Description
Do you long to get an overall grasp of the Bible? Do you want to venture beyond your favourite passages and explore the Bible as a whole? Would you like to know how the Old Testament builds up to the coming of Jesus?
Whether you're a church leader, theology student or simply eager to know your Bible better, here's the book for you. In short, pithy chapters, assisted by easy-to-follow visual layouts, it shows how the Bible fits together as the unfolding story of God's plan of salvation.
Jesus Christ is the link between every part of the Bible and ourselves, says Graeme Goldsworthy. This book shows you how the Old Testament builds up to the coming of Jesus. Work through it and you'll read the Bible with fresh insight.
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction: How to Use This Book
PART ONE: BIBLICAL THEOLOGY —— WHY?
1 The Leech Has Two Daughters
PART TWO: BIBLICAL THEOLOGY —— HOW?
2 God Makes Himself Known
3 But How Can We Know?
4 Christ Has Made Himself Known
5 And We Know Him Through Scripture
6 The Bible Is the Divine-Human Word
7 We Begin and End with Christ
PART THREE: BIBLICAL THEOLOGY —— WHAT?
8 I Am the First and the Last
9 Creation by Word
10 The Fall
11 First Revelation of Redemption
12 Abraham Our Father
13 Exodus: Pattern of Redemption
14 New Life: Gift and Task
15 The Temptation in the Wilderness
16 Into the Good Land
17 God's Rule in God's Land
18 The Life of Faith
19 The Fading Shadow
20 There Is a New Creation
21 The Second Exodus
22 The New Creation for Us
23 The New Creation in Us Initiated
24 The New Creation in Us Now
25 The New Creation Consummated
PART FOUR: BIBLICAL THEOLOGY —— WHERE?
26 Knowing God's Will
27 Life After Death
Subject Index
Scripture Index
Product Details
Title: According to Plan: The unfolding revelation of God in the Bible
Author: Graeme Goldsworthy
Publisher: Intervarsity Press
Pages: 256
Binding: Paperback
Size: 22.4 x 15.4 x 2.0 cm
ISBN: 9781844740123