What the Bible Says About God, the Creator (What the Bible Says Series)

Cover......Page 1
Front......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Table of Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
THE CONCEPT OF GOD......Page 12
THE STUDY OF GOD......Page 15
The Basis of Piety......Page 16
Denial of God......Page 18
False Gods......Page 23
Ignorance of God......Page 26
Neglect of God......Page 28
The Modern Aversion to Metaphysics......Page 29
Contemporary Antimetaphysical Theologies......Page 36
Is the Bible Antimetaphysical?......Page 42
THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD......Page 45
Attributes and Essence......Page 46
The Simplicity of God......Page 48
Classification of Attributes......Page 51
METHODOLOGY AND PRESUPPOSITIONS......Page 54
PAGAN ALTERNATIVES TO CREATION......Page 59
Examples of Dualism......Page 60
Primitive Mythology......Page 61
Plato......Page 66
Gnosticism......Page 68
Manichaeism......Page 70
Medieval Sects......Page 72
Modern Dualists......Page 74
God......Page 76
Matter......Page 77
Man......Page 78
Christ......Page 79
Worship......Page 80
Ethics......Page 82
MONISTIC THEORIES......Page 83
Materialism......Page 84
Pantheism......Page 87
God......Page 97
Creation......Page 99
Matter......Page 100
Man......Page 102
Religion......Page 103
THE BIBLICAL DOCTRINE OF CREATION......Page 106
THE CONCEPT OF CREATION......Page 107
Creation from Nothing......Page 108
Creation as Relation or Originatio n ?......Page 110
Creation ex nihilo in Scripture......Page 116
Creation ex nihilo in Christian Thought......Page 123
The Uniqueness of the Christian Doctrine......Page 127
Free or Necessary ?......Page 128
The Purpose of Creation......Page 131
Visible and Invisible......Page 139
The Visible Universe......Page 140
The Invisible Universe......Page 141
The Creation......Page 145
The Creator......Page 150
CREATION AND NATURE......Page 154
Matter Is Good......Page 155
Matter Is Contingent......Page 157
Science Is Possible and Legitimate......Page 158
Wholly a Creature......Page 162
A Creature with Meaning......Page 165
Purpose in History......Page 168
CREATION AND WORSHIP......Page 171
Ethical Obligation......Page 174
Eth ical Norms......Page 175
The Christological Fallacy......Page 177
THE PRIMACY OF CREATION......Page 182
Noetic Primacy......Page 183
On tic Primacy......Page 188
Creation Is Primary......Page 190
THE TRANSCENDENCE OF GOD......Page 203
TRANSCENDENCE : EXTREME VIEWS......Page 204
Classical Examples......Page 205
The Modern Debate......Page 209
TRANSCENDENCE : THE BIBLICAL VIEW......Page 219
God the Uncreated......Page 220
The Creator/creature Distinction......Page 221
The Holiness of God......Page 223
Th e Exalted One......Page 228
God Is Spirit......Page 233
The Negative Meaning of God\'s Spirituality......Page 234
The Positive Meaning of God\'s Spirituality......Page 244
THE INFINITY OF GOD......Page 252
UNLIMITED IN HIS EXISTENCE......Page 256
UNLIMITED WITH REGARD TO TIME......Page 261
With out Beginning or End......Page 262
Outside the Flow of Time......Page 264
UNLIMITED WITH REGARD TO SPACE......Page 275
UNLIMITED IN HIS KNOWLEDGE......Page 284
The Omniscience of God......Page 285
The Foreknowledge of God......Page 290
Implications of Omniscience......Page 301
UNLIMITED IN HIS POWER......Page 303
God\'s Absolute Power......Page 306
God\'s Ordained Power......Page 313
OUR KNOWLEDGE OF GOD......Page 317
EPISTEMOLOGICAL TRANSCENDENCE......Page 318
The Hiddenness of God......Page 319
The Incomprehensibility of God......Page 323
GENERAL REVELATION......Page 330
The Fact of General Revelation......Page 333
General Revelation in Nature......Page 335
General Revelation Within Human Nature......Page 340
Knowledge Received Through General Revelation......Page 347
The Fact of Creation Knowledge......Page 348
The Limitation of Creation Knowledge......Page 351
SPECIAL REVELATION......Page 364
The Mighty Acts of God......Page 365
The Spoken Words of God......Page 369
The Visible Presence of God......Page 379
The Content of Special Revelation......Page 393
Truth About God and Man......Page 394
Truth About Sin and Redemption......Page 396
THE LIVING GOD......Page 399
The Vanity of Idols......Page 401
Lifeless Nothings......Page 403
God\'s Challenge: Declare and Do!......Page 405
Impotent to Save......Page 406
No Other Gods......Page 408
The God Who Creates Is Truly God......Page 412
The God Who Redeems Is Truly God......Page 415
A Jealous God......Page 420
The First Commandment Today......Page 428
PROOFS OF GOD\'S EXISTENCE......Page 430
Forms of the Ontological A rgu m e n t......Page 431
Criticisms of the Ontological Argu ment......Page 433
The Cosmological Argument......Page 435
Forms of the Cosm ological A rgu m e n t......Page 436
Evaluation of the Cosmological A rgu ment......Page 438
The Teleological Argu ment......Page 444
Examples of the Teleological Argu ment......Page 445
Critique of the Teleological Argument......Page 447
The Historical Argument......Page 451
THE FEAR OF GOD......Page 454
THE GREATNESS AND GLORY OF GOD......Page 455
God Is Great......Page 456
God Is Glorious......Page 457
THE FEAR O F GOD......Page 463
Reverence and Awe......Page 465
To Magnify and To Glorify......Page 473
Bibliography......Page 480
Index of Names......Page 504
Index of Subjects......Page 509
Index of Scriptures......Page 514