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| Preface | |
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| The Method and Task of Theology | |
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| Who Is a Theologian? | |
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| Who Are You? | |
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| Who Is the Author? | |
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| The Task of Theology | |
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| The Reformed Tradition | |
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| Who Says So? The Problem of Authority | |
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| Creeds and Confessions | |
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| Creeds and Confessions in the Reformed Tradition | |
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| The Freedom and Responsibility of Individual Christians | |
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| Appendix: Introduction to Reformed Creeds and Confessions | |
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| God and Human Beings | |
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| How Can We Find God? The Doctrine of General Revelation | |
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| The Problem | |
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| The Search for a Solution | |
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| How Does God Find Us? The Doctrine of Special Revelation | |
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| God's Self-Communication | |
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| The Word of God | |
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| The Freedom of God | |
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| Who Is God? The Doctrine of the Trinity | |
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| Problems and Objections | |
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| Biblical Roots of the Doctrine of the Trinity | |
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| The Church's Doctrine of the Trinity | |
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| One God Who Is Creator, Savior, and Life-Renewer | |
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| The Social Trinity | |
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| Trinitarian Thinking about God, Ourselves, and the World | |
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| What Is God Like? The Doctrine of the Attributes of God | |
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| The Living, Personal God | |
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| The Loving God of Sovereign Majesty | |
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| God in Relation to Us | |
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| God in Heaven | |
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| What Does God Want with Us? The Doctrine of Predestination | |
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| Three Classical Interpretations | |
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| Three Basic Rules for Thinking about Predestination | |
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| The Freedom God Wills for All Human Beings | |
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| The Meaning of Predestination for Non-Christians | |
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| The Meaning of Predestination for Christians | |
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| God the Creator and Creation | |
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| What Are We Doing Here? The Doctrine of Creation | |
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| God the Creator | |
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| God's Good Creation | |
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| Good but Not God | |
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| Why Doesn't God Do Something about It? The Doctrine of Providence and the Problem of Evil | |
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| The Reality of Evil | |
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| The Dark Side of Creation | |
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| The Powers of Darkness | |
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| The Light That Shines in the Darkness | |
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| Who Are We? The Doctrine of Human Beings | |
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| Creatures in the Image of God | |
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| Fellowship with God | |
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| Human Life in Community | |
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| Ways Human Beings Relate to Each Other | |
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| Me, Myself, and I | |
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| Why Don't You Just Be Yourself? The Doctrine of Sin | |
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| Three Basic Forms of Sin | |
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| Original Sin | |
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| The Consequences of Sin | |
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| God in Christ and Reconciliation | |
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| Where is God? The Doctrine of the Incarnation | |
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| Real God and Real Human Being | |
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| A Real Human Being | |
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| God-With-Us | |
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| Is God against Us? The Doctrine of the Atonement | |
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| The Biblical Images | |
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| God versus the Gods | |
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| Were You There? | |
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| Who's in Charge Here? The Doctrine of the Resurrection | |
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| On the Third Day | |
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| The Lord and His Kingdom | |
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| God the Holy Spirit and New Life | |
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| What's New? The Doctrine of the Holy Spirit | |
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| Who Is the Holy Spirit? | |
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| Christian Spirituality | |
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| The Gifts of the Spirit | |
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| Are You a Christian? The Doctrine of Justification | |
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| The Problem of Justification | |
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| Justification by Grace | |
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| The Justice of Justification | |
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| Justification by Grace through Faith | |
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| Postscript: Justification and Social Justice | |
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| Are You a Christian? The Doctrine of Sanctification | |
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| Christian Faith and Christian Action | |
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| In but Not of the World | |
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| The Holiness Jesus Commands | |
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| Living or Dead? The Doctrine of the Church | |
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| The People of God | |
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| The Body of Christ | |
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| A Holy People | |
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| A United, Catholic People | |
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| An Apostolic People | |
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| The Task of the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church | |
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| What's Going to Happen to Us? The Doctrine of the Christian Hope for the Future | |
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| Christian Hope, Hopelessness, and False Hopes | |
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| Some Guidelines for Asking the Right Questions | |
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| Christian Hope for the World | |
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| Christian Hope for Individuals | |
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| Notes | |
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| Index | |