The Race Set Before Us: A Biblical Theology of Perseverance & Assurance - Paperback

by Thomas R. Schreiner (Author), Ardel B. Caneday (Author)

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 afoundational 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.

Author Biography

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.