Bible Doctrine: Essential Teachings of the Christian Faith, 2nd ed.

by Wayne Grudem

Publisher:

Zondervan

, 2022

Overview

How do we know the Bible is God’s Word? What is sin and where did it come from? How is Jesus fully God and fully man? What are spiritual gifts? When and how will Christ return?

If you’ve asked questions like these, then systematic theology is no abstract term. It’s an approach to finding answers every Christian needs to know. The second edition of Bible Doctrine takes a widely used upper-level textbook on systematic theology and makes it accessible. Abridged from the second edition of Wayne Grudem’s award-winning Systematic Theology, Bible Doctrine covers the same essentials of the faith, giving you a firm grasp on seven key topics:

• The Doctrine of the Word of God
• The Doctrine of God
• The Doctrine of Man
• The Doctrine of Christ
• The Doctrine of the Application of Redemption
• The Doctrine of the Church
• The Doctrine of the Future

You don’t need to have had several years of Bible college or seminary training to reap the benefits of Bible Doctrine. It’s easy to understand and packed with biblical answers to your most pressing theological questions.

This new edition now includes:

• New, thoughtful critiques of open theism, the new perspective on Paul, Molinism (or “middle knowledge”), “Free Grace” theology, and the preterist view of Christ’s second coming
• Completely revised, stronger chapter on the clarity of Scripture
• Completely revised, stronger chapter on creation and evolution. New discussion of how biblical inerrancy applies to some specific “problem verses” in the Gospels
• Additional material respectfully explaining evangelical Protestant differences with Roman Catholicism (with extensive interaction with the Catechism of the Roman Catholic Church), Protestant liberalism, and Mormonism
• Completely updated bibliographies
• All Scripture quotations updated from RSV to ESV
• An explanation of why monogenes in John 3:16 and elsewhere should be translated as “only begotten” rather than merely “only”
• An extensive discussion on the eternal submission of the Son to the Father
• A discussion of recent criticisms of the penal substitutionary view of the atonement
• Numerous other updates and corrections that have be prompted by letters and emails from people around the world and by interaction with the students Wayne has taught over the last 26 years both at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and at Phoenix Seminary

Key Features

• Contains multiple revisions and expansions
• Takes a widely used upper-level textbook on systematic theology and makes it accessible
• Covers the essentials of the faith, providing a firm grasp on seven key topics

Contents

Top Highlights

“Christian ethics is any study that answers the question, ‘What does the whole Bible teach us about which acts, attitudes, and personal character traits receive God’s approval, and which do not?’² Thus, theology focuses on ideas while ethics focuses on life situations. Theology tells us how we should think while ethics tells us how we should live.” (Page 2)

“The major teachings of the Bible about itself can be classified into four characteristics: (1) the authority of Scripture, (2) the clarity of Scripture, (3) the necessity of Scripture, and (4) the sufficiency of Scripture.” (Page 21)

“The emphasis of systematic theology is on what God wants us to believe and to know, while the emphasis in Christian ethics is on what God wants us to do and what attitudes he wants us to have.” (Page 2)

“Thus, all doctrines should be seen in terms of their practical value for living the Christian life.” (Page 3)

“This means that Revelation 20:1–6 does not describe the present church age but is best understood to refer to a future millennial reign of Christ.” (Page 556)

Product Details

• Title: Bible Doctrine: Essential Teachings of the Christian Faith (Second Edition)
• Author: Wayne Grudem
• Edition: Second Edition
• Publisher: Zondervan
• Print Publication Date: 2022
• Logos Release Date: 2022
• Pages: 652
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Theology, Doctrinal; Bible › Theology
• ISBNs: 9780310124320, 9780310124306, 9780310124313, 0310124301, 031012431X, 0310124328
• Resource ID: LLS:BBLDCTRNCHRSFTH2NDD
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2023-06-01T21:48:02Z

About Wayne Grudem

Wayne Grudem is a New Testament scholar turned theologian, author, and research professor of Bible and theology at Phoenix Seminary, Arizona. He earned a BA from Harvard University, an MDiv from Westminster Theological Seminary, and a PhD from the University of Cambridge. In 2001 Grudem moved to Phoenix Seminary after having taught at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School for more than twenty years where he was also the chairman of the Department of Biblical and Systematic Theology.