Power in Weakness <subTitle>Paul's transformed vision for ministry</subTitle> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Gombis, Timothy G.</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <namePart type="date">1972-</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">2:5</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co.</publisher> <dateIssued>2021</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>168tr.</extent> <extent>Paperback, illustrations</extent> <extent>22 cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>After Paul's encounter with the risen Christ on the road to Damascus, he turned from coercion and violence to a ministry centered on the hope of Christ's resurrection. In earthly terms, Paul had traded power for weakness. But--as he explained in his subsequent letters--this ""weakness"" was actually the key to flourishing community that is able to experience God's transformation, restoration, and healing. What would it mean for pastors today to take seriously Paul's exhortation in 1 Corinthians 11:1 to ""imitate me as I imitate Christ"" and lead their congregations in this way? ...</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Timothy G. Gombis</note> <subject> <topic>Paul, the Apostle, Saint</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Pastoral theology -- Biblical teaching</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Church work</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">253</classification> <classification authority="ddc">T585-G63</classification> <identifier type="isbn">9780802871251</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/13404/p.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/13404/p.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2024-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119071240.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>