CHAPTER I.

Idea and Scope of Biblical Dogmatics.

1. Theology and Religion, 1.

2. Universality of Religion and Revela-

tion, 1.

3. Philosophy of Religion, 2.

4. The Christian Religion, 3.

5. Biblical Theology, 3.

6. Systematic Theology, 4.

7. Limits and Aim of Biblical Dogmatics, 4.

8. Theology Old and New, 5.

CHAPTER II.

Sources of Biblical Dogmatics.

1. The Bible a Priceless Treasury, 7.

2. Trammels of Old Tradition, 7.

3. Reaction and Changes of View, 8.

4. Other Sacred Bibles, 9.

5. Limits of the Biblical Canon, 9.

6. Other Traditions Questioned, 11.

7. Variety of Compositions, 12.

8. Three Divisions of the Hebrew Canon,

13.

9. The New Testament Canon, 14.

10. Superiority of the New Testament, 15.

(1) Shown by Statements of Jesus.

(2) Shown by other New Testament Teach-

ing.

(3) Shown by Obvious Facts of the Records.

(4) The Transition Gradual.

11. The Question of Inspiration, 18.

(1) Highest Old Testament Claims.

(2) Witness of the New Testament.

(3) Such Claims not Applicable to All the

Books.

(4) Our Doctrine should Accord with exist-

ing Facts.

(5) Inerrancy a Dogma of Necessitarian

Philosophy.

12. The Dogma of Infallibility, 24.

(1) Involves a Distorted Notion of the

Bible.

(2) Discredited by Discrepancies and Per-

sistent Controversy.

(3) The Word itself Irrelevant.

(4) Sumclency Rather than Infallibility.

13. Authority as Sources of Doctrine, 28.

(1) Superiority in Variety of Contents,

(2) Superiority of Historic Outline and

Background.

(3) Superiority of the Revelation of Christ.

14. The Bible and the Word of God, 32.

15. Necessity of Sound Interpretation, 34,

16. Sufficiency as Sources of Doctrine, 35.

CHAPTER III.

Method of Biblical Dogmatics.

1. Importance of Method, 37.

2. Lack of System in Ancient Writers, 37.

3. Federal and Trinitarian Methods, 38.

4. Methods of some German Writers, 38.

5. Methods of Five American Divines, 39.

6. Outlines of Other Writers, 41.

7. Questions of Scope and Terminology,

42.

8. A Priori and a Posteriori Methods, 43.

9. The Method of this Work, 44.

The Religious Element in Man.

1. Essential in Normal Human Nature, 60.

2. Biblical Words Expressive of Religious

Feeling and Action, 60.

3. Earliest Manifestations of the Religious

Sense, 61.

4. Has due Recognition in Scripture, 61.

5. Was Gradually Developed, 62.

6. Universal in Mankind, 63.

CHAPTER IV

Propagation and Dispersion of Man-

kind.

1. Unity of the Human Race, 64.

2. Propagation of Species, 64.

3. Creationism and its Proof-texts, 65.

4. Dispersion of Races and Tribes, 67.

CHAPTER V.

The Origin of Man.

1. The Definite Modern Question, 69.

2. Two Ways of Answering the Question,

69.

3. Poetical Concepts of Creation, 70.

4. No Definite Answer in Scripture, 71.

5. But Man is the Crowning Work of God,

72.

CHAPTER VI.

Man's Place in the World.

1. Man as the Chief Creation of God, 73.

2. Ancient Concepts of "the Heavens and

the Earth," 74.

3. Not Physical Bulk but Rational Nature

Man's crowning Excellence, 74.

CHAPTER VII.

Primitive State of Man.

1. Completeness of Natural Constitution,

76.

2. Undeveloped in Knowledge and Civili-

sation, 77.

3. Original Goodness, 77.

4. Made in the Image of God, 78.

(1) No Explanation in Scripture.

(2) New Testament Texts in Ephesians iv,

24; Col. 111, 9, 10.

(3) Interpretation of Wisdom 11, 23.

(4) Spiritual Personality.

SECTION SECOND

THE SINFULNESS OF MAN.

CHAPTER I.

The Fact and the Nature of Human

Sinfulness.

1. The Awful Fact of Sin, 83.

2. Depravity of the Race, 84.

(1) Depicted in Genesis.

(2) Paul's dark Picture in Romans 1, 18-32.

(3) Great Antithesis in Romans v, 12-19.

3. Hebrew and Greek Words Indicating

Nature of Sin, 86.

4. Sin Conceived as Transgression and

Lawlessness, 87.

5. Sin Conceived as Selfishness, 88.

6. Concept of Spiritual Blindness, 88.

7. Concept of Guilt, 89.

(1) The Fact Explained,

(2) Significance of airía.

(3) Significance of evoxos.

(4) Guilt even in Errors of Ignorance.

8. Degrees of Guilt and Sin, 90.

(1) Hardening the Heart.

(2) Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit.

(3) Doctrine of Hebrews vi, 4-8, and x, 26,

27.

(4) Other Biblical Testimony.

CHAPTER II.

The Origin and the Persistent Cause of

Sin.

1. Adequate Cause Must be Sought, 95.

2. Inadequate Theories, 95.

3. Adequate and Actual Cause in Man's

Personality, 97.

CHAPTER VI.

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.

CHAPTER VII.

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 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 Immortality.

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.

CHAPTER X.

The Doctrine of the Resurrection.

1. A Doctrine Variously Apprehended, 212.

2. Vaguely Expressed in Old Testament,

212.

(1) Psalm xvii, 15.

(2) Language of Other Poets and Prophets.

(3) Hosea vi, 1-3.

(4) Isaiah xxvi, 19.

(5) Ezekiel xxxvii, 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-

tion.

(2) Significance of the Ascension.

(3) Rationale of the Forty Days.

(4) Forty Days in the Flesh.

(5) Not Glorified During the Forty Days.

(6) Glorified at the Ascension.

(7) Jesus's Raising 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, 16-v, 10.

(5) In Romans and Philippians.

(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 Organism, 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 HeavenlyTM

Vision, 256.

6. Increase of Capacity, 257.

7. Reigning with Christ, 257.

8. Glory Through Ages of Ages, 258.

SECTION FIRST

THE PERSON OF CHRIST.

CHAPTER I.

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,

264.

9. His Marvelous Self-Expression, 264.

10. His Sinlessness, 265.

CHAPTER II.

The Titles Son of God and Son of Man.

1. The Title Son of God, 266.

(1) Old Testament Origin and Messianic

Significance.

(2) His Knowledge of the Father.

(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.

CHAPTER III.

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.

CHAPTER IV.

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.

6. Conscious Freedom from Sin, 283.

7. Consciousness of Being Saviour of Men,

284.

8. Consciousness of his Messiahship, 285.

(1) Assumed in his Fulfilling Law and

Prophets.

(2) Directly Acknowledged.

(3) Indicated in his Doctrine of the King-

dom.

9. Significance of this Consciousness, 288.

CHAPTER V.

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.

CHAPTER VI.

The Christ of John's Apocalypse.

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.

CHAPTER VII.

The Pauline Christology.

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 viii, 9.