Bearing God's name : why Sinai still matters / Carmen Joy Imes ; foreword by Christopher J. H. Wright.

By:

Imes, Carmen Joy, 1977- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Downers Grove, Illinois : IVP Academic, An Imprint of InterVarsity Press, [2019]Description: xiii, 225 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:

9780830852697

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Additional physical formats: Online version:: Bearing god's nameDDC classification:

231.7/6 23

LOC classification:

BS1199.I48 I44 2019

Contents:

Part 1: Becoming the people who bear God's name -- 1. Leaving Egypt: Deliverance as Grace -- 2. Surprised at Sinai: Law as gift -- 3. Major deal: Covenant as vocation -- 4. Now what? Appointed for service -- 5. Ready to roll: Prepared for the promised land.

Part 2: Living as the people who bear God's name -- 6. Striking out: From Mount Sinai to Mount Zion -- 7. What Yahweh sees: The faithful few -- 8. Just give me Jesus: The gospel witness -- 9. Blob tag: The mission of Jesus -- 10. Who let you in? Gentiles and the mission of God -- Conclusion.

Summary: "What does the Old Testament-especially the law-have to do with your Christian life? In this warm, accessible volume, Carmen Joy Imes takes readers back to Sinai, arguing that we've misunderstood the command about "taking the Lord's name in vain." Instead, Imes says that this command is really about "bearing God's name," a theme that continues throughout the rest of Scripture"--

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-220) and index.

Part 1: Becoming the people who bear God's name --
1. Leaving Egypt: Deliverance as Grace -- 2. Surprised at Sinai: Law as gift -- 3. Major deal: Covenant as vocation -- 4. Now what? Appointed for service -- 5. Ready to roll: Prepared for the promised land.

Part 2: Living as the people who bear God's name --
6. Striking out: From Mount Sinai to Mount Zion -- 7. What Yahweh sees: The faithful few -- 8. Just give me Jesus: The gospel witness --
9. Blob tag: The mission of Jesus --
10. Who let you in? Gentiles and the mission of God --
Conclusion.

"What does the Old Testament-especially the law-have to do with your Christian life? In this warm, accessible volume, Carmen Joy Imes takes readers back to Sinai, arguing that we've misunderstood the command about "taking the Lord's name in vain." Instead, Imes says that this command is really about "bearing God's name," a theme that continues throughout the rest of Scripture"--

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