Book Review: Paul, Apostle of God's Glory in Christ by Thomas R Schreiner

One of the most studied men in the Bible outside of the Lord Jesus Christ is the Apostle Paul. I can understand why. His story is well known in the Bible. He was a persecutor of the church that was responsible for the death of Christians including Stephen as told in the book of Acts. He because an Apostle commissioned by Christ to preach the gospel to the Gentiles. He planted churches and appointed elders in everyone of them. He wrote majority of the letters we have in our Bibles that make up the New Testament today.

Paul's theology is often studied especially when one is about to study one of his epistles. There are many commentaries, study Bibles, and resources that help give us an idea what was the theology and context behind what Paul was writing. Thomas R Schreiner has added another resource to this collection in his book titled, Paul, Apostle of God's Glory in Christ.

In this book, Schreiner goes in great detail about the theology of the Apostle Paul as we see his inspired words in the pages of the Bible. Schreiner addresses Paul's God-centeredness and how he was always centered on God in communicating to his readers. Schreiner takes a look at Paul's mission, which was to preach the good news to the Gentiles because there was no Jew or Gentile under Christ.

Schreiner continues on with a look at Paul's teaching regarding sin, justification, and living the Christian life in a secular society. Schreiner does his best to give the reader an insight into the theology behind the Apostle who wrote inspired scripture. There was a lot of information in this book that it might take me a few more time to get all the information down.

I am delighted to recommend this book to all Bible teachers and pastors as great study tool to use in their research for sermons or Sunday School lessons.

Thanks InterVarsity Press for letting me review this book.