Ephesians (Belief: A Theological Commentary on the Bible)
Overview
Long recognized as a significant theological document and one from which the Christian church gains life and direction, the book of Ephesians focuses on Jesus Christ’s amazing work in redemption and reconciliation. It invites—and requires—our participation. Jointly written by a theological seminary professor and an active pastor, this commentary emerges from an adult Sunday school class on Ephesians they taught together, as well as their own studies and experiences. The result is a fascinating work that focuses on the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the ways it is to be lived out in the church and by Christians in their own lives.
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- Examines how the Gospel should be lived out in the Church and by Christians in their own lives
- Focuses on Jesus Christ’s amazing work in redemption and reconciliation
- Challenges readers to discover what the meaning of the text is today
Top Highlights
“So also God summons human beings into existence and then summons them to be active in God’s own cause, to be God’s agents, to bless God. When human pride and sloth prevent our obedience, God continues to summon us, comes again to covenant and to bless, but never reduces either the creation or the human creature to a thing simply to be manipulated or coerced. We are agents, free in our otherness from God, summoned to a share in God’s cause and in God’s glory.” (Page 43)
“we should not neglect. By a powerful and creative word God” (Page 43)
“But in the interim we are to resist the resistance to God’s cause. We are not called to defend God, not even called exactly to defend our own souls; we are called to defend the beachheads God’s cause has made, the displays here and there of a renewed creation and a new humanity, the places and times that bear the promise of God’s good future.” (Page 251)
“God does not destroy human agency to achieve God’s plan; God engages it. God calls people to participate by their lives and their common life in God’s good future. That is no small part of the good news, and it is marked by the use of the imperative mood.” (Page 134)
“story that gathers up and transforms all our other stories into the light of God’s work and cause.” (Page 9)
- Title: Ephesians (Belief: A Theological Commentary on the Bible)
- Authors: Allen Verhey, Joseph S. Harvard
- Series: Belief: A Theological Commentary on the Bible
- Publisher: Westminster John Knox
- Print Publication Date: 2011
- Logos Release Date: 2013
- Pages: 312
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Bible. N.T. Ephesians › Commentaries
- Resource ID: LLS:BELIEFEPHESIANS
- Resource Type: Bible Commentary
- Metadata Last Updated: 2023-01-16T23:02:42Z
Allen Verhey is professor of Christian ethics at Duke Divinity School. He has published a number of books and articles, including The Great Reversal: Ethics and the New Testament and Reading the Bible in the Strange World of Medicine.
Joseph S. Harvard is pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Durham, North Carolina. He is a former president of Durham Congregations in Action, and he has received a number of special awards throughout his ministry.