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Jan 28, 2020 · ID: 14903 • January 28, 2020. The theologian John Mackay once described the book of Ephesians as “the distilled essence of the Christian religion, the most authoritative and most consummate compendium of our holy Christian faith.”.
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The superlatives of the English language have been applied to Paul’s epistle to the Ephesians. Mackay considers it “the greatest and maturest of all his writings [1] John A. Mackay, God’s Order: The Ephesian Letter and the Present Time (New York: The Macmillan Co. 1953), p. ix. …and for our time, the most relevant of his works.”
To borrow John Mackay’s choice phrase, Ephesians “provides truth with a lilt.” Truth that sings, doctrine set to music, speaks with a ring of authority and appeal which transcends its systematic and philosophical limits. In chaotic times, it is even more important for a shaken generation, as Mackay argued,
John A. Mackay, the great Scottish-American theologian and former President of Princeton Theological Seminary, described this as “the most modern of the New Testament writings.” [4] He then makes his own personal statement about the life changing nature of his encounter with Ephesians:
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A Review of “God's Order: The Ephesian Letter And This Present Time,” by John A. Mackay. New York, Macmillan, 1953. 1954 J.E. Lesslie Newbigin Theology Today 10, 4 (January): 543-547. All material is reprinted with permission from the Newbigin family, the Newbigin Estate and the publisher.
