Many Christians
think that Biblical study (exegesis) is separated from spirituality and church’s
life. A seminary student who is interested in Biblical exegesis often ignore
spirituality and lay Christians who interested in spirituality ignore Biblical
exegesis. Is it right?
Get the answer in the:
Book
LISTENING TO THE SPIRIT IN THE TEXT
by:Rev.
Prof. Gordon D. Fee, Ph.D., D.D.
Publisher: William B.
Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2000
In this book, a New
Testament scholar in textual criticism, Prof. Gordon D. Fee, Ph.D., D.D.
explains that biblical exegesis is not separated from spirituality and church’s
life. In the first part, he explains about the relationship between the
biblical text and the life in the Spirit (spirituality). In the first chapter,
he explains what the spirituality means, i.e.: life in the Spirit. It affects
on his experience in writing commentaries. To shape that biblical spirituality,
he explains about how to be a Trinitarian Christian who understand and
experience the Trinity and what God has done in the salvation for His people.
Christians who want to study biblical spirituality should study and understand
Pauline spirituality, not only Pauline doctrine/theology. After that, he
explains about New Testament perspective on wealth and possession and gender
issues. Then, in the second part, he relates the biblical text with the life of
the church (ecclesiology). In this part, he explains what New Testament texts
teach us about the relationship between the Holy Spirit and worship, speaking
in tongues, church’s leadership, church’s order, and the Kingdom of God and
church’s global mission. The uniqueness of this book is Dr. Fee explains 12
chapters with the clarity and simplicity. Let this book is useful for us to
study and integrate biblical exegesis/study with spirituality and ecclesiology.
Endorsement:
“These essays show Gordon Fee at his
characteristic work, fusing exegetical accuracy and evangelical passion. Words
are never mere words for this master exegete. I think of him as our
'resurrection scholar,' calling the words out of the text and setting them
before us pulsing with life.”
Rev. Prof. Eugene H. Peterson, D.H.L.
(Professor Emeritus of Spiritual Theology at
Regent College, Canada, founding pastor of Christ Our King
Presbyterian Church in Bel Air, Maryland, and the author of “The Message: The
Bible in Contemporary Language”; Bachelor of Arts—B.A. in Philosophy from
Seattle Pacific University; Bachelor of
Sacred Theology—S.T.B.from New York Theological Seminary; Master
of Arts—M.A. fromJohns Hopkins University; andhonorary Doctor
of Humane Letters—D.H.L. {Hons}from Seattle Pacific)
“This set of biblical explorations—mostly
Pauline, as we would expect—demonstrates Gordon Fee’s strength in exegesis,
biblical theology, and hermeneutics as he pursues his trinitarian, churchly,
life-centered concerns. Fee is a Pentecostal pneumatologist without peer. In
his largehearted service of the biblical text he is in every way a model.
Brilliant and simple, these chapters will enrich all who take the Bible
seriously.”
Rev. Prof. James Innell Packer, D.Phil.
(the Board of Governors' Professor of
Theology at Regent College in Vancouver, British
Columbia; B.A., M.A., and Doctor
of Philosophy—D.Phil. from Corpus Christi College, Oxford University, U.K.)
Biography of Dr. Gordon
Fee:
Rev.
Prof. Gordon Donald Fee, Ph.D., D.D. who
was born in 1934 in Ashland, Oregon, to Donald Horace Fee
(1907–1999) and Gracy Irene Jacobson (1906–1973) is an American-Canadian
Christian theologian and an ordained minister of the Assemblies of God (USA).
He currently serves
as Professor Emeritus of New Testament Studies at Regent College in Vancouver,
Canada.
Fee received his Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
and Master of Arts (M.A.) degrees from Seattle Pacific University and his
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) from the University of Southern California.
On April 21, 2010, Fee was awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity (D.D.) degree
from Northwest University in
Kirkland, Washington, where Fee has taught in the past and where a building is
named for his father, Donald Fee. Fee is considered a leading expert in
pneumatology and textual criticism of the New Testament. Fee is
a member of the CBT (Committee on Bible Translation) that translated the New
International Version (NIV) and
its revision, the Today's New International Version (TNIV). He also serves on
the advisory board of the International Institute for
Christian Studies.
"Kerendahan hati yang rohani merupakan suatu kesadaran yang dimiliki seorang
Kristen tentang betapa miskin dan menjijikkannya dirinya, yang memimpinnya
untuk merendahkan dirinya dan meninggikan Allah semata."
(Rev. Jonathan Edwards, A.M., Pengalaman Rohani Sejati, hlm. 100)
