Signs and wonders, then and now : miracle-working, commissioning and discipleship

內容簡介

1. Introducing the issues -- 2. Riding the third wave, or just Azusa Street revisited? -- 3. Kingdom theology and the third wave -- pt. 1. The great commission according to Matthew : a contemporary paradigm for signs and wonders? -- 4. Matthew, Jesus and discipleship -- 5. Matthew's readers and the Great Commission -- 6. The disciples' mission to Israel -- 7. Peter and the keys of the kingdom of heaven (Matt. 16:18-20) -- 8. Conclusions to part one -- pt. 2. Commissioning and discipleship according to Mark -- 9. Jesus calls and commissions his disciples -- 10. Mark's central section and teaching on discipleship -- 11. The original ending to Mark's gospel? -- 12. Conclusions to part two -- pt. 3. Signs and wonders, commissioning and discipleship according to Luke-Acts -- 13. Overview of discipleship in Luke -- 14. The commissioning of Jesus -- 15. Luke and the twelve (Luke 6:12-16) -- 16. The mission of the twelve (Luke 9:1-6) -- 17. The sending of the seventy( -two) -- 18. Resurrection and commissioning in Luke-Acts -- 19. Signs and wonders in Acts -- 20. Signs and wonders and Luke's heroes of the Spirit -- 21. Conclusions to part three -- 22. Final reflections.