The Race Set Before Us

Discipline.



Endurance.



Perseverance.

The New Testament often describes the Christian life as a marathon, a race set before us. But what exactly is the prize? Do all those completing the race share in it? And can the prize be lost?

Tackling these and other vexing questions, Thomas Schreiner and Ardel Caneday offer in this book a serious, exegetical wrestling with the biblical understanding of the nature of saving faith and its implications for the people of God. Here is a foundational study that considers all of the relevant New Testament texts and that weighs the meaning of those texts for both Christian living and pastoral ministry.



Thomas R. Schreiner is associate dean and James Buchanan Harrison Professor of New Testament Interpretation at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky. His books include commentaries on Romans and Galatians, New Testament Theology: Magnifying God in Christ, and The King in His Beauty: A Biblical Theology of the Old and New Testaments.







Ardel B. Caneday (PhD, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is professor of New Testament Studies and Greek (Retired) at the University of Northwestern in St. Paul, Minnesota.



Preface



Introduction



1. The Race Set Before Us: What Is There to Win or Lose?



2. The Prize to Be Won: Our Present Future Salvation



3. The Race to Be Run: The Necessity of Obedient Faith



4. Running to Win the Prize: Heeding God's Admonitions Warnings



5. Reflecting on Fallen Runners: Who Are Those Who Have Fallen Out of the Race?



6. Drawing on God's Grace: Going the Distance by God's Power



7. Running with Confidence: Being Assured That We Shall Win the Prize



8. Running by Divine Appointment: Who Are Those Who Run to the End Win?



Appendix: A Response to William Lane Craig's "'Lest Anyone Should Fall': A Middle Knowledge Perspective on Perseverance Apostolic Warnings"



Author Index



Subject Index



Scripture Index