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Foundations of the Christian Faith: A Comprehensive & Readable Theology

James Montgomery Boice | Inter-Varsity Press

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Foundations of the Christian Faith: A Comprehensive & Readable Theology

James Montgomery Boice | Inter-Varsity Press

  • $64.99

  • REVISED AND EXPANDED

    In one systematic volume, James Montgomery Boice provides a readable overview of Christian theology. Both students and pastors will benefit from this rich source that covers all the major doctrines of Christianity.

    With scholarly rigor and a pastor's heart, Boice carefully opens the topics of the nature of God, the character of his natural and special revelation, the fall, and the person and work of Christ. He then goes on to consider the work of the Holy Spirit in justification and sanctification. The book closes with careful discussion of ecclesiology and eschatology.

    This updated edition includes a foreword by Philip Ryken and a section-by-section study guide. Both those long familiar with Boice and those newly introduced to him will benefit from his remarkable practicality and thoroughness, which will continue to make this a standard reference for years to come.

    832 pages

    "Republication of Foundations of the Christian Faith by James Montgomery Boice, the superlative minister of Tenth Presbyterian Church, will surely be welcomed by scholars and serious students of the Bible. This classic overview of Christian faith is a masterful balance of often opposing qualities. It is simultaneously comprehensive yet readable. It is accessible for serious believers, seeking college students, and newcomers to the faith. It is warmly pastoral yet theologically rich. It is theologically Calvinistic and trinitarian but above all focused on Scripture. Herein, ancient truth illuminates contemporary life. This monumental harvest of Dr. Boice's ministry belongs in every serious Christian's study."

    --- Peter A. Lillback, president, Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia

    "James Boice was the best preacher I've known, but he was also a major figure in the defense of the faith against liberalism. Widely educated, he was always consumed with a passion to proclaim God's word rather than flatter the academy. This is a learned but also pastoral theology, practical because it feeds the sheep with the rich pastures of Scripture. I'm so glad that this one-volume edition is being made available to a new audience! Read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest this feast of the soul."

    --- Michael Horton, J. Gresham Machen Professor of Systematic Theology and Apologetics, Westminster Seminary California

    CONTENTS

    Foreword by Philip Ryken
    Preface

    Book 1: The Sovereign God

    Part I: The Knowledge of God
    1. On Knowing God
    2. The Unknown God

    Part II: The Word of God
    3. The Bible
    4. The Authority of the Scriptures
    5. The Proof of the Scriptures
    6. How True Is the Bible?
    7. Modern Biblical Criticism
    8. How to Interpret the Bible

    Part III: The Attributes of God
    9. The True God
    10. God in Three Persons
    11. Our Sovereign God
    12. Holy, Holy, Holy
    13. The God Who Knows
    14. God Who Changes Not

    Part IV: God’s Creation
    15. The Creation of Humanity
    16. Nature
    17. The Spirit World
    18. God’s Providence

    Book 2: God the Redeemer

    Part I: The Fall of the Race
    1. The Fall
    2. The Results of the Fall
    3. The Bondage of the Will

    Part II: Law and Grace
    4. The Purpose of God’s Law
    5. The Ten Commandments: Love of God
    6. The Ten Commandments: Love of Others
    7. The Wrath of God
    8. Salvation in the Old Testament

    Part III: The Person of Christ
    9. The Deity of Jesus Christ
    10. The Humanity of Jesus Christ
    11. Why Christ Became Human

    Part IV: The Work of Christ
    12. Prophet, Priest, and King
    13. Quenching God’s Wrath
    14. Paid in Full
    15. The Greatness of God’s Love
    16. The Pivotal Doctrine: Resurrection
    17. Verifying the Resurrection
    18. He Ascended into Heaven

    Book 3: Awakening to God

    Part I: The Spirit of God
    1. Personal Christianity
    2. The Work of the Holy Spirit
    3. Union with Christ

    Part II: How God Saves Sinners
    4. The New Birth
    5. Faith and Repentance
    6. Justification by Faith: The Hinge of Salvation
    7. Justification by Faith: The Place of Works
    8. The Tests of Faith
    9. A New Family
    10. The Upward Way

    Part III: The Life of the Christian
    11. Embrace the Negative
    12. Freedom, Freedom
    13. Knowing the Will of God
    14. Talking to God
    15. God Talking to Us
    16. Serving

    Part IV: The Work of God
    17. Called by God
    18. The Keeping Power of God

    Book 4: God and History

    Part I: Time and History
    1. What’s Wrong with Me?
    2. The March of Time
    3. Christ, the Focal Point of History

    Part II: The Church of God
    4. Christ’s Church
    5. The Marks of the Church
    6. How to Worship God
    7. Salvation’s Signs and Seals
    8. Spiritual Gifts
    9. Equipping the Saints
    10. Church Government
    11. Body Life
    12. The Great Commission

    Part III: A Tale of Two Cities
    13. The Secular City
    14. The Secular Church
    15. God’s City
    16. Church and State

    Part IV: The End of History
    17. How Will It All End?
    18. Home at Last

    Study Guide
    General Index
    Scripture Index

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