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 CHAPTER 1

Righteousness
OTHER NEW TESTAMENT VOICES
2 Corinthians 5:21; 6:7; Galatians 2:21; Ephesians 4:24; 6:14;
Philippians 3:9; 1 Timothy 6:11; James 1:20; Revelation 19:11

Suggested Reading

Michael F. Bird. The Saving Righteousness of God. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock,
2007.
Walter Brueggemann. The Prophetic Imagination. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2018.
Katherine Grieb. The Story of Romans: A Narrative Defense of God’s
Righteousness. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2002.
Douglas Harink. Resurrecting Justice: Reading Romans for the Life of the World.
Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2020.
Cynthia Long Westfall and Bryan R. Dyer, ed. The Bible and Social Justice:
Old Testament and New Testament Foundations for the Church’s Urgent Call.
Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2016.
N. T. Wright. Evil and the Justice of God. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic,
2013.

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 CHAPTER 2

Gospel
OTHER NEW TESTAMENT VOICES
Matthew 4:23; 11:4–5; 13:31–33; Luke 2:10–11; 4:18–19; Acts 8:12;
Romans 16:25–26; Galatians 3:8; 2 Thessalonians 2:13–14;
2 Timothy 2:8–9

Suggested Reading

Matthew W. Bates. Salvation by Allegiance Alone. Grand Rapids: Baker

Academic, 2017.
Michael F. Bird. Evangelical Theology: A Biblical and Systematic Introduction.
Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2013.
David Garland. A Theology of Mark’s Gospel. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2015.
Pages 188–94.
Suzanne Watts Henderson. “The ‘Good News’ of God’s Coming Reign:
Occupation at a Crossroads.” Interpretation 70.2 (2016): 145–58.
N. T. Wright. Simply Good News: Why the Gospel Is News and What Makes
It Good. New York: HarperOne, 2015.

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 CHAPTER 3

Forgiveness
OTHER NEW TESTAMENT VOICES
Matthew 6:12–15; Mark 2:5–10; John 20:23; James 5:15; 1 John 1:9

Suggested Reading

Mark J. Boda. ‘Return to Me’: A Biblical Theology of Repentance. Downers Grove,

IL: IVP Academic, 2015.
Mark J. Boda and Gordon T. Smith, ed. Repentance in Christian Theology.
Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2006.
Tim Carter. The Forgiveness of Sins. Cambridge: James Clarke, 2016.
David Konstan. Before Forgiveness: The Origins of a Moral Idea. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Miroslav Volf. Exclusion and Embrace: A Theological Exploration of Identity,
Otherness, and Reconciliation. Nashville: Abingdon, 2019.

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 CHAPTER 4

Life
OTHER NEW TESTAMENT VOICES
Matthew 7:13–14; 10:32–39; Mark 8:34–37; Luke 12:15; Romans 6:4;
7:6, 9–10; 8:12–13; 1 Corinthians 15:22–23; Philippians 1:21;
2 Peter 1:3; 1 John 4:9

Suggested Reading

Jaime Clark-­Soles. Reading John for Dear Life: A Spiritual Walk with the Fourth
Gospel. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2016.
Jon D. Levenson. Resurrection and the Restoration of Israel: The Ultimate Victory
of the God of Life. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008.
Richard N. Longenecker, ed. Life in the Face of Death. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans,
1998.

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 CHAPTER 5

The Cross
OTHER NEW TESTAMENT VOICES
Matthew 27:32–37; Mark 10:43–45; Luke 2:30–32, 34; 23:32–34;
Romans 6:1–11; 8:1–39; Galatians 5:24; 6:14; Philippians 2:1–11;
3:7–4:1; Colossians 1:20; 2:13–15; Revelation 5:9

Suggested Reading

James H. Cone. The Cross and the Lynching Tree. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books,
2011.
Timothy G. Gombis. Power in Weakness: Paul’s Transformed Vision for Ministry.
Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2021.
Michael J. Gorman. Cruciformity. 20th Anniversary Edition. Grand Rapids,
Eerdmans, 2021.
Nijay Gupta. “Cruciform Onesimus? Considering How a Slave Would
Respond to Paul’s Call for a Cross-­Shaped Lifestyle.” The Expository Times
(February 24, 2022). https://doi​.org/10.1177/00145246221075897.
Richard B. Hays. The Moral Vision of the New Testament. San Francisco:
HarperSanFrancisco, 1996.
Fleming Rutledge. Crucifixion: Understanding the Death of Jesus Christ. Grand
Rapids: Eerdmans, 2017.

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 CHAPTER 6

Faith
OTHER NEW TESTAMENT VOICES
Matthew 8:10; 15:28; Mark 5:34; Acts 3:16; 2 Corinthians 5:7;
Ephesians 2:8–10; Philippians 3:9–11; Colossians 2:6–7; Hebrews
11:1–39; James 2:14–26; Revelation 14:12

Suggested Reading

Karl Barth. Dogmatics in Outline. New York: Harper, 1959.

Matthew W. Bates. Gospel Allegiance: What Faith in Jesus Misses for Salvation
in Christ. Grand Rapids: Brazos, 2019.
—­—­—­. Salvation by Allegiance Alone: Rethinking Faith, Works, and the Gospel
of Jesus the King. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2017.
Nijay K. Gupta. Paul and the Language of Faith. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2020.
Luke Timothy Johnson. The Creed: What Christians Believe and Why It
Matters. New York: Doubleday, 2003.
Teresa Morgan. Roman Faith and Christian Faith: Pistis and Fides in the Early
Roman Empire and Early Churches. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017.

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 CHAPTER 7

Grace
OTHER NEW TESTAMENT VOICES
Luke 1:30; John 1:14–18; Romans 5:15–21; 1 Corinthians 15:10;
Ephesians 2:5–8; 1 Timothy 1:14; Titus 2:11; Hebrews 4:16; James 4:6;
1 Peter 4:10

Suggested Reading

John M. G. Barclay. Paul and the Gift. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2016.
—­—­—­. Paul and the Power of Grace. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2020.
Frank Matera. God’s Saving Grace: A Pauline Theology. Grand Rapids:
Eerdmans, 2012.
Miroslav Volf. Free of Charge: Giving and Forgiving in a Culture Stripped of
Grace. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2006.

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 CHAPTER 8

Fellowship
OTHER NEW TESTAMENT VOICES
Matthew 18:20; John 15:12–17; Romans 12:4–5; Galatians 6:2;
Ephesians 4:2–6; Colossians 3:14; Hebrews 10:24–25; 1 Peter 4:8–9;
1 John 4:11

Suggested Reading

Robert J. Banks. Paul’s Idea of Community. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1995.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Life Together and Prayerbook of the Bible. Minneapolis:
Fortress, 1996.
Luke Timothy Johnson. Sharing Possessions: What Faith Demands. 2nd ed.
Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2011.
Scot McKnight. A Fellowship of Differents: Showing the World God’s Design for
Life Together. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2014.

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 CHAPTER 9

Hope
OTHER NEW TESTAMENT VOICES
Matthew 11:28; Romans 5:3–4; 15:13; Ephesians 1:18; Colossians 1:27;
Titus 3:7; Hebrews 6:19; 11:1; Revelation 3:10–11

Suggested Reading

Constantine Campbell. Paul and the Hope of Glory: An Exegetical and Theological
Study. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2020.
Paula Gooder. Heaven. Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2011.
Nijay K. Gupta. 1–2 Thessalonians. New Covenant Commentary Series.
Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2016.
N. T. Wright. Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the
Mission of the Church. New York: HarperOne, 2007.

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 CHAPTER 10

Salvation
OTHER NEW TESTAMENT VOICES
Luke 1:77; 19:9; Acts 4:12; 7:25; Romans 1:16; 2 Corinthians 7:10;
Philippians 1:28; Hebrews 5:9; 1 Peter 1:5; Revelation 7:10; 12:10; 19:1

Suggested Reading

James Beilby and Paul R. Eddy, ed. The Nature of the Atonement. Downers
Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2006.
Jeannine K. Brown, Carla M. Dahl, and Wyndy Corbin Reuschling. Becoming
Whole and Holy: An Integrative Conversation about Christian Formation.
Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2011.
Joel B. Green. Why Salvation? Nashville: Abingdon, 2014.
Charles Talbert and Jason A. Whitlark. Getting “Saved”: The Whole Story of
Salvation in the New Testament. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2011.
Jan G. van der Watt, ed. Salvation in the New Testament: Perspectives on
Soteriology. Leiden: Brill, 2008.
George Wieland. The Significance of Salvation: A Study of Salvation Language
in the Pastoral Epistles. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2006.

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 CHAPTER 11

Peace
OTHER NEW TESTAMENT VOICES
Matthew 5:9; 11:28–30; Romans 5:1–2; 8:6; 12:17–18; 2 Corinthians
13:11; Galatians 5:22–23; Philippians 4:6–7; James 3:18; 2 John 1:3

Suggested Reading

Mark J. Boda. A Severe Mercy: Sin and Its Remedy in the Old Testament.
Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2009.
Michael J. Gorman. Becoming the Gospel: Paul, Participation, and Mission.
Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2015.
Willard M. Swartley. Covenant of Peace: The Missing Peace in New Testament
Theology and Ethics. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2006.

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 CHAPTER 12

Religion
OTHER NEW TESTAMENT VOICES
Acts 3:12; 10:2, 7; 26:5; Colossians 2:18; 1 Timothy 2:12; 3:16; 4:7–8;
James 1:26–27; 2 Peter 1:3–7; 2:9

Suggested Reading

Crystal L. Hall. Insights from Reading the Bible with the Poor. Minneapolis:
Fortress, 2019.
Elsa Tamez. The Scandalous Message of James: Faith without Works Is Dead.
New York: Crossroad, 2018.
Carla Swafford Works. The Least of These: Paul and the Marginalized. Grand
Rapids: Eerdmans, 2020.

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 CHAPTER 13

Holiness
OTHER NEW TESTAMENT VOICES
John 17:17; Romans 6:22; 12:1–2; 1 Corinthians 3:17; Ephesians 4:24;
Philippians 2:5; 1 Thessalonians 5:23; 2 Timothy 1:9; 2:21; 1 John 1:7;
3:6–10; Revelation 4:8

Suggested Reading

Stephen C. Barton. Holiness: Past and Present. London: Bloomsbury, 2003.

Kent Brower and Andy Johnson, ed. Holiness and Ecclesiology in the New
Testament. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2007.
Andy Johnson. Holiness and the Missio Dei. Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2016.
David Peterson. Possessed by God: A New Testament Theology of Sanctification
and Holiness. New Studies in Biblical Theology. Downers Grove, IL:
IVP Academic, 1995.
Jo Bailey Wells. God’s Holy People: A Theme in Biblical Theology. Sheffield:
Sheffield Academic, 2000.

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 CHAPTER 14

Love
OTHER NEW TESTAMENT VOICES
Matthew 25:35–40; Luke 6:27–31, 35; John 15:9–10, 12–13;
Romans 8:35–39; 1 Corinthians 13:4–8; 16:14; Ephesians 4:2–3;
Colossians 3:14

Suggested Reading

David G. Horrell. Solidarity and Difference: A Contemporary Reading of Paul’s

Ethics. London: Bloomsbury, 2016.
Jon D. Levenson. Love of God: Divine Gift, Human Gratitude, and Mutual
Faithfulness in Judaism. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016.
R. W. L. Moberly. Old Testament Theology: Reading the Hebrew Bible as
Christian Scripture. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2015.
Francis J. Moloney. Love in the Gospel of John: An Exegetical, Theological, and
Literary Study. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2013.
Leon Morris. Testaments of Love: A Study of Love in the Bible. Grand Rapids:
Eerdmans, 1981.
Christine Pohl. Making Room: Recovering Hospitality as a Christian Tradition.
Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1999.
Willard Swartley. The Love of Enemy and Nonretaliation in the New Testament.
Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1992.

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 CHAPTER 15

Witness
OTHER NEW TESTAMENT VOICES
Acts 1:8; 1 Corinthians 15:15; 1 Thessalonians 2:10; 1 Timothy 6:12;
Hebrews 12:1; 1 Peter 5:1

Suggested Reading

Richard Bauckham. Bible and Mission: Christian Witness in a Postmodern World.

Grand Rapids: Baker, 2003.
Brian Blount. Can I Get a Witness? Reading Revelation through African American
Culture. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2005.
Alexander S. Jensen. John’s Gospel as Witness. New York: Routledge, 2016.
I. Howard Marshall, ed. Witness to the Gospel: The Theology of Acts. Grand
Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998.

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