NSBT 13: Thanksgiving

An Investigation of a Pauline theme.'Be thankful' (Colossians
3:15) is a recurring exhortation in the letters of the apostle Paul. No other
New Testament writer gives such a sustained emphasis on thanksgiving--and yet,
major modern studies of Paul fail to wrestle with it.

David Pao aims to
rehabilitate this theme in this comprehensive and accessible study, a New
Studies in Biblical Theology volume. He shows how, for Paul, thanksgiving is
grounded in the covenantal traditions of salvation history. To offer thanks to
God is to live a life of worship and to anticipate the future acts of God, all
in submission to the lordship of Christ. Ingratitude to God is idolatry.
Thanksgiving functions as a link between theology, including eschatology, and
ethics.

Here Pao provides clear insights into the passion of an apostle
who never fails to insist on the significance of both the gospel message and
the response this message demands. 'Very few treatments of this
theme in Paul comprehensively reflect on the theology of thanksgiving, and how
such theology is deeply embedded in Paul's thought, and in the gospel itself.
Pao supplies the lack, and does so in a way that is both informed and edifying.
His study is not only the stuff of biblical theology and grist for many
sermons, but will prove to be the occasion for self-examination, repentance and
a new resolve to be thankful.' - D.A. CarsonSeries: New Studies in
Biblical Theology, volume 13.Recommended € 21,90