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GENERAL OUTLINE
INTRODUCTION
PART SECOND
1. Idea and Scopo of Biblical Dog. THE MANIFESTATION OF OHRIST
matics.
2. Souroes of Biblical Dogmatics.
1. THE PERSON OF CHRIST.
3. Method of Biblical Dogmatics.
2. THE MEDIATION OF JESUS CHRIST.
3. THE KINGDOM AND COMING OF
CHRIST.
PART FIRST
PART THIRD
THE CONSTITUTION AND POS-
OUR FATHIER IN HEAVEN
SIBILITIES OF MAN
1. THE NATURE OF MAN.
1. THE UNIVERSAL REVELATION.
2. THE SINFULNESS OF MAN.
2. THE HEBREW REVELATION.
3. THE REGENERATION AND ETER- 3. THE REVELATION IN JESUS
NAL LIFE OF MAN.
ANALYTICAL OUTLINE
CHAPTER I.
(3) Such Claims not Applicable to all the
Books.
Iden and Scope of Biblical Dogmatics.
(4) Our Doctrine should Accord with existe
1. Theology and Religion, 1.
ing Facts.
2. Universality of Religion and Revela-
(5) Inerrancy : Dogma of Necessitarian
tion, 1.
Philosophy.
3. Philosophy of Religion, 2.
12. The Dogma of Infallibility, 24.
4. The Christian Religion, 3.
(1) Involveo a Distorted Notion of the
5. Biblical Theology, 3.
Bible.
6. Systematic Theology, 4.
(2) Discredited by Discrepanclea and Per-
7. Limits and Aim of Biblical Dogmatics, 4.
sistent Controversy.
8. Theology Old and New, 5.
(3) The Word Itself Irrelevant.
(1) Sumciency Rather than Infallibility.
CHAPTER II.
13. Authority as Sources of Doctrino, 28.
Sources of Biblical Dogmatics.
(1) Superiority in Variety of Contents
1. The Bible a Priceless Treasury, 7.
(2) Superiority of Historie Outline and
2. Trammels of Old Tradition, 7.
Background.
3. Reaction and Changes of View, 8.
(3) Superiority of the Revelation of Chrtst.
4. Other Sacred Bibles, 9.
14. The Biblo and the Word of God, 32.
5. Limits of the Biblical Canon, 9.
15. Necessity of Sound Interpretation, 34.
6. Other Traditions Questioned, 11.
16. Sufficiency as Sources of Doctrine, 35.
7. Variety of Compositions, 12.
CHAPTER III.
8. Three Divisions of the Hebrew Canon,
Mothod of Biblical Dogmatics.
13.
9. The New Testament Canon, 14.
1. Importance of Method, 37.
2. Lack of System in Ancient Writers, 37.
10. Superiority of the New Testament, 15.
3. Federal and Trinitarian Methods, 38.
(1) Shown by Statements of Jesus.
(2) Shown by other New Testament Teach-
4. Methods of some German Writers, 38.
5. Methods of Five American Divines, 39.
Ing.
(3) Shown by Obvious Facts of the Records.
6. Outlines of Other Writers, 41.
(4) The Transition Gradual.
7. Questions of Scope and Terminology,
11. The Question of Inspiration, 18.
42.
(1) Highest Old Testament Claims.
8. A Priori and a Posteriori Methods, 43.
(2) Witness of the New Testament.
9. The Method of this Work, 44.
THE CONSTITUTION AND POSSIBILITIES OF MAN
SEOTION FIRST
CHAPTER VI.
THE NATURE OF MAN.
Man's Place in tho World.
1. Man as the Chief Creation of God, 73.
Tho Natural Constitution of Man.
2. Ancient Concepts of "the Heavens and
the Earth,” 74.
1. Primary Realities, 45.
3. Not Physical Bulk but Rational Nature
2. The Bodily Form, 46.
Man's crowning Excellence, 74.
3. Life, Soul and Blood, 46.
4. The Heart, 47.
CHAPTER VII.
5. Reins, Intestines, Breath, 48.
Primitive State of Man.
6. The Head, 48.
1. Completeness of Natural Constitution,
7. The Mind, 49.
76.
8. The Spirit, 50.
2. Undeveloped in Knowledge and Civili-
9. The Doctrine of Trichotomy, 51.
kation, 77.
(1) Has no Support in Sound Interprete
3. Original Goodness, 77.
tion,
4. Made in the Image of God, 78.
(2) The Words Used Indiscriminately,
(1) No Explanation in Scripture.
(3) Yet with Distinctive Connotation.
(2) New Testament Texts in Ephesians iv,
10. General Result, 53.
24; Col. III, 9. 10.
(3) Interpretation of Wisdom II, 23.
The Moral Element in Man.
(1) Spiritual Personality.
1. The Fact of Moral Sense, 55.
SECTION SECOND
2. Conscience, 55.
(1) Old Testament Illustration,
THE SINFULNESS OF MAN.
(2) New Testament use of ovvcionous.
(3) Essential Moral Sense,
Tho Fact and the Nature of Buman
3. Personality and Freedom of Will, 56.
Sinfulness.
4. The Moral Element of Social Rela-
1. The Awful Fact of Sin, 83.
tions, 58.
2. Depravity of the Race, 84.
(1) Depicted in Genesis.
The Religious Element in Man.
(2) Paul's dark Picture in Romans 1, 1832.
1. Essential in Normal Human Nature, 60.
(3) Great Antithesis in Romans v, 12-19.
2. Biblical Words Expressive of Religious
3. Hebrew and Greek Words Indicating
Feeling and Action, 60.
Nature of Sin, 86.
3. Earliest Manifestations of the Religious
4. Sin Conceived as Transgression and
Sense, 61.
Lawlessness, 87.
4. Has due Recognition in Scripture, 61.
5. Sin Conceived as Selfishness, 88.
5. Was Gradually Developed, 62.
6. Concept of Spiritual Blindness, 88.
6. Universal in Mankind, 63.
7. Concept of Guilt, 89.
(1) The Fact Explained.
CHAPTER IV
(2) Significance of airia.
Propagation and Dispersion of Man-
(3) Significance of ¢voxos.
kind.
(4) Gullt even in Errors of Ignorance.
1. Unity of the Human Race, 64.
2. Propagation of Species, 64.
8. Degrees of Guilt and Sin, 90.
3. Creationism and its Proof-texts, 65.
(1) Hardening the Heart.
(2) Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit.
4. Dispersion of Races and Tribes, 67.
(3) Doctrine of Hebrews Vi, 4-8, and 2, 26,
CHAPTER V.
27.
The Origin of Man,
(4) Other Biblical Testimony.
1. The Definite Modern Question, 69.
2. Two Ways of Answering the Question, The Origin and the Persistent Cause of
69.
Sin.
3. Poetical Concepts of Creation, 70.
1. Adequate Cause Must be Sought, 95.
4. No Definite Answer in Scripture, 71. 2. Inadequate Theories, 95.
5. But Man is the Crowning Work of God, 3. Adequate and Actual Cause in Man's
72.
Personality, 97.
SECTION THIRD
THE REGENERATION AND ETERNAL
LIFE OF MAN.
Conviction, Ropontanoo, and Convor-
sion.
1. Salvation a Fact of Experienco, 136.
2. Blameless Childhood and Youth, 137.
3. Conviction of Sin, 137.
(1) Expressed in the Penitential Palma
(2) Described in Romana vil.
(3) Experienced by Millona
4. Ropontance, 140.
5. Conversion, 140.
6. Requires Coöperation of God and Man,
141.
4. Illustrated in Genesis üi, 98.
5. Same Efficient Cause Apparent in all
Sinring, 99.
6. Nature of Volitional Freedom, 99.
7. Other Resultant Facts of Sin, 100.
8. Biblical Rocords of Apostasy, 101.
(1) Israel's Apostasy in the Desert.
(2) Examples of Saul, David, Solomon.
(3) New Testament Admonition and Ward-
Divers Aspocts of Sin in tho Various
Biblionl Writors.
1. Defective Moral Standards of Old Tes-
tament Times, 104.
2. Imprecatory Psalms, 104.
3. Public and National Sins Overshadow
the Individual, 105.
4. Divorcing Morality and Public Service,
106.
5. Collective Idea of Sin and Penalty, 107.
6. Deeper Concepts of Psalms and Propb-
ets, 107.
7. Individual Responsibility in Esekiel and
Jeremiah, 109.
8. Sin as Represented in the Wisdom
Books, 109.
(1) In Proverbs.
(2) In the Book of Job.
(3) In the song ot Songs
(4) In Ecclesiastes.
(5) In the Later Jewish Literature.
9. Paul's Doctrine of Sin in the Flesh, 114.
10. Pauline Rabbinism, 116.
CHAPTER IV.
The Penal Consequencos of Sin.
1. Physical Death as Penalty, 118.
2. Physical Death as Universal Law, 118.
3. Physical Evils not a Penalty for Sin,
119.
4. Now Testament Dootrine of Death, 120.
5. Pauline Conception of Sin and Death,
121.
6. Penal Consequences beyond this Life,
122.
7. Biblical Doctrine of Retribution, 122.
(1) Old Testament Teaching Vague.
(2) Isalah ixvi, 24.
(3) Daniel xil, 2.
(4) Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha.
(5) The New Testament Teaching.
8. Inferences Touching the Nature of Fu-
ture Punishment. 128.
9. Sheol, Hades, Gehenna, Tartarus, 129.
10. Degrees of Penalty, 130.
11. Duration of Penalty Everlasting, 131.
(1) Absence of Hope or Promise.
(2) Question of Matthew xil, 32.
(3) Question of 1 Peter III, 18-20.
12. Doctrine of Annihilation of the Wicked,
133.
13. The Question of Theodicy, 134.
Tho Doctrine of Faith.
1. Faith Defined, 142.
2. Doctrine of Paul, 142.
3. Theme of the Epistlo to the Romans,
143.
4. Example of Abraham in Romans iv,
5. Doctrine of James, 144.
6. Doctrine of the Epistle to the Hebrows,
145.
7. Doctrine of Faith in the Gospels, 145.
8. Personal Confession, 146.
Forgiveness of Sins and Reconcillation.
1. Greek Words for Remission, 147.
2. Peculiarity of Paul's Doctrine of Justi-
fication, 148.
3. Reconciliation, 148.
Now Birth and Now Lito.
1. Comprehensive of the Other Experien-
ces, 150.
2. Idea of a New Heart in the Old Testa-
ment, 150.
3. Teaching of Jesus in John iü, 3-8, 151.
4. Significance of Titus ü, 5, and Ephe-
sians v, 26, 152.
5. The New Birth a New Creation, 153.
6. Mystery of Spiritual Life, 155.
7. A Passing out of Death into Life, 156.
Adoption, Sonship, Assuranco, and Spir-
Itual Freedom.
1. Now Relationship of Adoption, 158.
2. Song of God, 159.
3. Witness of the Spirit, 160.
4. Boldness, Confidence, and Full Assur-
ance, 161.
5. Christian Freedom, 162.
Progress in Spiritual Life.
1. New Life Involves Growth, 164.
2. Elements of Spiritual Growth, 165.
3. Argument of Romans vi, 166.
4. Doctrine of 1 John iii, 9, 10, 166.
5. Sanctification and Holiness, 167.
6. Practical Righteousness, 169.
7. Doctrine of Christian Perfection, 171.
8. Specific Christian Virtues, 173.
9. Love the Greatest of All, 174.
10. Continual Cultivation and Growth, 175.
11. The Discipline of Trial, 176.
12. Growth and Discipline a Manifold Ex-
perience, 177.
13. The Beautiful in Religion, 177.
Means of Promoting Spiritual Life.
1. The Fellowship and Ministries of the
Church, 179.
2. The Sacraments, 181.
(1) Christian Baptism.
(2) The Lord's Supper.
3. The Ministry of the Word, 185.
4. Exercises of Practical Godliness, 187..
5. Prayer, 188.
6. Sevenfold Exhortation of Hebrews X,
19-25, 190.
CHAPTER X.
The Doctrine of the Resurrection.
1. A Doctrine Variously Apprebended, 212.
2. Vaguely Expressed in Old Testament,
212.
(1) Psalm xvil, 15.
(2) Language of Other Poets and Prophets.
(3) Hosea vi, 1-3.
(4) Isaiah uvi, 19.
(5) Ezekiel xxxvi, 1-14.
(6) Daniel xil, 2, 3.
(7) Variety of Later Jewish Opinions,
3. The Fuller Teaching in the New Testa-
ment, 219.
4. No Help from Etymology of Greek
Words, 220.
5. The Teaching of Jesus Christ, 221.
(1) Significance of Christ's own Resurrec-
(2) Significance of the Ascension.
(3) Rationale of the Forty Days,
(1) Forty Days in the Flesh.
(5) Not Glorified During the Forty Days,
(6) Glorified at the Ascension.
(7) Jesus's Ralsing Others from the Dead.
(8) Jesus's Teaching in the Synoptic Gos-
pels.
(9) Jesus's Teaching in John's Gospel.
(10) Jesus Absolutely Assures Immortality,
but Offers no Theories.
6. Doctrine of the Apocalypse of John, 230.
7. Paul's Doctrine of the Resurrection,
(1) Acts xxiv, 15.
(2) 1 Thessalonians iv, 13-18.
(3) 1 Corinthians xv. (The Six Para-
graphs.)
(4) 2 Corinthians iv, 16v, 10.
(5) In Romans and Philipplans.
(6) In Colossians, Ephesians, and 2 Tim-
othy.
8. Various Types of Biblical Doctrine, 246.
9. No Basis for Many Prevalent Theories,
246.
10. The Main Idea is a New Org ism, 247.
11. All the Dead not Raised Simultaneously,
248.
12. The Subject Belongs to the Unseen, 249.
13. Summary of the Biblical Teaching, 250.
CHAPTER XI.
Various Aspects of the Heavenly Glory.
1. The General Conception, 252.
2. Heavenly Recognition, 252.
(1) Doctrines of Absorption and of Trans-
migration,
(2) The Biblical Suggestions,
3. Absence of all Evil, 255.
4. A Sabbath-Rest, 255.
5. Advance in Knowledge and in Heavenly
Vision, 256.
6. Increase of Capacity, 257.
7. Reigning with Christ, 257.
8. Glory Through Ages of Ages, 258.
CHAPTER VIII.
Eternal Life.
1. Meaning of the Phrase, 191. 2. Paul's View of Life, Light, and Liberty,
192. 3. Eternal Life a Present Possession, 193. 4. Endless Permanence in Life, 193. 5. Eternal Life in the Synoptic Gospels,
194.
6. Eternal Life in the Epistles, 194.
7. A Glorious Inheritance, Now and For
ever, 195.
CHAPTER IX.
The Doctrine of Immortalsty.
1. The Fact and the Doctrine, 197.
2. Human Limitation and Doubt, 198.
3. Doctrine of the Old Testament, 198.
(1) Sundry Intimations.
(2) Expressed in Many Psalms.
(3) Job xix, 25-27.
(4) The Realm of Sheol.
(5) The Greek Word Hades.
4. Doctrine of the New Testament, 204.
(1) In the Apocalypse of John.
(2) In the Epistle to the Hebrews,
(3) In the Epistles of Paul.
(4) Teaching of Jesus in the Synoptics.
(5) Teaching of Jesus in John's Gospel.
THE MANIFESTATION OF THE CHRIST
THE PERSON OF CHRIST,
Facts of His Earthly Life.
1. Born of the House of David, 259.
2. Record of the Virgin Birth, 260.
3. Childhood and Growth, 261.
4. His Baptism and Temptation, 261.
5. His Public Ministry and Death, 262.
6. A Man Among Men, 262.
7. A Man of Transcendent Greatness, 263.
8. Manner and Matter of His Teaching,
6. Conscious Freedom from Sin, 283.
7. Consciousness of Being Saviour of Man,
284.
8. Consciousness of his Messiahship, 285.
(1) Assumed in his Fulailing Law and
Prophets.
(2) Directly Acknowledged.
(3) Indicated in his Doctrine of the King-
dom.
9. Significance of this Consciousness, 288.
264. 9. His Marvelous Self-Expression, 264.
10. His Sinlessness, 265.
Christology of the First Apostles and of
the General Epistles.
1. Sources of Information, 289.
2. The Preaching of Peter, 289.
3. The First Epistle of Peter, 291.
4. Second Peter and Jude, 291.
5. The Epistle of James, 292.
The Christ of John's Apocalypse.
Tho Titles Son of God and son of Man.
1. The Title Son of God, 266.
(1) Old Testament Origin and Meestanic
Significance.
(2) His Knowledge of Fatber.
(3) The Only Begotten Son.
2. The Title Son of Man, 268.
(1) Its Usage in the Old Testament.
(2) "Son of Man" in the Book of Enoch.
(3) The Lord's own Favorite Title
(4) A Person Sublimely Unique.
1. Date and Composition of the Book, 294.
2. The Christophany of i, 12-16, 295.
3. The Lamb in the Midst of the Throne,
295.
4. His Titles, Glory, Triumphs, and Wor-
ship, 296.
5. The Grand Total Impression of the
Revelation, 296.
The Pauline Christology.
The Supernatural in the Person of
Christ.
1 The Supernatural Birth, 273.
2. The Baptism, Temptation, and Tri-
umph, 274.
3. The Miracles of his Ministry, 275.
4. Miracles Natural with Christ, 276.
5. No Ostentatious Display of Miracles,
277.
6. Miracles Proofs of Divine Wisdom and
Power, but not of Omnipotence, 277.
7. The Resurrection and Ascension, 278.
1. Significance of Paul's Conversion, 297.
2. The Thessalonian Epistles, 297.
3. The Corinthian Epistles, 298.
4. The Epistle to the Galatians, 299.
5. The Epistle to the Romans, 300.
6. The Epistle to Philemon, 300.
7. The Pastoral Epistles, 301.
8. The Ephesian Epistle, 302.
9. The Epistle to the Philippians, 306.
10. The Epistle to the Colossians, 311.
(1) Fullness of the Delty.
(2) Significance of 1, 13-18.
(3) Firstborn of all Creation,
(4) His Pre-eminence.
11. The Pauline Doctrine of Pre-existence,
314.
(1) The Phrase "sent forth from God."
(2) Christ the Spiritual Rock.
(3) 1 Corinthians xv, 45-49.
(4) 2 Corinthians vill, 9.
The Self-Consciousness of Jesus Christ. 1. The Mighty Works and Mighty Words
of Jesus Inseparable, 280.
2. His Consciousness of God, 280.
3. His Sense of Subordination, 281.
4. Consciousness of Commitment to a Pur-
pose of the Ages, 282.
5. Consciousness of Pre-existence, 282.