Beautiful upon the mountains :biblical essays on mission, peace, and the reign of God /edited by Mary H. Schertz and Ivan Friesen.

Name/Title

Beautiful upon the mountains :biblical essays on mission, peace, and the reign of God /edited by Mary H. Schertz and Ivan Friesen.

Description

The Noachide covenant and Christian mission / Perry B. Yoder -- God's reign and the missional impulse of the Psalms / Gordon H. Matties -- Isaiah 2:2-5 and Micah 4:1-4 : learning the ways of the God of Jacob / Wilma Ann Bailey -- Light to the nations in Isaiah's servant songs / Ivan Friesen -- Will Jonah be saved? / Douglas B. Miller -- Peace as the visionary mission of God's reign : Zechariah 1-8 / Ben C. Ollenburger -- As sheep in the midst of wolves : mission and peace in the Gospel of Matthew / Dorothy Jean Weaver -- Shalom for shepherds : an audience-oriented critical analysis of Luke 2:8-14 / Gary Yamasaki -- Peace and mission in John's Gospel : Jesus and the Samaritan woman (John 4) / Willard M. Swartley -- Reconciled to God through the death of his son : a mission of peace-making in Romans 5:1-11 / Reta Halteman Finger -- The new has come! : an exegetical and theological discussion of 2 Corinthians 5:11-6:10 / Jacob W. Elias -- For He is our peace : Ephesians 2:11-22 / Tom Yoder Neufeld -- Reign of God, mission, and peace in 1 Peter / Erland Waltner -- Leaning toward consummation : mission and peace in the rhetoric of Revelation / Loren L. Johns. xvii, 268 p. :ill. ;23 cm.

Book Details

Place Published

City

Elkhart, Ind. :Institute of Mennonite Studies ;Scottdale, Pa.

Date Published

circa 2003

Publication Subjects

Missions--Biblical teaching. Peace--Biblical teaching.

Call No.

BV2073 .B43 2003

ISBN

0936273356 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2003024785

Notes

Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references.