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The place Schreiner shines is in his careful, detailed, meticulous exegesis of Paul's soteriology that is unrivaled in precision by other Pauline scholars, and particularly by the less-than-reformed ones.

"God's beneficence is captured well in Luke 12:32: 'Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.' The Father's tender care for his weak and needy people is represented by giving them the kingdom. He does not give the kingdom reluctantly or grudgingly but joyfully bestows it on his people."

Honestly, seeing Jesus as God really is the most fundamental piece to understanding the NT and its relationship to the OT.

My learning of Hebrew and Greek is coming in handy and that's super cool 😎😎😎

Honestly, NT Wright's way of doing biblical theology, which the Bible Project and people like John Mark Comer have been heavily influenced by, I am becoming disillusioned with. It's not wrong, it's a true dimension, it's just not enough *nor is it the most fundamental dimension to the Bible.* It is *a* dimension, but not *the* dimension like Wright wants to say it is.

Welp... I understand why leftward leaning, politically concerned Christians like NT Wright so much.

Jesus' deity is implicit everywhere! So cool.

It's fun to read a book meant as an introduction where it really is introducing you and not just boring you with things you already know!

I've just read the introduction so far to get my bearing set! Hopefully can start the text tomorrow.

"We don't go out and attain divine fullness. We receive it. This is the suprise of the Christian life. We get traction in our spiritual lives not centrally as we get down to work but as we open up our hands."

"Out, damned spot! Out, I say!"

To be totally honest, I was reading this just to understand that quote lol

This is one of the few books I've read multiple times. It's just so helpful for me!