The way according to Luke : hearing the whole story of Luke-Acts /
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| Author / Creator: | Borgman, Paul, 1940- |
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| Imprint: | Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans, c2006. |
| Description: | xii, 404 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5902428 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction : what we miss in Luke's two-part story, and why
- 1. Story in a nutshell : a girl versus a priest and the matter of proper listening
- 2. Story distilled : the first eight of twelve preparatory poems
- 3. Story distilled and elaborated : the last four poems
- 4. A motif of darkness and disruption
- 5. "Peace to this house" and "things that make for peace"
- 6. "What must I do to inherit eternal life?"
- 7. What to pray for, and how
- 8. Neither signs nor status : hear the word, do it
- 9. Look inside yourself, and do the word
- 10. Relinquish possessions - and/or the spirit of possessing
- 11. Relinquish privilege : use it for God's purposes
- 12. Relinquish family and religion
- 13. Striving to enter God's kingdom - but what of Jerusalem?
- 14. Jesus strives against Israel's old-guard leadership
- 15. You must strive : Jesus challenges followers
- 16. Luke's gospel in early Acts : the hinge-points
- 17. Peter : three speeches to fellow-Israelites
- 18. Three model speeches : Stephen, and the twelve (two)
- 19. Peter : three speeches about non-Jews joining faithful Israel
- 20. Paul in acts : his two framing speeches to Israel
- 21. The gospel according to Paul : back-to-back speeches
- 22. Paul : three defense speeches before Israel and Gentiles
- 23. Paul : three repentance accounts
- Conclusion : "believe on the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved" : the whole story in one scene.
