{"product_id":"love-your-enemies-a-history-john-piper-9781433534751","title":"Love Your Enemies: Jesus' Love Command in the Synoptic Gospels and the Early Christian Paraenesis (a History of the Tradition and Interpr","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\"Love Your Enemies...\"\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is one of the few statements Jesus made that is readily accepted by believers and skeptics alike. Its authenticity is not seriously questioned and yet it is a revolutionary command.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGiving attention to various critical theories, John Piper presents evidence that the early church earnestly advocated for non-retaliatory love, extending it to those who practiced evil in the world. Such love was key to the church's own ethical tradition or paraenesis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePiper illuminates the Synoptics and passages in Romans, as well as 1 Thessalonians and 1 Peter, with non-canonical evidence, investigating the theological significance of Jesus's love command.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published as #38 in the Society for New Testament Studies \u003cem\u003eMonograph Series\u003c\/em\u003e, this is John Piper's doctoral dissertation from the University of Munich. It is a serious work of Christian scholarship by a long-time respected author and pastor. This repackaged edition features a new, extensive introduction and will be of interest to scholars, students, and lay people who have training in New Testament studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Piper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1433534754\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781433534751\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crossway\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.90d","brand":"John Piper","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43986160517375,"sku":"9781433534751","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fc3a9b51-33d4-485a-9edf-6ef597fc3561.jpg?v=1683281717","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/love-your-enemies-a-history-john-piper-9781433534751","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}