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Know the Truth
Ebook
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Understanding and appreciating who God is and what he has done for us is at the center of the Christian faith. Right belief is the first step to getting everything else right--from home to work, from worship to witness, from self-understanding toservice.In this concise handbook Bruce Milne summarizes in masterly fashion what the Bible teaches in the major areas of Christian doctrine (the Bible, God, humanity, Christ, the Holy Spirit, the church and the last things). He explains the historical understanding and development of these truths from the early church to the present. In doing so he impartially highlights denominational and theological differences where appropriate.Know the Truth offers comprehensive biblical material onall the essential doctrines. The revised edition, published in 1999, includes new and updated material drawing on the latest biblical and theological studies. Further, it considers doctrine in the face of recent changes in the world and the church--along with challenges from movements such as the New Age, postmodernism, feminism and pluralism. In addition, each section concludes with a thorough listing of Scripture passages, questions to stimulate further reflection and a completely updated bibliography to aid further study.Here is a helpful and thorough resource for all who want to understand the essential Christian faith.
Foreword by J. I. Packer
Preface to the first edition
Preface to the new edition
Introduction
General bibliography
Abbreviations
Part 1: The final authority in matters of faith
1. Authority
2. Revelation
3. Scripture
Application
Part 2: The doctrine of God
4. The being of God
5. God the Holy Trinity
6. The atrributes or perfections of God
7. The work of creation
8. Thework of providence
Application
Part 3: Humankind and sin
9. Essential human nature
10. Humanity in sin
11. Humanity in grace
12. Humanity in glory
Application
Part 4: The person and work of Christ
13. The humanity of Jesus Christ
14. The deity of Jesus Christ
15. The one person
16. The work of Christ: biblical teaching
17. The work of Christ: historical perspectives
Application
Part 5: the person and work of the Holy Spirit
18. The person of the Spirit
19. The Spirit of promise
20. The Spirit and Christian beginnings
21. The Spirit and Christian growth
22. Historical perspectice: the Holy Spirit today
Application
Part 6: The church
23. The identity of the church
24. The function of the church
25. The life of the church
26. The church in history
Application
Part 7: The last things
27. The kingdom of God
28. The second advent of Christ
29. The final state
30. The last things in Christian thought
Application
Index