| |
| |
| Preface | |
| |
| |
| |
| The Doing of Theology | |
| |
| |
| |
| What Is Theology? | |
| |
| |
| The Nature of Theology | |
| |
| |
| The Method of Theology | |
| |
| |
| |
| Contemporizing the Christian Message | |
| |
| |
| The Contemporary Context of Theology | |
| |
| |
| Approaches to Contemporizing the Christian Message | |
| |
| |
| The Permanent Element in Christianity | |
| |
| |
| The Nature of Contemporization | |
| |
| |
| The Criteria of Permanence in Doctrine | |
| |
| |
| |
| Postmodernity and Theology | |
| |
| |
| Defining Postmodernism | |
| |
| |
| Doing Theology in the Postmodern Age | |
| |
| |
| |
| God's Revelation | |
| |
| |
| |
| God's Universal Revelation | |
| |
| |
| The Nature of Revelation | |
| |
| |
| The Modes of General Revelation | |
| |
| |
| The Reality and Efficacy of General Revelation | |
| |
| |
| General Revelation and Human Responsibility | |
| |
| |
| Implications of General Revelation | |
| |
| |
| |
| God's Particular Revelation | |
| |
| |
| The Definition and Necessity of Special Revelation | |
| |
| |
| The Style of Special Revelation | |
| |
| |
| The Modes of Special Revelation | |
| |
| |
| Special Revelation: Propositional or Personal? | |
| |
| |
| Scripture as Revelation | |
| |
| |
| |
| The Preservation of the Revelation: Inspiration | |
| |
| |
| Definition of Inspiration | |
| |
| |
| The Fact of Inspiration | |
| |
| |
| Theories of Inspiration | |
| |
| |
| The Extent of Inspiration | |
| |
| |
| The Intensiveness of Inspiration | |
| |
| |
| A Model of Inspiration | |
| |
| |
| |
| The Dependability of God's Word: Inerrancy | |
| |
| |
| Various Conceptions of Inerrancy | |
| |
| |
| The Importance of Inerrancy | |
| |
| |
| Inerrancy and Phenomena | |
| |
| |
| Defining Inerrancy | |
| |
| |
| Ancillary Issues | |
| |
| |
| |
| The Power of God's Word: Authority | |
| |
| |
| Religious Authority | |
| |
| |
| The Internal Working of the Holy Spirit | |
| |
| |
| Objective and Subjective Components of Authority | |
| |
| |
| The Bible and Reason | |
| |
| |
| Historical and Normative Authoritativeness | |
| |
| |
| |
| The Nature of God | |
| |
| |
| |
| The Doctrine of God | |
| |
| |
| The Immanence and Transcendence of God | |
| |
| |
| The Nature of Attributes | |
| |
| |
| Classifications of Attributes | |
| |
| |
| |
| The Greatness of God | |
| |
| |
| Spirituality | |
| |
| |
| Life | |
| |
| |
| Personality | |
| |
| |
| Infinity | |
| |
| |
| Constancy | |
| |
| |
| |
| The Goodness of God | |
| |
| |
| Moral Qualities | |
| |
| |
| God's Love and Justice--A Point of Tension? | |
| |
| |
| |
| God's Three-in-Oneness: The Trinity | |
| |
| |
| The Biblical Teaching | |
| |
| |
| Historical Constructions | |
| |
| |
| Essential Elements of a Doctrine of the Trinity | |
| |
| |
| The Search for Analogies | |
| |
| |
| |
| The Work of God | |
| |
| |
| |
| God's Plan | |
| |
| |
| Key Definitions | |
| |
| |
| The Biblical Teaching | |
| |
| |
| The Nature of the Divine Plan | |
| |
| |
| Logical Priority: God's Plan or Human Action? | |
| |
| |
| A Moderately Calvinistic Model | |
| |
| |
| Various Understandings of History | |
| |
| |
| |
| God's Originating Work: Creation | |
| |
| |
| Reasons for Studying the Doctrine of Creation | |
| |
| |
| Elements of the Biblical Teaching on Creation | |
| |
| |
| The Theological Meaning of the Doctrine | |
| |
| |
| The Creation Doctrine and Its Relation to Science | |
| |
| |
| Implications of the Doctrine of Creation | |
| |
| |
| |
| God's Continuing Work: Providence | |
| |
| |
| Providence as Preservation | |
| |
| |
| Providence as Government | |
| |
| |
| Providence and Prayer | |
| |
| |
| Providence and Miracles | |
| |
| |
| |
| Evil and God's World: A Special Problem | |
| |
| |
| The Nature of the Problem | |
| |
| |
| Types of Solutions | |
| |
| |
| Themes for Dealing with the Problem of Evil | |
| |
| |
| |
| God's Special Agents: Angels | |
| |
| |
| Good Angels | |
| |
| |
| Evil Angels | |
| |
| |
| The Role of the Doctrine of Angels | |
| |
| |
| |
| Humanity | |
| |
| |
| |
| Introduction to the Doctrine of Humanity | |
| |
| |
| Images of Humankind | |
| |
| |
| The Christian View of Humanity | |
| |
| |
| The Biblical Account of Human Creation | |
| |
| |
| The Theological Meaning of Human Creation | |
| |
| |
| |
| The Image of God in the Human | |
| |
| |
| The Relevant Scripture Passages | |
| |
| |
| Views of the Image | |
| |
| |
| Evaluation of the Views | |
| |
| |
| Conclusions Regarding the Nature of the Image | |
| |
| |
| Implications of the Doctrine | |
| |
| |
| |
| The Constitutional Nature of the Human | |
| |
| |
| Basic Views of the Human Constitution | |
| |
| |
| Biblical Considerations | |
| |
| |
| An Alternative Model: Conditional Unity | |
| |
| |
| Implications of Conditional Unity | |
| |
| |
| |
| Sin | |
| |
| |
| |
| The Nature and Source of Sin | |
| |
| |
| The Difficulty of Discussing Sin | |
| |
| |
| Biblical Perspectives on the Nature of Sin | |
| |
| |
| The Source of Sin | |
| |
| |
| |
| The Results of Sin | |
| |
| |
| Results Affecting the Relationship with God | |
| |
| |
| Effects on the Sinner | |
| |
| |
| Effects on the Relationship to Other Humans | |
| |
| |
| |
| The Magnitude of Sin | |
| |
| |
| The Extent of Sin | |
| |
| |
| The Intensiveness of Sin | |
| |
| |
| Theories of Original Sin | |
| |
| |
| Original Sin: A Biblical and Contemporary Model | |
| |
| |
| |
| The Person of Christ | |
| |
| |
| |
| The Deity of Christ | |
| |
| |
| The Biblical Teaching | |
| |
| |
| Historical Departures from Belief in the Full Deity of Christ | |
| |
| |
| Functional Christology | |
| |
| |
| Implications of the Deity of Christ | |
| |
| |
| |
| The Humanity of Christ | |
| |
| |
| The Importance of the Humanity of Christ | |
| |
| |
| The Biblical Evidence | |
| |
| |
| Early Heresies Regarding the Humanity of Jesus | |
| |
| |
| The Virgin Birth | |
| |
| |
| The Sinlessness of Jesus | |
| |
| |
| Implications of the Humanity of Jesus | |
| |
| |
| |
| The Unity of the Person of Christ | |
| |
| |
| The Importance and Difficulty of the Issue | |
| |
| |
| The Biblical Material | |
| |
| |
| Early Misunderstandings | |
| |
| |
| Other Attempts to Solve the Problem | |
| |
| |
| Basic Tenets of the Doctrine of Two Natures in One Person | |
| |
| |
| |
| The Work of Christ | |
| |
| |
| |
| Introduction to the Work of Christ | |
| |
| |
| The Stages of Christ's Work | |
| |
| |
| The Functions of Christ | |
| |
| |
| The Manifold Theories of the Atonement | |
| |
| |
| |
| The Central Theme of Atonement | |
| |
| |
| Background Factors | |
| |
| |
| The New Testament Teaching | |
| |
| |
| The Basic Meaning of Atonement | |
| |
| |
| Objections to the Penal-Substitution Theory | |
| |
| |
| The Implications of Substitutionary Atonement | |
| |
| |
| |
| The Holy Spirit | |
| |
| |
| |
| The Person of the Holy Spirit | |
| |
| |
| The Importance of the Doctrine of the Holy Spirit | |
| |
| |
| Difficulties in Understanding the Holy Spirit | |
| |
| |
| The Nature of the Holy Spirit | |
| |
| |
| Implications of the Doctrine of the Holy Spirit | |
| |
| |
| |
| The Work of the Holy Spirit | |
| |
| |
| The Work of the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament | |
| |
| |
| The Work of the Holy Spirit in the Life of Jesus | |
| |
| |
| The Work of the Holy Spirit in the Life of the Christian | |
| |
| |
| The Miraculous Gifts Today | |
| |
| |
| Implications of the Work of the Spirit | |
| |
| |
| |
| Salvation | |
| |
| |
| |
| Conceptions of Salvation | |
| |
| |
| Details on Which Conceptions of Salvation Differ | |
| |
| |
| Current Conceptions of Salvation | |
| |
| |
| |
| The Antecedent to Salvation: Predestination | |
| |
| |
| Differing Views of Predestination | |
| |
| |
| A Suggested Solution | |
| |
| |
| Implications of Predestination | |
| |
| |
| |
| The Beginning of Salvation: Subjective Aspects | |
| |
| |
| Effectual Calling | |
| |
| |
| Conversion | |
| |
| |
| Regeneration | |
| |
| |
| Implications of Effectual Calling, Conversion, and Regeneration | |
| |
| |
| |
| The Beginning of Salvation: Objective Aspects | |
| |
| |
| Union with Christ | |
| |
| |
| Justification | |
| |
| |
| Adoption | |
| |
| |
| |
| The Continuation and Completion of Salvation | |
| |
| |
| Sanctification | |
| |
| |
| Perseverance | |
| |
| |
| Glorification | |
| |
| |
| |
| The Church | |
| |
| |
| |
| The Nature of the Church | |
| |
| |
| The Basic Meaning of the Term "Church" | |
| |
| |
| The Unity of the Church | |
| |
| |
| Biblical Images of the Church | |
| |
| |
| Implications | |
| |
| |
| |
| The Role and Government of the Church | |
| |
| |
| The Functions of the Church | |
| |
| |
| The Heart of the Ministry of the Church: The Gospel | |
| |
| |
| Forms of Church Government | |
| |
| |
| A System of Church Government for Today | |
| |
| |
| |
| The Ordinances of the Church: Baptism and the Lord's Supper | |
| |
| |
| Baptism: The Initiatory Rite of the Church | |
| |
| |
| The Lord's Supper: The Continuing Rite of the Church | |
| |
| |
| |
| The Last Things | |
| |
| |
| |
| Introductory Matters and Individual Eschatology | |
| |
| |
| Introduction to Eschatology | |
| |
| |
| Death | |
| |
| |
| The Intermediate State | |
| |
| |
| Implications of the Doctrines of Death and the Intermediate State | |
| |
| |
| |
| The Second Coming and Its Consequents | |
| |
| |
| The Second Coming | |
| |
| |
| Resurrection | |
| |
| |
| The Final Judgment | |
| |
| |
| Implications of the Second Coming and Its Consequents | |
| |
| |
| |
| Millennial and Tribulational Views | |
| |
| |
| Millennial Views | |
| |
| |
| Tribulational Views | |
| |
| |
| |
| Final States | |
| |
| |
| Final State of the Righteous | |
| |
| |
| Final State of the Wicked | |
| |
| |
| Implications of the Doctrine of the Final States | |
| |
| |
| Conclusion | |
| |
| |
| Scripture Index | |
| |
| |
| Name and Subject Index | |