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Tables of Contents for A New Systematic Theology of the Christian Faith
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
xix
Introduction
xxv
The Justification of Theology as an Intellectual Discipline
xxvi
Christ's Own Theological Method
xxvii
The Church's Mandate to Disciple the Nations
xxviii
The Apostolic Model
xxviii
The Activity of the New Testament Church
xxx
The Divine Inspiration and Authority of Holy Scripture
xxxi
The Theological Task
xxxii
General Aspects of the Theological Task
xxxii
Specific Aspects of the Reformed Theological Task
xxxiv
PART ONE---A WORD FROM ANOTHER WORLD
The Fact of Divine Revelation
3
22
The Revelational Process
4
8
Old Testament Evidence
5
5
New Testament Evidence
10
2
The Neoorthodox Objection
12
5
Language Philosophy's Objection
17
8
The Inspired Nature of Holy Scripture
25
30
The Bible Message's Revealedness''
25
12
Old Testament Evidence
25
5
New Testament Evidence
30
7
The Bible's ``Inspiredness''
37
7
Christ's Authentication of Scripture
44
3
The New Testament Writers' Identification of Scripture with God's Word
47
2
Hermeneutical Implications
49
6
The Attributes of Holy Scripture
55
40
The Bible's Necessity
56
3
The Bible's Inspiration
59
14
The Formation and Close of the Church's Canon
60
10
Biblical Infallibility
70
3
The Bible's Authority
73
6
The Bible's Self-Authentication
79
4
The Bible's Sufficiency
83
4
The Bible's Perspicuity
87
1
The Bible's Finality
88
7
The Nature of Biblical Truth
95
16
The Nature of the Bible's Assertions about God and our Resultant Knowledge of God
96
7
Paradox as a Hermeneutical Category
103
8
The Bible as the &pgr;oν Στω for Knowledge and Personal Significance
111
18
The Justification of Knowledge
111
5
The Justification of Man's Personal Significance
116
13
PART TWO---GOD AND MAN
Introduction to the Doctrine of God
129
24
The One True God
130
1
Why I Believe in the God of the Bible
131
22
The Ontological Argument
132
3
The Empirical Arguments
135
18
The Names and Nature of God
153
52
The Significant Titles and Names of God
153
7
The Nature of God
160
24
The Relation Between God's Nature and God Himself
161
2
Classifications of the Attributes
163
1
Analysis of the Shorter Catechism Definition
164
1
Excursus on God's Glory
165
1
God Is Spirit
166
2
Infinite, Eternal, and Unchangeable in His Being
168
1
Infinite in His Being
168
4
Eternal in His Being
172
5
Unchangeable in His Being
177
7
Infinite, Eternal, and Unchangeable in His Wisdom
184
7
Infinite, Eternal, and Unchangeable in His Power
191
2
Infinite, Eternal, and Unchangeable in His Holiness
193
3
Infinite, Eternal, and Unchangeable in His Justice
196
3
Infinite, Eternal, and Unchangeable in His Goodness
199
2
Infinite, Eternal, and Unchangeable in His Truth
201
4
God as Trinity
205
112
The Doctrine's Revelational Ground
206
1
The Historical Nature of Its Revelation
207
4
The Diety of the Son
211
101
Old Testament Predictions of a Divine Messiah
212
2
Jesus' Self-Testimony to His Deity
214
1
The Title ``Son of Man''
214
4
The Title ``Son of God''
218
11
The Unity of the Son and the Father
229
1
The Son's Eternal Preexistence
230
2
Jesus' Acts
232
2
Jesus' Divine Attributes
234
1
Jesus' Teaching
235
2
Paul's Christology
237
33
The Non-Pauline New Testament Witness
270
1
James's Christology
270
2
The Christology of Hebrews
272
6
Peter's Christology
278
14
The Synoptists' Christology
292
3
Jude's Christology
295
1
John's Christology
296
15
Old Testament Yahweh Passages Applied to Jesus
311
1
A Summary of θε&ogr;&ser; Theos, as a Christological Title
312
1
The Deity and Personal Subsistence of the Holy Spirit
312
5
The Trinity in the Creeds
317
26
Analysis of the Nicene Creed and Its Christology
317
14
Its Major Affirmations
318
1
Three Issues
319
1
The Meaning of ``Person''
319
1
The Relation of the Three to the One
320
4
The Father's Eternal Generation of the Son
324
7
Analysis of the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed's Pneumatology
331
7
Westminster's Trinitarianism: Nicene or Reformed?
338
5
The Eternal Decree of God
343
40
The Debate over Divine Sovereignty and Human Freedom
346
37
Pinnock's Thesis
347
1
Pinnock's Proposal
348
2
Pinnock's Proposal Analyzed
350
1
Failure to Solve the Problem
350
5
A Faulty Norm for Theological Construction
355
1
The Biblical Perspective
356
2
Old Testament Illustrations
358
6
New Testament Illustrations
364
8
Why God is Not the Author or Chargeable Cause of Sin
372
4
A Biblical Theodicy
376
2
A Critique of Pinnock's Specific Errors
378
1
Adam's Creation and Fall
378
1
Man's Cumulative Degeneration
379
1
God's Counteractive Grace
380
3
God's Works of Creation and Providence
383
32
God's Work of Creation
383
15
The Historical Integrity of Genesis I-II
383
1
Creatio Ex Nihilo?
384
1
The New Jewish Version (NJV)
385
2
The Anchor Bible (AB) Genesis
387
5
The Days of Creation
392
2
The Age of the Universe
394
2
The Purpose of the Created Universe
396
2
God's Works of Providence
398
17
His Ordinary Works of Providence
399
5
His Special Works of Providence
404
1
The Convenant of Works
404
1
The Covenant of Grace and Heilsgeschichte
405
2
The Revelatory Process and Miracles
407
8
The Biblical View of Man
415
46
Man as Covenant Creature of God
416
14
The Constituent Elements of Human Nature
418
6
The Origin of the Soul
424
1
Man as the Imago Dei
425
1
The Biblical Data and Their Syntactical Significance
425
2
The Nature of the Image
427
3
The Covenant of Works
430
10
The Exegetical Basis for the Presence of a Covenant in Genesis 2
430
1
The Nature of the Genesis 2 Covenant
431
3
The Representative Feature of the Covenant of Works
434
5
The Covenant's Continuing Normativeness
439
1
Man as Covenant Breaker
440
10
The Nature of the Fall
440
6
Seven Effects of the Fall
446
4
The Natural State of Fallen Man
450
11
Total Depravity
450
3
Total Inability
453
3
Real Guilt
456
5
PART THREE---OUR ``SO GREAT SALVATION''
God's Eternal Plan of Salvation
461
42
The Fact and Central Elements of God's Eternal Plan
462
5
God's Eternal Purpose
463
2
Christ's Cross Work in the Plan
465
1
God's Foreknowledge and Predestination of the Elect in the Plan
465
1
The Election of Men in the Plan
466
1
The Nature of God's Eternal Plan
467
12
Who Saves Men?
468
2
How Does God Save Men?
470
1
In Whom Does God Do His Saving Work?
471
2
For Whom Did Christ Do His Cross Work?
473
2
The Amyraldian Scheme
475
4
The Principle Governing the Order of the Decrees
479
24
Infralapsarianism: the Historical Principle
479
9
Supralapsarianism: the Teleological Principle
488
1
The Primacy of the Particularizing Principle
489
1
Two Exegetical Objections Considered
490
2
The Purposing Principle Governing the Rational Mind
492
4
Four Theological Objections Considered
496
7
The Unity of the Covenant of Grace
503
42
Five Arguments for the Unity of the Covenant of Grace
512
23
The Salvific Definitiveness of the Abrahamic Covenant
512
6
The Salvific Principles Exhibited in the Exodus
518
3
The Prophecies of Moses and the Prophets Concerning the New Testament Age
521
4
The Church of Jesus Christ as the Present-Day Expression of the One People of God
525
3
Identical Requisite Conditions of Salvation in Both Testaments
528
7
A Disclaimer and a Response
535
2
Critique of the Dispensationalists' Scriptural Rationale
537
8
Matthew 13:11, 17, 34--35
537
3
Ephesians 3:2-6, 9; Colossians 1:25--27
540
2
Two Tragic Implications
542
3
The Supernatural Christ of History
545
38
The Historicity of Jesus' Virginal Conception
547
6
The Biblical Data
547
1
Church Testimony
548
2
The Purpose of the Virginal Conception
550
3
The Historicity of Jesus' Miracles
553
6
The Biblical Data
553
1
Critical Responses
554
2
Evangelical Responses
556
1
Their Significance
557
2
The Historicity of Jesus' Transfiguration
559
6
Its Background
559
2
Its Historicity
561
2
The ``Metamorphosis'' Itself
563
1
The Voice From the Cloud
564
1
The Disciples' Question
564
1
The Historicity of Jesus' Resurrection
565
10
The First Strand of Evidence: The Empty Tomb
566
1
The Stolen Body Theory
566
1
The Swoon Theory
567
2
The Second Strand of Evidence: Jesus' Postcrucifixion Appearances
569
2
Critical Views Considered
571
4
The Historicity of Jesus' Ascension
575
8
The Biblical Data
575
3
Its Significance
578
5
The Christ of the Early Councils
583
40
The Apostolic Fathers
584
2
The Apologists
586
3
The Antignostic Fathers
589
4
Origen of Alexandria
593
3
Monarchianism
596
1
The Arian Controversy and the Council of Nicaea
597
4
Appollinarianism and the Council of Constantinople
601
2
Nestorianism and the Council of Ephesus
603
3
Eutychianism and the Council of Chalcedon
606
17
Analysis of the Definition of Chalcedon and Its Christology
608
7
Departures from the Definition
615
8
The Character of the Cross Work of Christ
623
48
The Body of Christ
625
1
The Blood of Christ
625
2
The Cross of Christ
627
1
The Death of Christ
627
2
Christ's Entire Life Work ``One Righteous Act'' of Obedience
629
2
The Biblical Data
629
1
The Character of His Obedience
630
1
The Purpose of His Obedience
631
1
Christ's Cross Work an Obedient Work of Sacrifice
631
4
His Work as High Priest
632
1
His Work as the Lamb of God
632
1
His Work as a Sacrifice
632
1
His Work as an Offering
632
1
The Significance of His Death as a Sacrifice
633
2
Christ's Obedient Cross Work of Propitiation
635
8
Expiration or Propitiation?
636
3
The Godward Reference in Propitiation
639
4
Christ's Obedient Cross Work of Reconciliation
643
8
God's Alienation or Man's?
644
7
Pagan or Christian?
651
1
Christ's Obedient Cross Work of Redemption
651
5
Deliverance by Power or Redemption by Price?
651
2
Jesus' Testimony
653
1
Peter's Testimony
654
1
John's Testimony
654
1
The Author of Hebrews' Testimony
654
1
Paul's Testimony
655
1
Redemption's Godward Reference
656
1
Redemption's Manward References
656
2
Christ's Obedient Cross Work of Destruction
658
5
Satan's Names and Titles
659
1
Satan's Actions
659
1
Power-Aspects of the Kingdom of Darkness
660
1
Christ's Triumphant Kingdom Activity over Satan
660
3
A Summary of the Scriptural Categories of Christ's Cross Work
663
1
The Absolute Necessity of Christ's Cross Work
664
3
The Perfection of Christ's Cross Work
667
4
The Divine Design Behind the Cross Work of Christ
671
32
Ten Lines of Evidence for the Doctrine of Particular Redemption
673
10
The Particularistic Vocabulary of Scripture
673
2
God's Redemptive Love Not Inclusive of Fallen Angels
675
1
The Irreversible Condition of Lost Men Already in Hell When Christ Died
675
1
The Limited Number of People, by Divine Arrangement, Who Actually Hear the Gospel
676
1
Christ's High-Priestly Work Restricted to the Elect
677
1
The Father's Particularistic Salvific Will and Work
677
1
The Death to Sin and Resurrection to Newness of Life of All Those for Whom Christ Died
678
1
The Implication in the Particularity of the Gift of Faith
679
1
The Intrinsic Efficacy of Christ's Cross Work Necessarily Exclusivistic
679
2
An Atonement of High Value Necessarily Exclusive of an Atonement of Universal Extension
681
2
Exposition of the Allegedly Universalistic Passages
683
20
The ``All'' Passages
685
11
The ``World'' Passages
696
2
The ``Christians Can Perish'' Passages
698
5
The Application of the Benefits of the Cross Work of Christ
703
102
Scriptural Warrant For the Aspects and the Order of Application
704
7
The Skeletal Framework of the Ordo in Romans 8:29--30: Effectual Calling, Justification and Glorification
704
2
The Position of Repentance Unto Life in the Skeletal Framework
706
1
The Position of Faith in Jesus Christ in the Skeletal Framework
707
1
The Positions of Adoption and Regeneration in the Skeletal Framework
707
1
Adoption
707
1
Regeneration
708
2
The Position of Definitive Sanctification in the Skeletal Framework
710
1
The Positions of Progressive Sanctification and Perseverance in Holiness in the Skeletal Framework
710
1
The Completed Order of Application
711
1
The Specific Acts and Processes in the Order of Application
711
94
Two Divine Acts
712
1
Effectual Calling
712
6
Regeneration (New Birth)
718
3
Two Divine-Human Activities (Conversion)
721
1
Repentance Unto Life
721
4
Faith in Jesus Christ
725
11
Union with Christ
736
3
Three Divine Acts
739
1
Justification
739
17
Definitive Sanctification
756
3
Adoption and the Sealing of the Spirit
759
8
Two Divine-Human Activities
767
1
Progressive Sanctification
767
14
Perseverance of the Saints
781
14
A Final Divine Act-Glorification
795
10
PART FOUR---THE CHURCH
The Nature and Foundation of the Church
805
32
The ``Assembly'' in the Old Testament
805
5
The ``Assembly'' in the New Testament
810
27
Jesus' Use of Ekklesia
811
1
Matthew 16:18
811
13
Matthew 18:17
824
1
The Ekklesia in Acts 1--12
825
2
The Ekklesia in James
827
1
The Ekklesia in Acts 13--28
828
2
The Ekklesia in Paul's Letters
830
1
The Ekklesia in Hebrews
831
2
The Ekklesia in Peter's Letters
833
1
The Ekklesia in Jude
834
1
The Ekklesia in John's Letters
834
1
The Ekklesia in John's Apocalypse
835
2
The Attributes and Marks of the Church
837
24
The Attributes of the True Church
838
8
The Church's Oneness
839
3
The Church's Holiness
842
1
The Church's Catholicity
843
1
The Church's Apostolicity
844
2
The Papal Interpretation of the Attributes
846
3
The Protestant ``Marks'' of the True Church
849
6
The True Proclamation of the Word of God
851
1
The Right Administration of the Sacraments
852
1
The Faithful Exercise of Church Discipline
853
2
Confessional Witness to the Marks of the True Church
855
6
The Authority and Duties of the Church
861
34
The Authority of the Church
861
7
Its Source
861
4
Its Nature
865
3
The Duties of the Church
868
27
The Duty to Worship and to Serve God
868
10
The Duty to Bear Witness to Divine Truth
878
2
The Duty to Evangelize and to Grow the Church
880
5
The Duty to Administer the Sacraments
885
1
The Duty to Minister to the Saints
885
1
The Nature of Ministry
886
1
The Scope of Ministry
886
2
The Goal of Ministry
888
1
The Duty to Govern Its Affairs
888
1
Authority to Enforce the Laws of Christ
888
1
Authority to Draw Up Constitutions and Manuals of Church Order
889
1
Authority to Discipline the Unruly and Reprobate
890
1
Authority to Separate Itself from Error and Unbelief
890
2
The Duty to Perform Deeds of Benevolence and Mercy
892
3
The Government of the Church
895
16
Presbyterianism
896
8
Its History
897
1
The Duties of the Eldership
897
2
Qualifications of the Eldership
899
1
The Diaconate
899
1
Presbyterian Connectionalism
900
4
Episcopacy
904
2
Congregationalism
906
1
Erastianism
907
1
The Significance of Presbyterian Church Government
908
3
The Church's Means of Grace
911
68
The Word of God as a Means of Grace
913
4
The Efficacy of the Word
915
1
The Ministry of the Word
916
1
The Sacraments as Means of Grace
917
50
Baptism
923
1
Old Testament Background
923
1
Institution
924
1
Import
925
1
Apostolic Baptisms in the New Testament
926
1
Exposition of the Pauline References to Baptism
927
3
Mode
930
5
Paedobaptism
935
15
Efficacy
950
5
The Lord's Supper
955
1
Terminology
956
1
Institution
956
1
Observance
957
2
The Relation of Christ's Presence to the Elements
959
5
Import
964
3
Prayer as a Means of Grace
967
12
Biblical Vocabulary
968
1
Prayer in the Bible
969
2
Significant Discourses on Prayer in Church History
971
2
Efficacy of Prayer
973
6
PART FIVE---LAST THINGS
Biblical Eschatology
979
88
The Debate Over Eschatology
981
5
Classic Liberal Eschatology
981
1
Consistent Eschatology
982
1
Realized Eschatology
983
1
Existential Eschatology
984
1
Dispensational Eschatology
985
1
Old Testament Eschatology
986
2
New Testament Eschatology
988
21
John the Baptist's Eschatology
990
1
Jesus' Eschatology
991
3
His Kingdom of Heaven Parables
994
5
His Olivet Discourse
999
7
Did Jesus Miscalculate the Time of His Parousia?
1006
2
Summary of Jesus' Eschatology
1008
1
James's Eschatology
1009
1
Paul's Eschatology
1009
31
The Present State
1016
1
The Intermediate State
1017
2
The Future State
1019
21
The Eschatology of Hebrews
1040
3
Peter's Eschatology
1043
3
Jude's Eschatology
1046
1
John's Eschatology
1046
21
John's Gospel Eschatology
1046
1
John's Epistolary Eschatology
1047
1
The Eschatology of John's Apocalypse
1047
20
Downgrade Trends in Contemporary Evangelical Eschatology
1067
1
The Denial of a Literal Return of Christ
1067
1
Eternal Punishment Construed as Annihilation
1068
27
The Non-Necessity of Conscious Faith in Jesus Christ for Final Salvation
1085
10
Appendices
A Two Modern Christologies
1095
10
B The New Testament Antilegomena
1105
8
C The Historicity of Paul's Conversion
1113
8
D Anselm's Satisfaction View of the Atonement
1121
4
E The Five Points of Calvinism
1125
2
F Whom Does the Man in Romans 7:14-25 Represent?
1127
6
G Selected General Theological Bibliography
1133
10
Indexes
Biblical References
1143
1
Old Testament
1143
13
New Testament
1156
35
Persons
1191
10
Subjects
1201