Digital Logos Edition
Conversion is intrinsic to the Christian religion. The most remarkable conversion recorded in the New Testament is that of Paul, and most Christians consider Christ's encounter with Paul to be a prototype of Christian conversion generally. This collection of eleven essays gives Paul's conversion a firmer rootage in the biblical materials while also emphasizing personal application. The contributors examine the nature of Paul's Damascus Road experience and the impact of that experience on his thought and ministry, and explore how Paul's experience functions as a paradigm for Christian thought and action today.
Contributions to this volume include:
“Should the Damascus Road experience be understood primarily in terms of a ‘conversion,’ a ‘transformation,’ an ‘alternation,’ or a ‘call’?” (Page xiii)
“There is, therefore, development but not transformation.” (Page 51)
“The title Lord, by contrast, would have conveyed to Gentiles the note of supremacy, needing then only clarification regarding the nature of that supremacy.” (Page 34)
“Luther and Calvin also posited two ways, but spoke more about repentance than conversion and allowed for a preparation preceding grace.” (Page 11)
“Second, the experience of Christians—including that of Paul—from the very start was tied to their reception of the Spirit.” (Page 57)
In short, while this work does not treat every major topic in Pauline thought, it forms a helpful primer on numerous key topics and their origins, admirably meeting the objectives of the series.
—Craig L. Blomberg, Denver Seminary Journal