Product Information

Author / Brian Wintle & Ken Gnanakan

ISBN / 9789810511524

General Editors / Bruce J. Nicholls & Brian Wintle

Publisher / Asia Theological Association, Singapore

Publication Date / 2006

Distributed by / Campus Crusade Asia Limited 

Format / Paperback (Soft Cover)

Language / English

Number of Pages / 236

Dimensions / 20.4 x 13.4 x 1.8 cm

Weight / 250 g

Author Description

Brian Wintle is presently the Regional Secretary for India of the Asia Theological Association. After completing his Ph.D. in Manchester University, U.K., Dr. Wintle returned to the Union Biblical Seminary, Yavatmal (and Pune), where he served on the Faculty as a Lecturer, and later, Professor, in the New Testament Studies department for 18 years. During the last eight years at the Seminary he also served as Principal. Dr. Wintle now resides in Bangalore, South India, with his wife Phyllis and their two daughters. 

Ken Gnanakan, Chairman of Theological Book Trust and reputed author of several books, is President of ACTS Academy of Higher Education and President of the International Council of Higher Education. He has served as Chairman and General Secretary of Asia Theological Association for 15 years. Gnanakan is an environmentalist, educationalist and theologian. 

Product Description

This series of commentaries on all the books of the Old and New Testament is designed to enable readers to understand the Scriptures in their own context, and to interpret and apply them to the plurality of Asian cultures in which they live and work. 

The series is designed for use by pastors in their expository ministry of preaching, teaching and counselling, by teachers and students in their theological studies, and by men and women who lead small groups in churches and homes. 


Contents:

An Introduction to Chapter 1 - 3

A. 1:3 - 3:21  God's Eternal Purpose: To Create a New Humanity in Christ
     1:1-2         Opening Introduction and Greetings

1. 1:3-14 / The Purpose of God from Eternity to Eternity

2. 1:15-2:10 / God's Power that Gives Life to the Dead

3. 2:11-22 / One New Community of Jews and Gentiles

4. 3:1-21 / Paul, The Jewish Apostle to the Gentiles   


An Introduction to Chapter 4 - 6

B. 4:1 - 6:24  The New Humanity in Everyday Life

1. 4:1-16 / Unity in Diversity in the Body of Christ

2. 4:17-5:20 / Transformed Relationships in the Community - I & II 

3. 5:21-6:9 / Transformed Relationships in the Household

4. 6:10-20 / Defences against the Forces of Division and Disunity