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The Fire of Glory

A Biblical and Dogmatic Account of God's Holiness and Divine Judgment

Studies in Christian Doctrine and Scripture

by Derek Rishmawy
Series edited by Kevin J. Vanhoozer and Daniel J. Treier

The Fire of Glory
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$45.99
  • Length: 432 pages
  • Dimensions: 6 × 9 in
  • Published: January 19, 2027
  • Imprint: IVP Academic
  • ISBN: 9781514017647
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In The Fire of Glory, Derek Rishmawy develops a comprehensive historical, biblical, and dogmatic treatment of God’s holiness in the Old Testament and the ministry of Jesus.

Rishmawy examines God's holiness as God's core principle of action in creation and throughout history, sanctifying himself through his unique acts of judgment, purification, and redemption. Further, confronting critics' perceived incongruence between God's seemingly violent actions in the Old Testament and the loving, self-giving ministry of Jesus in the Gospels, he offers an expansive doctrine of God’s holiness as his unique, singular ontological and moral supremacy and dignity (including his power, presence, royal dominion, love, and jealousy)—the inner meaning of his glory.

The Fire of Glory features

  • A comprehensive survey of God's holiness throughout church history, from the Patristic era to modern period
  • A journey throughout Scripture, homing in on key texts in both the Old and the New Testaments
  • A nuanced examination of modern criticisms of God's character and the problem of “divine violence”
  • Engagement with current theological conversations around God's holiness

In both Old Testament history and the cross-shaped ministry of Christ, God sanctifies his holy Name in the same fiery glory. This book equips readers with a deeper, more nuanced understanding of God's character and actions throughout Scripture. The Fire of Glory is perfect for seminary courses in systematic or biblical theology and professors and pastors who want to teach from the entire canon of Scripture.

About the Series

Studies in Christian Doctrine and Scripture, edited by Daniel J. Treier and Kevin J. Vanhoozer, promotes evangelical contributions to systematic theology, seeking fresh understanding of Christian doctrine through creatively faithful engagement with Scripture in dialogue with church tradition.

REVIEWS

"Since Marcion, some have seen the God of Israel's holy wars as incompatible with God's self-revelation in Jesus Christ. Derek Rishmawy's exploration of divine holiness from various vantage points upends false choices evident especially in contemporary atonement debates. Engaging diverse sources, the author constructs a crucially needed paradigm."
"God's holiness is his singularity, a metaphysical transcendence before it is anything else. The holy God is praised with many other glories, however, and Derek Rishmawy helps us see the holy nature of God's justice, judgment, and atoning grace. For help in thinking about atonement debates and objections to biblical justice, this book offers the counsel of a well-developed doctrine of the holy God in our midst."
"Here is a powerful rearticulation of divine holiness, something so primal, central, and basic that we often fail to do it justice in theology and scriptural interpretation. Derek Rishmawy shows how a surprisingly large set of contemporary confusions arise from failing to focus theological attention on holiness. The Fire of Glory is apologetically alert, systematically sound, and exegetically rich."
"This book sets out a powerful and persuasive case for understanding God's holiness as a summative attribute that includes his ontological majesty and inviolable moral purity. Throughout, the work is marked by mature theological judgment, sensitive and detailed exegesis of many Old and New Testament passages, crisp writing, and an intent to edify believers and hallow the Lord's name. I warmly commend Derek Rishmawy's book as an example of integrating exegetical and dogmatic reasoning."
"Over the past several decades, many of the most significant contributions to retrieving traditional Christian teaching on God have come from historians and philosophers. The former have helped us pay better attention to the church's most trustworthy teachers. The latter have helped us think more clearly about what those teachers have to say. The special contribution of the present study comes in its patient demonstration of what John Webster called 'biblical reasoning.' In this book, Derek Rishmawy unfolds both the substance and shape of Holy Scripture's teaching on the holiness of God, which he defines as God's ontological and moral singularity, his radiant and awe-inspiring majesty. This study simultaneously illumines a central feature of biblical teaching and kindles a zeal to draw near to our holy God through the mediation of his holy Son by the indwelling power of his Holy Spirit."
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ABOUT Derek Zaglul Rishmawy

Derek Zaglul Rishmawy

Derek Rishmawy (PhD, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is an ordained teaching elder in the Presbyterian Church in America and the Reformed University Fellowship (RUF) campus minister at University of California, Irvine. His work has been featured by The Gospel Coalition, Christianity Today, Mere Orthodoxy, and the White Horse Inn. He cohosts the Mere Fidelity podcast. He lives with family in Irvine, California.

ABOUT Kevin J. Vanhoozer

Kevin J. Vanhoozer

Kevin J. Vanhoozer (PhD, Cambridge University) is Research Professor of Systematic Theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. He is the author of many works, including First Theology, The Drama of Doctrine and is coauthor with Daniel Treier of Theology and the Mirror of Scripture.

ABOUT Daniel J. Treier

Daniel J. Treier

Daniel J. Treier (PhD, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is Blanchard Professor of Theology at Wheaton College. He is the coeditor of nine books and author of three, including Virtue and the Voice of God and Introducing TheologicalInterpretation of Scripture.

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