Motivation in Paul's Epistles

Authors

M. H. Grumm, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

Publication Date

4-1-1964

Document Type

Article

Keywords

st. paul, motivation, obligation, christian, righteousness, baptized

Submission Type

Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep

Abstract

There is no pastor worthy of the name who does not keep the perennial question of motivation at least simmering at the back of the stove. A problem not only of pastors but of teachers, parents, psychiatrists, salesmen, advertising men, and politicians is this: How do you move people? move them not only to do something but to want to do something? The pastor, of course, is concerned with more than a job by which he earns his bread and butter and with more than a specific job for a specific aim, for this office covers the whole range of life every hour of the day.

Disciplines

Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion

Scripture References in this Resource (separated by semi-colons)

Ephesians 6:20; Colossians 4:4; 1 Timothy 3:2, 7, 15; 2 Timothy 2:24; Titus 1:7; 1 Thessalonians 4:1; 2 Thessalonians 3:7; Romans 1:4; 2 Thessalonians 1:3; 2 Thessalonians 2:13; Romans 15:1; 1 Corinthians 11:7, 10; 2 Corinthians 12:14; Ephesians 5:28;

Submission Cost

Free

Submission Audience

Laity; Ministers; Scholars

Recommended Citation

Grumm, M. H. (1964) "Motivation in Paul's Epistles," Concordia Theological Monthly: Vol. 35, Article 21.
Available at: https://scholar.csl.edu/ctm/vol35/iss1/21