Christian Doctrine

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ISBN: 9780664253684 | 0664253687
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Copyright: 7/1/1994

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Christian Doctrinehas introduced thousands of laity, students, and theologians to the tenets of the Christian faith. This edition reflects changes in the church and society since the publication of the first edition and takes into account new works in Reformed theology, gender references in the Bible, racism, pluralism, ecological developments, and liberation theologies.

Preface
The Method and Task of Theology	p. 1
Who Is a Theologian?	p. 3
Who Are You?	p. 3
Who Is the Author?	p. 7
The Task of Theology	p. 9
The Reformed Tradition	p. 15
Who Says So? The Problem of Authority	p. 20
Creeds and Confessions	p. 21
Creeds and Confessions in the Reformed Tradition	p. 25
The Freedom and Responsibility of Individual Christians	p. 27
Appendix: Introduction to Reformed Creeds and Confessions	p. 32
God and Human Beings	p. 37
How Can We Find God? The Doctrine of General Revelation	p. 39
The Problem	p. 40
The Search for a Solution	p. 44
How Does God Find Us? The Doctrine of Special Revelation	p. 53
God's Self-Communication	p. 54
The Word of God	p. 62
The Freedom of God	p. 65
Who Is God? The Doctrine of the Trinity	p. 70
Problems and Objections	p. 71
Biblical Roots of the Doctrine of the Trinity	p. 76
The Church's Doctrine of the Trinity	p. 81
One God Who Is Creator, Savior, and Life-Renewer	p. 84
The Social Trinity	p. 88
Trinitarian Thinking about God, Ourselves, and the World	p. 95
What Is God Like? The Doctrine of the Attributes of God	p. 97
The Living, Personal God	p. 99
The Loving God of Sovereign Majesty	p. 101
God in Relation to Us	p. 104
God in Heaven	p. 111
What Does God Want with Us? The Doctrine of Predestination	p. 118
Three Classical Interpretations	p. 119
Three Basic Rules for Thinking about Predestination	p. 131
The Freedom God Wills for All Human Beings	p. 132
The Meaning of Predestination for Non-Christians	p. 134
The Meaning of Predestination for Christians	p. 136
God the Creator and Creation	p. 143
What Are We Doing Here? The Doctrine of Creation	p. 145
God the Creator	p. 147
God's Good Creation	p. 158
Good but Not God	p. 162
Why Doesn't God Do Something about It? The Doctrine of Providence and the Problem of Evil	p. 166
The Reality of Evil	p. 167
The Dark Side of Creation	p. 168
The Powers of Darkness	p. 173
The Light That Shines in the Darkness	p. 182
Who Are We? The Doctrine of Human Beings	p. 192
Creatures in the Image of God	p. 194
Fellowship with God	p. 199
Human Life in Community	p. 202
Ways Human Beings Relate to Each Other	p. 204
Me, Myself, and I	p. 207
Why Don't You Just Be Yourself? The Doctrine of Sin	p. 212
Three Basic Forms of Sin	p. 214
Original Sin	p. 221
The Consequences of Sin	p. 224
God in Christ and Reconciliation	p. 229
Where is God? The Doctrine of the Incarnation	p. 233
Real God and Real Human Being	p. 234
A Real Human Being	p. 237
God-With-Us	p. 243
Is God against Us? The Doctrine of the Atonement	p. 250
The Biblical Images	p. 251
God versus the Gods	p. 256
Were You There?	p. 262
Who's in Charge Here? The Doctrine of the Resurrection	p. 270
On the Third Day	p. 271
The Lord and His Kingdom	p. 275
God the Holy Spirit and New Life	p. 289
What's New? The Doctrine of the Holy Spirit	p. 291
Who Is the Holy Spirit?	p. 292
Christian Spirituality	p. 298
The Gifts of the Spirit	p. 302
Are You a Christian? The Doctrine of Justification	p. 314
The Problem of Justification	p. 315
Justification by Grace	p. 318
The Justice of Justification	p. 320
Justification by Grace through Faith	p. 322
Postscript: Justification and Social Justice	p. 327
Are You a Christian? The Doctrine of Sanctification	p. 330
Christian Faith and Christian Action	p. 332
In but Not of the World	p. 337
The Holiness Jesus Commands	p. 341
Living or Dead? The Doctrine of the Church	p. 349
The People of God	p. 351
The Body of Christ	p. 354
A Holy People	p. 356
A United, Catholic People	p. 358
An Apostolic People	p. 363
The Task of the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church	p. 366
What's Going to Happen to Us? The Doctrine of the Christian Hope for the Future	p. 373
Christian Hope, Hopelessness, and False Hopes	p. 374
Some Guidelines for Asking the Right Questions	p. 381
Christian Hope for the World	p. 386
Christian Hope for Individuals	p. 392
Notes	p. 401
Index	p. 411
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