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| Preface | |
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| Introduction: The Nature and Task of Theology | |
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| The Theological Task | |
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| The Historical Development of Theology | |
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| Developments in the Meaning of the Term | |
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| The Need for Theology in the Church | |
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| The Task of Theology and the Church | |
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| The Relationship of Theology to Other Concepts | |
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| Theology and Faith | |
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| Theology and Religious Studies | |
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| Theology and the Sciences | |
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| Theology and Truth | |
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| The Ongoing Nature of the Theological Task | |
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| Dangers in the Theological Enterprise | |
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| Substitution | |
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| Dogmatism | |
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| Intellectualism | |
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| Theological Method | |
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| The Sources for Theology | |
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| The Reformation Debate | |
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| Contextualization and Experience | |
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| The Threefold Norm of Theology | |
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| The Integrative Motif of Theology | |
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| Representative Alternatives | |
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| The Kingdom of God | |
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| The Community of God | |
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| The Eschatological Community | |
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| The Structure of the Theological System | |
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| Theology and Ethics | |
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| Theology: the Doctrine of God | |
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| The God Who is | |
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| The Reality of God in an Era of Atheism | |
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| In the Era of the Bible: Which God? | |
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| The Rivalry of the Gods | |
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| The Universality of God | |
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| In the Christian Era: Does God Exist? | |
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| The Ontological Argument | |
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| The Cosmological and Teleological Arguments | |
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| The Moral Argument | |
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| The Rise of Intellectual Atheism | |
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| The Critique of the First Cause | |
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| The Critique of the Concept of God | |
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| The Elimination of the Idea of God | |
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| Theology and the Modern Situation | |
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| The Assertion of the Uniqueness of Christianity | |
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| The Reformulation of the Proofs | |
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| The Appeal to Anthropology | |
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| Christian Faith in the Contemporary Context | |
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| Knowledge of God in an Era of Agnosticism | |
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| The Claim to Know God and Intellectual Agnosticism | |
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| Epistemological Agnosticism | |
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| Logical Positivism | |
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| Agnosticism and the Incomprehensible God | |
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| The Means to Knowledge of God | |
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| Knowledge of God through Reason | |
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| Knowledge of God through Religious Experience | |
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| Knowledge of God through God's Self-Revelation | |
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| Knowing God | |
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| Knowing God as Subject | |
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| Knowing God in History | |
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| Knowing God and the Concept of Community | |
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| The Triune God | |
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| Trinitarian Doctrine in Theological History | |
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| The Situation of the First Christians | |
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| The One God | |
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| Jesus' Lordship | |
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| The Spirit's Presence | |
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| Historical Development of Trinitarian Doctrine | |
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| The Deity of Jesus | |
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| The Deity of the Spirit | |
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| Formulating Trinitarian Doctrine | |
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| Trinitarian Doctrine in Post-Cappadocian Theology | |
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| Eastern and Western Conceptions | |
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| The Filioque Controversy | |
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| Decline of the Doctrine | |
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| Recovery of the Doctrine | |
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| The Formulation of Trinitarian Doctrine | |
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| The Content of Trinitarian Doctrine | |
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| God Is One | |
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| God Is Three | |
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| God Is a Diversity | |
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| God Is a Unity | |
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| The Filioque and the Relational Trinity | |
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| Analogies to the Trinity | |
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| The Theological Implication of Trinitarian Doctrine | |
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| Love as the Essence of God | |
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| Love and the Inner Dynamic of God | |
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| Love as the Fundamental Divine Attribute | |
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| Love and the Divine Holiness, Jealousy, and Wrath | |
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| Love and the Other Moral Attributes | |
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| Trinitarian Doctrine and Christian Life | |
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| Trinitarian Prayer | |
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| Trinitarian Ethics | |
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| The Relational God | |
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| The Nature of the Relational God | |
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| God as (a) Being | |
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| God as Transcendent and Immanent | |
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| God as Spirit | |
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| Hegel's Conception of "Spirit" | |
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| The Biblical Conception of "Spirit" | |
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| Theological Implications | |
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| God as Person | |
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| The Philosophical Concept of "Person" | |
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| Personhood and God's Relationship to the World | |
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| Personhood and God | |
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| The Name of God | |
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| The Divine Attributes | |
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| The Attributes and the Divine Substance | |
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| The Medieval Debate | |
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| The Doxological Position | |
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| The Division of the Attributes | |
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| The Eternal God | |
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| Eternality and Our Experience of Time | |
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| Attributes Related to God's Eternality | |
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| The Good God | |
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| Holiness | |
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| Compassion | |
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| God as the Moral Standard | |
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| The Practical Importance of the Attributes | |
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| The Creator God | |
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| God as the Creator of the World | |
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| The Creation of the World as the Act of God | |
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| The Free Act of Creation | |
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| The Loving Act of Creation | |
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| The Creation of the World as a Trinitarian Act | |
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| The Role of the Father | |
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| The Role of the Son | |
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| The Role of the Spirit | |
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| The Act of Creation and the Sovereign Creator | |
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| Present and Final Sovereignty | |
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| De Jure and De Facto Sovereignty | |
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| God's Future | |
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| The Time of Creation | |
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| Creation as Past | |
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| Creation as Future | |
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| Creation and Essence | |
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| God as the Providential Administrator of the World | |
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| "Community" as God's Purpose for Creation | |
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| The Doctrine of Providence in Recent Theology | |
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| The Classical Position | |
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| Providence in Liberal Theology | |
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| The Destruction of Providence | |
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| God's Administration of His World | |
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| Preservation | |
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| Concurrence | |
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| Government | |
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| Anthropology: The Doctrine of Humanity | |
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| The Human Identity and Our Origin in God | |
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| Our Place in Creation | |
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| Humankind and the Cosmos in Changing Cultural Contexts | |
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| The "Premodern" Answer | |
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| The Modern Answer | |
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| Christian Faith and the Insights of Anthropology | |
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| The Concept of "Openness to the World" | |
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| The Theological Significance of the Concept | |
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| "Openness to the World" and General Revelation | |
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| The Question of General Revelation in Theology | |
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| The Meaning of General Revelation | |
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| The Place of General Revelation in Theological History | |
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| The Theological Importance of General Revelation | |
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| Revelation in the Human Person | |
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| Revelation in Nature | |
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| The Limit of General Revelation | |
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| God as Our Origin | |
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| The Existential Significance | |
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| God as the Ground of Personal Existence | |
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| God as Universal Father | |
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| The Essential Significance | |
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| Our Temporal Origin | |
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| The Question of the "First Human" | |
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| The Traditional Position | |
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| The Mythical View | |
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| The Underlying Hermeneutical Question | |
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| The "First Human" and Evolution | |
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| Considerations in the Evolution Debate | |
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| Adam as a Historical Person | |
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| Anthropology and Our Temporal Origin | |
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| The Temporal Beginning of Humankind | |
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| The Temporal Beginning of Each Person | |
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| The Unity of Humankind | |
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| Our Nature as Persons Destined for Community | |
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| Our Ontological Nature | |
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| Autonomy versus Determinism | |
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| The Focus on Autonomy | |
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| The Focus on Essence | |
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| The Christian Perspective | |
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| Human Substances | |
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| The Idea of Substantial Entities | |
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| The Trichotomist and Dichotomist Viewpoints | |
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| Substantial Entities and Modern Theology | |
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| The Contemporary Wholistic Alternative | |
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| Death and the Whole Person | |
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| The Origin of the Soul | |
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| Traditional Alternatives | |
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| The Classical Debate and the Contemporary Context | |
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| The Soul and Our Ontological Nature | |
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| Humans as the Image of God | |
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| The Image of God in Theological History | |
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| The Structural View | |
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| The Relational View | |
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| The Dynamic View | |
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| The Image of God in the Bible | |
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| The Divine Image in the Genesis Creation Narratives | |
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| The Divine Image Elsewhere in Genesis | |
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| The Image of God in the New Testament | |
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| The Theological Significance of the Image of God | |
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| The Divine Image as a Special Standing | |
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| The Divine Image as a Special Fellowship | |
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| The Divine Image as an Eschatological Reality | |
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| The Divine Image as a Special Community | |
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| Sin: The Destruction of Community | |
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| The Nature of Sin | |
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| Biblical Terms for Sin | |
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| Old Testament Words for Sin | |
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| New Testament Words for Sin | |
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| Sin and the Human Person | |
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| Sin Infects the Core of Our Being | |
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| Sin Perverts Goodness | |
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| Sin Is Universal | |
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| The Essence of Sin | |
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| Sin as Failure | |
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| Sin as Disruption of Community | |
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| Sin as Revealed in the Gospel | |
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| Original Sin | |
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| The Fall of Humankind -- the Fall of Adam | |
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| The Garden | |
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| The First Sin | |
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| Consequences of the First Sin | |
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| The First Sin and the Sin of Humankind | |
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| Historical Suggestions | |
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| The Reality of the Fall | |
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| Original Sin and Guilt | |
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| The Question of Guilt in Theological History | |
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| The Biblical Basis for the Reformed View | |
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| The Reality of Original Sin | |
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| The Results of Sin: Our Human Situation | |
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| Alienation | |
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| Condemnation | |
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| Enslavement | |
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| Depravity | |
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| Our Spiritual Co-Creatures | |
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| The Nature of the Spiritual Realities | |
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| Angelology in Christian Theology | |
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| The Middle Ages: Speculative Angelology | |
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| The Reformation: Biblical Angelology | |
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| The Enlightenment: Rejection of Angelology | |
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| Contemporary Theology: A Renewed Interest | |
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| A Biblical Theology of Angels | |
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| Definition | |
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| Angels in the Old Testament | |
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| Angels in the New Testament | |
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| A Biblical Theology of Demons | |
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| Definitions | |
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| Demons in the Old Testament | |
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| Demons in the New Testament | |
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| A Biblical Theology of Satan | |
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| Names Related to Satan | |
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| Satan in the Old Testament | |
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| Satan in the New Testament | |
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| Angelology and Structures of Existence | |
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| The Structures of Existence | |
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| The Function of the Structures | |
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| The Existence of Structures | |
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| Strctures of Existence and the Bible | |
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| Structures and Spiritual Beings | |
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| Structures and the "Powers" | |
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| Structures and Governance | |
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| A Theology of the Structures | |
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| God's Intent for the Structures | |
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| The Evil Manipulation of Structures | |
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| Structures and Christ | |
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| The Demonic and Superstition | |
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| Superstition and the Old Testament | |
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| The Old Testament Opposition to Superstition | |
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| The Presence of Superstition in Israel | |
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| Superstition and Idolatry | |
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| The Status of the Powers Lying behind Superstition | |
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| The Reality of the Powers | |
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| The Powers as Unreal | |
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| A Christian Stance toward Superstition | |
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| Christology: The Doctrine of Christ | |
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| The Fellowship of Jesus the Christ with God | |
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| Foundations: Jesus, the Divine One | |
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| Development of the Affirmation of Jesus' Deity | |
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| Christological Controversy in the Second Century | |
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| The Arian Controversy | |
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| The Basis of Christology | |
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| The Foundation of Our Christological Affirmation | |
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| Jesus' Sinlessness | |
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| Jesus' Teaching | |
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| Jesus' Death | |
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| Jesus' Claim | |
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| Jesus' Resurrection | |
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| Jesus' Claim and His Resurrection | |
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| The Historical Foundation and Faith | |
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| Implications: Jesus as One with God | |
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| Jesus' Unity with God | |
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| Function versus Ontology | |
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| Jesus as the Revealer of God | |
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| Jesus' Fellowship with the Father | |
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| Jesus' Compassion | |
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| Jesus' Special Fellowship with God | |
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| Jesus' Lordship | |
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| The Cosmic Lord | |
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| Our Personal Lord | |
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| The Lord of History | |
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| The Fellowship of Jesus the Christ with Humankind | |
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| Jesus as a Human | |
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| Development of the Affirmation of Jesus' Humanity | |
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| Apollinarianism | |
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| The Council of Constantinople | |
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| Jesus as Sharing in True Humanness | |
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| Jesus and the Conditions of Human Existence | |
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| Jesus and Human Growth | |
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| Implications of Jesus' Humanness | |
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| Jesus as the True Human | |
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| The Foundation for Affirming Jesus as the True Human | |
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| The Foundation in Jesus' Earthly Life | |
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| The Foundational Importance of the Resurrection | |
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| Jesus' Claim to Uniqueness | |
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| The Content of Our Affirming Jesus as the True Human | |
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| Jesus and the Resurrection | |
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| Jesus and Community | |
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| Jesus and the Upward Fall | |
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| Jesus as the New Human | |
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| Jesus as the Universal Human | |
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| Jesus and the Marginalized | |
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| Jesus and Women | |
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| Jesus and the Individual | |
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| The Fellowship of Deity and Humanity in Jesus | |
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| Jesus as Divine and Human | |
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| The Historical Debate concerning Jesus' Person | |
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| The Nestorian Controversy | |
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| The Eutychian Controversy | |
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| Christology after Chalcedon | |
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| The Reformation Debate | |
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| The Foundation for Affirming the Unity | |
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| Jesus as the Word | |
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| Jesus as the Son | |
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| The Relationship between Deity and Humanity in Jesus | |
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| Jesus and Revelation | |
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| Jesus and Community | |
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| The Incarnation | |
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| The Incarnation in Theological History | |
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| The Kenosis Theory | |
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| Modifications to the Kenosis Theory | |
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| The Incarnation as the Paradox of Grace | |
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| The Critique of Incarnational Christology | |
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| Criticisms of the Traditional Understanding | |
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| Significance of the Incarnation | |
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| Jesus' Preexistence | |
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| The Problem of Preexistence | |
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| The Meaning of Preexistence | |
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| Jesus and Preexistence | |
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| The Virgin Birth | |
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| The Historical Context of the Modern Debate | |
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| Affirmations of the Virgin Birth | |
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| Reinterpretations of the Virgin Birth | |
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| Current Debate about the Virgin Birth | |
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| Protestants and the Virgin Birth | |
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| Roman Catholics and the Virgin Birth | |
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| Points of Debate concerning the Virgin Birth | |
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| Theological Arguments | |
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| Historical Arguments | |
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| Textual Arguments | |
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| The Virgin Birth and Christology | |
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| The Mission of Jesus | |
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| The Vocation of the Earthly Jesus | |
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| Fulfilling the Old Testament Hope | |
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| Jesus as the Prophet | |
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| Jesus as the Messiah | |
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| Heralding the Divine Reign | |
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| The Centrality of the Kingdom | |
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| Jesus as the Son of Man | |
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| The One Sent to Die | |
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| Jesus' Consciousness of His Death | |
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| Jesus as the Suffering Servant | |
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| Jesus' Self-Consciousness | |
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| The Atonement and the Mission of Jesus | |
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| The Atonement in Theological History | |
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| Dynamic Imagery | |
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| Objective Imagery | |
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| Subjective Imagery | |
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| Modifications to Anselm's Theory | |
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| The Significance of Jesus' Death in the New Testament | |
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| Jesus' Death as Our Example | |
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| Jesus' Death as Our Ransom | |
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| Jesus' Death as Our Expiation | |
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| Jesus Is Our Reconciliation | |
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| Jesus' Death and Us | |
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| The Atonement and the Human Predicament | |
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| Our Reception of Christ's Atonement | |
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| The Atonement and Community | |
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| Christ's Substitution | |
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| The Ongoing Work of Christ | |
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| The Exaltation | |
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| Jesus' Present and Future Ministry | |
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| Jesus' Present Ministry | |
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| Jesus' Ongoing Ministry | |
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| Implication of Jesus' Ongoing Ministry for Prayer | |
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| Pneumatology: the Doctrine of the Holy Spirit | |
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| The Identity of the Holy Spirit | |
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| The Spirit in Salvation History | |
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| The Holy Spirit and the Old Testament Era | |
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| The Spirit of God in the Old Testament | |
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| Functions of the Spirit of God in the Old Testament | |
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| Eschatological Direction of Old Testament Pneumatology | |
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| The Holy Spirit and the Christ | |
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| Jesus -- the Bearer of the Spirit | |
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| Jesus' Promise concerning the Coming Spirit | |
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| Pentecost -- the Fulfillment of Jesus' Promise | |
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| The Spirit and the Community of Christ | |
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| The Significance of Pentecost | |
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| The Holy Spirit and the Risen Lord | |
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| The Spirit in the Trinitarian Life | |
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| The Foundation of Pneumatology in the Immanent Trinity | |
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| The Basic Identity of the Spirit | |
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| The Deity and Personhood of the Spirit | |
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| The Holy Spirit and the Economic Trinity | |
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| A Basic Understanding | |
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| Aspects of the Spirit's Identity as the Power of God | |
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| His Identity as the Eschatological Creator Spirit | |
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| The Spirit and the Scriptures | |
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| The Spirit as the Foundation of Scripture | |
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| Inspiration and Illumination | |
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| The Concept of Inspiration | |
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| The Concept of Illumination | |
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| The One Act of the Spirit | |
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| Functional and Canonical Approaches | |
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| The Development of Scripture in the Community | |
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| The Risk of Subjectivism | |
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| The Task of the Spirit Speaking through Scripture | |
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| Scripture as the Source of Spiritual Sustenance | |
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| The Constitutional Role of Scripture | |
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| The Bible and Revelation | |
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| The Concept of Revelation | |
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| Barth's Proposal | |
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| Revelation in the Bible | |
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| Revelation and Scripture | |
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| The Bible as Revelation | |
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| The Bible as Derivative Revelation | |
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| The Bible as Functional Revelation | |
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| The Bible as Mediate Revelation | |
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| Biblical Authority | |
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| The Trustworthiness of SCripture | |
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| Verbal, Plenary Inspiration | |
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| An Infallible, Inerrant Bible | |
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| Biblical Authority and the Authority of the Spirit | |
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| The Extent of Biblical Authority | |
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| Our Sole Authority | |
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| Our Authority in All of Life | |
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| The Dynamic of Conversion | |
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| The Individual Aspect of Conversion | |
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| Repentance | |
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| Faith | |
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| Our Response: Repentance and Faith | |
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| The Divine Aspect of Conversion | |
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| The Spirit's Activity in the Conversion Process | |
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| Conviction | |
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| Call | |
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| Illumination | |
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| Enablement | |
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| Conversion and the Baptism of the Spirit | |
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| Modern Pentecostalism | |
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| Pentecostal View of Spirit Baptism and Tongues | |
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| An Evaluation of the Pentecostal Position | |
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| Spirit Baptism, Conversion, and Spirit Filling | |
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| The Community Aspect of Conversion | |
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| The Role of the Community in Conversion | |
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| Proclamation of the Gospel | |
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| Incorporation into a New Community | |
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| Conversion and Church Initiation Rites | |
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| Historical and Contemporary Positions | |
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| The New Testament Teaching | |
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| Conversion as Faith Expressed through Baptism | |
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| Individual Salvation: The Wider Perspective | |
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| The Process of Salvation | |
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| Conversion | |
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| Conversion and the Human Predicament | |
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| Conversion and the Establishment of Community | |
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| Sanctification | |
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| The Concept of Sanctification in the Bible | |
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| The Theological Concept of Sanctification | |
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| The Sanctification Process | |
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| Perfectionism | |
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| Glorification | |
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| The Eternal Context of Salvation | |
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| Divine Election | |
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| The Controversy over the Five Points of Calvinism | |
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| The Decrees of God | |
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| Election to Community | |
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| The Ordo Salutis | |
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| Historical Perspective | |
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| Representative Positions | |
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| The Order of Salvation and the Future Community | |
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| Ecclesiology: The Doctrine of the Church | |
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| The Church -- The Eschatological Covenant Community | |
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| The Church as a Covenant People | |
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| Ekklesia | |
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| The Nation, the Body, and the Temple | |
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| The Nation of God | |
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| The Body of Christ | |
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| The Temple of the Spirit | |
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| The Church as Mystical, Universal, and Local | |
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| The Marks of the Church | |
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| The Classical Alternatives | |
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| Biblical Consideration | |
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| Balanced Congregationalism | |
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| The Church as the Sign of the Kingdom | |
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| The Biblical Conception of the Kingdom | |
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| Old Testament Teaching about the Kingdom | |
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| The Kingdom and Jesus | |
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| The Biblical Drama of the Kingdom | |
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| The Kingdom and the Church | |
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| Church and Kingdom in Christian Thought | |
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| The Church in the Kingdom | |
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| Ecclesiological Implications | |
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| The Church as Community | |
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| The Basis in the Covenant and the Kingdom | |
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| The Community of the Covenant | |
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| Community and the Divine Purpose | |
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| Community and the Divine Nature | |
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| The Church as the Image of God | |
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| The Church and the Spirit | |
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| The Ministry of the Community | |
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| The Purpose of the Church | |
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| The Church in God's Purposes | |
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| The Church and the Purpose of Creation | |
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| The Church and the Glory of God | |
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| God's Purpose in Glorification | |
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| The Mandate of the Church | |
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| Worship | |
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| The Focus of Worship | |
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| The Means of Worship | |
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| Edification | |
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| Aspects of Edification | |
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| The Church as a Praying People | |
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| The Church as Community to Its Believers | |
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| Outreach | |
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| Outreach as Evangelism | |
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| Outreach as Service | |
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| Community Acts of Commitment | |
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| Acts of Commitment and the Church | |
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| The Function of Acts of Commitment | |
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| Sacrament or Ordinance | |
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| The Meaning of "Ordinances" | |
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| Commitment Acts and Community | |
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| The Number of Commitment Acts | |
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| The Historical Question | |
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| Two Acts of Commitment | |
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| Baptism: The Seal of Our Identity | |
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| Background and History | |
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| The Meaning of Baptism | |
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| The Symbolic Significance of Baptism | |
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| The Eschatological Orientation of Baptism | |
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| Baptism and the Community | |
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| The Impact of Baptism | |
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| The Working of Baptism | |
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| Baptism as a Divine Act | |
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| Baptism as a Human Act | |
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| Baptism as a Divine-Human Act | |
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| The Subjects of Baptism | |
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| Baptism and Faith | |
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| Infant versus Believer's Baptism | |
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| The Mode of Baptism | |
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| The Lord's Supper: Reaffirming Our Identity | |
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| The Presence of the Lord in the Celebration | |
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| The Development of Transubstantiation | |
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| The Protestant Reaction | |
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| The Meaning of the Lord's Supper | |
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| The Question of Terminology | |
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| The Orientation to the Past | |
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| The Orientation to the Future | |
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| The Orientation to Community | |
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| Our Presence at the Lord's Supper | |
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| The Importance of Our Presence | |
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| The Presence of Others at the Table | |
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| The Organization for Community Life | |
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| Membership in the Community | |
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| Community Membership in the First Century | |
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| Baptism and Community Membership | |
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| The Legacy of the Reformation | |
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| The Pure Church Ideal | |
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| Initiation into the Community | |
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| Baptism after the First Century | |
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| Sectarianism versus Denominationalism | |
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| Beyond Denominationalism | |
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| Community Structures | |
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| The Government of the Community | |
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| Models of Government | |
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| New Testament Considerations | |
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| Balancing Autonomy with the Associational Impulse | |
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| Government within the Communities | |
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| The Congregationalist Dilemma | |
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| The Foundation of Democratic Congregationalism | |
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| The Democratic Congregational Ideal in Practice | |
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| Leadership for the Community | |
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| Offices in the Communities | |
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| Church Offices in the New Testament | |
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| Church Offices in the Ecclesiastical Tradition | |
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| New Testament Offices and Today's Church | |
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| Offices of the Community | |
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| The New Testament Background | |
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| The Pastoral Office | |
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| Ordination by the Community | |
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| The Basis for the Practice of Pastoral Ordination | |
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| The Biblical Foundation for Ordination | |
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| The Theological Foundation for Ordination | |
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| The Significance of Ordination | |
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| The Meaning of the Act | |
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| The Ordaining Body | |
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| The Ordaining Event | |
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| Eschatology: The Doctrine of Last Things | |
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| The Consummation of Personal Existence | |
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| The Significance of Death | |
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| The Problem of Death | |
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| The Problem of Definition | |
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| Death and the Meaning of Life | |
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| The Biblical Trajectory | |
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| The Old Testament: Death as Ambiguous | |
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| The New Testament: Hope in the Face of Death | |
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| The Theological Significance of Death | |
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| Death and the Biological Realm | |
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| Death as Loss of Community | |
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| Death's Loss of Ultimacy | |
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| Overcoming Death in the Resurrection | |
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| The Nature of Culminated Personal Life | |
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| Contemporary Visions of the Culmination of Life | |
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| The Christian Hope | |
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| The Possibility of the Resurrection | |
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| Hope in the Face of Death | |
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| Competing Visions of Life after Death | |
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| Death as the Entrance into Eternity | |
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| Soul Sleep | |
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| Conscious Existence of the Soul | |
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| Biblical Insight into the Intermediate State | |
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| The Old Testament Concept of Sheol | |
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| The New Testament Basis for an Intermediate State | |
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| The Biblical Conception of Life beyond Death | |
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| The Situation of the Righteous beyond Death | |
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| The Foundation: Hope for Resurrection | |
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| The Realm beyond Death | |
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| The Consummation of History | |
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| The Meaning of History | |
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| Christian Hope in a Changed Context | |
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| From Optimism to Pessimism | |
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| The Challenge of a Pessimistic World | |
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| Corporate Eschatology and the Biblical Message | |
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| The Prophetic Vision | |
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| The Apocalyptic Vision | |
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| The Significance of History | |
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| The Basic Characteristics of History | |
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| History as God at Work Establishing Community | |
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| The Presence of Community in and beyond History | |
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| History's Goal as "Already" | |
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| History's Goal as "Not Yet" | |
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| The End as Grace | |
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| The End as Judgment | |
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| The Climax of History | |
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| Apocalyptic and Millenarianism | |
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| The Millennium in Christian Theology | |
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| Postmillennialism | |
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| Amillennialism | |
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| Premillennialism | |
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| The Deeper Issue of Millennialism | |
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| Postmillennial Optimism | |
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| Premillennial Pessimism | |
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| Amillennial Realism | |
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| Our Ultimate Hope | |
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| The Era of the Imminent End of History | |
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| The Biblical Understanding of Our Age | |
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| The Eschatological Timetable | |
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| The Consummation of God's Cosmic Program | |
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| The Transition from Creation to New Creation | |
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| The Judgment of the Cosmos | |
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| The Certainty of Cosmic Judgment | |
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| The Purpose of Cosmic Judgment | |
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| The Judgment of Humankind | |
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| The Certainty of Our Judgment | |
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| The Time of Our Judgment | |
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| The Basis for Judgment | |
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| Our Presence at the Judgment | |
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| The Nature of the Judgment | |
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| Eternal Rewards | |
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| The Dark Side of the Judgment | |
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| Universalism | |
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| The Place of Universalism in the Church | |
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| The Foundation of Universalism | |
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| Difficulties with Universalism | |
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| Conditional Immortality | |
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| Its Presence in the Church | |
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| The Foundation of Annihilationism | |
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| Difficulties with Annihilationism | |
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| The Reality of Hell | |
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| The Foundation of the Doctrine | |
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| Hell: The Eternal Tragedy | |
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| The New Creation | |
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| The New Creation as the Renewal of the Cosmos | |
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| Renewal as the Completion of Creation | |
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| The Relationship of the New to the Old | |
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| The Implication of Cosmic Renewal | |
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| The New Creation as Fullness of Community | |
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| A Place Where God Is Present | |
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| A Place of Fellowship | |
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| A Place of Glorification | |
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| The Significance of Eschatology | |
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| Eschatology as Insight into the Present | |
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| Eschatology as God's Call in the Present | |
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| The Foundation for God's Eschatological Call | |
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| The Biblical Precedence | |
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| The Implications for Theology | |
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| Aspects of God's Eschatological Call | |
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| A Call to Evangelism | |
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| A Call to Holiness | |
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| A Call to Steadfastness | |
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| Eschatology as Insight for Living | |
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| Eschatological Living as Hopeful Involvement | |
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| Eschatological Living as Realistic Engagement | |
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| Our Actions as Effective | |
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| Our Actions as Penultimate | |
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| Eschatological Living in the Light of the Eternal | |
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| Indexes | |
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| Subject Index | |
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| Name Index | |
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| Scripture Index | |