Introducing Christian doctrine / [print]
Millard J. Erickson ; edited by L. Arnold Hustad.
- second edition.
- Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Academic, (c)2001.
- 436 pages ; 22 cm.
PART ONE: THE DOING OF THEOLOGY -- The study of God ; -- Contemporizing the Christian message PART TWO: GOD'S REVELATION -- God's universal revelation ; -- God's particular revelation ; -- The preservation of the revelation: inspiration ; -- The dependability of God's word: inerrancy ; -- The power of God's word: authority PART THREE: THE NATURE OF GOD -- The doctrine of God ; -- The greatness of God ; -- The goodness of God ; -- God's three-in-oneness: the trinity PART FOUR: THE WORK OF GOD -- God's plan ; -- God's originating work: creation ; -- God's continuing work: providence ; -- Evil and God's world: a special problem ; -- God's special agents: angels PART FIVE: HUMANITY -- Introduction to the doctrine of humanity ; -- The image of God in the human ; -- The constitutional nature of the human PART SIX: SIN -- The nature and source of sin ; -- The results of sin ; -- The magnitude of sin PART SEVEN: THE PERSON OF CHRIST -- The deity of Christ ; -- The humanity of Christ ; -- The unity of the person of Christ PART EIGHT: THE WORK OF CHRIST -- Introduction to the work of Christ ; -- The central theme of atonement PART NINE: THE HOLY SPIRIT -- The person of the Holy Spirit ; -- The work of the Holy Spirit PART TEN:SALVATION -- Conceptions of salvation ; -- The antecedent to salvation: predestination ; -- The beginning of salvation: subjective aspects ; -- The beginning of salvation: objective aspects ; -- The continuation and completion of salvation PART ELEVEN: THE CHURCH -- The nature of the church ; -- The role and government of the church ; -- The ordinances of the church PART TWELVE: THE LAST THINGS -- Introductory matters and individual eschatology ; -- The second coming and its consequences ; -- Millennial and tribulational views ; -- Final states.