Any student of the New Testament eager to understand its Greco-Roman setting will profit greatly from this excellent book. I commend it highly for its up-to-date perspectives and usefulness. Jeffers writes with a breadth of expertise on the Greco-Roman world… — Craig S. Keener Copy Share Image
“No one who beats his wife or children, spreads slander in a congregation, or harbors perpetual unforgiveness in his or her heart is full… — Craig S. Keener Copy Share Image
God is consistent with his nature and declared purposes in Scripture, but he is not limited to our finite understanding of him or the… — Craig S. Keener Copy Share Image
The image of keys (plural) perhaps suggests not so much the porter, who controls admission to the house, as the steward, who regulates its… — Craig S. Keener Copy Share Image
“God alone is God, and he alone merits first place—beyond every other love, every other anxiety, every other fear that consumes us.” — Craig S. Keener Copy Share Image
Any student of the New Testament eager to understand its Greco-Roman setting will profit greatly from this excellent book. I commend it highly for… — Craig S. Keener Copy Share Image
“What the radical Enlightenment excluded as implausible based on the principle of analogy, much of today’s world can accept on the same principle of… — Craig S. Keener Copy Share Image
“Western theology invariably asks the question: Are miracles possible? This of course addresses the Enlightenment problem of a closed universe. In much of Asia… — Craig S. Keener Copy Share Image
“All Christian churches in China practice some form of healing, including Three-Self churches. In fact, according to some surveys, 90% of new believers cite… — Craig S. Keener Copy Share Image
“If the early Christian accounts of dramatic signs make these works seem foreign and foreboding to segments of modern Western academia,[85] they are nevertheless… — Craig S. Keener Copy Share Image
If we must “feel” God's presence before we believe he is with us, we again reduce God to our ability to grasp him, making… — Craig S. Keener Copy Share Image
“parallel to all other ages, not a chronological series of events. Indeed, one of the great marvels of God’s gracious activity toward us is… — Craig S. Keener Copy Share Image
The keeper of the keys was one of the most important roles a household servant could hold (Mark 13:32-34). A higher official held the… — Craig S. Keener Copy Share Image
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