Subject Index

Abelard, 109

ACTS (acronym), 183

Adam, 37, 45, 47, 50, 91

as everyman, 67

as federal head, 65–66

as progenitor of humankind, 66–67

sin of, 63–69, 105

adoration, in prayer, 183

agnosticism, 10

alienation, 70–71, 75, 111, 156

“Amazing Grace” (hymn), 142, 166

amillennialism, 219, 222–23, 269

angels, 51, 52, 53, 236

annihilationism, 243–44

Anselm, 3–4, 106–9

anthropology, xix

antichrist, 214

apologetic, 7, 10, 83, 269

Apostles’ Creed, 120

Aristotle, 180

assensus, 146–47

associational principle, 208–9

assurance, 231

Athanasius, 128

atheism, 2–3, 10, 269

atonement, 104–10, 269

authoritarianism, 211

baptism, 159–60, 183, 194, 196, 197–202, 228

Basil, 18

Bavinck, Herman, 66n7

being, and Trinity, 261

believer’s baptism, 201n12

“believer’s baptist” position, 194–95

Bellah, Robert, 185n21

Bible. See Scripture

biblical theology, xviii

bishops, 209

Blondie (comic strip), 215–16

Blondin, Charles, 148

body of Christ, church as, 91, 172, 199

born again, 154

Bourne Identity (film), 39

breath, 121

Buddhism, xix

Calvin, John, 7, 108, 197n8

Calvin and Hobbes (comic strip), 53

Camping, Harold, 214

Cappadocian fathers, 18

Carroll, Lewis, 145–46

Cauthen, Kenneth, 171n3

charismatic movement, 31–32n14, 119, 183, 195

children of God, 178

Christ (title), 123

Christian belief, 258

Christian life, xxi, xxii, 139

Christian vision, 258–59

Christlikeness, 162

Christology, xix

church

as community, 178, 188

as congregation, 173

as fellowshiping people, 116, 176–79

as future-oriented people, 173–76

identity of, 170

mandate of, 207

mission of, x, 179–84

as mixed company, 194

as pioneer community, 170, 191

as relational people, 171–73

theological heritage of, xxiv, xxv–xxvi

church membership, 192–96

church powers, 202

“circle of life,” 217

communion, 202. See also Lord’s Supper

community, 13

alienation from, 246–47

and commitment, 196–205

and fellowship, 176–79, 258–59

freedom for, 156

fullness of, 164–65, 218, 223–24, 250–53

and gospel proclamation, 157

and Holy Spirit, 124, 135–36

and image of God, 49–51

incorporation into, 158–60, 196, 200

and judgment, 240

and justification, 155

life in, 90, 93, 115

living in the world, 186

membership in, 192–96

of memory and hope, 185

organization of, 205–11

and purposes of God, x, 236

and sin, 61–62, 68

and theology, xxvi–xxvii

and Trinity, 257

See also church

condemnation, 70, 71–73, 240, 269

conditional immortality, 243

conditional sanctification, 161–62

confession, in prayer, 183

congregations, 202

consummation, 219, 224–25, 231, 254

conversion, xxi–xxii, 12, 143–60, 202, 269

convertive piety, xiii, 156n10, 261

convictions, xvii–xviii, xxi

cosmic judgment, 237–38

cosmological proofs, 3, 4–5, 269

cosmos, renewal of, 247–50

Council of Constantinople (381), 17, 125n2

Council of Nicaea (325), 17

covenant of works, 66n7

creation, 33–37

completion of, 248

glorification of, 254

liberation of, 125, 237

restoration of, 113–16, 218

telos of, 215

creeds and confessions, xxv, 269

cults, xxn4

culture, xi, xxiv, xxv

Dawkins, Bobby, 32n14

Dawkins, Richard, 6

Day of Atonement, 112

Dayton, Donald, 261

deacons, 209

dead, “held by God,” 231–32

death, 226–33

decay and death, 237

declaration, worship as, 182

demons, 51–55, 236

Denver Seminary, 261

depravity, 70, 74–75, 111, 113, 156, 257, 270

Descartes, René, 4

devil, 236

dictation theory (inspiration of Scripture), 131

discipleship, xxiv, 22–24, 156, 159, 160, 176, 195, 199

disembodied state, 230

dispensationalism, 174, 213, 220–21, 270

dominion, 47–48

dynamic atonement, 105–6, 270

Eastern Orthodox Church, 106

Eastern religions, 75

Eastman, Dick, 186n23, 187n24

ecclesiology, xix

edification, 183–85, 188, 201, 208, 270

ekklesia, 171, 270

elders, 209

emotions, xxiii, 144

empowerment, 156, 270

enslavement, 70, 73–75, 111, 156, 270

entertainment, 191

Erickson, Millard, 207n18

eschatology, xix, 175, 214–33, 270

eternal life, 223, 230, 240

eternal punishment, 244

eternity, 29–31, 96

Eucharist, 202, 270. See also Lord’s Supper

evangelism, 185–87

excommunication, 193–94

expiation, 112, 270

faith, xxi, xxiii–xxiv, 145–48, 151

fall, 63–65, 68–69

family, people of God as, 154

Family Circus (comic strip), 119

Father, 23

and creation, 34

fellowship with, 155

federal headship, 65–66

fellowship, 176–79

in community, 13, 49–51, 129, 173, 251

with creation, 93–94

with God, 93–94, 258

of Lord’s Supper, 204–5

with others, 93–94, 259

fiducia, 147–48

final judgment, 72

fire, 246

Franke, John R., xiii, 262

freedom, 155–56, 270

free will, 73

future sovereignty, 36

Garden of Eden, 45, 50, 68, 71, 252

Garfield (comic strip), 225

German Baptist, 261

giving, 183

glorification, 163–65, 253–54, 270

glorifying God, 179–80

God

as compassionate, 32

as creator, 33–37, 42–43

eternality of, 29–31, 270

freedom of, 28, 33

glory of, 179–80

goodness of, 32

holiness of, 21, 32

immanence of, 25–26, 270

incomprehensibility of, 11, 27

love of, 20–22, 24, 34, 50, 127, 129, 178, 245

as noncontingent cause, 5

as person, 27–29

as relational, 24–33

self-revelation of, 11

sovereignty of, 35–36, 48, 271

as spirit, 26–27, 126

transcendence of, 25–26, 272

unity and diversity of, 18–20

will of, 27

Godforsakenness, 114, 116

gospel, progress of, 224

grace, 72

Greek philosophy, 3, 29, 92, 229n31

Gregory of Nazianzus, 18

Gregory of Nyssa, 18

Grenz, Stanley J.

as “pietist with a PhD,” xiii, 263

on the Trinity, 16n1, 17n2

head, heart, and hand, 259

heaven, 230, 248

Hegel, Georg, 4

hell, 230, 242, 245–46

heresy, xx

Hinduism, xix

historical theology, xviii

historic premillennialism, 220

history

goal of, 125

meaning of, 216–19

holiness, 160–63, 270

Holy Spirit, 78, 116

as Addresser, 120, 133–39

and the church, 123–24

as Completer, 120, 128–29, 142–43

and consummation, 254

in conversion, 149–60

and creation, 35, 122

divinity of, 17, 120

endowment of, 122

and history, 125

and illumination, 152, 153

indwelling presence of, 153–54, 155, 258

in the Old Testament, 121–23

as person, 120, 126–29

in providence, 122

and sanctification, 160–63

and Scriptures, 129–39, 262

as “silent” member of the Trinity, 23, 119

as Spirit of relationship between Father and Son, 125–29

homoousios, 17

hope, 227, 231, 232

human dignity, 44, 47

human government, 55

humanity

creatureliness of, 40–45

God’s purposes for, 44–45

judgment on, 238–41

self-transcendence of, 41, 271

unity of, 45

human utopia, 217–18

humility, 180

hypostaseis, 18

“I am,” 28

identity, 40, 56, 158, 259

idolatry, 9

illumination, 132–33, 152, 153, 270

image of God, 46–51, 56, 270

Immanuel, 79, 80, 84

immortality, 229–30

incarnation, 94–95, 96, 270

individualism, x, 157, 193, 206

infant baptism, 195

intellect, xxiii, 144

intellectualism, xxi, xxii, 270

intercession, 184–85, 270

interdependency, of churches, 208–9

intermediate state, 230

interpretive framework, 134–36, 158, 270

Irenaeus, 105, 106

Islam, xix

isolation, 227, 246

Israel, as son of God, 93

Jastrow, Robert, 5

Jehovah’s Witnesses, xix

Jenkins, Jerry, 215

Jesus Christ

atoning sacrifice of, 117

death of, 79–80, 104–10, 113–14

as divine image, 49

divinity of, 17, 78–86, 97

enjoyment of creation, 90

as High Priest, 112

humanity of, 86–91, 97

humility of, 180

life, death, and resurrection of, 258

as Lord, 85–86

as meaning of history, 97

as mediator, 86

as Messiah, 101

mission of, 100–104

as New Adam, 91

obedience of, 102–3

as our example, 89–90

as our reconciliation, 111–12

preexistence of, 95–97, 271

relation with Father, 80, 84–85, 93

resurrection of, 81–83, 84, 89, 250

return of, 213–14, 217–23

as revealer of God, 84–85

sinlessness of, 79

as Son of God, 93

as Son of Man, 101–2

as substitute, 113–14

teaching of, 79, 84

temptation of, 87

as Word, 92–93

Judaism, xix

judgment, 236–42, 244, 247

justice, 109, 242

justification, 154–55, 242, 270

Kant, Immanuel, 6

kingdom of God, 173–76

kingdom work, 219, 250

knowing God, 1–2, 10–13

knowledge (element of faith), 146

Kudzu (comic strip), 169, 263

LaHaye, Tim, 213

Lasch, Christopher, 216n7

last days, 224

leaders, in the church, 209–11

Left Behind (book series), 213

Lewis, C. S., x, 6

liberation, 155–56, 270

life beyond death, 226–30

Lord’s Day, 83

Lord’s Supper, 183, 197–98, 202–5

love

and Holy Spirit, 126–27

for others, 148, 150

Luther, Martin, 201

Malcolm, Norman, 4

male and female, 52

Mass, 202

Matrix (film), 26n9

Matrix of Christian Theology series, ix, 261

McGrath, Alister, 6–7

Messiah, 101, 123

millennium, 174, 219, 270

Miller, A. J., 80

mind, 152, 153. See also intellect

“mixed membership” position, 194–95

monism, 228, 271

monotheism, 8n16, 17, 18–19, 271

Moon, Sun Myung, 81

moral influence theory of atonement, 110

moral law, 54

moral proofs, 3, 6–7

Morissette, Alanis, 263

Moses, 28

music, 182

mutual edification, 201

mutuality, 183–84

nation, church as, 172

Nativity Story, The (film), 77

natural headship, 65–66

negative holiness, 162

New Age religions, 75

Newbigin, Lesslie, 171n3

new creation, 237, 247–54

new heaven and new earth, 129, 223, 248

new Jerusalem, 252

new life, 198–99

Newton, John, 142, 166

non-headship, 65

notitia, 146

numbering our days, 225

objective atonement, 106, 271

offering, 183

Old Testament

Holy Spirit in, 121–23

prophets of, 9, 17

omnipotence of God, 29, 30–31

omnipresence of God, 29, 30

omniscience of God, 29, 30

ontological proofs, 3–4, 271

ordinances, 196–97, 271

ordination, 210, 271

organic inspiration, 131

Origen, 105

original sin, 69–70

Ortega-Hernandez, Oscar Ramiro, 81

orthodoxy, xx

ousia, 18

outer darkness, 246

outreach, 181, 185–87, 201, 208

paedobaptists, 195, 271

Paley, William, 5

Pannenberg, Wolfhart, 126, 262

Pascal, Blaise, 7

Passion of the Christ, The (film), 77

pastors, 209–10

Paul

on civil magistrate, 55

on humility, 180

on person of Jesus, 94

on sin, 60–61, 65

Peanuts (comic strip), xv, 15, 59, 99, 141, 235, 263

penal substitution theory of atonement, 108–9, 110

Pendergrass, Mark, xxviii

Pentecost, 17, 124, 135–36, 178

Pentecostal churches, 119

perfection, 163

personhood, 28–29

Peter, confession of Christ, 77–78

Pinnock, Clark, 150–51n6

pioneer community, 170

Plato, 229n31

plenary inspiration, 136–37, 271

polytheism 18, 271

positional sanctification, 161, 162

positive holiness, 162

post-conservative evangelicalism, 17n2

postmillennialism, 219, 221–22, 271

postmodernism, ix, 7, 262

power of mandate, 202

power of membership, 202

power to live, 156

practical theology, xviii

prayer, 31, 182–83, 184, 188

premillennialism, 219–21, 271

presence, evangelism as, 186

present sovereignty, 36

priesthood, 172, 184–85

priesthood of all believers, 206–7

principalities and powers, 113

proclamation

evangelism as, 186

worship as, 182

progressivism, 217–18, 271

promise and fulfillment, 224

“pure membership” position, 194

purgatory, 231

Puritans, 194

Quilboly, Apollo, 80

ransom, 112–13

ransom theory of atonement, 105–7, 110

rapture, 213, 214, 220

Rashdall, Hastings, 6

reconciliation, 111–12, 115, 187, 271

redemption, 111, 112–13, 156, 271

“regenerate church membership” position, 194

regeneration, 153–54, 271

reign of God, 173–76

reincarnation, 229, 271

religious pluralism, 83–84

repentance, 143–46, 148, 151

resurrection, 164, 228, 229–30, 231, 232, 250

rewards, 241

Robin Hood legend, 107

Roman Catholic Church, 74

Royce, Josiah, 185n21

Ruether, Rosemary Radford, 26n9

Sabbath, 83

sacraments, 196–97, 271

sacrificial system, 112

salvation, 271

full, 165–66

as a process, 142

response to, 117

and sacrifice, 112

sanctification, 160–63, 240, 271

Satan, 52–53, 55

as deceiver, 224

seduced Adam, 105

temptation of Jesus, 87

satisfaction theory of atonement, 107–8, 110

Scientology, xix

Scripture

authority of, 136–38

canon of, 132

as infallible and inerrant, 136–37, 270

inspiration of, 130–32

sufficiency of, 138

and theology, xxiv–xxv

Second Adam, 242

second death, 246

servanthood, 90, 180

servant leaders, 210–11

service, 187–88

Sexton, Jason, 16n1

Shayler, David, 80

sin, 60–63, 271

conviction of, 149–50

effects of, 67–69, 70–76

enslavement to, 257

indwelling, 163

knowledge of, 62–63

origin of, 63–65

purged from new creation, 249

skepticism, 10

slaves of God, 156

Smith, Joseph, 252

social Trinity, 21, 177, 262

Son, 23

breach of fellowship with Father, 116

and creation, 34–35

eternal generation of, 125

as Second Person of Trinity, 93, 96