Seminary & School of Ministry THE 6310 Systematic Theology 1 Online
CONTACT INFORMATION Instructor: Jeffrey J. Richards Phone: 704-798-1324 704-637-0123 (call before 9:00 p.m.) E-mail: [email protected]
I. COURSE DESCRIPTION
In this course you will explore the major divisions of theology (Prolegomena), the doctrine of the Bible (Bibliology), the doctrine of God (Theology Proper), the doctrine of Christ (Christology), and the doctrine of last things (Eschatology). You will gain experience in integrating what you learn into real world situations and in understanding how theological concepts are expressed differently across cultures.
II. COURSE OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this course the student should be able to:
Understand the importance of the discipline of theology for one’s personal life and purposeful ministry.
Articulate a proper method of theological study.
Employ the necessary tools for doing one’s own theological research.
Appreciate and defend the basic tenets of historic Christianity in each of the areas of theology studied.
Demonstrate a measure of creativity in presenting an understanding of one or more issues of theology through the “creative project.”
Be exposed on a daily basis to the Scriptures which teach the doctrines this course will study.
Understand and appreciate another culture’s approach to the study of theology.
Articulate your position on the essentials of the faith and express your awareness of some of the distinctive areas of doctrine which divide believers.
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III. REQUIRED MATERIALS
Grudem, Wayne. Systematic Theology . Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1994. ISBN: 0310286700
The One-Year Bible . Kivar edition. Tyndale House Publishers, 1986. ISBN: 0842324518.
IV. COURSE REQUIREMENTS
A. Grudem readings & log: Read all relevant sections of Grudem on our five areas of doctrine. Keep a log of the hours invested in reading over the material. Develop ten (10) solid questions on each theological area (total of 50 questions) in your Grudem readings to turn in (with your log of hours) on MAY 10 .
B. One-Year Bible assignment: Use your One-Year Bible on a daily basis (begin at FEBRUARY 20 and go through MAY 10.) to collect information from the Scriptures regarding the five areas of doctrine which we are to study. Such bits of theological data, such as January 7's reading from Psalm 7:1-17 that “God expresses his wrath every day,” remind us that we did not make these doctrines up. The data of Scripture is rich and plentiful; this exercise will encourage you to read the Word of God theologically, searching out the details of the great doctrines we embrace as Christians. You are to record your findings on the form provided on the course website. Turn in on MAY 7.
C. Cross Cultural Study: You are to investigate the issue as to how Christian theology is done in a cross-cultural situation. You have three options in doing this assignment: Option #1: Read one book-length treatment of how Christian theology is done in an African, Latin, Chinese or other context and write a one- page summary of what you learned. Option #2: Read at least five journal articles on the topic and provide a one-page summary of your findings. Option #3: Conduct an interview with someone from a cross-cultural context, asking how they do Christian theology. What are the particular emphases in that culture’s understanding, approach to, and interaction with theology? Provide a one-page summary. Due MAY 9.
D. Creative Project: By MAY 12 complete your 30-hour creative project which will be turned in to your instructor. Make sure you include a log of how you invested your 30 hours. All ideas for creative projects must be approved by your professor.
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E. Personal Creeds: At the beginning of the discussion of the next five areas of doctrine, you are to turn in a position paper on the previous area of doctrine (no more than two pages, typed and single-spaced). You are to affirm your beliefs in the essential doctrines in that area using appropriate Scriptures, specify several distinctive issues over which Christians should show charity to one another, and one or two practical implications of the essentials you affirm. No footnoting is required. Check the Assignment Schedule for due dates.
F. Exam: A Final take-home exam will be given ( Due by MAY 10 ). A copy of the Final Exam will be posted online at an appropriate time and you will be notified by e-mail so that you will be able to download it.
V. COURSE EVALUATION & GRADING
PLEASE NOTE: You are responsible for policies relating to Distance Learning courses. These are located at www.ciu.edu/distance .
A. Assignment Submission Policy
ASSIGNMENTS SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY must be in WordPerfect (.wpd), Word (.doc), Rich Text Format (.rtf) or Adobe Portable Document (.pdf) format. DO NOT submit assignments in .zip, .tif, or other formats as these emails are automatically deleted to prevent viruses.
For students taking courses as part of a semester load (EO): There will be A GRADE REDUCTION for any assignment not received by the professor by the Due Date. Assignments submitted by postal mail must be postmarked no later than seven days before the Due Date to be considered on time.
B. The final grade for the course will be distributed over the following areas:
Readings in Grudem and online ...... 1/7 Fifty Solid Questions on Grudem readings ...... 1/7 One-Year Bible Theological Data Sheets ...... 1/7 Cross-Cultural Study ...... 1/7 Personal Creed ...... 1/7 Exam ...... 1/7 Creative Project ...... 1/7 Total (7/7) 100%
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C. Grading Scale
95-100 points = A 79-82 points = C
93-94 points = A- 77-78 points = C-
91-92 points = B+ 75-76 points = D+
87-90 points = B 72-74 points = D
85-86 points = B- 70-71 points = D-
83-84 points = C+ 0-69 points = F
VI. COURSE WORKLOAD
Workload has been calculated according to the standard of 135 hours for a three-credit- class. The time required for various assigned activities is estimated as follows:
Readings & Questions (608 pages @ 20 pph + questions) ...... 50 hrs Additional readings (pages and links) ...... 5 hrs Reviewing narrated Powerpoint lectures ...... 5 hrs Online forum discussions ...... 6 hrs One -Year Bible Theological Data Sheets……………………………………..…….. 9 hrs Cross-Cultural Study … ...... …. 10 hrs Creative Project ...... 30 hrs Personal Creed ...... 10 hrs Final Exam ………………………………………………………………………… 10 hrs _____
Total 135 hrs
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VII. Recommendations for Learning Support: Students with physical, emotional, ADD, or learning disabilities who need academic accommodations should make requests through the Academic Success Center (ASC). These requests will be kept confidential. Requests may be made throughout the semester, and ideally they would be initiated as early as possible. The ASC is located on the first floor of Rossi Student Center (803-807-5611, [email protected] ). If you already receive services through ASC, please contact me so that we can make your academic experience in this class as successful as possible.
VIII. ASSIGNMENT SCHEDULE
WEEKS 1-3 ~ Begin 2/28/2014 Unit I: Prolegomena
Week Title Information including Textbook, Online Activities, Video & Powerpoint Assignments. Online Forum s & ALL text pages, links & articles are Additional required reading. Assignments Course Overview Video Introduction: "Welcome to Systematic Theology I" Unit I Overview Video Introduction: “Just like Set up your profile on Castor Oil” CIU Online Prolegomena: 1. Narrated Devotional: John 9 1. Screwtape Letter #1 Part 1 2. Narrated Explanation of 2. Response #1 1 the“OneYear Bible” assignment 3. Unitarian Ad 3.Theological Data Sheet Response #2 Due 4. 4.Textbook Reading List by 5. Narrated Explanation of how to set Note: All articles and 2/11 up your online profile reading assignments in this column of the 6. Narrated Explanation of how to do Assignment Schedule an online response will be found in your 7. Powerpoint Lecture #1 CIU Online course site 8. Fictional story of man born blind under the "Links" button on the left panel. Click into the appropriate week's folder and then click on the specific article link.
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Prolegomena: 1. Grudem, Preface (15-20) & pp. Part 2 21-43 1. Read Michael 2 2. Powerpoint Lecture #2 Bauman’s article, 3. Powerpoint Lecture #3 “Justifying History” Due 4. “Theologese” – article by Larry online under “Links” Dixon by 2/18
Prolegomena: 1. PowerPoint lecture # 4 1. Read the following 3 Part 3 creeds online (choose your own web sites): Due •Apostles’ Creed •Nicene Creed by •Athanasian Creed 2/25 • 2. Response #3
3. Complete your creed on Prolegomena and e- mail to your professor
4. Develop 10 solid questions from the reading in Grudem on Prolegomena.
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LESSONS 4-6 Unit II: Bibliology
Week Title Information including Textbook, Online Activities, Video & Powerpoint Assignments. Online Forums & ALL text pages, links & articles are Additional Assignments required reading. Unit II Overview Video Introduction: “Holy-Book-of- the-Month Club” Bibliology: 1. Narrated Devotional: Jonah 1 1. “Take a hike” and 4 Part 1 2. Grudem, pp. 47-72 observe some aspect 3. Powerpoint Lecture #5 of nature or human nature that you find Due fascinating. What do by you learn about God 3/4 as the Creator? Write your response online in light of Psalm 19. (Response #4 )
continued Bibliology: 1.Grudem, pp. 73-104 1. Response #5 : 5 Part 2 2.Powerpoint Lecture #6 Respond to article by Philip Yancey, “The 3.Powerpoint Lecture #7 Due Bible Jesus Read,” 4.Read the article on “Canonicity” CT, Jan. 11, 1999. by 3/11 2. Read the handout on “Montgomery’s Argument for the Authority of Scripture”
3. Read the article on “Is the Bible Only Reliable Spiritually?”
5. Read the article on “Resolving ‘Contradictions’ in the Bible
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Bibliology: 1. Grudem, pp. 105-138 1. Complete your creed 6 Part 3 2. Powerpoint Lecture #8 on Bibliology and e- mail to your professor Due 2. Develop 10 solid by 3/25 questions from the reading in Grudem on
Bibliology.
LESSONS 7-9 Unit III: Theology Proper
Week Title Information including Textbook, Online Activities, Video & Powerpoint Assignments. Online Forums & ALL text pages, links & articles are Additional required reading. Assignments
Unit III Video Introduction: Overview “What’s Your Idol?”
Theology Proper: 1. Narrated Devotional: Jonah 2 1. Response #6 : 7 Part 1 2. Grudem, pp. 141-210 Find descriptions 3. Powerpoint Lecture #9 online on the nature of God according to Due Hinduism, Buddhism, by 4/8 Islam, and one “Christian” cult (Mormonism, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Christian Science). Take some notes on what you discover and explain why these views are idolatrous.
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Theology Proper: 1. Grudem, pp. 211-314 1. Read the article by 8 Part 2 2. Powerpoint Lecture #10 William Lane Craig 3. Read Dr. Lindsay Hislop’s article on the existence of Due on “The Humility of God” God:
by 4. Read Dr. Dixon’s article on 2. In response to 4/15 “Warning a Wrath-Deserving Dixon’s article on World” God’s wrath, answer the following questions: Do we need more preachers like Jonathan Edwards today? Why do we avoid subjects like the wrath of God? (Response #7 ) continued Theology Proper: 1. Grudem, pp. 315-436 1. Read Philip Yancey’s article on “Running Part 3 2. Powerpoint Lecture #11 9 the Universe” 3. Read Daniel Janosik’s article on
2. Complete your creed Due “How to Explain the Trinity to a Muslim” on Theology Proper by and e-mail to your 4. Powerpoint Lecture #12 4/22 professor
3. Develop 10 solid questions from the reading in Grudem on Theology Proper.
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LESSONS 10-12 Unit IV: Christology Week Title Information including Textbook, Online Activities, Video &Powerpoint Assignments. Online Forums & All text pages, links & articles are Additional Assignments required reading.
Unit IV Video Introduction: "My Jesus, I Overview Love Thee"
Christology: 1. Narrated Devotional: Jonah 3 1. Response #8 Part 1 2. Grudem, pp. 529-567 (Uniqueness of 10 Christ) 3. Powerpoint Lecture #13
Due by 4. Read the article on the “Uniqueness 2. Read Jewish and 4/29 of Christ” by Daniel Janosik Pagan sources on 5. Powerpoint Lecture #14 Jesus
3. Response #9 : How would you defend the deity of Christ with a Muslim? (Go to one of these website for information on the Muslim view)
Christology: 1.Powerpoint Lecture #15 1. Read the Christianity Part 2 2.Grudem, pp.568-607 Today article on the 11 atonement. 3.Either collect and comment on 10
Due by passages on the substitutionary nature 2. Response #10 (Defend 5/3 of the atonement of Christ OR watch the penal the movie “The Passion of the Christ” substitutionary view of the atonement). and write a response paragraph (or poem) in regard to his death on the 3. Complete Response cross for our sins. #11 (Post your comments on your 10 passages here; or for those who choose option #2 on the "Passion of Christ," post your response or poem online)
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Christology: 1. Grudem, pp. 608-633 1. Complete your creed 2. Powerpoint Lecture #16 12 Part 3 on Christology and e- mail to your professor. Due by 2. Develop 10 solid
5/6 questions from the reading in Grudem on Christology.
LESSONS 13-14 Unit V: Eschatology Week Title Information including Textbook, Online Activities, Video & Powerpoint Assignments. Online Forum s & All text pages, links & articles are Additional Assignments required reading.
Unit V Overview Video Introduction: "Amy's Video Blog"
Eschatology: 1. Narrated Devotional: Jonah 4 1. Response #12 : Using 1 Part 1 2. Grudem, pp. 1091-1139 John 3 and 2 Peter 3 and 13 one passage of your 3. Powerpoint Lecture #17 choice, explain how a Due 4. Powerpoint Lecture #18 knowledge of the future by 5/9 should lead to present life change.
2. Read CT article “Unless Jesus Says Otherwise, Hell Exists.” continued
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Eschatology: 1. Grudem, pp. 1140-1167 1. Read the article 14 Part 2 2. Powerpoint Lecture #19 “Seedtime and Harvest,” 3. Powerpoint Lecture #20 by Michael Bauman.
Due 4. Read chapter 5 from Larry Dixon’s 2. Eschatology Creed due. by book “Heaven: Thinking Now about 5/15 Forever.” 3. Reading List due. Cross-Cultural Study due. Grudem Log & Questions due. 4. One-Year Bible (or DocDEVOS ) due. Creative Project due. Take-Home Exam due (5/25).
IX. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
General Theologies
Louis Berkhof, Systematic Theology (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1941).
Gilbert Bilezikian, Christianity 101: Your Guide to Eight Basic Christian Beliefs (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1993).
Donald Bloesch, Essentials of Evangelical Theology (San Francisco: Harper and Row, 1978-1979, 2 vols.)
J.O. Buswell, Jr., A Systematic Theology of the Christian Religion (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1962).
John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion . Edited by J.T. McNeill. Library of Christian Classics (Philadelphia: Westminster, 1960, 2 vols.).
L.S. Chafer, Systematic Theology (Dallas: Dallas Theological Seminary Press, 1947- 1948, 8 vols.).
John Jefferson Davis, Foundations of Evangelical Theology (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1984).
______, Theology Primer: Resources for the Theological Student (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1981).
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David L. Edwards (with a response from John Stott), Evangelical Essentials: A Liberal- Evangelical Dialogue (Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1988).
Paul Enns, Approaching God: Daily Readings in Systematic Theology (Chicago: Moody Press, 1991).
______, The Moody Handbook of Theology (Chicago: Moody Press, 1989).
Millard J. Erickson, Christian Theology (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1983).
______(editor), Readings in Christian Theology (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, vol. 1, “The Living God”, 1973; vol. 2- “Man’s Need and God’s Gift”, 1976; vol. 3- “The New Life”, 1979).
Wayne Grudem, Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1994).
Carl F.H. Henry (compiler), Fundamentals of the Faith (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1969).
Charles Hodge, Systematic Theology (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1975, 3 vols.).
Alan F. Johnson and Robert E. Webber, What Christians Believe: A Biblical and Historical Summary (Grand Rapids: Academie Books, 1989).
Kenneth S. Kantzer and Carl F.H. Henry (editors), Evangelical Affirmations (Grand Rapids: Academie Books, 1990).
Gordon R. Lewis and Bruce A. Demarest, Integrative Theology (Grand Rapids: Academie Books, 1987, 1990, 1994, 3 vols.).
Alister E. McGrath, Christian Theology: An Introduction ( Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers, 1994).
______(editor), The Christian Theology Reader (Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers, 1995).
______, Historical Theology: An Introduction to the History of Christian Thought (Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers, 1998).
______(editor), The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Modern Christian Thought (Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers, 1993).
John Miley, Systematic Theology (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 2 vols., originally published 1893 [reprinted 1989], 2 vols.).
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Thomas C. Oden, John Wesley’s Scriptural Christianity: A Plain Exposition of His Teaching on Christian Doctrine (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1994).
Clark H. Pinnock and Delwin Brown, Theological Crossfire: An Evangelical/Liberal Dialogue (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1990).
Clark H. Pinnock, Tracking the Maze: Finding Our Way through Modern Theology from an Evangelical Perspective (San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1990).
Charles C. Ryrie, Basic Theology: A Popular Systematic Guide to Understanding Biblical Truth (Wheaton: Victor Books, 1986).
David L. Smith, A Handbook of Contemporary Theology (Wheaton: Victor Books, 1992).
W.G.T. Shedd, Dogmatic Theology (New York: Scribner, 1888-1894, 3 vols.).
A.H. Strong, Systematic Theology (Valley Forge: Judson, 1962).
Helmut Thielicke, The Evangelical Faith (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1974, 1977, 2 vols.).
Paul Tillich, Systematic Theology (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1951-1963, 3 vols.).
B.B. Warfield, Biblical and Theological Studies (Philadelphia: Presbyterian & Reformed, 1952).
David F. Wells and Clark H. Pinnock (editors), Toward a Theology for the Future (Carol Stream, IL: Creation House, 1971).
Warren W. Wiersbe (compiler), The Best of A.W. Tozer (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1978). Prolegomena
Michael Bauman and Martin I. Klauber (editors), Historians of the Christian Tradition: Their Methodology and Influence in Western Thought (Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 1995). [I have a chapter on Adolf Harnack in this volume].
Michael Bauman, Pilgrim Theology: Taking the Path of Theological Discovery (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1992).
G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy (Garden City, NY: Image Books, 1959).
Mark A. Noll, The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1994).
David F. Wells, God in the Wasteland: The Reality of Truth in a World of Fading Dreams (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1994).
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John Woodbridge and Tom McComiskey (editors), Doing Theology in Today’s World: Essays in Honor of Kenneth S. Kantzer (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1991).
Philip Yancey, I Was Just Wondering (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1989).
Bibliology
D.A. Carson, The King James Version Debate: A Plea for Realism (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1979).
D.A. Carson and John D. Woodbridge (editors), Hermeneutics, Authority, and Canon (Grand Rapids: Academie Books, 1986).
Philip Wesley Comfort (editor), The Origin of the Bible (Wheaton: Tyndale House Publishers, 1992).
Wayne Grudem, The Gift of Prophecy in the New Testament and Today (Westchester, IL: Crossway Books, 1988).
Harold Lindsell, The Battle for the Bible (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1976).
Allan A. MacRae and Robert C. Newman, The Textus Receptus and the King James Version (Hatfield, PA: Biblical School of Theology Publication, 1975).
Donald K. McKim (editor), The Authoritative Word: Essays on the Nature of Scripture (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1983).
J. Robertson McQuilkin, Understanding and Applying the Bible (Chicago: Moody Press, 1983).
John Warwick Montgomery, God’s Inerrant Word: An International Symposium on the Trustworthiness of Scripture (Minneapolis: Bethany Fellowship, 1974).
René Pache, The Inspiration and Authority of Scripture (Chicago: Moody Press, 1969).
J.B. Phillips, Ring of Truth: A Translator’s Testimony (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1967).
Clark H. Pinnock, Biblical Revelation: The Foundation of Christian Theology (Chicago: Moody Press, 1971).
______, A Defense of Biblical Infallibility (Philadelphia: Presbyterian and Reformed, 1973).
______, The Scripture Principle (San Francisco: Harper and Row, 1984).
Estus Pirkle, The 1611 King James Bible (Southaven, MS: The King’s Press, 1994).
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R.C. Sproul, Explaining Inerrancy: A Commentary (Oakland: International Council on Biblical Inerrancy, 1980).
______, Knowing Scripture (Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1977).
John R.W. Stott, The Authority of the Bible (Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1974).
Merrill C. Tenney (editor), The Bible: The Living Word of Revelation (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1968).
Edward J. Young, Thy Word Is Truth (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1957).
Theology Proper
Karen Armstrong, A History of God: The 4000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam (NewYork: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994).
Stephen Charnock, The Existence and Attributes of God (Minneapolis: Klock & Klock Christian Publishers, 1977 reprint [originally published in 1797]).
Charles Colson, Loving God (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1983).
Benjamin Wirt Farley, The Providence of God (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1988).
John Hick, The Existence of God (New York: MacMillan Publishing Co., 1964).
Christopher B. Kaiser, The Doctrine of God: An Historical Survey (Westchester, IL: Crossway Books, 1982).
Jack Miles, God: A Biography (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995).
J.I. Packer, Knowing God (Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1973).
J. Dwight Pentecost, The Glory of God (Portland: Multnomah Press, 1978).
J.B. Phillips, God Our Contemporary (New York: The MacMillan Co., 1960).
Arthur W. Pink, The Attributes of God: A Solemn and Blessed Contemplation of Some of the Wondrous and Lovely Perfections of the Divine Character (Swengel, PA: Reiner Publications, n.d.).
R.C. Sproul, The Holiness of God (Wheaton: Tyndale House, 1985).
Tim Stafford, Knowing the Face of God (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1986).
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Peter Toon, Our Triune God: A Biblical Portrayal of the Trinity (Wheaton: BridgePoint, 1996).
A.W. Tozer, The Pursuit of God (Harrisburg: Christian Publications, 1948).
Christology
Gregory A. Boyd, Cynic, Sage, or Son of God? (Wheaton: Victor Books, 1995).
Harold O.J. Brown, Heresies: The Image of Christ in the Mirror of Heresy and Orthodoxy from the Apostles to the Present (Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., 1984).
F.F. Bruce, Jesus and Christian Origins Outside and the New Testament (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 1974).
Rudolf Bultmann, Jesus Christ and Mythology (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1958).
John Dominic Crossan, The Essential Jesus: Original Sayings and Earliest Images (San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1994).
______, Who Killed Jesus? Exposing the Roots of Anti-Semitism in the Gospel Story of the Death of Jesus ((San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1995).
C.H. Dodd, The Founder of Christianity (New York: MacMillan Publishing, 1970).
John Drane, Son of Man: A New Life of Christ (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995).
Alfred Edersheim, The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1971).
R.T. France, The Evidence for Jesus (Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1986).
Norman L. Geisler, The Battle for the Resurrection (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publisher, 1989).
Michael Green, Man Alive! (London: InterVarsity Press, 1967).
Robert Glenn Gromacki, The Virgin Birth: Doctrine of Deity (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1974).
Murray J. Harris, From Grave to Glory: Resurrection in the New Testament (Grand Rapids: Academie Books, 1990).
George Eldon Ladd, I Believe in the Resurrection of Jesus (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1975).
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David Boyd Long, Could God Incarnate Sin? (Toronto: Everyday Publications, 1979).
Max Lucado, God Came Near: Chronicles of the Christ (Portland: Multnomah Press, 1987).
______, No Wonder They Call Him the Savior (Carmel, NY: Guideposts, 1986 [reprint]).
H.D. McDonald, Jesus — Human and Divine (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1968).
Alister E. McGrath, Understanding Jesus (Grand Rapids: Academie Books, 1987).
I. Howard Marshall, The Origins of New Testament Christology (Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1977).
Frank Morison, Who Moved the Stone? (London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1930).
John Pollock, The Master: A Life of Jesus (Wheaton: Victor Books, 1985).
Hugh J. Schonfield, The Passover Plot (New York: Bantam Books, 1967 [reprint]).
R.C. Sproul, The Glory of Christ (Wheaton: Tyndale House Publishers, 1990).
W.H. Griffith Thomas, Christianity Is Christ (Chicago: Moody Press, 1965).
Elton Trueblood, The Humor of Christ (New York: Harper & Row, 1964).
Geza Vermes, Jesus the Jew: A Historian’s Reading of the Gospels (London: William Collins Sons & Co., 1973).
Philip Yancey, The Jesus I Never Knew (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1995).
Eschatology
Randy Alcorn. Heaven (Wheaton: Tyndale House, 2004).
Richard C. Alderman. The Second Coming of Jesus Christ: An Easy Guide to Understanding Its Truth and Significance (Columbia, SC: Another Printer, 1998).
Gleason L. Archer, Jr. et al (editors). The Rapture: Pre-, Mid-, or Post-Tribulational? (Grand Rapids: Zondervan Academie, 1984).
Mary Buddemeyer-Porter. Will I See Fido in Heaven?: Scripturally Revealing God’s Eternal Plan for His Lesser Creatures (Shippensburg, PA: Companion Press, 1995).
E.H. Chater. The Coming and Reign of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Denver: Wilson Foundation, 1880).
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A.J. Conyers. The Eclipse of Heaven: Rediscovering the Hope of a World Beyond (Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1992).
Judson Cornwall. Heaven (Brentwood, Essex: Sharon Publications, 1989).
W.A. Criswell and Paige Patterson. Heaven (Wheaton: Tyndale, 1991).
William Crockett (editor). Four Views on Hell (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1992).
Larry Dixon. Heaven: Thinking Now about Forever (Camp Hill, PA: Christian Publications, 2002).
______. The Other Side of the Good News: Confronting Contemporary Challenges to Jesus’ Teaching on Hell (Scotland: Christian Focus Publishers, 2005).
Ajith Fernando. Crucial Questions about Hell (Wheaton: Crossway, 1991).
Timothy Freke. Heaven: An Illustrated History of the Higher Realms (Berkeley, CA: Conari Press, 1996).
Edward Fudge. The Fire That Consumes: A Biblical and Historical Study of the Doctrine of Final Punishment (Houston: Providential Press, 1982).
Edward Fudge and Robert A. Peterson. Two Views of Hell: A Biblical and Theological Dialogue (Downers Grove: IVP, 2000).
John H. Gerstner. Repent or Perish (Ligonier, PA: Soli Deo Gloria Publications, 1990).
W. Hulitt Gloer (editor). Eschatology and the New Testament: Essays in Honor of George Raymond Beasley-Murray (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1988).
Oliver B. Greene. Hell (A Gospel Hour Publication, n.d.).
Robert H. Gundry. The Church and the Tribulation: A Biblical Examination of Posttribulationism (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1973).
Herman A. Hoyt. The End Times (Winona Lake, IN: BMH Books, 1969).
Curtis Hutson (compiler). Great Preaching on Heaven (Murfreesboro, TN: Sword of the Lord Publishers, 1987).
Curtis Hutson (compiler). Great Preaching on the Second Coming (Murfreesboro, TN: Sword of the Lord Publishers, 1989).
Grant R. Jeffrey. Heaven: The Last Frontier (Toronto: Frontier Research, 1990).
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Philip S. Johnston. Shades of Sheol: Death and Afterlife in the Old Testament (Downers Grove: IVP, 2002).
George Eldon Ladd. The Last Things: An Eschatology for Laymen (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1978).
C.S. Lewis. The Problem of Pain (New York: MacMillan, 1962).
Brian D. McLaren. The Last Word and the Word after That: A Tale of Faith, Doubt, and a New Kind of Christianity (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2005).
Colleen McDannell and Bernhard Lang. Heaven: A History (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1988).
Alister E. McGrath. A Brief History of Heaven (Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2003).
Bruce Milne. The Message of Heaven and Hell: Grace and Destiny (Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 2002).
D.L. Moody. Heaven (Chicago: Moody Press, 1880).
David George Moore. The Battle for Hell: A Survey and Evaluation of Evangelicals’ Growing Attraction to the Doctrine of Annihilationism (Lanham: University Press of America, 1995).
Christopher W. Morgan and Robert A. Peterson (editors). Hell Under Fire: Modern Scholarship Reinvents Eternal Punishment (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2004).
Rene Pache. The Future Life (Chicago: Moody, 1962).
J. Dwight Pentecost. Things to Come: A Study in Biblical Eschatology (Grand Rapids: Dunham Publishing Company, 1958).
Robert A. Peterson. Hell on Trial: The Case for Eternal Punishment (Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing, 1995).
Marvin Rosenthal. The Pre-Wrath Rapture of the Church (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1990).
Peter Shockey. Reflections of Heaven: A Millennial Odyssey of Miracles, Angels, and Afterlife (New York: DoubleDay, 1999).
Wilbur M. Smith. The Biblical Doctrine of Heaven (Chicago: Moody, 1980).
John F. Walvoord. The Nations, Israel, and the Church in Prophecy (Grand Rapids: Zondervan Academie, 1967).
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