Ephesians: Believers Church Bible Commentary

by Thomas Yoder Neufeld

Overview

Ephesians presents readers with a volatile mix of assurance, exhilarating worship, and forceful exhortation—a bracing challenge to today’s church. The letter convinces Thomas R. Yoder Neufeld that the grace-gift of faithfulness leads to worship. Power, peace, and new creation are gifts of grace equipping the church to participate in God’s reconciling embrace.

This commentary guides readers to a life-changing encounter with Ephesians, probing interpretations, refreshing Christian teaching, and calling everyone to “walk” accordingly, with a song in heart and throat.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780836191677
Publisher:	MennoMedia
Publication date:	02/15/2002
Series:	Believers Church Bible Commentary Series
Pages:	424
Product dimensions:	5.62(w) x 8.75(h) x 0.89(d)

About the Author

Thomas Yoder Neufeld is director of Graduate Theological Studies at Conrad Grebel College. He attended Mennonite Brethren colleges in California and Manitoba, then in 1970 graduated from the University of Manitoba with a B.A. Hon. in History. He earned is M.Div. and Th.D. from Harvard Divinity School and in 1997 Sheffield Academic Press published his dissertation on Ephesians 6 and its biblical background: Put on the Armour of God!: The Divine Warrior from Isaiah to Ephesians.

What People are Saying About This

Endorsement

"Gives penetrating challenges to Anabaptist and mainline pastors and laity. Yoder Neufeld's deep love for Ephesians is evident throughout. His writing on the much-debated Household Code is the best I've seen. He takes the armor in Ephesians 6 as positive action to powerfully equip the church for waging God's justice and peace." —Marva J. Dawn, Spiritual Theology, Regent College, Vancouver

"Explores lofty confessional peaks and rich fields of practical application. Deftly handles even difficult passages, blending careful scholarship with a gospel interpretation that is provocative, fresh, and trustworthy. Encounter with God's boundless grace leads individuals and the church to become agents of salvation, peacemaking, and hope." —J. Nelson Kraybill, President, Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Elkhart, Indiana