![]() ![]() Author Verlyn Verbrugge maintains that until we see the dark side of Christmas, until we shed tears with Mary and Joseph, until we experience the fear that war is on the horizon, we will never truly understand the awesomeness of what happened in that little town of Bethlehem. ![]() Though we usually choose to ignore them, these elementsin their cultural and historical contextreveal the true meaning of Christmas where the shadow of the cross is inseparable from the manger. Or is it?Ī Not-So-Silent Night is a revolutionary book that reveals the darker side of Christmas, a side that exposes pain, humiliation, fear, and danger. Its about a beautiful story of a lovely babe in the manger. Paperback.Ĭhristmas is a time for peace on earth, a time for favorite carols, family dinners, and familiar traditions. Timely and provocative, A Not-So-Silent Night is perfect for pastors looking for a new approach to their traditional Christmas sermons and for anyone who wants to get past holiday commercialization and get back to the reason for the season. Though we usually choose to ignore them, these elements-in their cultural and historical context-reveal the true meaning of Christmas where the shadow of the cross is inseparable from the manger. Or is it?Ī Not-So-Silent Night is a revolutionary book thatreveals the darker side of Christmas, a side that exposes pain, humiliation, fear, and danger. It's about a beautiful story of a lovely babe in the manger. Relying on the surprising results of current Pauline scholarship and a careful exegesis of a variety of New Testament texts, this book offers a thorough investigation of the apostle Paul’s sayings and dealings with money.Christmas is a time for peace on earth, a time for favorite carols, family dinners, and familiar traditions. 1 Cor 11:17–34).ĭuring the past twenty years a significant amount of research has been done on class-consciousness in the Greco-Roman world and on the significance of Paul’s fund-raising venture “for the poor among the Lord’s people in Jerusalem”-“the collection”-for his ministry. Moreover, whereas most churches today have a certain socio-economic homogeneity, some of Paul’s churches had a combination of upper class wealthy people and lower class slaves worshiping side-by-side, and it inevitably created friction (esp. ![]() But he also has to address those do not want to work, for whatever reason, and are “idle and disruptive” (2 Thess 3:6). He finds it necessary to address “those who are rich in this present world” (1 Tim 6:17). His letters deal with real people as they lived their Christian lives in the Greco-Roman world. The apostle Paul, one of the most prominent figures in the early Jesus movement, had a lot to say about money. For Students Pursue a deeper knowledge of God through self-paced college- and seminary-level online courses in Old and New Testament studies, theology, biblical Greek, and more.For Instructors and School Administrators Enhance your school’s traditional and online education programs by easily integrating online courses developed from the scholars and textbooks you trust.
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