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Reformed Theology
A dynamic array of scholars here inspects the role of the Reformed confessional tradition in the reading and interpretation of Scripture. Written by contributors not only from the West but also from Hungary, Romania, India, South Africa, and China, these essays recognize the influence of one??'s context in doing exegetical work. Wide-ranging and lucid, Reformed Theology: Identity and Ecumenicity II is an excellent resource for readers looking to examine current biblical and theological trends in Reformed thought. Contributors: Denise M. Ackermann Peter Balla Brian K. Blount Hendrik Bosman H. Russel Botman William P. Brown H. J. Bernard Combrink Beverly Roberts Gaventa Zsolt Gereb Theodore Hiebert Jaqueline E. Lapsley Bernard Lategan James Luther Mays J. Clinton McCann Jr. Alexander J. McKelway Patrick D. Miller Elna Mouton Piet J. Naud? Ed Noort E. A. Obeng Douglas F. Ottati Ronald A. Piper Cynthia L. Rigby D. R. Sadananda Konrad Schmid Dirk Smit Iain Torrance Hans Weder Carver T. Yu
Christ Above All
Look to Christ, the ultimate revelation of God. The letter to the Hebrews asks questions aimed at the heart of what it looks like for Christians to walk in Christ's footsteps. How should Christians relate to the Old Testament? What are we to make of the New Testament's urgent pleas to persevere in the faith? Can we really lose our salvation? How does Jesus model both humility in his humanity and the glory of God through his earthly life? These questions continue to be fiercely debated by Christians. The ancient letter to the Hebrews answers all by focusing on Christ's magnificent love and greatness. In Christ Above All, Adrio König puts readers in the shoes of the original audience of Hebrews and shows how, in a world full of competing claims to power and authority, Christ--in all his glory and humanity--really does surpass all others. In the Transformative Word series, you'll read the Bible with a global cast of church leaders and scholars. In conversational tone, contributors from around the world explain the importance of a biblical book, showing how it can transform your life.
Christian Identity
The volume offers contributions reflecting the understanding of Christian identity in the midst of changing cultural, socio-economic, political and religious context in a a globalized world.
Here Am I!
Adrio Kšnig is among those theologians in South Africa who are attempting to break away from a traditional fundamentalist approach to the Bible typical of an older Dutch generation raised on the Neo-Calvinism of Abraham Kuyper. This younger generation of Reformed theologians from South Africa wants to make use of a far wider theological spectrum than merely the Netherlands. This book, focusing on the doctrine of God, is an excellent example of contemporary theological thinking by an outstanding member of this generation. Kšnig strongly asserts that his book is unlike most doctrines of God in that it is not about God-in-himself as is most scholastic and classical Protestant theology, but rather about God in certain relationships: While God does exist over and above his relationships and his actions and is thus more and greater than his deeds and relationships . . . it is only through his deeds and relationships that we know God. Kšnig goes on to explore specifically four relationships--God to the gods, God to man, God to history, and God to the future.
Who, Where, and What Is God?
The God worshiped by Jews, Christians, and Muslims never existed. This book demonstrates clearly and decisively that it is impossible that the God of the sacred Scriptures, deemed to be an omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, caring, benevolent, and just creator and ruler of the universe, could ever exist. Should he be the creator who designed the universe, then he would have been powerless to formulate any other axioms of mathematics, logics, jurisprudence, or ethics that we do have and, therefore, he cannot be the highest authority in the universe. Neither is he able to regulate the universe on a quantum level. All these eternal and immutable axioms may, nevertheless, be described as the mind of an impersonal God. This book is meant for theologians, philosophers, and everybody else interested in religious matters.
Christ and Theology
Tracing the relationship between Christ-centered biblical theology and the so-called Great Tradition, this book seeks to remedy often self-diagnosed weaknesses in evangelical (gospel-centered) hermeneutics. Meeting charges, first, that redemptive-historical approaches to Scripture tend to de-theologize the Bible, and second, that theological approaches tend to de-historicize the Bible, Scott Stine appropriates Calvin’s famous “spectacles” metaphor to propose a hermeneutical method that orients the Scripture reader both upward (theologically) and forward (redemptive-historically). The outcome is a unique approach called typological realism, emphasizing that God reveals his good purposes along a typological trajectory, inviting believers to participate in the journey. This book does not seek to offer anything “new” to Christian interpretation of Scripture, but to join together features from oft-used approaches that not only fit together thematically but also remedy reductive tendencies. The goal is to help those listening to Scripture as God’s shepherding voice to hear the fullness of his revelation, the purposeful process that culminates in the Beatific Vision.
Against Calvinism
Calvinist theology has been debated and promoted for centuries. But is it a theology that should last? Roger Olson suggests that Calvinism, also commonly known as Reformed theology, holds an unwarranted place in our list of accepted theologies. In Against Calvinism, readers will find scholarly arguments explaining why Calvinist theology is incorrect and how it affects God’s reputation. Olson draws on a variety of sources, including Scripture, reason, tradition, and experience, to support his critique of Calvinism and the more historically rich, biblically faithful alternative theologies he proposes. Addressing what many evangelical Christians are concerned about today—so-called “new Calvinism,” a movement embraced by a generation labeled as “young, restless, Reformed” —Against Calvinism is the only book of its kind to offer objections from a non-Calvinist perspective to the current wave of Calvinism among Christian youth. As a companion to Michael Horton’s For Calvinism, readers will be able to compare contrasting perspectives and form their own opinions on the merits and weaknesses of Calvinism.
Where Is the Promise of His Coming?
The New Testament contains numerous statements by Jesus and New Testament authors that seem to suggest that Jesus was coming back soon, in their lifetime! But two thousand years later here we still are. How do we handle this apparent “failed prophecy”? Did Jesus and his followers get it wrong? Did they miscalculate the timing of Jesus’ return? Or were Jesus and the authors of the New Testament anticipating something else? The purpose of this book is to examine this issue by looking in detail at the New Testament texts that seem to promise that Christ is coming back right away. It will provide a possible answer to these questions in light of the tension between the promised imminent return of Christ and its delay.
"Jesus Is Victor!"
IN THIS INNOVATIVE WORK, Christian T. Collins Winn examines the role played by the Pietist pastors Johann Christoph Blumhardt (1805-1880) and Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt (1842-1919) in the development of Karl Barth's theology. The disparate theological themes and dynamics of the two Blumhardts were crystallized in their eschatology, and Collins Winn argues that as early as 1916 Barth had appropriated this "Blumhardtian eschatological deposit" in ways fundamental to his own theological development. Against the grain of current Barth scholarship, this book establishes how the theology of the Blumhardts, though critically reconstructed, was not merely an episodic influence on Barth's work. Instead, the Blumhardts had a complex and enduring impact on Barth, such that their imprint can be detected even in the mature theology of his Church Dogmatics. In treading new ground into Barth's theological formation, Jesus Is Victor! represents an important contribution to the field of Barth studies.
In These Last Days
Offering a "big picture" of divine revelation, Graeme Goldsworthy's In These Last Days: The Dynamics of Biblical Revelation underscores the importance of the historical nature of divine revelation. God is not static; he acts in history, which is why not all parts of Scripture relate in exactly the same way to other portions of Scripture. Acknowledging these historical acts, Goldsworthy invites readers to a more careful reading and application of Scripture. Unless we read texts in terms of their location in the progress of divine revelation, Goldsworthy contends that we will inevitably misunderstand and misapply those biblical texts. The book comprises four sections: The Word of God The Being of God The Doing of God The People of God In an age of growing biblical illiteracy, In These Last Days provides basic biblical and theological literacy for how the church can rightly divide and apply the Word for its daily lives.
