Introducing Paul: The Man, His Mission and His Message
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
Many Christians who know and love the Bible think they know the apostle Paul. He’s a theological master, a pastoral mentor, a spiritual adviser and a missionary hero. Yet just when we think we have him in our grasp, he slips through our fingers. At the point where we suppose we have finally understood him, Paul again confounds us. But he also beckons us to explore God’s ways more deeply.
Michael Bird suggests that if the Paul we claim to know looks and sounds a lot like us, it’s probably a warning light that we don’t know him as well as we think we do. But if we let Paul be Paul, allowing him to speak for himself in his language, on his terms and for his purposes, then we stand a chance of meeting him anew.
Introducing Paul is an animated and penetrating survey of Paul’s life and teaching. It covers all the basics students need, while offering new insights with a light touch. Blending life and study, Bird aims to get us excited about reading Paul’s letters, sharing his gospel and living the Christian life the way he thought it should be lived. For beginning students and laypeople, Introducing Paul is a valuable entrance into the contemporary study of Paul.
Introducing Paul: The Man, His Mission and His Message is available as A Bird’s-Eye View of Paul: The Man, His Mission and His Message
- Shoes an animated and penetrating survey of Paul’s life and teaching.
- Offers new insights with a light touch.
- Aims to get us excited about reading Paul’s letters.
This is the first book to put in the hands of the student or layperson who wants to know what Paul is all about. The super bonus of this book is that it navigates current discussions about Paul without burdening the reader. Introducing Paul sparkles with wit.
--Scot McKnight, Karl A. Olsson Professor in Religious Studies, North Park University
For anyone who would like to get ‘up to date’ on issues of Pauline scholarship, in a way that will help student, teacher or preacher, this book is thoroughly recommended.
--James Purves, The Pneuma Review, Winter 2011
Bird has written a useful entry-level book for undergraduates, informed laypersons, and for ministers seeking to stay current within Pauline studies. Recommended for those seeking to understand the contours of Paul’s thought in a way that is engaging, relevant, and highly readable.
--J. Brian Tucker, , Criswell Theological Review, Spring 2010
- Title: Introducing Paul: The Man, His Mission and His Message
- Author: Michael F. Bird
- Publisher: IVP Academic
- Print Publication Date: 2014
- Logos Release Date: 2018
- Pages: 192
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
- ISBNs: 9780830898336, 0830898336
- Resource ID: LLS:9780830898336
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-04-26T16:25:06Z