Ever since its original publication in 2003, Glen Stassen and David Gushee's Kingdom Ethics has offered students, pastors, and other readers an outstanding framework for Christian ethical thought, one that is solidly rooted in Scripture, especially Jesus's teachings in the Sermo…
Examines Christian ethics based on the study of Jesus' life and teachings, especially the Sermon on the Mount. Covers current issues such as just war, life at its beginning and ending, biotechnology, and sexuality.
A comparison of prayer in Matthew 6:5-15, encapsulated within the “Sermon on the Mount” with John 17, the culmination of the “Farewell Discourse” reveals that both are necessary to demonstrate the success of Jesus’ completed mission while simultaneously catapulting the disciples…
Jonathan Edwards Jr. (1745–1801) is often portrayed as a spiritless preacher who drove away his congregation with metaphysical abstractions. Accordingly, this received caricature describes Edwards Jr. as distorting the Edwardsean legacy. This negative caricature of Edwards Jr wa…
In recent years, the "Jewish Jesus" has been a dominant theme within New Testament studies. That being said, however, questions about the relationship between homiletics and Jesus' Jewish DNA have largely been left "unasked." Hence, this study investigates how a more Jewish unde…
