This diverse collection from the cutting-edge, international Rooted and Grounded conference at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary represents creative and refreshing steps forward in biblical, systematic, and historical theology. "Christians in industrialized societies are a long way from accounting for our estrangement from the land on which human community depends, not least the effect of such estrangement on Christian discipleship. Brown, William Marcellus McPheeters Professor of Old Testament, Columbia Theological Seminary Rooted and Grounded inspires us to reconnect with the land from which we came and to which we shall return. "Nowhere have I read a more substantive and informative collection of essays, all written for this volume, that drives home the importance of the land in theological reflection and ethical practice. Norman Wirzba, Professor of Theology, Ecology, and Agrarian Studies, Duke Divinity School In doing so it helps us make the essential connections that are foundational for the healing of human and land communities. Rooted and Grounded opens multiple vistas for a fresh revisioning of biblical exegesis and theological reflection. "If Christian faith is about being grounded in the life of God, this book helps us see that God's own life has from the beginning been grounded in the land as the place where divine love is made manifest and goes to work. Tips for Tracking Down a Hard-to-Find Book.Testimonials from Our Customers and Authors.Request Text for Student with Disability.Suggest an Out-of-Print Title for Republication.This is to be expressed not only in our love for Him, but also in our love for one another. Love is what sustains me, and Love is the stuff of the fruit I produce. Love courses through me, giving me all I need for growth, healing, and vitality. Imagine I am a tree, and Love is the expanse of soil, water, and nutrients that my roots cling to. Let each of us pray today that the Lord would continue to firmly root and ground us in the self-sacrificial love of God. What a powerful thing to be rooted and grounded in Love. Sproul writes, “The strength and knowledge for which Paul prays for believers are not directed toward their individual achievements but toward their love for each other, in response to the immeasurable love of Christ for them (Ephesians 3:19 4:32-52).” It is agape love a self-sacrificial love of the will (I Corinthians 13:1-8).ĭr. This rooting and grounding by God in the believers’ lives is in the love solely from God. It means to be firmly established in one’s faith and knowledge of, and in, the person and work of Jesus Christ. The grammar also refers to a past, completed action with continuing results, done on behalf of all believers by God. Grounded (θεμελιόω themelioo) is also a perfect, passive participle, plural verb. It is a reference to God’s strength in the believer, with the focus upon God being the source of such strength (Colossians 2:7). The word literally stated is you having been firmly rooted. What that means is that the grammar refers to a past, completed action with continuing results, done on behalf of all believers by God. Rooted (ῥιζόω rhizoo) is a perfect, passive participle, plural verb. Both words would have been familiar to the first century rural audience, as they are to individuals today. The words rooted and grounded are obvious agricultural terms. However, a second purpose clause is introduced in the latter part of Ephesians 3:17: “ that you, being rooted and grounded in love.” The reason for the Apostle Paul’s prayer was that Christ would be at home in all believers’ hearts. Today, we examine that latter portion of vs. What was the ultimate purpose for Paul’s prayer? Examining Ephesians 3:17-19 separately will contribute to our understanding. Colossians 2:6-7 NKJV As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, (7) rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving. The prayer’s ultimate purpose is based upon the apostle’s previous statements contained in Ephesians 3:14-16: “ 14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, 16 that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being,…” The prayer is also on behalf of all believers in Christ at all times, within the overall context. 17 “… so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith-that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.” (Ephesians 3:17–19 (ESV)Įphesians 3:17-19 contains the purpose for the Apostle’s Paul prayer on behalf of the Ephesian believers, within the immediate and historical context.
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