Southern Baptist Journal of Theology, Volume 4
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“Excommunication was exclusion from the fellowship of the church. It withdrew the privileges of membership. Excluded persons could not participate in the Lord’s Supper, could not vote in conference, and no longer bore the title ‘brother’ or ‘sister.’ This did not mean that they were not truly redeemed. It meant rather that the person’s belief or behavior was incompatible with church membership.” (Volume 4, Number 4, Page 6)
“Consequently, as the above case law demonstrates, the issue of church discipline will receive a better hearing in a court of law if the discipline is firmly based on theological and biblical reasoning. This deference to the church, however, is dependent on whether the claimants can demonstrate invasion of privacy, defamation, or outrageous conduct, which are questions of considerable importance in current law.” (Volume 4, Number 4, Page 64)
“In short, all forms of dualism are radically rejected. Job will not resort to easy comfort about this not really being the will of God: it must be the work of Satan. Of course, it was the work of Satan. But in God’s universe, even Satan’s work cannot step outside the outermost boundaries of God sovereignty. While that is what raises the problem, it is also what promises hope.” (Volume 4, Number 2, Page 41)
“is meant to highlight the fact that there is such a thing as innocent suffering” (Volume 4, Number 2, Page 41)
“They have this in common: they assume that everything that takes place in God’s universe ought to be explained to us. They assume that God owes us an explanation, that there cannot possibly be any good reason for God not to tell us everything we want to know immediately. They assume that God Almighty should be more interested in giving us explanations than in being worshiped and trusted.” (Volume 4, Number 2, Page 52)
- Title: Southern Baptist Journal of Theology, Volume 4
- Author: Thomas Schreiner
- Series: Southern Baptist Journal of Theology
- Publisher: Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
- Print Publication Date: 2000
- Logos Release Date: 2009
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Theology › Periodicals
- Resource ID: LLS:gs_sbjt_04
- Resource Type: Journal
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T03:42:23Z
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.