God's Greater Glory

by Ware, Bruce A.

• ISBN13: 9781581344431
• ISBN10: 1581344430
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-11-11
• Publisher: Crossway Books

Summary

Though in all things God's Word is the final authority, our Christian tradition, as inherited from centuries of careful reflection and endeavoring to be true to the teaching of Scripture, can greatly enlighten us. Nowhere is this blend of respectful listening to the wisdom of the past and faithfulness to the Bible more necessary than in our contemporary reformulations of the doctrine of God's person.Bruce Ware believes that while tradition's emphasis on God's metaphysical perfection and His supremacy over the world is correct, we must refine our understanding of the way in which He relates to us. While retaining the deepest concerns of the historic tradition, Ware offers a more rational view of God's dealings with His children--a view that is reflected in Scripture's own testimony of Him. Ware then applies this concept of real divine exaltation and real divine-human relationship to the areas of our prayer life, confidence in God and His guidance of us.

Author Biography

Bruce A. Ware is Senior Associate Dean and Professor of Christian Theology at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky

Table of Contents

Preface	9	(6)
INTRODUCTION
1 Considering the Enduring Questions and Necessary Features of Divine Providence	15	(20)
PART ONE Foundational Theological Bases for Divine Providence
2 Framework for Understanding God and Creation: God's Transcendent Self-Existence and Immanent Self-Relatedness	35	(26)
3 Ruling Over Creation: Divine Sovereignty and Human Freedom (Features 1-3)	61	(36)
4 Ruling Through Creation: Divine-Human Concurrence (Features 4-5)	97	(34)
5 Ruling With Creation: Divine-Human Relationality (Features 6-10)	131	(32)
PART TWO Practical Christian Relevance of Divine Providence
6 Living Behind God: Veiled to the Purpose of God in Suffering	163	(18)
7 Living Before God: Trusting the Character of God in Prayer	181	(14)
8 Living Under God: Seeing the Generosity of God in Our Service to Him	195	(14)
CONCLUSION
9 On Narrowing the "Distance from Majesty": Longing to Behold God More as He Is	209
APPENDIX
10 Defining Evangelicalism's Boundaries Theologically: Is Open Theism Evangelical?	215	(28)
General Index	243	(6)
Scripture Index	249