Remember me on this computer. Enter the email address you signed up with and we'll email you a reset link. Need an account? Click here to sign up. Download Free PDF. Tebogo Sewapa. A short summary of this paper. Migliore holds a B. He received an honorary doctorate humane letters from his alma mater Westminster College Pennsylvania. An ordained Presbyterian minister, he is a member of the Presbytery of New Brunswick and frequently teaches in local congregations.
His areas of interest include systematic theology, Karl Barth, the Trinity, and Christology. Eerdmans Publishing Co. I will now briefly write a detailed review on this book, which I believe professor Migliore had done a great and deep work in this field of doctrinal theology by introducing basic doctrines as believed by the church.
The nature, basis and theme of these basic doctrines are discussed in a critical and contextual manner. Theology involves an intellectual method of seeking more about the doctrine of God all Christians believe about Him and what he did or continue to do. He looks in a way theology is understood within various contexts and theological backgrounds. His method is more critical, and he include even differing views from various theologians who disagree on doctrines from time to time in the history of the Christian Church.
The author noted that there are many church traditions and denominational doctrines that disagrees at times, and this is a serious challenge that the church if facing. Understanding and sticking to a true Christian doctrine is a concern that every church and believer should take seriously.
Being a believer mean that one, according to the author, has to believe what is true and biblical otherwise faith that is false is not worth to follow. The author introduces various doctrines in a more introductory manner. He continues the doctrines of scriptures; the trinity; creation; providence and the problem of evil; doctrine of man; the second person of the trinity Jesus Christ and soteriology; doctrine of the Holy Ghost and His work on a believer; doctrine of the church; the work of the church proclamation of the Gospel, serving sacraments and its ministry ; and finally, on the doctrines of the last things or Christian hope.
All these doctrines are discussed in a more basic was and much emphasis is given to the way they are understood within various Christian communities by looking at the theological development of each.
The concern the author seek to address is the problem of misunderstanding these doctrines and the need to stay true to the faith that was once delivered to the saints. He looks at each in a historical manner by pointing how each church tradition view the doctrine, how theological traditions agrees and disagrees, and he concluded. The author also notes the other varying opinions from various sources other than Christians.
The author was careful to highlight how these theologians understood doctrines as discussed in the book and in the cases of disagreements, the author noted that as well. The author at final focused on the reformed theological tradition, and he also quoted from the bible. The book does not discuss the catholic doctrines much, but some reference was made to Catholicism as well. Cults and new Christian traditions, like the charismatic movement, were not much discussed as well.
The author also cited non-Christian philosophers like Plato, Aristotle, Socrates and others in developing and proving his arguments. In Chapter 4, the book looks at the most critical Christian doctrine of the trinity. The author points how the church developed this doctrine through various church councils, beginning at Nicaea, Constinople and others. Finally, the church agreed on the doctrine of the trinity as the truth and the basis of Christian faith. The classical Trinitarian doctrine is the foundation of Christianity and of the church.
He is not three gods in unity, but One God in three persons and perfectly united, holy and living God who is the Creator, the Redeemer and the Sustainer. Readers are pushed into asking questions for further exploration, and teaching them to be deliberate in examin- ing their beliefs. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, God freely created a good creation and humanity to be in communion with God and others. Due to the alienation that results from sin, Jesus Christ— Messiah of Israel, Lord, and Savior—was graciously incarnate, crucified, and resurrected in order that he may minister to the poor and reconcile the world to God 2 Cor Due to this perspective, Migliore devotes significant space to the manifold witness of the NT and patristic sources, as well as how people view Jesus in various minority and nonwestern perspectives.
Migliore closes the chapter by giving particular attention to the relationship of Christians to Jews and Muslims. The section on Islam is a new addition to the third edition. He also concludes each chapter with a list of suggested readings expanded for the third edition and the back of the book includes an extensive glossary of theological terms also expanded for this edition , as well as indices of persons and subjects and Scripture references.
More recently, various theologians e. Stephen Long have conversely argued that the traditional attributes are consonant with and stem from the biblical picture of God and make better sense of divine justice.
Faith Alone: The Doctrine of Justification. What the Reformers Taught. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, Scholars working in the area of justification studies know Schreiner as one of the ablest defenders of the traditional Protestant view of the Pauline doctrine of justification by faith.
Sympathetic readers like me will find that this volume does not disappoint. It can and should be used in classrooms and with church groups sorely in need of hearing the liberat- ing gospel of justification by grace through faith alone. Schreiner leads the reader on a historical, biblical, and theological tour, beginning with key figures of the past, proceeding to relevant scriptural texts, and concluding with contem- porary challenges. Schreiner reminds us upfront that the tour will be not only academic but personal, answering the question: how can a person stand in the eschatological judgment
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