Isbn: 9798189460449 - complete in christ: reflections on the books of galatians, ephesians, philippians, and colossians: 24 (the daily quiet time reflections series) (3 resultados)

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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. "In Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, and in Christ you have been brought to fullness" (Colossians 2:9-10). Four of Paul's letters, written a decade apart under very different circumstances - one in the heat of an early controversy, three from the enforced stillness of a Roman prison cell - turn out to make a single, unified case: that in Christ, believers already have everything they need. Complete in Christ: Reflections on the Books of Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians is the twenty-fourth volume in The Daily Quiet Time Reflections Series, continuing the same daily, one-reading-at-a-time approach used throughout - most recently in Treasure in Clay Jars: Reflections on the Books of 1 and 2 Corinthians. Drawn from more than a decade of daily Quiet Time writing and Sunday School teaching at First Baptist Church in Dallas, Eugene Han walks through all four letters across thirty-two chapters, organized into four Parts, one for each book: Galatians defends the gospel of grace against a demand to add the law to faith; Ephesians unfolds the church as Christ's own body, chosen and blessed before the world began; Philippians shows what that gospel produces under real hardship - a joy that never depended on comfortable circumstances to begin with; and Colossians answers a different but related threat by insisting that Christ alone, without addition, is entirely sufficient. This is not a technical commentary written for seminarians. It is a layman's companion for ordinary believers who want to read these four letters slowly and see how they answer one another - Paul's earliest doctrinal defense read alongside his most settled, meditative reflections from prison years later. Each chapter includes: A close, readable walk through that day's passage, grounded in careful study but written for everyday readersHistorical background on Galatia, Ephesus, Philippi, and Colosse, and on the false teaching each letter was written to answerHonest engagement with the letters' most debated passages, including Paul's household instructions in Ephesians 5-6 and Colossians 3, alongside their best-loved promises of grace, joy, and sufficiency in ChristReflection and discussion questions, ideal for personal devotion or small-group Bible studyBecause these four short letters carry an unusual weight of doctrine and instruction for their length, most days on the companion daily reading plan correspond to two or more chapters in this book rather than the usual one - a pattern explained up front in "How to Use This Book," so readers always know exactly how much of this volume goes with how much of their Bible. Whether you are reading through Paul's letters for the first time, leading a Bible study, or continuing the journey begun in earlier volumes of this series, this book offers thirty-two chapters of careful, faithful reflection on four letters united by one conviction: that nothing needs to be added to Christ, because nothing has been left out. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. …