Why does Jenkins entitle his chapter ‘The Christian Revolution’?

The Holy Spirit is sent by Jesus in order to enable the church today to replicate the life and ethics of the early church.

Cardinal Yves Congar refers to the Spirit as a “Person without a face.” Why?

Marshall asserts that Jesus was not a spiritual teacher obsessed with inner peace and good morals. Instead, Jesus embodied shalom and God’s new creation by challenging four areas of social life: Social discrimination, Economic injustice, and what other two areas?

According to Migliore, one of the gifts of the African American church to the Christian story is the development of abstract theologies that sustain people in times of suffering and injustice.

According to Guthrie, that Jesus can reveal God to us, that he can be the one to whom people pray, and that he is the one who has the power to forgive sin are all rooted in the belief that Jesus is

Guthrie compares and contrasts justification and sanctification with a series of couplets on the opening pages of chapter 17 (Sanctification). One of those couplets is ‘Justification tells us about God’s gracious action toward us. Sanctification tells us about our response with obedient action toward God.’

Guthrie notes three ‘gifts of the Spirit’. Which one of the following is NOT included in Guthrie’s list?

The secondary work of the Holy Spirit is to promote spiritual maturity by drawing persons into relationships with the triune God: with the Father who is ‘Abba’, and the Son who is ‘Lord’.

This was the central metaphor used in class to understand the nature and dynamics of culture.