in one volume Geisler, Norman L. creator text bibliography mnu Minneapolis, MN Bethany House c2011 2011 Condensed. monographic eng

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1664 p. ; hbk ; 24 cm. Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE INTRODUCTION [PROLEGOMENA] -- 1.Introduction -- 2.God: The Metaphysical Precondition -- 3.Miracles: The Supernatural Precondition -- 4.Revelation: The Revelational Precondition -- 5.Logic: The Rational Precondition -- 6.Meaning: The Semantical Precondition -- 7.Truth: The Epistemological Precondition -- 8.Exclusivism: The Oppositional Precondition -- 9.Language: The Linguistic Precondition -- 10.Interpretation: The Hermeneutical Precondition -- 11.Historiography: The Historical Precondition -- 12.Method: The Methodological Precondition -- pt. TWO BIBLE [BIBLIOLOGY] -- Section One Biblical -- 13.The Origin and Inspiration of the Bible -- 14.The Divine Nature of the Bible -- 15.The Human Nature of the Bible -- 16.Jesus and the Bible -- Section Two Historical -- 17.Church Fathers on the Bible -- 18.The Historical Church on the Bible -- 19.The History of Destructive Biblical Criticism -- 20.Liberalism on the Bible -- Contents note continued: 21.Neo-Orthodoxy on the Bible -- 22.Neo-Evangelicals on the Bible -- 23.Evangelicals on the Bible -- 24.Fundamentalism on the Bible -- Section Three Theological -- 25.The Historicity of the Old Testament -- 26.The Historicity of the New Testament -- 27.The Inerrancy of the Bible -- 28.The Canonicity of the Bible -- pt. THREE GOD [THEOLOGY PROPER] -- 29.Introduction -- 30.God's Pure Actuality and Simplicity -- 31.God's Aseity and Necessity -- 32.God's Immutability and Eternality -- 33.God's Impassibility and Infinity -- 34.God's Immateriality and Immensity -- 35.God's Omnipotence and Omnipresence -- 36.God's Omniscience -- 37.God's Wisdom and Light -- 38.God's Majesty, Beauty, and Ineffability -- 39.God's Life and Immortality -- 40.God's Unity and Triunity -- 41.God's Holiness and Righteousness -- 42.God's Jealousy and Perfection -- 43.God's Truthfulness and Goodness (Love) -- 44.God's Mercy and Wrath -- 45.A Response to God's Attributes -- Contents note continued: pt. FOUR CREATION -- 46.Alternative Views on Creation -- 47.The Origin of Material Creation -- 48.The Creation of Spiritual Creatures (Angels) -- 49.The Sustenance of All Creation -- 50.God's Transcendence Over and Immanence in Creation -- 51.God's Sovereignty Over Creation -- 52.God's Providence in Creation -- pt. FIVE HUMANITY AND SIN [ANTHROPOLOGY AND HAMARTIOLOGY] -- 53.The Origin of Human Beings -- 54.The Nature of Human Beings -- 55.The Origin of Sin -- 56.The Nature of Sin -- 57.The Effects of Sin -- 58.The Defeat of Sin -- pt. SIX SALVATION [SOTERIOLOGY] -- 59.The Origin of Salvation -- 60.The Theories of Salvation -- 61.The Nature of Salvation -- 62.The Evidence of Salvation -- 63.The Assurance of Salvation -- 64.The Extent of Salvation (Limited or Unlimited Atonement) -- 65.The Extent of Salvation (Universalism) -- 66.The Exclusivity of Salvation (Pluralism) -- 67.The Results of Salvation (Infants and Heathen) -- Contents note continued: 68.The Condition for Salvation -- 69.The Contents of Salvation -- pt. SEVEN THE CHURCH [ECCLESIOLOGY] -- 70.The Origin of the Church -- 71.The Nature of the Universal Church -- 72.The Nature of the Visible Church(es) -- 73.The Government of the Visible Church -- 74.The Ordinances of the Visible Church -- 75.The Ministry of the Visible Church (Spiritual Gifts) -- 76.The Relationship of the Church to the State -- pt. EIGHT LAST THINGS [ESCHATOLOGY] -- 77.The Intermediate State and the Resurrection -- 78.The Final State of the Saved (Heaven) -- 79.The Final State of the Lost (Hell) -- 80.The Alleged Temporary State of the Saved (Purgatory) -- 81.Annihilationism -- 82.The Interpretation of Prophecy -- 83.The Kingdom of God -- 84.The Covenants of God -- 85.The Second Coming and the Millennium -- 86.The Tribulation and the Rapture -- Appendices -- 1.Christology -- 2.Biblical References to Creation -- 3.Various Views of the "Days" of Genesis -- Contents note continued: 4.The Age of the Earth -- 5.The Scientific Evidence for Creation -- 6.Pneumatology -- 7.Wesleyan Perfectionism -- 8.Only the Apostles Spoke in Tongues at Pentecost -- 9.Liberation Theology -- 10.Ultradispensationalism -- 11.Reincarnation. Norman L. Geisler. Includes bibliography (p. 1573-1597) and indexes. Theology, Doctrinal BT75.3 .G45 2011 230/.04624 9780764206030 (hardcover : alk. paper) 2011025217 DLC 110617 20150625151447.0 000047231352