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Robert Mounce, who was for 21 years a regular columnist in 'Eternity' as well as the author of several popular articles in such publications as 'Christianity Today', here demonstrates his scholarship, lucidity, and pastoral heart in this commentary designed to meet the needs of laypersons and pastors looking for a balanced, effective, and relevant interpretation of Peter's epistles. Mounce sees the keynote of the letters as hope, but the main purpose as hortatory - that is, they were written ""to encourage believers in Asia Minor to expect and endure hardship as a result of their commitment to the Christian faith"" and ""to stimulate them to wholesome thinking"" vis-a-vis false teachers who had risen within the church itself. Central to Mounce's commentary is the remarkable fact that although the letters are packed with imperatives, they do not merely offer ethical instructions or ""lessons for living,"" but move freely from doctrine to duty and back again. Thus, the purpose of doctrine is seen here as less to instruct than to provide the theological basis for a new way of living. More specifically, because Christians have been born anew to a living hope, there is a serious challenge to holy living. Mounce effectively ""updates"" this challenge, applying it to modern living - and chapter titles such as ""How to Get Along With Your Spouse,"" ""Living in an Alien Society,"" and ""How to Live in the Family of God"" reflect the author's timely and practical application. Study questions are included to facilitate individual and group Bible study. ""These epistles are indispensable antidotes to two chronic ailments which threaten the church. I Peter is a prescription to face suffering, while II Peter is medicine to stave off heresy. Robert Mounce's expositions are so clear, concise, devout, and thoughtful that they place these healing words within the reach of every Bible student."" David Allan Hubbard Robert Mounce, President Emeritus of Whitworth College, is widely known as the author of a number of New Testament commentaries. For the past forty years he has been seriously involved in Bible translation, most recently serving as Assistant New Testament Editor for the English Standard Version.

A penetrating study of practical truths In this commentary on Romans, author Robert Mounce addresses the human penchant for trying to attain righteousness by works. He discusses themes such as: -What happens when humans turn their back on God? -Does God make humans righteous? -Does justification by faith in effect sanction sin? -Is Christianity practical? Mounce's thorough, readable scholarship makes present-day applications of Paul's message apparent. And he deals with the issues important to laypeople in a language not obscured by professional jargon. Robert Mounce, President Emeritus of Whitworth College, is widely known as the author of a number of New Testament commentaries. For the past forty years he has been involved in Bible translation, most recently serving as Assistant New Testament Editor for the English Standard Version.

This book makes plain that the man in the pulpit occupies a position of unrivaled significance in the life and destiny of his fellow man. It concerns the kerygma, or, as Professor A. M. Hunter of King's College, Aberdeen, states in the Foreword, ""the preached Gospel which the first heralds of Christ proclaimed to the great pagan world of their day, that Gospel which, after nineteen centuries, remains the Word from the Beyond for our human predicament. It tells what the Proclamation really was and how it runs, like a golden thread, through the whole New Testament."" Dr. Mounce introduces his study with a survey of related terms as they appear in classical Greek, proceeds to show the role of the herald in the life and culture of the Old Testament world through a careful investigation of the Septuagint, and, more importantly, gives a detailed analysis of the nature of preaching as it occurs in the New Testament itself. The closing chapter forcibly demonstrates that true Christian preaching has ever been and always should be the medium through which God contemporizes His historic self-disclosure in Christ, and offers man the opportunity to respond in faith. As a study of the heart of the joyful message that the first heralds of Christianity proclaimed, this book breaks fresh ground for a new understanding of the vital significance of preaching. ""Sound scholarship, fresh treatment, and evangelical warmth."" --F. F. Bruce, the late Rylands Professor of Biblical Criticism and Exegesis, University of Manchester Robert Mounce, President Emeritus of Whitworth College, is widely known as the author of a number of New Testament commentaries. For the past forty years he has been involved in Bible translation, most recently serving as Assistant New Testament Editor for the English Standard Version.