Across the Spectrum : Understanding Issues in Evangelical Theology

by Boyd, Gregory A., and Paul R. Eddy

• ISBN13: 9780801022760
• ISBN10: 0801022762
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-06-01
• Publisher: Baker Academic

Summary

"Succinctly outlines multiple arguments for over two dozen issues in disputed, largely non-fundamental areas of doctrine. It's settled-I'm requiring it!"-Gary R. Habermas, Liberty University

Author Biography

Gregory A. Boyd is professor of theology at Bethel College and author of God of the Possible. Paul R. Eddy is assistant professor of biblical and theological studies at Bethel College and coeditor of Divine Foreknowledge: Four Views.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	5	(1)
Introduction	6	(3)
The Inspiration Debate	9	(14)
Without Error of Any Kind (The Inerrantist View)
Infallible in Matters of Faith and Practice (The Infallibilist View)
The Providence Debate	23	(14)
God Is Sovereign over All Things (The Calvinist View)
God Limits His Control by Granting Freedom (The Arminian View)
The Foreknowledge Debate	37	(13)
God Foreknows All That Shall Come to Pass (The Classical View)
God Knows All That Shall Be and All That May Be (The Open View)
The Genesis Debate	50	(24)
Created in the Recent Past (The Young Earth View)
A Very Old Work of Art (The Day-Age View)
Restoring a Destroyed Creation (The Restoration View)
Literary Theme over Literal Chronology (The Literary Framework View)
The Divine Image Debate	74	(13)
The Image of God Is the Soul (The Substantival View)
The Image of God Is Our God-Given Authority (The Functional View)
The Image of God Is Our Relationality (The Relational View)
The Human Constitution Debate	87	(14)
The Twofold Self: Body and Soul (The Dichotomist View)
The Threefold Self: Body, Soul, and Spirit (The Trichotomist View)
The Unitary Self (The Monistic View)
The Christology Debate	101	(12)
The Unavoidable Paradox of the Godman (The Classical View)
Christ Relinquished His Divine Prerogatives (The Kenotic View)
The Atonement Debate	113	(19)
Christ Died in Our Place (The Penal Substitution View)
Christ Destroyed Satan and His Works (The Christus Victor View)
Christ Displayed God's Wrath against Sin (The Moral Government View)
The Salvation Debate	132	(14)
TULIP (The Calvinist View)
God Wants All to Be Saved (The Arminian View)
The Sanctification Debate	146	(19)
Sanctification as a Declaration by God (The Lutheran View)
Sanctification as Holiness in Christ and in Personal Conduct (The Reformed [Calvinist] View)
Sanctification as Resting-Faith in the Sufficiency of Christ (The Keswick ``Deeper Life'' View)
Entire Sanctification as Perfect Love (The Wesleyan View)
The Eternal Security Debate	165	(13)
Secure in the Power of God (The Eternal Security View)
The Need to Persist in Faith (The Conditional Security View)
The Destiny of the Unevangelized Debate	178	(15)
No Other Name (The Restrictivist View)
God Does All He Can Do (The Universal Opportunity View)
Hope beyond the Grave (The Postmortem Evangelism View)
He Has Not Left Himself without a Witness (The Inclusivist View)
The Lord's Supper Debate	193	(8)
``This Is My Body'' (The Spiritual Presence View)
``In Remembrance of Me'' (The Memorial View)
The Baptism Debate	201	(11)
Baptism and Christian Discipleship (The Believer's Baptism View)
Covenanting with the Community of God (The Infant Baptism View)
The Charismatic Gifts Debate	212	(13)
The Gifts Are for Today (The Continuationist View)
``Tongues Shall Cease'' (The Cessationist View)
The Women in Ministry Debate	225	(11)
Created Equal, with Complementary Roles (The Complementarian View)
The Irrelevance of Gender for Spiritual Authority (The Egalitarian View)
The Millennium Debate	236	(18)
Raptured before the Reign (The Premillennial View)
Working toward and Waiting for a Coming Reign of Peace (The Postmillennial View)
The Symbolic Thousand-Year Conquest of Satan (The Amillennial View)
The Hell Debate	254	(11)
The Unending Torment of the Wicked (The Classical View)
The Wicked Shall Be No More (The Annihilationist View)
Appendix	265	(1)
Notes	266	(2)
Glossary	268	(14)
Scripture Index	282