Proleptic Priests
Proleptic Priests

Author: John Scholer

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 1991-03-01

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 1850752664

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In no other New Testament writing does the interest in the cult and its practice figure more prominently than in the Epistle to the Hebrews. Whereas scholarly research has preoccupied itself with the high priesthood of Christ, comparatively little consideration has previously been given to the implied priesthood of the readers. Scholer begins with an examination of the role and function of the priesthood found in the Old Testament, Pseudepigrapha, Qumran, rabbinic, Philo and mystery traditions. His second goal is to discover why the readers of Hebrews may be described as priests, and how the high-priestly Christology of the writer impinges on the status of Christian believers. Finally, Scholer concludes that the priestly function of believers in Hebrews is to have 'access' to the divine presence, which for the writer is the significance of 'perfection' (teleioun). Such perfection does not await the eschaton, but rather anticipates a full consummation at the time of 'rest' (katapausis).

Perfect in Christ
Perfect in Christ

Author: Mitchell C. Taylor

Publisher: Mount Lanai

Published: 2020-10-19

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 0979686180

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Christ rejoices when we receive His gifts of forgiveness, salvation, and friendship. This book will help you more fully partake of Christ s grace, peace, hope, love, and rest. The good news of God s grace replaces feelings of guilt, shame, and inadequacy with joy, excitement, and confidence. Reader will gain a better understand the doctrines of grace, mercy, justification, and sanctification. The miracle of justification declares the imperfect as perfect in Christ and heirs of the celestial kingdom. With Christ, you are enough. Christ s amazing grace is sufficient. Jesus is not just good at saving people. He is perfect at saving people. He is a perfect Savior. He is mighty to save. Now that is Good News!

Hebrews and Perfection
Hebrews and Perfection

Author: David Peterson

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2005-08-22

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 9780521018777

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Examines the precise meaning attached to the perfecting of Christ and Christians in the Epistle to the Hebrews.

The Perfect Christian
The Perfect Christian

Author: Tony Evans

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Published: 1999-02

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9780849915055

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In The Perfect Christian Dr. Tony Evans calls believers back to God's demand for perfection. Dr. Evans offers solid Bible teaching based on the book of James holding out the possibility of new levels of spiritual life, power, and victory.

A Plain Account of Christian Perfection
A Plain Account of Christian Perfection

Author: John Wesley

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2023-11-17

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13:

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A Plain Account of Christian Perfection by John Wesley is about the theory of perfection according to Christian theology. Excerpt: "1. WHAT I purpose in the following pages is, to give a plain and distinct account of the steps by which I was led, during the course of many years, to embrace the doctrine of Christian Perfection. This I owe to the serious part of mankind; those who desire to know all the truth as it is in Jesus. And these only are concerned with questions of this kind. To these I would nakedly declare the thing as it is, endeavoring all along to show, from one period to another, both what I thought, and why I thought so."

Things Not Seen
Things Not Seen

Author: Jon Bloom

Publisher: Crossway

Published: 2015-07-15

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 1433547023

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True faith is hard. More than mere sentimentalism, faith often calls for a deep and resilient trust in God—especially when the going gets tough and the road is dark. In Things Not Seen, author Jon Bloom encourages readers with 35 imaginative retellings of stories from the Bible that illustrate the importance of living by faith. A follow-up to the author's previous book, Not by Sight: A Fresh Look at Old Stories of Walking by Faith, this inspiring volume explores the lives of Abraham, Moses, Saul, John the Baptist, and more—helping readers remember God's promises, rely on his grace, and follow his leading regardless of the circumstances. The book includes a foreword by popular author and blogger Ann Voskamp.

The Struggle for Virtue
The Struggle for Virtue

Author: Archbishop Averky (Taushev)

Publisher: Holy Trinity Publications

Published: 2014-09-01

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 0884653749

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Archbishop Averky addresses head on the question, "What is asceticism?" He counters the many false understandings that exist and shows that the practice of authentic asceticism is integral to the spiritual life and the path to blessed communion with God.

Not by Sight
Not by Sight

Author: Jon Bloom

Publisher: Crossway

Published: 2013-04-30

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 1433535963

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Trusting Jesus is hard. It requires following the unseen into an unknown, and believing Jesus's words over and against the threats we see or the fears we feel. Through the imaginative retelling of 35 Bible stories, Not by Sight gives us glimpses of what it means to walk by faith and counsel for how to trust God's promises more than our perceptions and to find rest in the faithfulness of God.

Perfection in Death
Perfection in Death

Author: Patrick M. Clark

Publisher: CUA Press

Published: 2015-11-03

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 0813227976

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Perfection in Death compares and contrasts the relationship between conceptions of courage and death in the thought of Aquinas and his ancient philosophical sources. At the center of this investigation is Aquinas' identification of martyrdom as the paradigmatic act of courage as well as "the greatest proof of the perfection of charity." Such a portrayal of "perfection in death" bears some resemblance to the ancient tradition of "noble death", but departs from it in decisive ways. Clark argues that this departure can only be fully understood in light of an accompanying transformation of the metaphysical and anthropological framework underlying ancient theories of virtue. Perfection in Death aims to provide a new, theological account of this paradigm shift in light of contemporary Thomistic scholarship.