The Race Set Before Us: A Biblical Theology of Perseverance Assurance

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InterVarsity Press, Apr 11, 2001 - Religion - 344 pages

Discipline.
Endurance.
Perseverance.

The New Testament often describes the Christian life as a marathon, a race set before us. But what exactly is the prize? Do all those completing the race share in it? And can the prize be lost?

Tackling these and other vexing questions, Thomas Schreiner and Ardel Caneday offer in this book a serious, exegetical wrestling with the biblical understanding of the nature of saving faith and its implications for the people of God. Here is a foundational study that considers all of the relevant New Testament texts and that weighs the meaning of those texts for both Christian living and pastoral ministry.

 

Contents

INTRODUCTION
9
THE RACE SET BEFORE US What Is There to Win or Lose?
19
THE PRIZE TO BE WON Our Present Future Salvation
46
THE RACE TO BE RUN The Necessity of Obedient Faith
87
RUNNING TO WIN THE PRIZE Heeding Gods Admonitions Warnings
142
REFLECTING ON FALLEN RUNNERS Who Are Those Who Have Fallen Out of the Race?
214
DRAWING ON GODS GRACE Going the Distance by Gods Power
245
RUNNING WITH CONFIDENCE Being Assured That We Shall Win the Prize
268
RUNNING BY DIVINE APPOINTMENT Who Are Those Who Run to the End Win?
312
A Response to William Lane Craigs Lest Anyone Should Fall A Middle Knowledge Perspective on Perseverance Apostolic Warnings
332
AUTHOR INDEX
338
SUBJECT INDEX
341
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Thomas R. Schreiner is James Buchanan Harrison Professor of New Testament Interpretation and associate dean at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky. His other books include The Law and Its Fulfillment, Interpreting the Pauline Epistles and Romans.

Ardel B. Caneday is professor of New Testament and Greej at Northwestern College in St. Paul, Minnesota.

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