Download or read book Defense for Biblical Trinity Theology and the Doctrine of Holiness written by Samuel R. Siders and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-03-16 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theology and Christology are intense biblical discussions, as well as the doctrine of holiness, which I have been involved in as an apologist, "Defense of the Scriptures and the kingdom of God" (Jude 1:3), for over a decade on social media, among other intense topics with Muslims, Israelis, atheists, Gnostics, false cults, and a myriad of various denominations that call themselves Christians, because not everyone agrees on what the Bible teaches about the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Most of what will be shared in the first section of this book will be in defense of who Jesus is in His fullness—His Christology—which includes the biblical fact that Jesus is both deity through heredity in spirit and soul like His Father Almighty God is deity and as eternal as His Father Almighty God.The second section of this book will provide the information that proves obedience to God's moral ethical laws is required to receive eternal life after receiving Jesus' atonement (grace) through faith for sin to be cleansed and forgiven. Obedience is not an option to be ignored but a required effort to be made and improved upon, and God has given His Holy Spirit to teach us how to perfectly obey Him and the help to succeed. Nowhere does the Bible teach that obedience to God's moral ethical laws atone for sin, nowhere; but the Bible does teach obedience—making the conscious effort to go onto perfection with our physical body (flesh)—is required to receive eternal life. God uses obedience to render our physical body righteous. This book will share in greater detail about the topic of faith, grace (atonement), and obedience; all three are required to receive eternal life, not atonement (grace through faith) only.
Download or read book A Scriptural Defence of the Doctrine of the Trinity written by Hiram Mattison and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Divine Trinity written by David Brown and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2012-01-09 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, the first serious analysis of the doctrine of the Trinity for many years, presents a defense against the conservative treatment of the Trinity as an impenetrable mystery, and against the radical position that the doctrine is incoherent and therefore unacceptable. Brown favors the founding of a new discipline of philosophical theology (or the widening of the horizons of the philosophy of religion) to apply more widely the type of penetration of theology by philosophy that he exemplifies in his treatment of the Trinity. He argues for belief in an interventionist God (theism rather than deism), and contends that biblical criticism and historical research do not imply the abandonment of Christian belief, since the historical original should not be equated with theological truth. Although historical difficulties must prevent any literal acceptance of the Gospel accounts in toto, the true Christ can be disentangled from the historical Jesus by philosophical method. Wide-ranging in scope, rigorous and candid in argument, Brown's work will prove of interest to educated Christian laypersons and others beyond the boundaries of professional theology and philosophy of religion. Perhaps most provocative is Brown's assertion that the Resurrection must be accepted as a literally true visionary experience, and that anyone who accepts it must be prepared to take seriously other visionary experiences, for example, visions of the Virgin Mary, even if he rejects them in the end. It is certainly an astonishing truth that God should be so interested in a being of such vastly inferior powers as man, says the author. But that clearly must be the implication of the doctrine of the Trinity . . . To have reached this conclusion by means of philosophical argument is to have taken a major step toward the complete penetration of theology by philosophy that Brown calls for.
Download or read book Holy Trinity Holy People written by Thomas A. Noble and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2013-02-19 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teaching on the sanctification of Christians using the difficult word perfection has been part of Christian spirituality through the centuries. The Fathers spoke of it and Augustine particularly contributed his penetrating analysis of human motivation in terms of love. Medieval theologians such as Bernard and Thomas Aquinas developed the tradition and wrote of levels or "degrees" of "perfection" in love. However, the doctrine has not fared so well among Protestants. John Wesley was the one major Protestant leader who tried to blend this ancient tradition of Christian "perfection" with the Reformation proclamation of justification by grace through faith. This book seeks to develop Wesley's synthesis of patristic and Reformation theology in order to consider how Christian "perfection" can be expressed in a more nuanced way in today's culture. Noble examines what basis may be found for Wesley's understanding of sanctification in the central doctrines of the church, particularly the atonement, the doctrine of Christ, and the most comprehensive of all Christian doctrines, the doctrine of the Holy Trinity. What he sets out is a fully trinitarian theology of holiness.
Download or read book Foundations in Trinitarian Thought and Theology A Biblical Explanation of the Doctrine of the Trinity written by Roderick L. Evans and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2020-01-07 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revised and Updated. How can God exist in three persons? Why do Christians believe in the Tri-une nature of God? In this book, clear and sound responses to these questions are offered. This book provides a practical defense and exposition of the biblical doctrine of the Trinity.
Download or read book The Trinity Hurdle written by Ruth Sutcliffe and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2016-01-04 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do groups such as Christadelphians, Jehovah's Witnesses, and Unitarians have such difficulty with the doctrine of the Trinity? Do they really understand the doctrine they oppose? From the mainstream Christian perspective, perhaps a lack of understanding about the way these other groups view the Scriptures may have hampered a clear presentation of the orthodox doctrine. The Trinity Hurdle is a scriptural and historical defense of the doctrine of the Triune God and substitutionary atonement for Christadelphians, other non-Trinitarians, and those engaging with them, from an author who is familiar with both sides of the doctrinal divide.
Download or read book Two Views on the Doctrine of the Trinity written by Stephen R. Holmes and published by Zondervan Academic. This book was released on 2014-09-02 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christians have always believed in the triune God, but they haven't always understood or used the doctrine of the Trinity consistently. In order to form a coherent view of trinitarian theology, it's important for Christians to have a working knowledge of the two legitimate models for explaining this doctrine: Classical – presenting a traditional view of the Trinity, represented by the Baptist theologian Stephen R. Holmes and the Roman Catholic theologian Paul D. Molnar. Relational – presenting the promise and potential hazards of a relational doctrine, represented by the evangelical theologian Thomas H. McCall and the Baptist philosopher Paul S. Fiddes. In this volume of the Counterpoints series, leading contributors establish their models and approaches to the doctrine of the Trinity (or, the relationship between the threeness and oneness of the divine life). Each expert highlights the strengths of his view in order to argue how it best reflects the orthodox perspective. In order to facilitate a genuine debate and to make sure that the key issues are revealed, each contributor addresses the same questions regarding their trinitarian methodology, doctrine, and its implications.
Download or read book In Defense of the Trinity written by William Jones and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008-12-05 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This reprint of Volume I of The Theological, Philosophical and Miscellaneous works of the Rev. William Jones (1801) It contains writings by trinitarian apologist and theologian William Jones (1726-1800), including The Catholic Doctrine of the Trinity, Proved by Above a Hundred Short and Clear Arguments, Explained in the Terms of the Holy Scripture (1767 - 1st ed. 1756).A Letter to the Common People, in Answer to popular Arguments Against the Trinity (This is a rebuttal to William Hopkins's An Appeal to the Common Sense of All Christian People, which is available here.A Preservative Against the Publications of Modern SociniansSeasonable Cautions Against Errors in Doctrine; in a Letter to a Young Gentleman at OxfordA Short Way to Truth: or the Christian Doctrine of a Trinity in Unity as well as a brief "Life of the Author."
Download or read book The Doctrine of the Trinity written by Sir Anthony Buzzard and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-11-30 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This important work is a detailed biblical investigation of the relationship of Jesus to the one God of Israel. The authors challenge the notion that biblical monotheism is legitimately represented by a Trinitarian view of God and demonstrate that within the bounds of the canon of Scripture Jesus is confessed as Messiah, Son of God, but not God Himself. Later Christological developments beginning in the second century misrepresented the biblical doctrine of God and Christ by altering the terms of the biblical presentation of the Father and Son. This fateful development laid the foundation of a revised, unscriptural creed that needs to be challenged. This book is likely to be a definitive presentation of a Christology rooted, as it originally was, in the Hebrew Bible. The authors present a sharply-argued appeal for an understanding of God and Jesus in the context of the original Christian documents. For additional information visit the author's website at www.restorationfellowship.org.
Download or read book The Oneness of God written by David K. Bernard and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Scriptural Defence of the Doctrine of the Trinity written by Hiram Mattison and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Our God Is Triune written by Michael Burgos and published by . This book was released on 2018-08-22 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moving beyond the modern reticence to provide robust biblical justification for the doctrine of the Trinity, Our God is Triune is a thoroughgoing defense of the very foundation of the Christian faith. The authors have provided a multidisciplinary consideration of the doctrine of the Trinity, the deity of Christ, and the doctrine of the incarnation in light of heresies both ancient and modern. While academic in approach, Our God is Triune provides an accessible array of subject material dealing with the nature and identity of God.
Download or read book Understanding the Doctrine of the Trinity written by John Weekes and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001-04-29 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In writing this book, I was mindful of the many areas of conflict that exist between Christian and Christian, Christian and Jew, Christian and Jehovah Witness, Members of The Church of Latter Day Saints and others. The purpose was to examine critically, some of the main areas of conflict, and measure them against what the bible has to say concerning the Godhead, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and to arrive at a reasonable, honest and dispassionate conclusion. One very clear and positive way was to show that Jesus, that great and unusual man of history, was indeed a man from heaven and is in fact God incarnate. Even those who have not accepted Jesus as God or equal with God, must admit that he was like no other. He was born in a lowly stable and died a convicted felon. Yet the world in short order turned to him. Even the mighty Roman Empire which initially haunted and crucified, hanged and hounded Christians, eventually turned to Him and acknowledged Him. The evidence, then, is that Jesus is someone special. The Jewish ruler Nichodemus acknowledged he was from God. It follows, therefore, that if Jesus was from God, then it is reasonable to accept that he was a person of truth and integrity. Yet Jesus said he was God. God seems to have been well pleased with Jesus. Is it not reasonable, therefore, to accept Jesus at His word? Commonsense and logic answers a resounding Yes!
Download or read book Engaging the Doctrine of the Holy Spirit written by Matthew Levering and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 2016-07-19 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Distinguished Theologian on the Doctrine of the Holy Spirit Distinguished theologian Matthew Levering offers a historical examination of the doctrine of the Holy Spirit, defending an Augustinian model against various contemporary theological views. A companion piece to Levering's Engaging the Doctrine of Revelation, this work critically engages contemporary and classical doctrines of the Holy Spirit in dialogue with Orthodox and Reformed interlocutors. Levering makes a strong dogmatic case for conceiving of the Holy Spirit as love between Father and Son, given to the people of God as a gift.
Download or read book On the Trinity written by Saint Augustine of Hippo and published by Aeterna Press. This book was released on with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The following dissertation concerning the Trinity, as the reader ought to be informed, has been written in order to guard against the sophistries of those who disdain to begin with faith, and are deceived by a crude and perverse love of reason. Now one class of such men endeavor to transfer to things incorporeal and spiritual the ideas they have formed, whether through experience of the bodily senses, or by natural human wit and diligent quickness, or by the aid of art, from things corporeal; so as to seek to measure and conceive of the former by the latter. Aeterna Press
Download or read book The Doctrine of the Trinity Apologetically Considered written by John Richardson Illingworth and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Five Views on Sanctification written by Melvin E. Dieter and published by Zondervan Academic. This book was released on 2011-04-19 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christians generally recognize the need to live a holy, or sanctified, life. But they differ on what sanctification is and how it is achieved. How does one achieve sanctification in this life? How much success in sanctification is possible? Is a crisis experience following one's conversion normal--or necessary? If so, what kind of experience, and how is it verified? Five Views on Sanctification--part of the Counterpoints series--brings together in one easy-to-understand volume five major Protestant views on sanctification: Wesleyan View – represented by Melvin E. Dieter Reformed View – represented by Anthony A. Hoekema Pentecostal View – represented by Stanley M. Horton Keswick View – represented by J. Robertson McQuilkin Augustinian-Dispensationalism View – represented by John F. Walvoord Writing from a solid evangelical stance, each author describes and defends his own understanding of the doctrine sanctification and then responds to the views of the other authors. The Counterpoints series presents a comparison and critique of scholarly views on topics important to Christians that are both fair-minded and respectful of the biblical text. Each volume is a one-stop reference that allows readers to evaluate the different positions on a specific issue and form their own, educated opinion.
