So That's What It Means : The Ultimate A to Z Resource

by Campbell, Donald; Johnston, Wendell; Walvoord, John; Witmer, John

• ISBN13: 9780785252535
• ISBN10: 0785252533
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-11-30
• Publisher: Harpercollins Christian Pub

Summary

Some words in the larger Christian vocabulary are technical terms such as are typical of any specialized field (think "predestination" or "rapture"). Others are seeming "everyday" words that take on a special meaning when used in the Christian context (think "adoption" or "walk"). Here are thorough, contextualized definitions-usually in two pages or less-of 200 of the most important terms used in Christian theology, with an emphasis upon their relevance for today. Four professors with ties to Dallas Seminary generated 50 definitions each. Then an outside editor reviewed and popularized the manuscript to make it accessible to the widest possible audience. The resulting explanations help demystify each term for the reader and let him see it within the Bible's broader message.

Author Biography

Donald K. Campbell is president emeritus of Dallas Seminary Wendell G. Johnston served in the administration of several colleges and seminaries, including as executive vice-president of Dallas Seminary John A. Witmer is associate professor emeritus of systematic theology and retired librarian at Dallas Seminary

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Preface	xi
-A-
Abiding	1	(1)
Abomination	2	(1)
Adam	3	(2)
Adoption	5	(2)
Adultery	7	(1)
Advocate	8	(1)
Age	8	(2)
Angels	10	(2)
Anointing	12	(2)
Antichrist	14	(2)
Apostasy	16	(1)
Apostleship	16	(2)
Ark of the Covenant	18	(1)
Ascension	19	(2)
Assurance	21	(1)
Atonement	22	(3)
-B-
Babylon	25	(2)
Baptism	27	(2)
Blasphemy	29	(1)
Blessing	30	(2)
Blindness	32	(2)
Blood	34	(1)
Body	35	(2)
Bride	37	(1)
Building	38	(2)
-C-
Calling	40	(1)
Canonicity	41	(1)
Carnality	42	(1)
Chastisement	43	(1)
Children	44	(1)
Christ	45	(2)
Church	47	(1)
Circumcision	48	(2)
Citizenship	50	(1)
Cleanness	51	(3)
Commandments	54	(2)
Condemnation	56	(1)
Confession	57	(2)
Conscience	59	(1)
Conversion	60	(1)
Conviction	61	(1)
Covenants	62	(2)
Creation	64	(1)
Cross	65	(2)
Crucify	67	(2)
Curse	69	(1)
-D-
Darkness	70	(2)
Day, days	72	(2)
Death	74	(2)
Decrees	76	(1)
Demons	77	(2)
Depravity	79	(1)
Disciple	80	(2)
Discipline	82	(2)
Disobedience	84	(1)
Dispensation	85	(2)
Dreams and Visions	87	(1)
-E-
Election	88	(2)
Endurance	90	(1)
Eternity	91	(1)
Evangelism	92	(2)
-F-
Faith	94	(3)
Faithfulness	97	(1)
Fall, The	98	(1)
Family	99	(2)
Fasting	101	(2)
Fatherhood	103	(1)
Fear of God	104	(1)
Fellowship	105	(2)
Firstfruits	107	(2)
Flesh	109	(1)
Foreknowledge	109	(2)
Forgiveness	111	(2)
Freedom	113	(2)
Fruit	115	(1)
-G-
Gentiles	116	(1)
Glory	117	(2)
God	119	(2)
Gospel	121	(2)
Government	123	(3)
Grace	126	(1)
Guilt	127	(1)
-H-
Hardening	128	(1)
Headship	129	(1)
Healing	130	(2)
Heart	132	(2)
Heaven	134	(2)
Hell	136	(2)
Heresy	138	(1)
Holiness	139	(2)
Holy Spirit	141	(2)
Homosexuality	143	(3)
Hope	146	(1)
Humility	147	(2)
-I-
Idolatry	149	(3)
Image of God	152	(2)
Immortality	154	(1)
Imputation	155	(2)
Incarnation	157	(3)
Inheritance	160	(1)
Inspiration	161	(2)
Intermediate State	163	(2)
Interpretation	165	(1)
Israel	166	(2)
-J/K-
Jerusalem	168	(3)
Judgment	171	(2)
Justice	173	(1)
Justification	174	(1)
King	175	(2)
Kingdom	177	(2)
-L-
Lamb	179	(2)
Last Days	181	(1)
Law	182	(3)
Laying On of Hands	185	(1)
Leadership	186	(3)
Life	189	(2)
Light	191	(2)
Logos	193	(2)
Lordship	195	(2)
Lord's Supper	197	(2)
Love	199	(2)
-M-
Marriage	201	(3)
Mediator	204	(1)
Meditation	205	(2)
Mercy	207	(1)
Messiah	208	(1)
Millennium	209	(1)
Mind	210	(2)
Ministry	212	(2)
Miracles	214	(3)
Mystery	217	(1)
-N/O/P-
Natural Man	218	(1)
Obedience	219	(2)
Oil	221	(3)
Paradise	224	(1)
Passover	225	(2)
Peace	227	(2)
Perfection	229	(2)
Position	231	(2)
Poverty	233	(1)
Praise	234	(2)
Prayer	236	(3)
Predestination	239	(1)
Priesthood	240	(3)
Prophecy	243	(2)
Propitiation	245	(1)
Providence	246	(2)
-R-
Rapture	248	(2)
Reconciliation	250	(2)
Redemption	252	(1)
Regeneration	253	(3)
Remnant	256	(1)
Repentance	257	(3)
Rest	260	(2)
Resurrection	262	(2)
Revelation	264	(1)
Rewards	264	(1)
Righteousness	265	(2)
-S-
Sabbath	267	(2)
Sacrifice	269	(3)
Salvation	272	(2)
Sanctification	274	(2)
Satan	276	(1)
Scripture	277	(1)
Security	278	(1)
Servant	279	(2)
Sin	281	(3)
Sleep	284	(2)
Soul and Spirit	286	(1)
Spiritual Gifts	287	(3)
Spirituality	290	(2)
Stewardship	292	(1)
Substitution	293	(1)
Suffering	294	(2)
-T-
Tabernacle	296	(3)
Temple	299	(3)
Temptation	302	(3)
Theophany	305	(1)
Times of the Gentiles	306	(2)
Tongues	308	(2)
Transfiguration	310	(1)
Tribulation	311	(2)
Trinity	313	(3)
Truth	316	(1)
Types	317	(2)
-U/V-
Unbelief	319	(1)
Union with Christ	320	(1)
Vine	320	(1)
Vows	321	(2)
-W-
Walk	323	(2)
War	325	(1)
Wealth	326	(2)
Will of God	328	(2)
Wisdom	330	(2)
Woman	332	(3)
Word	335	(1)
Work	336	(3)
World	339	(2)
Worship	341	(2)
Wrath	343	(2)
Scripture Index	345