Introducing Christian Doctrine
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The Doing of Theology
God’s Revelation
The Nature of God
The Work of God
Humanity
Sin

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The Person of Christ
The Work of Christ
The Holy Spirit
Salvation
The Church
The Last Things

1. The Doing of Theology
1. The Study of God
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The Nature of Theology
The Method of Theology

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The Doing of Theology
2. Contemporizing the Christian Message

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The Contemporary Context of Theology
Approaches to Contemporizing theChristian Message
The Permanent Element in Christianity
The Nature of Contemporization
The Criteria of Permanence in Doctrine

The Doing of Theology
3. Postmodernity and Theology
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Defining Postmodernism
Doing Theology in the Postmodern Age

2. God’s Revelation
1.God's Universal Revelation
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The Nature of Revelation
The Modes of General Revelation
The Reality and Efficacy of GeneralRevelation
General Revelation and Human
Responsibility
Implications of General Revelation

2. God’s Revelation
2. God's Particular Revelation
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The Definition and Necessity of SpecialRevelation
The Style of Special Revelation
The Modes of Special Revelation
Special Revelation: Propositional orPersonal?
Scripture as Revelation

2. God’s Revelation
3. The Preservation of the Revelation: Inspiration
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Definition of Inspiration
The Fact of Inspiration
Theories of Inspiration
The Extent of Inspiration
The Intensiveness of Inspiration
A Model of Inspiration

2. God’s Revelation
4. The Dependability of God's Word: Inerrancy
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Various Conceptions of Inerrancy
The Importance of Inerrancy
Inerrancy and Phenomena
Defining Inerrancy
Ancillary Issues

2. God’s Revelation
5. The Power of God's Word: Authority
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Religious Authority
The Internal Working of the Holy Spirit
Objective and Subjective Components ofAuthority
The Bible and Reason
Historical and Normative
Authoritativeness3. The Nature of God
1.The Doctrine of God
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The Immanence and Transcendence ofGod
The Nature of Attributes
Classifications of Attributes

3. The Nature of God
2. The Greatness of God
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Spirituality
Life
Personality
Infinity
Constancy

3. The Nature of God
3. The Goodness of God
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Moral Qualities
God‘s Love and Justice：A Point ofTension?

3. The Nature of God
4. God's Three-in-Oneness: The Trinity
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The Biblical Teaching
Historical Constructions
Essential Elements of a Doctrine of theTrinity
The Search for Analogies

4. The Work of God
1.God's Plan
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Key Definitions
The Biblical Teaching
The Nature of the Divine Plan
Logical Priority: God's Plan or HumanAction?
A Moderately Calvinistic Model
Various Understandings of History

4. The Work of God
2. God's Originating Work: Creation
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Reasons for Studying the Doctrine ofCreation
Elements of the Biblical Teaching on
Creation
The Theological Meaning of the Doctrine
The Creation Doctrine and Its Relation toScience
Implications of the Doctrine of Creation

4. The Work of God
3. God's Continuing Work: Providence
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Providence as Preservation
Providence as Government
Providence and Prayer
Providence and Miracles

4. The Work of God
4. Evil and God's World: A Special Problem
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The Nature of the Problem
Types of Solutions
Themes for Dealing with the Problem ofEvil

4. The Work of God
5. God's Special Agents: Angles
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Good Angles
Evil Angels
The Role of the Doctrine of Angels

5. Humanity
1. Introduction to the Doctrine of Humanity
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Images of Humankind
The Christian View of Humanity
The Biblical Account of Human Creation
The Theological Meaning of HumanCreation

5. Humanity
2. The Image of God in the Human
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The Relevant Scripture Passages
Views of the Images
Evaluation of the Views
Conclusions Regarding the Nature of theImage
Implications of the Doctrine5. Humanity
3. The Constitutional Nature of the Human
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Basic Views of the Human Constitution
Biblical Considerations
An Alternative Model: Conditional Unity
Implications of Conditional Unity

6. Sin
1. The Nature and Source of Sin
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The Difficulty of Discussing Sin
Biblical Perspectives on the Nature ofSin
The Source of Sin

6. Sin2. The Results of Sin
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Results Affecting the Relationship withGod
Effects on the Sinner
Effects on the Relationship to OtherHumans

6. Sin3. The Magnitude of Sin
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The Extent of Sin
The Intensiveness of Sin
Theories of Original Sin
Original Sin: A Biblical andContemporary Model7. The Person of Christ
1. The Deity of Christ
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The Biblical Teaching
Historical Departures from Belief in theFull Deity of Christ
Functional Christology
Implications of the Diety of Christ

7. The Person of Christ
2. The Humanity of Christ
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The Importance of the Humanity of Christ
The Biblical Evidence
Early Heresies Regarding the Humanity ofJesus
The Virgin Birth
The Sinlessness of Jesus
Implications of the Humanity of Jesus

7. The Person of Christ
3. The Unity of the Person of Christ
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The Importance and Difficulty of theIssue
The Biblical Material
Early Misunderstandings
Other Attempts to Solve the Problem
Basic Tenets of the Doctrine of Two
Natures in One Person

8. The Work of Christ
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The Stages of Christ's WorkThe Functions of Christ
The Manifold Theories of the Atonement

8. The Work of Christ
2. The Central Theme of Atonement
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Background Factors
The New Testament Teaching
The Basic Meaning of Atonement
Objections to the Penal-Substitution
TheoryThe Implications of SubstitutionaryAtonement

9. The Holy Spirit
1. The Person of the Holy Spirit
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The importance of the Doctrine of theHoly Spirit
Difficulties in Understanding the HolySpirit
The Nature of the Holy Spirit
Implications of the Doctrine of the HolySpirit

9. The Holy Spirit2. The Work of the Holy Spirit
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The Work of the Holy Spirit in the Old
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The Work of the Holy Spirit in the Life of Jesus
The Work of the Holy Spirit in the Life ofthe Christian
The Miraculous Gifts Today
Implications of the Work of the Spirit Part Ten.
Salvation

10. Salvation
1. Conceptions of Salvation
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Details on Which Conceptions ofSalvation Differ
Current Conceptions of Salvation

10. Salvation
2. The Antecedent to Salvation: Predestination
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Differing Views of Predestination
A Suggested Solution
Implications of Predestination

10. Salvation
3. The Beginning of Salvation: Subjective Aspects
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Effectual Calling
Conversion
Regeneration
Implications of Effectual Calling,Conversion, and Regeneration

10. Salvation
4. The Beginning of Salvation: Objective Aspects
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Union with Christ
Justification
Adoption10. Salvation
5. The Continuation and Completion of Salvation

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Sanctification
Perseverance
Glorification

11. The Church
1. The Nature of the Church
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The Basic Meaning of the Term``Church'‘
The Unity of the Church
Biblical Images of the Church
Implications

11. The Church
2. The Role and Government of the Church
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The Functions of the Church
The Heart of the Ministry of the Church:
The GospelForms of Church Government
A System of Church Government forToday11. The Church
3. The Ordinances of the Church: Baptism and the Lord's Supper

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Baptism: The Initiatory Rite of theChurch
The Lord's Supper: The Continuing Riteof the Church

12. The Last Things
1. Introductory Matters and Individual Eschatology
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Introduction to Eschatology
Death
The Intermediate State
Implications of the Doctrines of Deathand the Intermediate State12. The Last Things
2. The Second Coming and Its Consequents
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The Second Coming
Resurrection
The Final Judgment
Implications of the Second Coming andIts Consequents12. The Last Things
3. Millennial and Tribulational Views
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Millennial Views
Tribulational Views

12. The Last Things
4. Final States
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Final State of the Righteous
Final State of the Wicked
Implications of the Doctrine of the Final
States