CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY TABLE OF CONTENTS

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1 CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY TABLE OF CONTENTS SUBJECT 1 - GOD AND REVELATION...1 INTRODUCTION...3 I. A Work Of preparation: God prepared the writers...3 II. A work of revelation: God revealed the material...3 III. A Work Of inspiration: God inspired the writing...3 IV. A Work of preservation: God preserves the Record...3 V. A work of interpretation: God interprets the meaning...4 DOCTRINE OF INSPIRATION OF THE BIBLE...5 INTRODUCTION:...5 I. TESTIMONY OF CHRIST TO THE INSPIRATION OF THE BIBLE...6 II. THE TESTIMONY OF THE BIBLE WRITERS...12 III. THE NATURE OF INSPIRATION...13 SUBJECT 2 THE PERSONS OF THE TRIUNE GOD...17 INTRODUCTION...19 I. SELF-REVELATION...22 II. PERSONALITY OF GOD...26 III. UNITY OF GOD...32 IV. GREATNESS OF GOD...34 V. GOODNESS OF GOD...39 VI. CHRISTLIKENESS OF GOD...50 VII. THE TRIUNITY OF GOD...51 DOCTRINE OF THE SON...57 INTRODUCTION...57 I. THE PREEXISTANCE OF CHRIST...58 II. THE DEITY OF CHRIST...60 III. THE INCARNATION OF CHRIST...71 IV. THE VIRGIN BIRTH...80 V. THE HUMANITY OF CHRIST...89 VI. THE PERSON OF CHRIST...92 VII. THE DEATH OF CHRIST...96 VIII. THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST IX. THE ASCENSION OF CHRIST DOCTRINE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT I. THE PERSONALITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT II. THE DEITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT III. THREE WRONG VIEWS IV. THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT V. THE INDWELLING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT VI. THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT VII. THE INFILLING OF THE SPIRIT VIII. POSSIBLE SINS AGAINST THE HOLY SPIRIT SUBJECT 3 GOD AND THE WORLD INTRODUCTION I. GOD S PURPOSE AND PLAN II. GOD S WORK OF CREATION III. GOD S WORK OF PRESERVATION IV.. GOD S WORK IN PROVIDENCE...148

2 DOCTRINE OF ANGELS I. EXISTENCE II. NAMES APPLIED ANGELS III. ORIGIN IV. NATURE V. APPEARANCE VI. MORAL CHARACTER VII. POWERS VIII. NUMBERS, ORGANIZATION, and RANK IX. POSITION OF ANGELS IN RELATION TO MAN AND CHRIST X. OCCUPATIONS (in general) XI. SPECIAL MINISTRIES OF GOOD ANGELS XII. SPECIAL MANIFESTATIONS OF ANGELS XIII. ABODE OF ANGELS XIV. JUDGEMENT AND PUNISHMENT OF EVIL ANGELS DOCTRINE OF SATAN I. EXISTENCE, PERSONALITY AND NATURE OF SATAN II. NAMES APPLIED TO SATAN III. MAIN PERIODS OF SATAN S CAREER AND DESTINY IV. ORIGINAL STATE AND MORAL CHARACTER V. SATAN S FALL AND ITS RESULTS VI. PRESENT CHARACTER OF SATAN (since the fall) VII. PRESENT ABODE OF SATAN VIII. THE PRESENT POSITION OF SATAN IX. PRESENT POWERS OF SATAN X. PRESENT WORK AND METHODS OF SATAN XI. SATAN AND THE REDEMPTIVE WORK OF CHRIST XII. THE LIMITATIONS OF SATAN XIII. CHRISTIAN S ATTITUDE TOWARD SATAN XIV. THE EXISTENCE OF DEMONS DOCTRINE OF MAN I. Origin of Man II. Man was created in the Image of God, after His likeness III. Man s original environment, and his position and state within it IV. MAN S MENTAL ENDOWMENT BY ORIGINAL CREATION V. SOME DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MAN AND THE ANIMAL WORLD VI. GOD S PURPOSE IN CREATING MAN VII. MAN S ORIGINAL MORAL NATURE BY CREATION VIII. THE MORAL TESTING OF MAN IX. THE TEMPTATION OF MAN X. THE FALL OF MAN Gen. 2:16-17, 3: XI. THE IMMEDIATE CONSEQUENCES OF THE FALL XII. RESULTS OF THE FALL ON HUMAN RACE XIII. SOME QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS XIV. BEGINNINGS OF CIVILIZATION IN A FALLEN RACE. (Gen. 4) DOCTRINE OF SIN I. THE NATURE OF SIN II. ORIGIN OF SIN III. EXTENT OF SIN IV. CONSEOUENCES OF SIN V. SOME PROBLEMS VI. IS THERE SUCH A THING AS AN UNPARDONABLE SIN? SUBJECT 4 SALVATION AND THE CHRISTIAN LIFE I. MEANING OF THE BIBLICAL TERMS II. THE COMPREHENSIVE NATURE OF CHRISTIAN SALVATION III. HOW IS SALVATION BROUGHT TO MEN?...199

3 IV. How IS SALVATION RECEIVED BY men? V. SOmE PROBLEMS DOCTRINE OF GRACE I. MEANING AND USAGE OF THE GREEK WORD II. THE NATURE OF GRACE IN RELATION TO GOD III. THE SOURSE AND MEDIATOR OF GRACE IV. GRACE AND LAW V. THE DISPENSATIONAL ASPECTS OF GRACE VI. THE ALL-INCLUSIVE WORK OF GRACE VII. WRONG ATTITUDES TOWARD GRACE VIII. THE POPULAR OBJECTION TO THE DOCTRINE OF GRACE: Encourage men to go DOCTRINE OF LAW AND THE CHRISTIAN BELIEVER I. WHAT IS THE LAW IN GENERAL NEW TESTAMENT USAGE? II. UNDER WHAT CONDITIONS COULD THIS LAW SAVE? III. WHY WAS THIS LAW IMPORTANT TO SAVE MEN? IV. WHAT, THEN, WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE LAW? V. WHAT IS THE RELATION OF THIS LAW TO THE JEW? VI. WHAT IS THE RELATION OF THIS WRITTEN LAW TO GENTILES? VII. IS THE CHRISTIAN UNDER LAW? VIII. WHAT IS THE DANGER OF putting CHRISTIANS UNDER LAW? IX. WHAT IS THE OBJECTIVE STANDARD OF LIFE FOR THE CHRISTIAN BELIEVER? X. WHAT IS THE PROPER WAY TO USE THE LAW? XI. SOME QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS DOCTRINE OF ELECTION I. THE BIBLICAL IDEA OF ELECTION II. BIBLICAL MEANING OF ELECTION AS APPLIED TO SAVED PERSONS III. THE BIBLICAL PROOF OF SUCH AN ELECTION IV. THE BIBLICAL DEFEnse OF THE PRINCIPLE OF DIVINE ELECTION V. THE BIBLICAL GROUND OF DIVINE ELECTION VI. THE BIBLICAL PURPOSE OF ELECTION VII. THE BIBLICAL EVIDENCES OF ELECTION VIII. THE BIBLICAL WAY OF TEACHING THE TRUTH OF ELECTION IX. SOME PRACTICAL VALUES OF THIS DOCTRINE X. SOME QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS DOCTRINE OF CALLING I. THE BIBLE SPEAKS OF A CALL OF GOD WHICH INVITES ALL WHO HEAR TO II. The Bible speaks of a Call which not only invites but actually brings sinners III. The means through which God extends this efficacious Call to salvation: IV. THE GLORIOUS NATURE OF THIS CALL DOCTRINE OF REPENTANCE i. THE OLD TESTAMENT WORDS ii. THE NEW TESTAMENT WORDS III. THE NATURE OF TRUE REPENTANCE IV. RELATION OF REPENTANCE TO FAITH AND CONVERSION V. The DISPENSATIONAL ASPECTS OF REPENTANCE VI. THE PREACHING OF REPENTANCE VII. PROBLEMS AND WRONG VIEWS DOCTRINE OF FAITH i. THE NEW. TESTAMENT WORDS AND THEIR USAGE ii. THE NATURE OF SAVING FAITH III. THE OBJECTS OF SAVING FAITH IV. ORIGIN AND FOUNDATION OF SAVING FAITH V. THE GROWTH AND VERIFIACTION OF SAVING FAITH VI. RESULTS AND EVIDENCES OF FAITH VII QUESTIONS DOCTRINE OF CONVERSION...245

4 I. THE BIBLE TERMS AND THEIR MEANING II. NATURE OF CONVERSION III. RESULT OF CONVERSION IV. QUESTIONS: DOCTRINE OF UNION WITH CHIRST I. THE FACT OF THE BELIEVER S UNION WITH CHRIST II. THE NATURE OF THIS UNION WITH CHRIST III. RESULT OF THIS UNION WITH CHRIST IV. EVIDENCES OF THIS UNION WITH CHRIST V. THE GREAT PRACTICAL APPEAL OF THIS TRUTH DOCTRINE OF JUSTIFICATION I. THE PLACE OF JUSTIFICTION IN THE BIBLE II. MEANING OF THE TERM JUSTIFY III. THE GREAT PROBLEM OF JUSTIFICATION IV. THE DIVINE SOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM V. THE METHOD OF SECRING THIS JUSTIFICATION VI. THE RESULT OF JUSTIFICATION VII. THE GUARNTEE OF OUR JUSTIFICATION VIII. THE FOUR GREAT ASPECTS OF JUSTIFICATION IX. PROBLEMS DOCTRINE OF REGENERATION I. MEANING AND USAGE OF THE TERM II. THE UNFOLDING OF THE DOCTRINE OF REGENERATION IN SCRIPTURE III. BIBLICAL BACKGROUND OF DOCTRINE OF REGENERATION IV. THE NATURE OF REGENARATION V. THE WORK OF REGENERATION: Men are said to be VI. THE EVIDENCES OF REGENERATION VII. THE DIVINE PURPOSE IN REGENERATION VIII. PROBLEMS DOCTRINE OF ADOPTION I. THE MEANING AND USAGE OF THE WORDS II. THE GENERAL NATURE OF N.T. ADOPTION III. THE POSSESSIONS OF SONSHIP IV. THE EVIDENCES OF SONSHIP. Sons of God are: V. FUTURE MANIFESTATION OF OUR SONSHIP VI. PRACTICAL VALUES OF THIS TRUTH DOCTRINE OF SANCTIFICATION I. OUR PAST SANCTIFICATION II. PRESENT SANCTIFICATION III. FUTURE SANCTIFICATION IV. GENERAL CONCLUSION DOCTRINE OF ETERNAL SECURITY I. A PRELIMINARY DEFINITION OF THE DOCTRINE II. BIBLICAL BASIS OF THE DOCTRINE OF SECURITY III. DIFFICULT PASSAGE IV. PROBLEMS AND OBJECTIONS SUBJECT 5 THE KINGDOM OF GOD THE GREATNESS OF THE KINGDOM THE DOCTRINE OF THE KINGDOM I. The Greatness of the Kingdom II. Various interpretative ideas about the Kingdom III. Definitions and distinctions for this study IV. The Universal Kingdom of God PART II -A STUDY OF THE MEDIATORIAL KINGDOM PROPER I. The Mediatorial Idea in Old Testament History...316

5 THE MEDIATORIAL KINGDOM IN OLD TESTAMENT PROPHECY I. The Nature of Kingdom Prophecy II. The interpretation of Kingdom Prophecy III. Extent of Old Testament Kingdom Prophecy IV. The Character of Government in Kingdom V. The External Organization of the Kingdom VI. The Extensive Nature of the Mediatorial Kingdom VII. The Extent and Duration of the Kingdom THE KINGDOM IN THE GOSPELS I. The Announcement of the Kingdom II. The Identity of the Kingdom III. The Rejection of the King and His Kingdom IV. The Preparatory Teaching of Christ about the Kingdom THE MEDIATORIAL KINGDOM IN THE PERIOD OF THE ACTS THE MEDIATORIAL KINGDOM DURING THE PRESENT CHURCH AGE THE MEDIATORIAL KINGDOM IN THE MILLENNIAL AGE THE MEDIATORIAL KINGDOM IN THE ETERNAL KINGDOM OF GOD SUBJECT 6 THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH INTRODUCTION THE UNIVERSAL CHURCH I. THE REVELATION OF THE CHURCH II. THE HISTORICAL BEGINNING OF THE CHURCH III. THE UNITY OF THE CHURCH IV. THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE CHURCH V. THE NATURE OF THE CHURCH VI. THE POSITION OF THE CHURCH IN ITS VARIOUS RELATIONS VII. THE GIFTS AND MISSION OF THE CHURCH VIII. THE DIVINE PURPOSE IN THE CHURCH IX. THE CONSUMMATION OF THE CHURCH X. THE EXTERNAL ORGANIZATION OF THE CHURCH THE LOCAL CHURCH I. THE NATURE AND PURPOSE OF THE LOCAL CHURCH II. THE MEMBERSHIP IN THE LOCAL CHURCH III. ORGANIZATION OF THE LOCAL CHURCH IV. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE LOCAL CHURCH V. THE OFFICES IN THE CHURCH VI. DISCIPLINE IN THE CHURCH VII. RELATION OF LOCAL CHURCHES TO ONE ANOTHER VIII. THE WORSHIP OF THE CHURCH SUBJECT 7 THE LAST THINGS VARIOUS THEORIES OF CHRIST S SECOND COMING INADEQUATE THEORIES THE BIBLICAL DOCTRINE OF CHRIST S SECOND COMING SECOND COMING IN THE OLD TESTAMENT SECOND COMING IN THE NEW TESTAMENT PRACTICAL VALUE OF THE DOCTRINE OF THE SECOND COMING THE SECOND COMING AND THE ANTICHRIST THE RESURRECTION PHYSICAL DEATH THE INTERMEDIATE STATE THE DOCTRINE OF JUDGMENT THE FINAL STATE OF THE UNSAVED ANNIHILATIONISM...462

6 EVERLASTING PUNISHMENT ROMANS THE DOCTINES OF GRACE Salutation PERSONAL COMMUNICATION THE THEME OF ROMANS CONDEMNATION OR THE WRATH OF GOD REVEALED SALVATION OR THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD REVEALED The Results of Justification VINDICATION OR THE WISDOM OF GOD REVEALED - 9:1-11: EXHORTATION, OR THE WILL OF GOD REVEALED CONCULSION 16: MCCLAINS S STUDENT BOOK LIST BOOK LIST SORTED BY AUTHORS LAST NAME BOOK LIST SORTED BY TITLE BOOK LIST SORTED BY CATEGORY...571