity.... Readers will find... a wealth of information and insight which will considerably broaden and deepen their understanding of the message of the New Testament.
--Peter Ensor, Methodist Recorder
One cannot be without this book, for if you want to have the New Testament, in all its greatness, at your fingertips, this is the book for you. It has thirteen chapters, and every chapter is so clear, concise, and memorable.
--D. Ben Rees, The Voice
Schreiner... has provided a condensed version of his New Testament theology in Magnifying God in Christ. Pastors ought to interact with Schreiner’s work either in this shorter version or in the longer one. Schreiner is an excellent pastoral, biblical theologian; this work will be helpful in preaching and pastoring.
--Ray Van Neste, Preaching
- Title: Magnifying God in Christ: A Summary of New Testament Theology
- Author: Thomas Schreiner
- Publisher: Baker Academic
- Print Publication Date: 2010
- Logos Release Date: 2023
- Pages: 272
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
- Subject: Bible. N.T. › Theology
- ISBNs: 9781441212429, 9781441259653, 9781844744145, 1441212426, 1441259651, 1844744140, 9780801038266, 080103826X
- Resource ID: LLS:FFF3D52823BE4050CF84103274D352A8
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-06T20:48:09Z
Thomas R. Schreiner (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is James Buchanan Harrison Professor of New Testament Interpretation at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. He also taught at both Bethel Theological Seminary and Azusa Pacific University.
Dr. Schreiner is a Pauline scholar and the author or editor of numerous books, including New Testament Theology: Magnifying God in Christ; Paul, Apostle of God’s Glory in Christ: A Pauline Theology; and the Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament volume on Romans.