The Satanward View

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"I have written what I would call 'descriptive' theology, as differentiated from what could be termed 'applied' theology. That is, my primary attempt has been to show what the motifs and concepts of the New Testament meant to those people then, rather than to seek to show what they might mean to us today. Only rarely, and only in passing, have I tried to 'apply.' Put another way, my main attempt has not been to apply these truths to our time. Indeed, I am often cognizant of the fact that I cannot! I am uncomfortable with many of the conclusions that have been forced on me by these studies. My purpose, then, is not to argue for the relevancy of these motifs as much as it is to point out the danger we face if we fail to reckon seriously with the obvious intent of some very obvious New Testament language."--Preface, page [9]