Endurance in Suffering

Download or read book Endurance in Suffering written by N. Clayton Croy and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-08-22 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hebrews 12:1-13 portrays the suffering of its readers with two images: an athletic contest, and God's fatherly discipline. N. Clayton Croy places this important passage in the context of Jewish and Greco-Roman traditions. He argues that the idea of "training" unites the passage, which presents Jesus as the supreme athlete. It also supports a nonpunitive understanding of discipline, in which God's children undergo a positive process of education. These ideas combine to support a call in Hebrews to faithful endurance rather than repentance.