Inaworldfullofsufferinganddeath,humanslongforabundantlife.ChristiansunderstandthatinChristGodsavesusfromsin.Butsalvationmustalsoincludemuchmore:beingrescuedfromdeath,physicalresurrection,andnewlifeinthenewcreation.InthisESBTvolume,JeffBrannonexploreshowthehopeoflifeafterdeathiswoventhroughoutScripture--eveninunexpectedplaces.Inthebiblicalnarrative,thethemesoflife,death,andresurrectioncorrespondwiththebiblical-theologicalcategoriesofcreation,fall,andredemption.Aswefollowthesethemes,Brannonshows,wegainafullerunderstandingofthedoctrineofresurrectionandwhatitmeansforChristianfaithanddiscipleship.Jesus’resurrectionandthefutureresurrectionofhisfollowerstrulychangeseverything.EssentialStudiesinBiblicalTheology(ESBT),editedbyBenjaminL.Gladd,explorethecentralor“essential“themesoftheBible’sgrandstoryline.TakingcuesfromGenesis1-3,authorstracethepresenceofthesethemesthroughouttheentiresweepofredemptivehistory.Writtenforstudents,churchleaders,andlaypeople,theESBToffersanintroductiontobiblicaltheology.
