Introducing Christian Doctrine

內容簡介

Part one. The doing of theology -- 1. The study of God -- 2. Contemporizing the Christian message -- Part two. God's revelation -- 3. God's universal revelation -- 4. God's particular revelation -- 5. The preservation of the revelation: Inspiration -- 6. The dependability of God's word: Inerrancy -- 7. The power of God's word: Authority -- Part three. The nature of God -- 8. The doctrine of God -- 9. The greatness of God -- 10. The goodness of God -- 11. God's three-in-oneness: The trinity -- Part four. The work of God -- 12. God's plan -- 13. God's originating work: Creation -- 14. God's continuing work: Providence -- 15. Evil and God's world: A special problem -- 16. God's special agents: Angels -- Part five. Humanity -- 17. Introduction to the doctrine of humanity -- 18. The image of God in the human -- 19. The constitutional nature of the human -- Part six. Sin -- 20. The nature and source of sin -- 21. The results of sin -- 22. The magnitude of sin -- Part seven. The person of Christ -- 23. The deity of Christ -- 24. The humanity of Christ -- 25. The unity of the person of Christ -- Part eight. The work of Christ -- 26. Introduction to the work of Christ -- 27. The central theme of atonement -- Part nine. The Holy Spirit -- 28. The person of the Holy Spirit -- 29. The work of the Holy Spirit -- Part ten. Salvation -- 30. Conceptions of salvation -- 31. The antecedent to salvation: Predestination -- 32. The beginning of salvation: Subjective aspects -- 33. The beginning of salvation: Objective aspects -- 34. The continuation and completion of salvation -- Part eleven. The church -- 35. The nature of the church -- 36. The role and government of the church -- 37. The ordinances of the church: Baptism and the Lord's supper -- Part twelve. The last things -- 38. Introductory matters and individual eschatology -- 39. The second coming and its consequents -- 40. Millennial and tribulational views -- 41. Final states