Undervalued Themes

The biblical doctrines of resurrection and kingdom do not play the essential role in modern evangelical church-life that they played in the early ekklēsia. David Gay argues that the first believers found the resurrection and the kingdom vital in their confrontation of the surrounding hostile cultures with the gospel, indispensable in their own progressive sanctification, and central to their consolation and comfort in face of persecution and, above all, death. Christendom - surprise, surprise! - has played havoc with all this. Gay, aiming for a recovery of the experience of the early ekklēsia, has set out what he sees as the new-covenant position. You may not agree with all he says, but it should make you think; it might even challenge some pet, traditional beliefs and practices. You have been warned!
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