Theoretical Practical Theology Volume 3

Author : Petrus Van Mastricht
Publisher : Reformation Heritage Books
Page : 1038 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781601788412

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Theoretical-Practical Theology, Volume 3 by Petrus Van Mastricht Pdf

Petrus van Mastricht’s Theoretical-Practical Theology presents one of the most comprehensive methods of treating Christian doctrine. In it, Mastricht treats every theological topic according to a four-part approach: exegetical, dogmatic, elenctic, and practical. As a body of divinity, it combines a rigorous, scholastic treatment of doctrine with the pastoral aim of preparing people to live for God through Christ. Students and pastors will find it a valuable model for moving from the text of Scripture to doctrinal formulation that will edify the people of God. Volume 3, The Works of God and the Fall of Man, is a book of origins—origins of the created order and of sin. Mastricht begins with a discussion of the decrees of God and how they establish His eternal purpose for everything. He then shows how the decrees are carried out in creation and in God’s continual providence. The volume concludes with Mastricht’s treatment of the apostacy of Adam from his original estate and the devastating effects of sin that followed. This is an important volume for learning how God governs all things, even the rebellious actions of those good things He created. Table of Contents: Part 1 Continued: Prolegomena and Faith Book 3: The Works of God The Actions and Decrees of God Predestination Election Reprobation Creation in General The World and the Work of the Six Days The Good Angels The Evil Angels Man and the Image of God The General Providence of God Special Providence The Covenant of Nature Book 4: Man’s Apostasy from God The Violation of the Covenant of Nature Original Sin Actual Sin The Penalty and State of Sin

Author : Petrus Van Mastricht
Publisher : Reformation Heritage Books
Page : 1066 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781601786753

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Theoretical-Practical Theology, Vol. 2: Faith in the Triune God by Petrus Van Mastricht Pdf

Petrus van Mastricht’s Theoretical and Practical Theology presents one of the most comprehensive methods of treating Christian doctrine. In it, Mastricht treats every theological topic according to a four-part approach: exegetical, dogmatic, elenctic, and practical. As a body of divinity, it combines a rigorous, scholastic treatment of doctrine with the pastoral aim of preparing people to live for God through Christ. Students and pastors will find it a valuable model for moving from the text of Scripture to doctrinal formulation that will edify the people of God. Volume 2, Faith in the Triune God , delivers a thorough treatment of the doctrine of God. Mastricht begins his consideration of theology proper with a substantial chapter on saving faith, reminding readers that contemplating God apart from true faith will fall short of the salvation of their soul. Mastricht then discusses the subject of God in three main divisions. First, he treats the existence of God and our knowledge of him. Second, he discusses the divine essence as it is revealed through the names and attributes of God. Third, Mastricht carefully details the Trinitarian nature of the one God who subsists in three persons.

Author : Joel Beeke,Paul M. Smalley
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 1061 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433559945

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Reformed Systematic Theology, Volume 3 by Joel Beeke,Paul M. Smalley Pdf

"Here is catechesis at its best, instructing the student of theology, providing pastors with a sermon-enriching manual, and giving growing Christians a resource book that will both inform and nourish them, as well as provide endless theological enjoyment!" — Sinclair B. Ferguson, Chancellor's Professor of Systematic Theology, Reformed Theological Seminary; Teaching Fellow, Ligonier Ministries The aim of systematic theology is to engage not only the head but also the heart and hands. Only recently has the church compartmentalized these aspects of life—separating the academic discipline of theology from the spiritual disciplines of faith and obedience. This multivolume work brings together rigorous historical and theological scholarship with spiritual disciplines and practical insights—characterized by a simple, accessible, comprehensive, Reformed, and experiential approach. In this volume, Joel R. Beeke and Paul M. Smalley unpack the work and role of the Holy Spirit (Pneumatology) and salvation (soteriology). The authors examine the Holy Spirit's role in the history of salvation, the order of salvation, and the believers' experience of salvation. As readers consider the interrelationship between the Spirit and salvation, they are invited to explore the direct activity of the Lord in their lives for their salvation.

Author : Norman L. Geisler
Publisher : Bethany House Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2005-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0764280732

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Systematic Theology by Norman L. Geisler Pdf

A culmination of decades of study, teaching, and research. This is truly a systematic theology for the twenty-first century.

Author : Gerben Heitink
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0802842941

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Practical Theology by Gerben Heitink Pdf

This work by a leading figure in the field offers one of the first attempts to formulate a complete theory of practical theology for scholars, teachers, students, and those directly involved in pastoral ministry.. "Designed to serve as a reference tool, this volume provides the necessary theoretical discussion for work in the entire discipline of practical theology. Gerben Heitink first surveys the historical development of practical theology from the thought of Schleiermacher to the present. He then outlines the theoretical aspects of practical theology, looking especially at the hermeneutical, empirical, and strategic points of view. Finally Heitink discusses the various contexts in which practical theology takes place.

Author : R. T. Kendall
Publisher : Mentor
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1857924290

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Understanding Theology - I by R. T. Kendall Pdf

Theology for the student and the Christian interested in knowing the Bible, beautifully presented, and clearly stated, with a fair-minded look at historical issues and concerns. The outline enables you to see the clear pattern of the source and development of a doctrine while accessing the information as succinctly as possible.

Author : Christian Grethlein
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2016-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1481305190

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An Introduction to Practical Theology by Christian Grethlein Pdf

Serious theology is systematic theology. Or so the story goes. Practical theology--with its focus on the church, its life and its practices--has sometimes been understood as the second order application of the real work of academic theology. However, in this abridged translation of his magisterial Praktische Theologie, Christian Grethlein realizes the rigorous methodology, critical commitments, and expansive sweep of practical theology ​as both an academic and an ecclesial discipline. Grethlein roots his practical theology in communication theory, but does so in a way ordered to a specific end: the communication of the Christian gospel in the present day. He distinguishes practical theology from simply a guide to specific ecclesial praxis, on the one hand, and some general theory of religion, on the other. Grethlein then blends empirical observation with biblical texts to reveal practical theology's unique nature as a discipline oriented toward rigorous examination of both the gospel and the intentional ways in which it is shared. In so doing, Grethlein opens the possibility of a truly encyclopedic and embedded practical theology. Part 1 provides a historical introduction to practical theology, positioning it on a global stage, and in relation to other academic disciplines--particularly the modern sciences--as well as within ecclesial and theological traditions. In part 2 Grethlein develops practical theology as communication of the gospel by examining the hermeneutical, empirical, and theological foundations necessary for a systematic practical theology. In part 3 Grethlein turns his attention to ways the gospel is communicated both in time and place, as well as the forms of that communicating (telling, talking, preaching, praying, and singing). In An Introduction to Practical Theology, Christian Grethlein offers students the foundations and frameworks for practical theology while guiding its scholars in the crafting of their academic discipline.

Author : Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 646 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2011-09-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781444345728

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The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Practical Theology by Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore Pdf

Through a series of essays contributed by leading experts in the field, The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Practical Theology presents an introduction to practical theology as a major area of Christian study and practice, including an overview of its key developments, themes, methods, and future directions. The first comprehensive reference work to provide a survey, description and analysis of practical theology as an area of study A range of leading scholars in the field provide original contributions on the major areas, issues, and figures in practical theology Reviews an extensive range of methods for studying theology in practice, along with sub-disciplines in theological education such as pastoral care and preaching Covers developments in the discipline in a range of global contexts and distinct Christian traditions Shows how practical theology is relevant to everyday life

Author : Adriaan C. Neele
Publisher : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783647522104

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Petrus van Mastricht (1630-1706): Text, Context, and Interpretation by Adriaan C. Neele Pdf

Petrus van Mastricht (1630–1706): Text, Context, and Interpretation »is not just a statement of the state of the art on Mastricht studies. It also points the way forward for further exploration of Mastricht's thought and the history of Reformed Orthodoxy in general« from the Preface by Carl R. Trueman. This volume presents collected essays from scholars around the world on various aspects of Petrus van Mastricht (1630-1706) theology, philosophy, and reception in the context of the challenges of orthodoxy in his day. This book, then, locates Mastricht's ideas in the context of the theological and philosophical currents of his day. The pre-Revolutionary status of theology and philosophy in the wake of the Enlightenment had many of the same problems we see in theology today as relating to the use and appropriation of classical theology in a 21st-century context. Ideas about the necessity of classical primary sources of Christianity in sustaining Reformed theology are once again becoming important, and Mastricht has many insights in this area. The last thirty years have witnessed a remarkable revolution in the study of Reformed Orthodoxy, that broad movement of theological consolidation which took place in the two centuries between the early breakthroughs of the Reformation and the reorganization of intellectual disciplines within the university world heralded by the arrival of the various intellectual and cultural developments known collectively as the Enlightenment. The old models which tended to prioritize one or two figures in the Reformation. In place of this older scholarship, we now have a growing number of studies which seek to place Reformed thinkers of the period in a much wider context. One of the results of this is that serious scholarly attention is now being directed at figures who were previously neglected, such as Petrus van Mastricht, a German-Dutch theologian, who has emerged as significant voices in shaping the Christianity of his day. He was the author of a major system of divinity. This work is in the process of being translated into English (two volumes are available at the time of writing). Mastricht is also the subject of a growing body of literature in English, of which this volume is a fine example. The essays contained in book work represent precisely the range of scholarly interests that the new approach to Reformed Orthodoxy has come to embody. Dealing specifically with the areas of theology, philosophy, and reception, this book points toward three critical areas of study.

Author : Joel Beeke,Paul M. Smalley
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 1156 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2019-03-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433559860

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Reformed Systematic Theology, Volume 1 by Joel Beeke,Paul M. Smalley Pdf

The church needs good theology that engages the head, heart, and hands. This four-volume work combines rigorous historical and theological scholarship with application and practicality—characterized by an accessible, Reformed, and experiential approach. In this volume, Joel R. Beeke and Paul M. Smalley explore the first two of eight central themes of theology: revelation and God.

Author : Petrus Van Mastricht
Publisher : Reformation Heritage Books
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781601785602

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Theoretical-Practical Theology, Vol. 1: Prolegomena by Petrus Van Mastricht Pdf

Petrus van Mastricht’s Theoretical and Practical Theology presents one of the most comprehensive methods of treating Christian doctrine. In it, Mastricht treats every theological topic according to a four-part approach: exegetical, dogmatic, elenctic, and practical. As a body of divinity, it combines a rigorous, scholastic treatment of doctrine with the pastoral aim of preparing people to live for God through Christ. Students and pastors will find it a valuable model for moving from the text of Scripture to doctrinal formulation that will edify the people of God. Volume 1, Prolegomena, provides an introduction to doing systematic theology. Mastricht begins by addressing the nature of theology, wherein he lays out the proper method, subject matter, and definition of theology. He then discusses Scripture as the rule of doing theology, as it is the only infallible source and foundation for knowing God. Finally, Mastricht gives his rationale for the best distribution of theological topics. This volume also includes Mastricht’s homiletical aid “The Best Method of Preaching,” as well as a biographical sketch by Adriaan Neele to help readers understand the significance of Mastricht’s life and ministry. Table of Contents: The Prolegomena of Theoretical-Practical Theology 1699 Dedication 1699 Preface Methodical Arrangement of the Whole Work 1. The Nature of Theology 2. Holy Scripture 3. The Distribution of Theology

Author : Thomas Forsyth Torrance
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Religion
ISBN : UVA:X000970315

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Reality and Scientific Theology by Thomas Forsyth Torrance Pdf

Author : Helmut Schoeck,James Wilhelm Wiggins
Publisher : Princeton, N.J. Van Nostrand [1961]
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Relativity
ISBN : STANFORD:36105000253208

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Relativism and the Study of Man by Helmut Schoeck,James Wilhelm Wiggins Pdf

Author : Nicholas Rescher
Publisher : University of Notre Dame Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015011697425

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Pascal's Wager by Nicholas Rescher Pdf

Author : John Patton
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2000-02-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0631207457

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The Blackwell Reader in Pastoral and Practical Theology by John Patton Pdf

Provides an overview of pastoral and practical theology in the form of articles and extracts with commentary. Presents pastoral and practical theology within a theoretical framework Contains classic readings together with newly commissioned articles Engages with practical theologies from both sides of the Atlantic