Kingdom Come

In recent years the theme of the kingdom of God has come to the forefront in the preaching, teaching, and popular writing of Christians of all theological persuasions. Any attempt to gain clarity on the biblical meaning of the phrase the ""kingdom of God"" must take the teaching of Jesus as its major point of reference; for the prominence of kingdom terminology today is directly attributable to the great frequency with which he appealed in his teaching to the notion of God's kingdom. In this little book, the author sets Jesus' proclamation of the kingdom of God against its Jewish background and discusses some of the characteristic emphases that appear in Jesus' message. He then identifies three broad ways in which God's kingdom operated in Jesus' ministry, which he suggests provide, at least in broad outline, an agenda for the Church today as it strives to bear witness to the ""gospel of the kingdom"" entrusted to it by its Lord.

Author: Christopher D. Marshall
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Published: 08/20/2015
Pages: 108
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.80w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781498222983

About the Author
Marshall, Christopher D.: - Professor Chris Marshall is currently holder of the Diana Unwin Chair in Restorative Justice in the School of Government, at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Prior to taking up this post in 2014, he was the St John's Professor of Christian Theology and Head of the School of Art History, Classics and Religious Studies at Victoria University. Before that he taught New Testament for 19 years at Laidlaw College in Auckland, during which time he wrote Kingdom Come for use by his students.

In addition to Kingdom Come (1990), Marshall is author of Faith As A Theme In Mark's Gospel (Cambridge University Press, 1989), Beyond Retribution: A New Testament Vision For Justice, Crime, and Punishment (Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2001), Crowned With Glory And Honor: Human Rights In The Biblical Tradition (Pandora Press, 2001), Little Book Of Biblical Justice (Good Books, 2005) and Compassionate Justice: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue with Two Gospel Parables on Law, Crime, and Restorative Justice (Cascade: Wipf & Stock, 2012).