Dying and Deliverance: Searching Paul's Law-Gospel Tension

The purpose of this book is a search for understanding of Pauls witness about the distinction between the Word of God as Law and the Word of God as Gospel. To some this may sound strange. But the Letter to the Galatians direct from the Apostle to one of the churches he founded manifests the tension between law and gospel along with their respective functions and unique purposes in the life of the church. The tension comes to light in Galatians 2:19. Paul preaches the tensions result cast in terms of dying in relation to one side of the tension (law) and living in relation to the other (gospel). The Apostles instruction responded to the conflicted life of the Galatian church. Now his message about the supremacy of Gods redemptive act in the crucified Christ comes to us in our own time and throughout our own conflicted journey. Pauls message is a word on target for people whose religious struggle is at bottom theological and spiritual. This is the focal point of the book Dying and Deliverance. Grace and peace to you in your study and most of all deliverance! Gilthvedts study is alive to human experience and alert to the struggle among ancient and modern Christians to grasp Gods liberation for life in Jesus death. This book will reward your engagement with the scriptural intensity and evangelical promise of Pauls letter to the Galatians. --David L. Tiede Professor of New Testament and President Emeritus Luther Seminary Gary Gilthvedt (PhD St. Andrews) was ordained in Roseau Minnesota in 1967. He served parishes in Minnesota the Dakotas Idaho and Montana and taught religious studies at three Lutheran colleges. His degrees are from Concordia College (Moorhead) Luther Seminary Vancouver School of Theology and the University of St. Andrews Scotland. His wife Mary is a musician and Lutheran pastor. They live in East Grand Forks MN.