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The Way According to Luke : hearing the whole story of Luke-Acts / Paul Borgman.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Grand Rapids, Mich. : Eerdmans, c2006.Description: xii, 404 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0802829368
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 226.406 22 BOR
Online resources:
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.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Barcode
Open Shelf Books Bishop Bukenya Library Open Access / General collection 226.406 BOR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 118696
Open Shelf Books Hamu Mukasa Library Open Access / General collection 226.406 BOR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) In transit from Hamu Mukasa Library to Bishop Bukenya Library since 01.07.2024 124723

Includes bibliographical references (p. 392-399) and indexes.

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.

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