Manual of Christian DoctrineChristian Liberty Press, 2007 - 168 pages More than ever, teenagers need to be grounded in a systematic understanding of scripture. This classic text, by Louis Berkhof, has been carefully updated to enable modern readers to comprehend and apply its teachings. |
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... Justification ................... A. The Scriptural Terms for " to justify " B. The Nature and Characteristics of Justification .......... C. The Elements of Justification D. The Sphere in Which Justification Takes place ...
... Justification ................... A. The Scriptural Terms for " to justify " B. The Nature and Characteristics of Justification .......... C. The Elements of Justification D. The Sphere in Which Justification Takes place ...
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... justification before God . The two principle parts of Calvin's view of religion are ( 1 ) how God is truly worshiped and ( 2 ) how is salvation to be obtained . tion there is an answering faith on the part of. 1 Introduction Introduction ...
... justification before God . The two principle parts of Calvin's view of religion are ( 1 ) how God is truly worshiped and ( 2 ) how is salvation to be obtained . tion there is an answering faith on the part of. 1 Introduction Introduction ...
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... justified . Neither does it warrant the unqualified statement that the Bible is not God's direct revelation but merely contains the Word of God . The terms " Word of God " and " special revelation " are indeed used in a sense in which ...
... justified . Neither does it warrant the unqualified statement that the Bible is not God's direct revelation but merely contains the Word of God . The terms " Word of God " and " special revelation " are indeed used in a sense in which ...
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Contents
C The Extent of the Atonement | 87 |
D The Atonement in PresentDay Theology | 88 |
The Doctrine of the Application of the Work of Redemption | 89 |
QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW | 91 |
Calling and Regeneration | 92 |
C Regeneration | 94 |
QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW | 96 |
Conversion | 97 |
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B The Three Persons Considered Separately | 28 |
QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW | 30 |
C Objections to the Doctrine of the Decree | 31 |
QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW | 32 |
Predestination | 33 |
C The Question of Supraand Infralapsarianism | 34 |
Creation | 35 |
B The Spiritual World | 37 |
C The Material World | 39 |
QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW | 41 |
Providence | 42 |
B The Elements of Providence in Particular | 43 |
C Extraordinary Providences or Miracles | 44 |
The Doctrine of Man in Relation to God | 45 |
B The Origin of the Soul in Each Individual | 46 |
QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW | 47 |
B Man in the Covenant of Works | 48 |
QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW | 50 |
Man in the State of Sin | 51 |
B The Essential Character of Sin | 52 |
C Divergent Views of Sin | 53 |
QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW | 54 |
B Original and Actual Sin | 55 |
C The Universality of Sin | 56 |
QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW | 57 |
Man in the Covenant of Grace | 58 |
B The Son in the Covenant of Redemption | 59 |
C Requirements and Promises in the Covenant of Redemption | 60 |
The Covenant of Grace | 61 |
B The Promises and Requirements of the Covenant of Grace | 62 |
C The Characteristics of the Covenant | 63 |
D The Relation of Christ to the Covenant of Grace | 64 |
F The Different Dispensations of the Covenant | 65 |
QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW | 67 |
The Doctrine of the Person and Work of Christ | 69 |
D The Name Son of God | 70 |
The Natures of Christ | 71 |
B The Unity of the Person of Christ | 72 |
C Some of the Most Important Errors in the Doctrine of Christ | 73 |
QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW | 74 |
The States of Christ | 75 |
B The State of Exaltation | 77 |
QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW | 79 |
The Work of Christ | 80 |
B The Priestly Office | 81 |
C The Kingly Office | 83 |
QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW | 84 |
The Atonement through Christ | 85 |
B The Nature of the Atonement | 86 |
C The Elements of Conversion | 98 |
E The Author of Conversion | 99 |
Faith | 100 |
C The Elements of Faith | 101 |
D The Object of Saving Faith | 102 |
Justification | 103 |
C The Elements of Justification | 104 |
E The Time of Justification | 105 |
F The Ground of Justification | 106 |
Sanctification | 107 |
C The Characteristics of Sanctification | 108 |
E The Imperfect Character of Sanctification in This Life | 109 |
Perseverance of the Saints | 111 |
QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW | 112 |
The Doctrine of the Church and the Means of Grace | 113 |
C The Manysided Character of the Church | 114 |
E The Church in the Different Eras of History | 115 |
G The Notes or Characteristic Marks of the Church | 116 |
The Government of the Church | 117 |
B The Fundamental Principles of the Reformed Presbyterian System | 118 |
C The Officers of the Church | 119 |
D The Ecclesiastical Assemblies | 120 |
QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW | 121 |
The Power of the Church | 122 |
C Different Kinds of Church Power | 123 |
QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW | 124 |
The Means of Grace | 125 |
C The Two Parts of the Word as a Means of Grace | 126 |
The Sacraments in General | 127 |
C The Component Parts of the Sacraments | 128 |
F The Number of the Sacraments | 129 |
Christian Baptism | 130 |
C The Lawful Administrators of Baptism | 131 |
QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW | 133 |
The Lords Supper | 134 |
D The Efficacy of the Lords Supper as a Means of Grace | 135 |
E The Person for Whom the Lords Supper is Designed | 136 |
The Doctrine of the Last Things | 137 |
The Intermediate State | 138 |
B The Doctrine of Purgatory of the Limbus Patrum and of the Limbus Infantum | 139 |
D The Doctrine of Annihilation and of Conditional Immortality | 140 |
QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW | 141 |
B The Second Coming Itself | 143 |
QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW | 144 |
B The Resurrection | 147 |
QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW | 148 |
The Last Judgment and the Final State | 149 |
B The Final State | 150 |
QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW | 152 |
The Heidelberg Catechism | 153 |
Deliverance | 154 |
GOD THE FATHER | 155 |
GOD THE SON | 156 |
GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT | 158 |
THE SACRAMENTS | 160 |
THE LORDS SUPPER | 161 |
Gratitude | 163 |
PRAYER | 166 |
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Page 32 - GOD from all eternity did by the most wise and holy counsel of his own will, freely and unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass : yet so, as thereby neither is God the author of sin, nor is violence offered to the will of the creatures, nor is the liberty or contingency of second causes taken away, but rather established.
Page 74 - Mans nature, with all the essential properties and common infirmities thereof, yet without sin, being conceived by the power of the holy Ghost, in the womb of the Virgin Mary of her substance : So that two whole perfect and distinct natures, the Godhead and the Manhood, were inseparably joyncd together in one Person, without conversion, composition, or confusion ; which Person is very God and very Man, yet one Christ, the only Mediator between God and Man.
Page 163 - You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.
Page 35 - These angels and men, thus predestinated and foreordained, are particularly and unchangeably designed ; and their number is so certain and definite, that it cannot be either increased or diminished.
Page 111 - They went out from us, but they were not of us ; for if they had been of us, they would no doiibt have continued with us : but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
Page 62 - And I heard a great voice out of the throne saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he shall dwell with them, and they shall be his peoples, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God...
Page 122 - There is no other head of the Church but the Lord Jesus Christ : nor can the Pope of Eome, in any sense, be head thereof ; but is that, Antichrist, that man of sin and son of perdition that exalteth himself in the Church against Christ, and all that is called God. IV. There is no other head of the Church but the Lord Jesus Christ...
Page 10 - ALTHOUGH the light of nature, and the works of creation and providence, do so far manifest the goodness, wisdom, and power of God, as to leave men inexcusable ; yet they are not sufficient to give that knowledge of God, and of his will, which is necessary unto salvation...