The writer of 1 Peter does not choose to focus on his audience's shortcomings, but instead praises their standing in Christ. In order to help his readers bear up and keep their faith, 1 Peter chooses to boost their confidence by telling them how well they are doing and to hand them multiple ways they can interpret their own experience.
Second Peter has it all. For scholars eager to explore issues of authorship and provenance, the history of the canon of the New Testament, linguistic and rhetorical analyses, or matters of theological and ethical development, 2 Peter has at least a corner that promises a long visit. It may be one of the most relevant New Testament works for the 21st century.
Situated near the end of the collection of writings that constitue the New Testament, Jude is among the least well-known. It is filled with strange language that contains many obscure references. It appears to be largely condemnatory in nature. But there are solid reasons to give Jude a fair hearing. It is a crucial document from a period of Christian history when rigid lines were being drawn between orthodoxy and heresy and between belief and practice.
Richard B. Vinson was professor of Religion at Salem College in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Vinson holds degrees from Samford University, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and Duke University, and previously taught at Averett University and Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond.
Richard F. Wilson was the Columbus Roberts Professor of Theology and the Chair of the Roberts Department of Christianity in Mercer University’s College of Liberal Arts in Macon, Georgia. Since 1995 he has been active with the Baptist World Alliance; from 2010–2015 he will be the Chair of the BWA’s Commission on Christian Ethics. Currently he is committed to developing relationships between Ricks Institute, a K–12 boarding school near Monrovia, Liberia; Mercer University; and an array of private boarding schools and churches in the Southeast.
Watson E. Mills was professor of New Testament in the Roberts Department of Christianity in the College of Liberal Arts at Mercer University from 1979 to 2001. He was also the publisher for Mercer University Press; the editor for Perspectives in Religious Studies, Religious Studies Review, and the Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion; and the pastor of the Sharpsburg Baptist Church in Georgia. He was the general editor for the Mercer Dictionary of the Bible and the Mercer Commentary on the Bible and has written and edited numerous other books.
The writer of 1 Peter does not choose to focus on his audience's shortcomings, but instead praises their standing in Christ. In order to help his readers bear up and keep their faith, 1 Peter chooses to boost their confidence by telling them how well they are doing and to hand them multiple ways they can interpret their own experience.
Second Peter has it all. For scholars eager to explore issues of authorship and provenance, the history of the canon of the New Testament, linguistic and rhetorical analyses, or matters of theological and ethical development, 2 Peter has at least a corner that promises a long visit. It may be one of the most relevant New Testament works for the 21st century.
Situated near the end of the collection of writings that constitue the New Testament, Jude is among the least well-known. It is filled with strange language that contains many obscure references. It appears to be largely condemnatory in nature. But there are solid reasons to give Jude a fair hearing. It is a crucial document from a period of Christian history when rigid lines were being drawn between orthodoxy and heresy and between belief and practice.
Richard B. Vinson was professor of Religion at Salem College in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Vinson holds degrees from Samford University, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and Duke University, and previously taught at Averett University and Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond.
Richard F. Wilson was the Columbus Roberts Professor of Theology and the Chair of the Roberts Department of Christianity in Mercer University’s College of Liberal Arts in Macon, Georgia. Since 1995 he has been active with the Baptist World Alliance; from 2010–2015 he will be the Chair of the BWA’s Commission on Christian Ethics. Currently he is committed to developing relationships between Ricks Institute, a K–12 boarding school near Monrovia, Liberia; Mercer University; and an array of private boarding schools and churches in the Southeast.
Watson E. Mills was professor of New Testament in the Roberts Department of Christianity in the College of Liberal Arts at Mercer University from 1979 to 2001. He was also the publisher for Mercer University Press; the editor for Perspectives in Religious Studies, Religious Studies Review, and the Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion; and the pastor of the Sharpsburg Baptist Church in Georgia. He was the general editor for the Mercer Dictionary of the Bible and the Mercer Commentary on the Bible and has written and edited numerous other books.
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