{"id":14467,"date":"2020-06-10T06:06:10","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T14:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/cruxsola\/?p=14467"},"modified":"2020-06-10T06:06:10","modified_gmt":"2020-06-10T14:06:10","slug":"colossians-and-ephesians-5-books-every-pastor-should-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/cruxsola\/2020\/06\/colossians-and-ephesians-5-books-every-pastor-should-read\/","title":{"rendered":"Colossians and Ephesians: 5 Books Every Pastor Should Read"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Colossians and Ephesians<\/span>\"\"<\/h2>\n

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Timothy Gombis,\u00a0The Drama of Ephesians: Participating in the Triumph of God<\/em><\/h2>\n

A \u201cmust-read\u201d work that helps the reader understand the wider thought-world of Ephesians and how it narrates the redemptive victory of God.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Clinton Arnold,\u00a0Power and Magic: The Concept of Power in Ephesians<\/em><\/h2>\n

A key study on the message of Ephesians from the perspective of local religion and conceptions of power in context.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Sylvia Keesmaat and Brian Walsh,\u00a0Colossians Remixed: Subverting the Empire<\/em><\/h2>\n

This was an early, key study arguing in favor of anti-imperial rhetoric and theology in Paul. I think it is overdone, but still a must-read in the conversation on Paul and empire.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Matthew Gordley,\u00a0New Testament Christological Hymns<\/em><\/h2>\n

This is a handy resource, given how much hymnic language appears in Colossians and Ephesians. Gordley knows his stuff on this.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\u00a0G.K. Beale and Benjamin Gladd,\u00a0Hidden But Now Revealed: A Biblical Theology of Mystery<\/em><\/h2>\n

A great thematic study on \u201cmystery\u201d, helpful for reading Colossians and Ephesians.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Other Resources<\/h1>\n

John M.G. Barclay,\u00a0Colossians and Philemon<\/em><\/h2>\n

This short little introduction and guide is outstanding.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Carolyn Osiek, Margaret Y. MacDonald, and Janet Tulloch,\u00a0A Woman\u2019s Place: House Churches in Earliest Christianity<\/em><\/h2>\n

Given Colossians and Ephesians both contain similar \u201cHousehold Codes,\u201d this resource is an excellent examination of women\u2019s roles in the house, society, and church.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Daniel Darko,\u00a0Against Principalities and Powers: Spiritual Beings in Relation to Communal Identity and the Moral Discourse of Ephesians<\/em><\/h2>\n

Darko looks at the nature of spiritual beings in Asia Minor and their role in human affairs. He draws parallels to modern African beliefs. Darko shows how Ephesians focuses on salvation as deliverance from sin and release from the control of evil powers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Clinton Arnold,\u00a0Power and Magic: The Concept of Power in Ephesians A key study on the message of Ephesians […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4302,"featured_media":14219,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2171],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-5-books-series"],"yoast_head":"\nColossians and Ephesians: 5 Books Every Pastor Should Read<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Colossians and Ephesians   Timothy Gombis,\u00a0The Drama of Ephesians: Participating in the Triumph of God A "must-read" work that helps the reader\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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