Following Jesus: Prophet, Priest, King - Paperback

by Timothy R. Gaines

JESUS THE CHRIST.Prophet. Priest. King.Jesus challenged common assumptions in his day. Is he doing the same today?Following Jesus: Prophet, Priest, King draws from biblical history to explore the origin and significance of three Old Testament offices and the way Jesus both fulfills and redefines them in a manner no one expected: Jesus the prophet cries out for and establishes justice.Jesus the priest mediates to us a God we never expected.Jesus the king offers to us a politic all his own.Join Tim Gaines, Kara Lyons-Pardue, and other biblical scholars, pastors, and theologians from around the globe as they invite us to re-envision a cross-bearing Jesus--the prophet, priest, and king who upends our preconceptions about his life and ministry.

Author Biography

Timothy R. Gaines, PhD, received his doctorate in theology and ethics from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary. He serves as associate professor of religion at Trevecca Nazarene University. He is the co-author of A Seat At the Table: A Generation Reimagining Its Place in the Church (2012)and Kings and Presidents: Politics and the Kingdom of God (2015). Kara Lyons-Pardue, PhD, received her doctorate in biblical studies from Princeton Theological Seminary. She serves as associate professor of New Testament at Point Loma Nazarene University. She is a published contributor in several books and a regular, ongoing contributor to a variety of pastoral and church-educational resources, including Illustrated Bible Life. Her upcoming commentary on Philemon, included in the Ephesians, Colossians, Philemon edition of the New Beacon Bible Commentary series, will be available from Beacon Hill Press in 2019.