Christian witness today -- Mystery and revelation -- The power of God unto salvation -- God's providing, ordering, and caring -- Chosen before the foundation of the world -- A new heaven and a new earth -- The presence and the power of God.
Part 1. The Method and Task of Theology -- 1. Who is a Theologian? -- 2. Who Says So? The Problem of Authority -- Part 2. God and Human Beings -- 3. How can we find God? The Doctrine of General Revelation -- 4. How does God find us? The Doctrine of Special Revelation -- 5. Who is God? The Doctrine of the Trinity -- 6. What is God like? The Doctrine of the Attributes of God -- 7. What does God w…
Introduction: The competitive constitutional church -- Too big : the inclusive liberal church of Charles A. Brigg -- Too small : the pure conservative church of J. Gresham Machen -- Just right : the loyalist constitutional church of the Special Commission of 1925 -- The half-story of the fidelity and chastity competition -- What is normal in the Presbyterian church today? -- Practical principle…
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction / Stanley Hauerwas -- Freedom (Acts 16:16-40) -- Living sacrifice (Romans 12:1-8) -- Be imitators of Me (Philippians 3 :17-21) -- Ordinary people (Ruth 1:1-19a) -- Who are these? (Revelation 7:9-17) -- One though Master? (Matthew 25:14-28) -- The day of the Lord (Amos 5:18-24) -- Now (Mark 13:32-37) -- More (Isaiah 61:1-4,8-11) -- Here (Luke 2:1-20) -- Postscript / William H. Willi…
Beginnings -- Crisis -- Guess Who's Coming to Church -- Learning to Be a Pastor -- Coping with Death -- Preaching to Both Heart and Mind -- Faith Questions -- Becoming a Reconciling Congregation -- Meeting the Press -- Crisis in the White House -- The Culture War -- The Conclusion of the Clinton Presidency -- Endings.
Includes bibliographical references (v. 2, pages 213-214) and index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-144).