Foundations of the Christian Faith – A Comprehensive & Readable Theology

James Montgomer Boice, Philip Ryken (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

832 Seiten

2019
IVP Academic (Verlag)
9780830852147 (ISBN)

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In one systematic volume, James Montgomery Boice provides a readable overview of Christian theology. Both students and pastors will benefit from this rich source that covers all the major doctrines of Christianity.
With scholarly rigor and a pastor's heart, Boice carefully opens the topics of the nature of God, the character of his natural and special revelation, the fall, and the person and work of Christ. He then goes on to consider the work of the Holy Spirit in justification and sanctification. The book closes with careful discussion of ecclesiology and eschatology.
This updated edition includes a foreword by Philip Ryken and a section-by-section study guide. Both those long familiar with Boice and those newly introduced to him will benefit from his remarkable practicality and thoroughness, which will continue to make this a standard reference for years to come.

James Montgomery Boice was, until his death in 2000, the pastor of Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, the teacher on The Bible Study Hour radio program and chairman of the board of City Center Academy. He held a BD from Princeton Theological Seminary and a Doctor of Theology from the University of Basel in Switzerland. In addition to authoring numerous journal articles, he was a consulting editor for the Expositor's Bible Commentary. His books and commentaries include Foundations of God's City and the five-volume work The Gospel of John. Philip Ryken (DPhil, Oxford) is the eighth president of Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois. He formerly served as the senior pastor of Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia. He is the author or editor of more than forty books, including The Message of Salvation, Art for God's Sake, and When Trouble Comes.

Foreword by Philip Ryken

Preface

Book 1: The Sovereign God

Part I: The Knowledge of God

1. On Knowing God

2. The Unknown God

Part II: The Word of God

3. The Bible

4. The Authority of the Scriptures

5. The Proof of the Scriptures

6. How True Is the Bible?

7. Modern Biblical Criticism

8. How to Interpret the Bible

Part III: The Attributes of God

9. The True God

10. God in Three Persons

11. Our Sovereign God

12. Holy, Holy, Holy

13. The God Who Knows

14. God Who Changes Not

Part IV: God’s Creation

15. The Creation of Humanity

16. Nature

17. The Spirit World

18. God’s Providence

Book 2: God the Redeemer

Part I: The Fall of the Race

1. The Fall

2. The Results of the Fall

3. The Bondage of the Will

Part II: Law and Grace

4. The Purpose of God’s Law

5. The Ten Commandments: Love of God

6. The Ten Commandments: Love of Others

7. The Wrath of God

8. Salvation in the Old Testament

Part III: The Person of Christ

9. The Deity of Jesus Christ

10. The Humanity of Jesus Christ

11. Why Christ Became Human

Part IV: The Work of Christ

12. Prophet, Priest, and King

13. Quenching God’s Wrath

14. Paid in Full

15. The Greatness of God’s Love

16. The Pivotal Doctrine: Resurrection

17. Verifying the Resurrection

18. He Ascended into Heaven

Book 3: Awakening to God

Part I: The Spirit of God

1. Personal Christianity

2. The Work of the Holy Spirit

3. Union with Christ

Part II: How God Saves Sinners

4. The New Birth

5. Faith and Repentance

6. Justification by Faith: The Hinge of Salvation

7. Justification by Faith: The Place of Works

8. The Tests of Faith

9. A New Family

10. The Upward Way

Part III: The Life of the Christian

11. Embrace the Negative

12. Freedom, Freedom

13. Knowing the Will of God

14. Talking to God

15. God Talking to Us

16. Serving

Part IV: The Work of God

17. Called by God

18. The Keeping Power of God

Book 4: God and History

Part I: Time and History

1. What’s Wrong with Me?

2. The March of Time

3. Christ, the Focal Point of History

Part II: The Church of God

4. Christ’s Church

5. The Marks of the Church

6. How to Worship God

7. Salvation’s Signs and Seals

8. Spiritual Gifts

9. Equipping the Saints

10. Church Government

11. Body Life

12. The Great Commission

Part III: A Tale of Two Cities

13. The Secular City

14. The Secular Church

15. God’s City

16. Church and State

Part IV: The End of History

17. How Will It All End?

18. Home at Last

Study Guide

General Index

Scripture Index

Erscheinungsdatum	11.01.2019
Verlagsort	IL
Sprache	englisch
Maße	162 x 235 mm
Gewicht	1164 g
Themenwelt	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
ISBN-13	9780830852147 / 9780830852147
Zustand	Neuware