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Risking Truth: Reshaping the World Through Prayers of Lament: A Response to Scott A. Ellington

Risking Truth: Reshaping the World Through Prayers of Lament: A Response to Scott A. Ellington Journal of Pentecostal Th eology 18 (2009) 182–185 © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2009 DOI 10.1163/096673609X12469601161917 brill.nl/pent Risking Truth: Reshaping the World Th rough Prayers of Lament : A Response to Scott A. Ellington * Blaine Charette ** Northwest University, Kirkland, WA 98083 USA blaine.charette@northwestu.edu Abstract Th is response is directed to ch. 6 of Risking Truth in which Ellington examines the use of lament in the New Testament. His discussion falls into four parts: 1) A refl ection on the paucity of prayers of lament in the New Testament. Ellington hints at but does not articulate the best accounting for this paucity of lament, namely that early Christians found the prayers present in the Old Testament to be eff ective and satisfactory instruments for the expression of their own lamentation; 2) A discussion of the eff ect that the New Testament teaching on the shared suff er- ing with Christ has on the ongoing validity of lament. In this section Ellington could explore further the function of lament within the eschatological framework of the kingdom message announced by Jesus as well as the function of the Pauline language of ‘joy’ and ‘rejoicing’ which all too often is http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Pentecostal Theology Brill

Risking Truth: Reshaping the World Through Prayers of Lament: A Response to Scott A. Ellington

Journal of Pentecostal Theology , Volume 18 (2): 182 – Jan 1, 2009

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© 2009 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0966-7369
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10.1163/096673609X12469601161917
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Journal of Pentecostal Th eology 18 (2009) 182–185 © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2009 DOI 10.1163/096673609X12469601161917 brill.nl/pent Risking Truth: Reshaping the World Th rough Prayers of Lament : A Response to Scott A. Ellington * Blaine Charette ** Northwest University, Kirkland, WA 98083 USA blaine.charette@northwestu.edu Abstract Th is response is directed to ch. 6 of Risking Truth in which Ellington examines the use of lament in the New Testament. His discussion falls into four parts: 1) A refl ection on the paucity of prayers of lament in the New Testament. Ellington hints at but does not articulate the best accounting for this paucity of lament, namely that early Christians found the prayers present in the Old Testament to be eff ective and satisfactory instruments for the expression of their own lamentation; 2) A discussion of the eff ect that the New Testament teaching on the shared suff er- ing with Christ has on the ongoing validity of lament. In this section Ellington could explore further the function of lament within the eschatological framework of the kingdom message announced by Jesus as well as the function of the Pauline language of ‘joy’ and ‘rejoicing’ which all too often is

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Journal of Pentecostal TheologyBrill

Published: Jan 1, 2009

Keywords: LAMENT; COMPLAINT; SUFFERING; PRAYER; GOSPEL OF MATTHEW

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