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9780802847553

Theology for the Community of God

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  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-01-01
  • Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co

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This proven systematic theology represents the very best in evangelical theology. Stanley Grenz presents the traditional themes of Christian doctrine -- God, humankind, Christ, the Holy Spirit, the church, and the last things -- all within an emphasis on God's central program for creation, namely, the establishment of community. Masterfully blending biblical, historical, and contemporary concerns, this new edition of Grenz's respected work provides a coherent vision of the faith that is both intellectually satisfying and expressible in Christian living.

Author Biography

Stanley J. Grenz is Pioneer McDonald Professor of Baptist Heritage, Theology, and Ethics at Carey Theological College and Professor of Theology and Ethics at Regent College, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Table of Contents

Preface xxxi
Introduction: The Nature and Task of Theology 1(1)
The Theological Task
1(12)
The Historical Development of Theology
2(1)
Development in the Meaning of the Term
2(2)
The Need for Theology in the Church
4(2)
The Task of Theology and the Church
6(2)
The Relationship of Theology to Other Concepts
8(1)
Theology and Faith
8(1)
Theology and Religious Studies
9(1)
Theology and the Sciences
10(1)
Theology and Truth
10(2)
The Ongoing Nature of the Theological Task
12(1)
Dangers in the Theological Enterprise
12(1)
Substitution
13(1)
Dogmatism
13(1)
Intellectualism
13(1)
Theological Method
13(14)
The Sources for Theology
14(1)
The Reformation Debate
14(1)
Contextualization and Experience
14(2)
The Threefold Norm of Theology
16(4)
The Integrative Motif of Theology
20(1)
Representative Alternatives
21(1)
The Kingdom of God
22(1)
The Community of God
23(1)
The Eschatological Community
24(1)
The Structure of the Theological System
24(1)
Theology and Ethics
25(2)
PART 1 THEOLOGY: THE DOCTRINE OF GOD 27(98)
The God Who Is
29(24)
The Reality of God in an Era of Atheism
30(13)
In the Era of the Bible: Which God?
30(1)
The Rivalry of the Gods
31(1)
The Universality of God
32(1)
In the Christian Era: Does God Exist?
32(1)
The Ontological Argument
33(1)
The Cosmological and Teleological Arguments
34(1)
The Moral Argument
35(1)
The Rise of Intellectual Atheism
36(1)
The Critique of the First Cause
36(1)
The Critique of the Concept of God
37(1)
The Elimination of the Idea of God
38(1)
Theology and the Modern Situation
38(1)
The Assertion of the Uniqueness of Christianity
38(1)
The Reformulation of the Proofs
39(1)
The Appeal to Anthropology
40(1)
Christian Faith in the Contemporary Context
41(2)
Knowledge of God in an Era of Agnosticism
43(10)
The Claim to Know God and Intellectual Agnosticism
43(1)
Epistemological Agnosticism
43(1)
Logical Positivism
44(1)
Agnosticism and the Incomprehensible God
45(1)
The Means to Knowledge of God
45(1)
Knowledge of God through Reason
45(2)
Knowledge of God through Religious Experience
47(1)
Knowledge of God through God's Self-Revelation
48(1)
Knowing God
49(1)
Knowing God as Subject
49(1)
Knowing God in History
50(1)
Knowing God and the Concept of Community
51(2)
The Triune God
53(24)
Trinitarian Doctrine in Theological History
54(11)
The Situation of the First Christians
54(1)
The One God
54(1)
Jesus' Lordship
55(1)
The Spirit's Presence
55(1)
Historical Development of Trinitarian Doctrine
56(1)
The Deity of Jesus
56(3)
The Deity of the Spirit
59(1)
Formulating Trinitarian Doctrine
60(1)
Trinitarian Doctrine in Post-Cappadocian Theology
61(1)
Eastern and Western Conceptions
61(1)
The Filioque Controversy
62(1)
Decline of the Doctrine
63(1)
Recovery of the Doctrine
64(1)
The Formulation of Trinitarian Doctrine
65(6)
The Content of Trinitarian Doctrine
66(1)
God Is One
66(1)
God Is Three
66(1)
God Is a Diversity
66(1)
God Is a Unity
67(2)
The Filioque and the Relational Trinity
69(2)
Analogies to the Trinity
71(1)
The Theological Implication of Trinitarian Doctrine
71(3)
Love as the Essence of God
71(1)
Love and the Inner Dynamic of God
72(1)
Love as the Fundamental Divine Attribute
72(1)
Love and the Divine Holiness, Jealousy, and Wrath
72(2)
Love and the Other Moral Attributes
74(1)
Trinitarian Doctrine and Christian Life
74(3)
Trinitarian Prayer
74(2)
Trinitarian Ethics
76(1)
The Relational God
77(21)
The Nature of the Relational God
78(10)
God as (a) Being
78(2)
God as Transcendent and Immanent
80(1)
God as Spirit
81(1)
Hegel's Conception of ``Spirit''
82(1)
The Biblical Conception of ``Spirit''
82(1)
Theological Implications
83(1)
God as Person
83(1)
The Philosophical Concept of ``Person''
84(1)
Personhood and God's Relationship to the World
84(1)
Personhood and God
85(1)
The Name of God
86(2)
The Divine Attributes
88(10)
The Attributes and the Divine Substance
88(1)
The Medieval Debate
88(1)
The Doxological Position
89(1)
The Division of the Attributes
90(1)
The Eternal God
91(1)
Eternality and Our Experience of Time
91(1)
Attributes Related to God's Eternality
92(1)
The Good God
93(1)
Holiness
93(1)
Compassion
94(1)
God as the Moral Standard
95(1)
The Practical Importance of the Attributes
95(3)
The Creator God
98(27)
God as the Creator of the World
98(14)
The Creation of the World as the Act of God
99(1)
The Free Act of Creation
99(2)
The Loving Act of Creation
101(1)
The Creation of the World as a Trinitarian Act
101(1)
The Role of the Father
102(1)
The Role of the Son
103(2)
The Role of the Spirit
105(1)
The Act of Creation and the Sovereign Creator
106(1)
Present and Final Soverignty
106(2)
De Jure and De Facto Sovereignty
108(1)
God's Future
109(1)
The Time of Creation
109(1)
Creation as Past
109(1)
Creation as Future
110(1)
Creation and Essence
111(1)
God as the Providential Administrator of the World
112(13)
``Community'' as God's Purpose for Creation
112(3)
The Doctrine of Providence in Recent Theology
115(1)
The Classical Position
116(2)
Providence in Liberal Theology
118(1)
The Destruction of Providence
118(1)
God's Administration of His World
119(1)
Preservation
119(2)
Concurrence
121(1)
Government
122(3)
PART 2 ANTHROPOLOGY: THE DOCTRINE OF HUMANITY 125(118)
The Human Identity And Our Origin In God
127(24)
Our Place in Creation
128(4)
Humankind and the Cosmos in Changing Cultural Contexts
128(1)
The ``Premodern'' Answer
128(1)
The Modern Answer
129(1)
Christian Faith and the Insights of Anthropology
129(1)
The Concept of ``Openness to the World''
130(1)
The Theological Significance of the Concept
131(1)
``Openness to the World'' and General Revelation
132(7)
The Question of General Revelation in Theology
133(1)
The Meaning of General Revelation
133(1)
The Place of General Revelation in Theological History
134(3)
The Theological Importance of General Revelation
137(1)
Revelation in the Human Person
137(1)
Revelation in Nature
138(1)
The Limit of General Revelation
138(1)
God as Our Origin
139(5)
The Existential Significance
140(1)
God as the Ground of Personal Existence
140(1)
God as Universal Father
141(1)
The Essential Significance
142(2)
Our Temporal Origin
144(7)
The Question of the ``First Human''
144(1)
The Traditional Position
144(1)
The Mythical View
144(1)
The Underlying Hermeneutical Question
145(1)
The ``First Human'' and Evolution
146(1)
Considerations in the Evolution Debate
146(2)
Adam as a Historical Person
148(1)
Anthropology and Our Temporal Origin
148(1)
The Temporal Beginning of Humankind
149(1)
The Temporal Beginning of Each Person
149(1)
The Unity of Humankind
149(2)
Our Nature As Persons Destined For Community
151(30)
Our Ontological Nature
152(16)
Autonomy versus Determinism
152(1)
The Focus on Autonomy
152(1)
The Focus on Essence
152(2)
The Christian Perspective
154(1)
Human Substances
155(1)
The Idea of Substantial Entities
155(1)
The Trichotomist and Dichotomist Viewpoints
156(2)
Substantial Entities and Modern Theology
158(2)
The Contemporary Wholistic Alternative
160(3)
Death and the Whole Person
163(1)
The Origin of the Soul
164(1)
Traditional Alternatives
164(2)
The Classical Debate and the Contemporary Context
166(1)
The Soul and Our Ontological Nature
167(1)
Humans as the Image of God
168(13)
The Image of God in Theological History
168(1)
The Structural View
169(1)
The Relational View
170(2)
The Dynamic View
172(1)
The Image of God in the Bible
173(1)
The Divine Image in the Genesis Creation Narratives
173(3)
The Divine Image Elsewhere in Genesis
176(1)
The Image of God in the New Testament
176(1)
The Theological Significance of the Image of God
177(1)
The Divine Image as a Special Standing
177(1)
The Divine Image as a Special Fellowship
178(1)
The Divine Image as an Eshatological Reality
178(1)
The Divine Image as a Special Community
178(3)
Sin: The Destruction Of Community
181(32)
The Nature of Sin
182(7)
Biblical Terms for Sin
182(1)
Old Testament Words for Sin
182(1)
New Testament Words for Sin
183(1)
Sin and the Human Person
184(1)
Sin Infects the Core of Our Being
184(1)
Sin Perverts Goodness
185(1)
Sin Is Universal
185(1)
The Essence of Sin
186(1)
Sin as Failure
186(1)
Sin as Disruption of Community
187(1)
Sin as Revealed in the Gospel
188(1)
Original Sin
189(18)
The Fall of Humankind --- the Fall of Adam
190(1)
The Garden
190(1)
The First Sin
191(1)
Consequences of the First Sin
192(1)
The First Sin and the Sin of Humankind
193(1)
Historical Suggestions
194(3)
The Reality of the Fall
197(1)
Original Sin and Guilt
198(1)
The Question of Guilt in Theological History
199(3)
The Biblical Basis for the Reformed View
202(3)
The Reality of Original Sin
205(2)
The Results of Sin: Our Human Situation
207(6)
Alienation
207(1)
Condemnation
208(2)
Enslavement
210(1)
Depravity
211(2)
Our Spiritual Co-Creatures
213(30)
The Nature of the Spiritual Realities
214(14)
Angelology in Christian Theology
214(1)
The Middle Ages: Speculative Angelology
214(1)
The Reformation: Biblical Angelology
215(1)
The Enlightenment: Rejection of Angelology
216(1)
Contemporary Theology: A Renewed Interest
217(2)
A Biblical Theology of Angels
219(1)
Definition
219(1)
Angels in the Old Testament
219(2)
Angels in the New Testament
221(1)
A Biblical Theology of Demons
222(1)
Definitions
222(1)
Demons in the Old Testament
223(1)
Demons in the New Testament
224(1)
A Biblical Theology of Satan
225(1)
Names Related to Satan
225(1)
Satan in the Old Testament
225(1)
Satan in the New Testament
226(2)
Angelology and Structures of Existence
228(7)
The Structures of Existence
228(1)
The Function of the Structures
228(2)
The Existence of Structures
230(1)
Structures of Existence and the Bible
231(1)
Structures and Spiritual Beings
231(1)
Structures and the ``Powers''
231(1)
Structures and Governance
232(1)
A Theology of the Structures
232(1)
God's Intent for the Structures
232(1)
The Evil Manipulation of Structures
233(2)
Structures and Christ
235(1)
The Demonic and Superstition
235(8)
Superstition and the Old Testament
236(1)
The Old Testament Opposition to Superstition
236(1)
The Presence of Superstition in Israel
236(1)
Superstition and Idolatry
237(1)
The Status of the Power Lying behind Superstition
238(1)
The Reality of the Powers
238(1)
The Powers as Unreal
239(1)
A Christian Stance toward Superstition
240(3)
PART 3 CHRISTOLOGY: THE DOCTRINE OF CHRIST 243(114)
The Fellowship Of Jesus The Christ With God
245(27)
Foundations: Jesus, the Divine One
246(16)
Development of the Affirmation of Jesus' Deity
246(1)
Christological Controversy in the Second Century
246(2)
The Arian Controversy
248(1)
The Basis of Christology
249(2)
The Foundation of Our Christological Affirmation
251(1)
Jesus' Sinlessness
252(1)
Jesus' Teaching
253(1)
Jesus' Death
253(1)
Jesus' Claim
254(2)
Jesus' Resurrection
256(4)
Jesus' Claim and His Resurrection
260(1)
The Historical Foundation and Faith
260(2)
Implications: Jesus as One with God
262(10)
Jesus' Unity with God
262(1)
Function versus Ontology
262(2)
Jesus as the Revealer of God
264(2)
Jesus' Fellowship with the Father
266(1)
Jesus' Compassion
266(1)
Jesus' Special Fellowship with God
267(3)
Jesus' Lordship
270(1)
The Cosmic Lord
270(1)
Our Personal Lord
270(1)
The Lord of History
271(1)
The Fellowship Of Jesus The Christ With Humankind
272(22)
Jesus as a Human
273(6)
Development of the Affirmation of Jesus' Humanity
273(1)
Apollinarianism
274(1)
The Council of Constantinople
275(1)
Jesus as Sharing in True Humanness
275(1)
Jesus and the Conditions of Human Existence
275(3)
Jesus and Human Growth
278(1)
Implications of Jesus' Humanness
278(1)
Jesus as the True Human
279(7)
The Foundation for Affirming Jesus as the True Human
279(1)
The Foundation in Jesus' Earthly Life
279(2)
The Foundational Importance of the Resurrection
281(1)
Jesus' Claim to Uniqueness
281(1)
The Content of Our Affirming Jesus as the True Human
282(1)
Jesus and the Resurrection
282(1)
Jesus and Community
283(1)
Jesus and the Upward Fall
284(1)
Jesus as the New Human
285(1)
Jesus as the Universal Human
286(8)
Jesus and the Marginalized
286(2)
Jesus and Women
288(4)
Jesus and the Individual
292(2)
The Fellowship Of Deity And Humanity In Jesus
294(32)
Jesus as Divine and Human
295(10)
The Historical Debate concerning Jesus' Person
295(1)
The Nestorian Controversy
296(1)
The Eutychian Controversy
297(1)
Christology after Chalcedon
297(1)
The Reformation Debate
298(1)
The Foundation for Affirming the Unity
299(1)
Jesus as the Word
300(2)
Jesus as the Son
302(1)
The Relationship between Deity and Humanity in Jesus
303(1)
Jesus and Revelation
303(2)
Jesus and Community
305(1)
The Incarnation
305(9)
The Incarnation in Theological History
306(1)
The Kenosis Theory
306(1)
Modifications to the Kenosis Theory
307(1)
The Incarnation as the Paradox of Grace
307(1)
The Critique of Incarnational Christology
308(1)
Criticisms of the Traditional Understanding
309(1)
Significance of the Incarnation
309(2)
Jesus' Preexistence
311(1)
The Problem of Preexistence
311(1)
The Meaning of Preexistence
312(1)
Jesus and Preexistence
313(1)
The Virgin Birth
314(12)
The Historical Context of the Modern Debate
315(1)
Affirmations of the Virgin Birth
315(1)
Reinterpretations of the Virgin Birth
316(1)
Current Debate about the Virgin Birth
317(1)
Protestants and the Virgin Birth
317(1)
Roman Catholics and the Virgin Birth
318(1)
Points of Debate concerning the Virgin Birth
319(1)
Theological Arguments
320(2)
Historical Arguments
322(1)
Textual Arguments
323(1)
The Virgin Birth and Christology
324(2)
The Mission of Jesus
326(31)
The Vocation of the Earthly Jesus
327(12)
Fulfilling the Old Testament Hope
328(1)
Jesus as the Prophet
328(1)
Jesus as the Messiah
329(4)
Heralding the Divine Reign
333(1)
The Centrality of the Kingdom
333(1)
Jesus as the Son of Man
333(2)
The One Sent to Die
335(1)
Jesus' Consciousness of His Death
336(1)
Jesus as the Suffering Servant
336(2)
Jesus' Self-Consciouness
338(1)
The Atonement and the Mission of Jesus
339(15)
The Atonement in Theological History
340(1)
Dynamic Imagery
340(2)
Objective Imagery
342(1)
Subjective Imagery
343(1)
Modifications to Anselm's Theory
344(1)
The Significance of Jesus' Death in the New Testament
345(1)
Jesus' Death as Our Example
345(1)
Jesus' Death as Our Ransom
345(1)
Jesus' Death as Our Expiation
346(1)
Jesus Is Our Reconciliation
347(1)
Jesus' Death and Us
348(1)
The Atonement and the Human Predicament
349(1)
Our Reception of Christ's Atonement
349(1)
The Atonement and Community
350(2)
Christ's Substitution
352(2)
The Ongoing Work of Christ
354(3)
The Exaltation
354(1)
Jesus' Present and Future Ministry
354(1)
Jesus' Present Ministry
354(1)
Jesus' Ongoing Ministry
355(1)
Implication of Jesus' Ongoing Ministry for Prayer
355(2)
PART 4 PNEUMATOLOGY: THE DOCTRINE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT 357(104)
The Identity of The Holy Spirit
359(20)
The Spirit in Salvation History
360(12)
The Holy Spirit and the Old Testament Era
361(1)
The Spirit of God in the Old Testament
361(1)
Functions of the Spirit of God in the Old Testament
362(2)
Eschatological Direction of Old Testament Pneumatology
364(1)
The Holy Spirit and the Christ
365(1)
Jesus --- the Bearer of the Spirit
365(1)
Jesus' Promise concerning the Coming Spirit
366(1)
Pentecost --- the Fulfillment of Jesus' Promise
367(3)
The Spirit and the Community of Christ
370(1)
The Significance of Pentecost
370(1)
The Holy Spirit and the Risen Lord
371(1)
The Spirit in the Trinitarian Life
372(7)
The Foundation of Pneumatology in the Immanent Trinity
373(1)
The Basic Identity of the Spirit
373(1)
The Deity and Personhood of the Spirit
374(1)
The Holy Spirit and the Economic Trinity
375(1)
A Basic Understanding
375(1)
Aspects of the Spirit's Identity as the Power of God
376(1)
His Identity as the Eschatological Creator Spirit
376(3)
The Spirit And The Scriptures
379(26)
The Spirit as the Foundation of Scripture
380(8)
Inspiration and Illumination
380(1)
The Concept of Inspiration
381(1)
The Concept of Illumination
382(1)
The One Act of the Spirit
383(1)
Functional and Canonical Approaches
383(3)
The Development of Scripture in the Community
386(1)
The Risk of Subjectivism
387(1)
The Task of the Spirit Speaking through Scripture
388(4)
Scripture as the Source of Spiritual Sustenance
388(1)
The Constitutional Role of Scripture
389(3)
The Bible and Revelation
392(5)
The Concept of Revelation
392(1)
Barth's Proposal
392(1)
Revelation in the Bible
393(1)
Revelation and Scripture
394(2)
The Bible as Revelation
396(1)
The Bible as Derivative Revelation
396(1)
The Bible as Functional Revelation
396(1)
The Bible as Mediate Revelation
397(1)
Biblical Authority
397(8)
The Trustworthiness of Scripture
397(1)
Verbal, Plenary Inspiration
398(1)
An Infallible, Inerrant Bible
398(4)
Biblical Authority and the Authority of the Spirit
402(1)
The Extent of Biblical Authority
403(1)
Our Sole Authority
403(1)
Our Authority in All of Life
403(2)
The Dynamic of Conversion
405(27)
The Individual Aspect of Conversion
406(5)
Repentance
406(2)
Faith
408(1)
Our Response: Repentance and Faith
409(2)
The Divine Aspect of Conversion
411(12)
The Spirit's Activity in the Conversion Process
411(1)
Conviction
412(1)
Call
413(1)
Illumination
414(1)
Enablement
414(1)
Conversion and the Baptism of the Spirit
415(1)
Modern Pentecostalism
415(3)
Pentecostal View of Spirit Baptism and Tongues
418(1)
An Evaluation of the Pentecostal Position
419(3)
Spirit Baptism, Conversion, and Spirit Filling
422(1)
The Community Aspect of Conversion
423(9)
The Role of the Community in Conversion
423(1)
Proclamation of the Gospel
423(1)
Incorporation into a New Community
424(3)
Conversion and Church Initiation Rites
427(1)
Historical and Contemporary Positions
427(1)
The New Testament Teaching
428(1)
Conversion as Faith Expressed through Baptism
429(3)
Individual Salvation: The Wider Perspective
432(29)
The Process of Salvation
433(14)
Conversion
433(1)
Conversion and the Human Predicament
433(5)
Conversion and the Establishment of Community
438(2)
Sanctification
440(1)
The Concept of Sanctification in the Bible
440(2)
The Theological Concept of Sanctification
442(1)
The Sanctification Process
443(1)
Perfectionism
444(2)
Glorification
446(1)
The Eternal Context of Salvation
447(14)
Divine Election
448(1)
The Controversy over the Five Points of Calvinism
448(3)
The Decrees of God
451(1)
Election to Community
452(3)
The Ordo Salutis
455(1)
Historical Perspective
455(1)
Representative Positions
456(2)
The Order of Salvation and the Future Community
458(3)
PART 5 ECCLESIOLOGY: THE DOCTRINE OF THE CHURCH 461(110)
The Church --- The Eschatological Covenant Community
463(23)
The Church as a Covenant People
464(8)
Ekklesia
464(1)
The Nation, the Body, and the Temple
465(1)
The Nation of God
466(1)
The Body of Christ
466(1)
The Temple of the Spirit
467(1)
The Church as Mystical, Universal, and Local
467(1)
The Marks of the Church
468(1)
The Classical Alternatives
468(2)
Biblical Consideration
470(1)
Balanced Congregationalism
471(1)
The Church as the Sign of the Kingdom
472(7)
The Biblical Conception of the Kingdom
472(1)
Old Testament Teaching about the Kingdom
472(1)
The Kingdom and Jesus
473(2)
The Biblical Drama of the Kingdom
475(2)
The Kingdom and the Church
477(1)
Church and Kingdom in Christian Thought
477(1)
The Church in the Kingdom
478(1)
Ecclesiological Implications
478(1)
The Church as Community
479(7)
The Basis in the Covenant and the Kingdom
480(1)
The Community of the Covenant
480(1)
Community and the Divine Purpose
481(1)
Community and the Divine Nature
482(1)
The Church as the Image of God
483(1)
The Church and the Spirit
483(3)
The Ministry of The Community
486(25)
The Purpose of the Church
486(4)
The Church in God's Purposes
487(1)
The Church and the Purpose of Creation
487(1)
The Church and the Glory of God
488(1)
God's Purpose in Glorification
488(2)
The Mandate of the Church
490(21)
Worship
490(1)
The Focus of Worship
491(1)
The Means of Worship
492(4)
Edification
496(1)
Aspects of Edification
496(1)
The Church as a Praying People
497(1)
The Church as Community to Its Believers
498(4)
Outreach
502(1)
Outreach as Evangelism
502(3)
Outreach as Service
505(6)
Community Acts of Commitment
511(31)
Acts of Commitment and the Church
512(8)
The Function of Acts of Commitment
512(1)
Sacrament or Ordinance
512(3)
The Meaning of ``Ordinances''
515(2)
Commitment Acts and Community
517(1)
The Number of Commitment Acts
518(1)
The Historical Question
518(1)
Two Acts of Commitment
519(1)
Baptism: The Seal of Our Identity
520(11)
Background and History
520(1)
The Meaning of Baptism
521(1)
The Symbolic Significance of Baptism
521(1)
The Eschatological Orientation of Baptism
522(1)
Baptism and the Community
523(1)
The Impact of Baptism
523(1)
The Working of Baptism
524(1)
Baptism as a Divine Act
524(2)
Baptism as a Human Act
526(1)
Baptism as a Divine-Human Act
526(1)
The Subjects of Baptism
527(1)
Baptism and Faith
527(1)
Infant versus Believer's Baptism
528(2)
The Mode of Baptism
530(1)
The Lord's Supper: Reaffirming Our Identity
531(11)
The Presence of the Lord in the Celebration
532(1)
The Development of Transubstantiation
532(1)
The Protestant Reaction
533(3)
The Meaning of the Lord's Supper
536(1)
The Question of Terminology
536(1)
The Orientation to the Past
536(1)
The Orientation to the Future
537(1)
The Orientation to Community
538(1)
Our Presence at the Lord's Supper
539(1)
The Importance of Our Presence
540(1)
The Presence of Others at the Table
540(2)
The Organization For Community Life
542(29)
Membership in the Community
543(6)
Community Membership in the First Century
543(1)
Baptism and Community Membership
544(1)
The Legacy of the Reformation
544(1)
The Pure Church Ideal
545(1)
Initiation into the Community
546(1)
Baptism after the First Century
547(1)
Sectariansim versus Denominationalism
547(1)
Beyond Denominationalism
548(1)
Community Structures
549(8)
The Government of the Community
549(1)
Models of Government
549(2)
New Testament Considerations
551(1)
Balancing Autonomy with the Associational Impulse
552(1)
Government within the Communities
553(1)
The Congregationalist Dilemma
553(1)
The Foundation of Democratic Congregationalism
554(2)
The Democratic Congregational Ideal in Practice
556(1)
Leadership for the Community
557(6)
Offices in the Communities
557(1)
Church Offices in the New Testament
558(2)
Church Offices in the Ecclesiastical Tradition
560(1)
New Testament Offices and Today's Church
560(1)
Offices of the Community
561(1)
The New Testament Background
562(1)
The Pastoral Office
562(1)
Ordination by the Community
563(8)
The Basis for the Practice of Pastoral Ordination
564(1)
The Biblical Foundation for Ordination
564(1)
The Theological Foundation for Ordination
565(2)
The Significance of Ordination
567(1)
The Meaning of the Act
567(1)
The Ordaining Body
568(1)
The Ordaining Event
569(2)
PART 6 ESCHATOLOGY: THE DOCTRINE OF LAST THINGS 571(108)
The Consummation of Personal Existence
573(26)
The Significance of Death
574(9)
The Problem of Death
574(1)
The Problem of Definition
574(1)
Death and the Meaning of Life
575(1)
The Biblical Trajectory
576(1)
The Old Testament: Death as Ambiguous
576(2)
The New Testament: Hope in the Face of Death
578(2)
The Theological Significance of Death
580(1)
Death and the Biological Realm
580(1)
Death as Loss of Community
580(2)
Death's Loss of Ultimacy
582(1)
Overcoming Death in the Resurrection
583(6)
The Nature of Culminated Personal Life
583(1)
Contemporary Visions of the Culmination of Life
583(3)
The Christian Hope
586(1)
The Possibility of the Resurrection
587(2)
Hope in the Face of Death
589(10)
Competing Visions of Life after Death
589(1)
Death as the Entrance into Eternity
589(1)
Soul Sleep
590(1)
Conscious Existence of the Soul
591(1)
Biblical Insight into the Intermediate State
592(1)
The Old Testament Concept of Sheol
592(1)
The New Testament Basis for an Intermediate State
593(2)
The Biblical Conception of Life Beyond Death
595(1)
The Situation of the Righteous beyond Death
596(1)
The Foundation: Hope for Resurrection
596(1)
The Realm beyond Death
597(2)
The Consummation Of History
599(24)
The Meaning of History
600(9)
Christian Hope in a Changed Context
600(1)
From Optimism to Pessimism
601(2)
The Challenge of a Pessimistic World
603(1)
Corporate Eschatology and the Biblical Message
603(1)
The Prophetic Vision
603(2)
The Apocalyptic Vision
605(1)
The Significance of History
606(1)
The Basic Characteristics of History
606(2)
History as God at Work Establishing Community
608(1)
The Presence of Community in and beyond History
609(3)
History's Goal as ``Already''
609(2)
History's Goal as ``Not Yet''
611(1)
The End as Grace
611(1)
The End as Judgment
611(1)
The Climax of History
612(11)
Apocalyptic and Millenarianism
612(1)
The Millennium in Christian Theology
613(1)
Postmillennialism
614(1)
Amillennialism
615(1)
Premillennialism
615(2)
The Deeper Issue of Millennialism
617(1)
Postmillennial Optimism
617(1)
Premillennial Pessimism
618(1)
Amillennial Realism
619(1)
Our Ultimate Hope
619(1)
The Era of the Imminent End of History
620(1)
The Biblical Understanding of Our Age
620(1)
The Eschatological Timetable
621(2)
The Consummation of God's Cosmic Program
623(27)
The Transition from Creation to New Creation
624(10)
The Judgment of the Cosmos
624(1)
The Certainty of Cosmic Judgment
624(1)
The Purpose of Cosmic Judgment
625(1)
The Judgment of Humankind
626(1)
The Certainty of Our Judgment
626(2)
The Time of Our Judgment
628(1)
The Basis for Judgment
629(1)
Our Presence at the Judgment
630(1)
The Nature of the Judgment
631(1)
Eternal Rewards
632(2)
The Dark Side of the Judgment
634(10)
Universalism
634(1)
The Place of Universalism in the Church
634(1)
The Foundation of Universalism
635(2)
Difficulties with Universalism
637(1)
Conditional Immortality
638(1)
Its Presence in the Church
638(1)
The Foundation of Annihilationism
638(1)
Difficulties with Annihilationism
639(2)
The Reality of Hell
641(1)
The Foundation of the Doctrine
641(1)
Hell: The Eternal Tragedy
642(2)
The New Creation
644(6)
The New Creation as the Renewal of the Cosmos
645(1)
Renewal as the Completion of Creation
645(1)
The Relationship of the New to the Old
645(1)
The Implication of Cosmic Renewal
646(1)
The New Creation as Fullness of Community
646(1)
A Place Where God Is Present
647(1)
A Place of Fellowship
647(1)
A Place of Glorification
648(2)
The Significance of Eschatology
650(29)
Eschatology as Insight into the Present
651(1)
Eschatology as God's Call in the Present
652(3)
The Foundation for God's Eschatological Call
652(1)
The Biblical Precedence
653(1)
The Implications for Theology
653(1)
Aspects of God's Eschatological Call
653(1)
A Call to Evangelism
654(1)
A Call to Holiness
654(1)
A Call to Steadfastness
655(1)
Eschatology as Insight for Living
655(6)
Eschatological Living as Hopeful Involvement
656(1)
Eschatological Living as Realistic Engagement
657(1)
Our Actions as Effective
657(1)
Our Actions as Penultimate
657(1)
Eschatological Living in the Light of the Eternal
658(3)
INDEXES
Subject Index
661(10)
Name Index
671(8)
Scripture Index
679

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