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020			_a9781481300254
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041			_a0 eng
082			_a241
082			_bR369-F31
100			_aFeldmeier, Reinhard
100			_eAuthor
245			_aPower, service, humility
245			_bA New Testament ethic
245			_cReinhard Feldmeier
260			_aTexas, USA
260			_bBaylor University
260			_c2014
300			_a145tr.
300			_bPaperback
300			_c22cm
520			_aSince ancient times, depictions of the divine have been painted with the colors of divine power. Not surprisingly, power language became a central part of the New Testament's understanding of God and human relationships. In Power, Service, Humility, biblical scholar Reinhard Feldmeier reads across the New testament canon--the Gospels, Pauline epistles, and Revelation of John--to distinguish two ways in which power works. Feldmeier's chief claim is that power based on oppression, the kind Satan offers Christ, is a far different kind of power than the empowerment that God grants Jesus in the resurrection. Further, Feldmeier demonstrates the antithetical link between worldly power and the power present in Christ-like service and humility. As Feldmeier discovers, the differences between sacred and secular power have dramatic implications for how humans handle power within the church and beyond. Power, Service, Humility provokes thoughtful considerations of both human and divine relationships with power and power's holy place within the Christian faith.
650			_aPower (Christian theology) -- Biblical teaching
957			_a211001 TKH
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