Power and poverty :
Hughes, Dewi Arwel.
Power and poverty : divine and human rule in a world of need / Dewi Hughes ; foreword by Christopher Wright. - Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Academic, c2008. - 253 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [244]-245) and index.
Finding the roots of poverty in Genesis 1-11 -- God's covenant with Abraham and its significance in the history of redemption -- Divinely ordained government in the Old Testament -- The laws to prevent poverty -- Welfare law and what it implies about being poor -- The glory and inadequacy of the Mosaic covenant -- Jesus the supreme ruler -- What Jesus did : the acts of the supreme ruler -- What Jesus taught : the Beatitudes -- What Jesus taught : strategies for kingdom living -- What Jesus is doing : the work of the Holy Spirit -- What Jesus is going to do : the final judgment -- The ordered society of the supreme ruler -- The church is a joyful community -- The church is a community who speak God's words.
9781844743124
2008046031
Poverty in the Bible.
Poverty--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Power (Christian theology)
Christian life.
BS680.P47 / H84 2008
261.8/325
Power and poverty : divine and human rule in a world of need / Dewi Hughes ; foreword by Christopher Wright. - Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Academic, c2008. - 253 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [244]-245) and index.
Finding the roots of poverty in Genesis 1-11 -- God's covenant with Abraham and its significance in the history of redemption -- Divinely ordained government in the Old Testament -- The laws to prevent poverty -- Welfare law and what it implies about being poor -- The glory and inadequacy of the Mosaic covenant -- Jesus the supreme ruler -- What Jesus did : the acts of the supreme ruler -- What Jesus taught : the Beatitudes -- What Jesus taught : strategies for kingdom living -- What Jesus is doing : the work of the Holy Spirit -- What Jesus is going to do : the final judgment -- The ordered society of the supreme ruler -- The church is a joyful community -- The church is a community who speak God's words.
9781844743124
2008046031
Poverty in the Bible.
Poverty--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Power (Christian theology)
Christian life.
BS680.P47 / H84 2008
261.8/325