THE CAPRANICA

From Schreiner on Paul’s theology of righteousness:
Regarding Righteousness
“. . . justification should not be accepted as the center of Pauline theology . . . . The foundation of his theology is the glory of God in the work of Christ” (193)
“This righteous status with God is no fiction but a reality. Further, because believers [...]

From Schreiner:
“Paul must explain in his gospel how Jesus Christ has accomplished redemption.  Human beings are freed to honor and praise God because Jesus in his person and work has vindicated God’s honor.  He has succeeded where Adam and Israel failed.  He is the promised seed of Abraham and David, the Lord of heaven and [...]

While I’ve fallen behind in posting on my reading from Tom Schreiner’s book, Paul, Apostle of God’s Glory in Christ, I’ve not really been behind in reading it. I’ll try to catch my posts up:
Sin is a Power: Sin is . . . a tyrannical power that exercises its dominion over those in [...]

From Schreiner on The Violation of God’s Law
“. . . we fail to grasp the depth of Pauline theology if we restrict the definition of sin to a violation of what God commands.  Instead of viewing sin as a rejection of god personally, we may understand it primarily in terms of failing to live up [...]

Paul spreads the gospel, particularly to the Gentiles, through his suffering.  That is the summation of Thom Schreiner’s chpater on “Suffering & the Pauline Mission.”
Paul was attacked for his suffering:  accused of being a vacillator, criticized for his lack of success in evangelism, told he needed letters of recommendation, charged with hypocrisy and attacked for [...]

I did keep up with my reading plan of Schreiner’s book yesterday, but not my posting of it.  so here’s some quotes from yesterday’s reading:
“The gospel of Christ fulfills what was written in the Old Testament scriptures, and believers inherit the promises made to Abraham” (73).
Schreiner then moves into a brief history of Israel.
I thought [...]

From Schreiner on Paul’s Mission:
“With the exception of Romans [I don't think I totally agree with this exception] most of Paul’s remaining letters were written to maintain the faith of those who had joined the new community, for persistence in faith was the mark of a successful mission. . . . Paul had no conception [...]

More from Schreiner:
“Bringing the gospel to the Gentiles was a distinctive advance in the mission of early Christianity, and Paul perceived the theological implications of the gospel more clearly than did the pillars and th other apostles in Jerusalem” (50).
Schreiner sees Acts 15 and Galatians 2:1-10 as referring to the same incident (though he does [...]

From Schreiner - ch 2:  Proclaiming a Magnificent God
“Magnifying God in Christ was the animating principle of Paul’s life and the foundational principle of his theology” (37).
“. . . Paul’s primary aim was not to leave an epistolary legacy in which subsequent generations would marvel at his theological system.  He was a missionary who wrote [...]

Today I began reading through Dr. Thom Schreiner’s book, Paul, Apostle of God’s Glory in Christ: A Pauline Theology (PAGGC). I recently purchased it to look through as I preach through the book of Romans. I had the privilege to sit under Dr. Schreiner’s tutelage for one day during a doctoral seminar [...]