RT Article
T1 Diakonia: In Conversation with John N. Collins
JF Ecclesiology
VO 13
IS 3
SP 349
OP 368
A1 Breed, Gert
LA English
PB Brill
YR 2017
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1565006429
AB The work of John N. Collins on the διάκον- word group makes an important contribution to understanding church ministry. Although it receives much attention and support, there is some criticism of Collins’s exegesis. If his conclusions are accepted by churches, there will be an impact on their ministry. It is therefore important that his underlying assumptions be thoroughly tested. This article analyzes Mark 10:45 in the context of that Gospel and particularly in the context of Mark 8–10. Collins’s supposition that διακονία is never done out of love or compassion for other people is found wanting. Rather, Mark describes Jesus’s διακονία as done out of compassion and love for others, and as an envoy of God.
K1 Diakonia : John N. Collins : Mark 10:45 : disciples : compassion : mercy : blindness : service
DO 10.1163/17455316-01303005