Notes
Notes
Chapter 1
[1]. “Direct” is not perhaps the happiest term, but I cannot think of a better word at the moment. We might say that packing pork to the glory of God has indirect eternal significance, in that it honors the God of eternity and prepares me for eternity. But it does not have the same direct eternal significance that, say, fruitful evangelism or prevailing intercessory prayer does.
[2]. The Greek future tense commonly signals expectation rather than mere futurity.
[3]. John G. Paton, Missionary to the New Hebrides: An Autobiography Edited by His Brother, ed James Paton (New York: Revell, 1907; reprint, Edinburgh: Banner of Truth, 1965), 56 (of the reprint edition).
Chapter 2
[1]. The last few decades have witnessed the rise of another interpretation of Philippians 2, an interpretation that has found its way into many commentaries. I am persuaded it is wrong, but I cannot deal with it here. One of the best treatments of the exegetical questions at stake is found in the commentary by Peter T. O'Brien, The Epistle to the Philippians, New International Greek Testament Commentary (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1991), 186–271.
Chapter 3
[1]. Elisabeth Elliot, A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael (Old Tappan, N.J.: Revell, 1987), 221.
Chapter 4
[1]. I am citing the NIV, but at the time, of course, the English Bible that my friends and I used was the King James Version: “Be imitators of me, as I also am of Christ.”
[2]. Engaging with God: A Biblical Theology of Worship (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1993).
Chapter 5
[1] A.W. Tozer, The Pursuit of God (Harrisburg, Pa.: Christian Publications, 1948), 45–46.
[2]. The words “in him” could mean either “in himself” (the believer) or “in Christ” (the object of the hope).
[3]. “The last temptation is the greatest treason: To do the right deed for the wrong reason” (T. S. Eliot, Murder in the Cathedral, pt. 1, Thomas Becket’s last speech, lines 3–4).
[4]. “Choruses from The Rock,” chorus 1, lines 15–16.