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100 1 _aLucas, R. C.
245 1 4 _aThe message of 2 Peter & Jude :
300 _a270 pages ;
490 1 _aThe Bible speaks today.
500 _a"With study guide."
505 0 _aIntroduction to 2 Peter -- The genuine article (1:1-2) -- The power and the promises (1:3-4) -- The productive Christian (1:5-11) -- Remember, remember (1:12-15) -- The witnesses (1:16-21) -- The fifth column (2:1-3) -- Putting the world on hold (2:4-9) -- Profile of a deadly minister (2:10-16) -- Profile of a deadly ministry (2:17-22) -- Have you forgotten anything? (33:1-2) -- God's powerful word (3:3-7) -- God's promised patience (3:8-10) -- Looking forward to a new home (3:11-16) -- The message of 2 Peter (3:17-18).
505 0 _aIntroduction to Jude -- Jude the obscure? (1-2) -- Churches in danger (3-4) -- Warnings of judgment: three Old Testament examples (11-13) -- Warnings of judgment: a familiar example (9-10) -- Warnings of judgment: three further Old Testament examples (11-13) -- Warnings of judgment: a further familiar example (14-16) -- Signs of the times: a warning from the apostles (17-19) -- Contending for the faith: the Christian (20-21) -- Contending for the faith: the fallen Christian (22-23) -- Contending for the faith: the salvation we share (24-25).
520 _aSecond Peter and Jude are among the most neglected books of the New Testament. But alert readers have long noted an unmistakable family resemblance between these two letters. Like orphans reunited, in this commentary 2 Peter and Jude show themselves to be robust theological siblings, charged with a keen, no-nonsense desire to warm young believers of the false spiritual guides that are out to beguile them. This commentary is a skillful exposition of these two letters within their original setting. More than that, it narrows the gap between our day and that day, between our cultural and spiritual setting and that setting, and allows the Spirit-driven message to arc between then and now. Wherever Christians face or anticipate the destabilizing and destructive influence of misled teachers and subverters of truth, these letters will speak today.
700 1 _aGreen, Christopher,
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