The Mind of the Spirit: Paul's Approach to Transformed Thinking

by Craig S. Keener

Overview

Leading Scholar Explores Paul's Teaching on the Mind

This major work by a leading New Testament scholar explores an important but neglected area of Pauline theology, Paul's teaching about the mind. In discussing matters such as the corrupted mind, the mind of Christ, and the renewal of the mind, Paul adapts language from popular intellectual thought in his day, but he does so in a way distinctively focused on Christ and Christ's role in the believer's transformation. Keener enables readers to understand this thought world so they can interpret Paul's language for contemporary Christian life. The book helps overcome a false separation between following the Spirit and using human judgment and provides a new foundation for relating biblical studies and Christian counseling.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493404605
Publisher:	Baker Publishing Group
Publication date:	06/21/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	448
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Craig S. Keener (PhD, Duke University) is F. M. and Ada Thompson Professor of Biblical Studies at Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky (www.craigkeener.com). He has authored twenty-two books, including Miracles: The Credibility of the New Testament Accounts, The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament, a four-volume commentary on Acts, and commentaries on Matthew, John, Romans, 1-2 Corinthians, and Revelation.
Craig S. Keener (Ph.D., Duke University) is F. M. and Ada Thompson Professor of Biblical Studies at Asbury Theological Seminary. He is author of 38 books, 5 of which have won awards in Christianity Today. More than a million copies of his books are in circulation; the most popular is The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament, which provides cultural background on each passage of the New Testament. Craig is also the New Testament editor for the NIV Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible, which won the International Book Award for Christianity and Bible of the year in the Christian Book Awards. Craig is editor of the Bulletin for Biblical Research and is past president of the Evangelical Theological Society. Craig's wife, Dr. Médine Moussounga Keener, was a refugee in her home country of Congo; their story appears in Impossible Love: The True Story of an African Civil War, Miracles, and Hope against All Odds (Chosen, 2016). His blog site is www.craigkeener.com.

Table of Contents

Contents
Introduction
1. The Corrupted Mind (Rom. 1:18-32)
2. The Mind of Faith (Rom. 6:11)
3. The Mind of the Flesh (Rom. 7:22-25)
4. The Mind of the Spirit (Rom. 8:5-7)
5. A Renewed Mind (Rom. 12:1-3)
6. The Mind of Christ (1 Cor. 2:15-16)
7. A Christlike Mind (Phil. 2:1-5; 3:19-21; 4:6-8)
8. The Heavenly Mind (Col. 3:1-2)Conclusion
Postscript: Some Pastoral Implications
Appendix A: The Soul in Ancient Mediterranean Thought
Appendix B: Some of God's Wise Plan in Paul's Bible
Indexes