Nicholas Perrin. The Kingdom of God: A Biblical Theology. Biblical Theology for Life. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2019. 272 Pages. $29.99 (paperback).
Category: Biblical Theology
Chris Bruno, Jared Compton, and Kevin McFadden. Biblical Theology According to the Apostles: How the Earliest Christians Told the Story of Israel. New Studies in Biblical Theology. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2020. 248 pages. $27.00 (paperback).
Matthew Barrett. Canon, Covenant, and Christology: Rethinking Jesus and the Scriptures of Israel. New Studies in Biblical Theology 51. Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2020. 384 pages. $34.00 (paperback).
John K. Goodrich and Mark L. Strauss, eds. Following Jesus Christ: The New Testament Message of Discipleship for Today. Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2019. 392 pages. $24.99 (paperback).
References to the Spirit in the second half of the Gospel increase dramatically in both number and prominence, in keeping with the Spirit’s pivotal role in the disciples’ mission subsequent to Jesus’s departure and return to the Father.
Anyone seeking to explore the role of the Spirit in John’s Gospel is initially struck by the way the Son-Father relationship between the Word-made-flesh and God the Father completely dominates the first half of John’s Gospel.