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Evangelical thinkers in recent years have thrust differing and sometimes nontraditional views on the doctrine of God, the composition of the human person, and the nature of hell into the spotlight.Across the Spectrum, written by Bethel College theologians Gregory Boyd and Paul Eddy, offers a service to the church by carefully examining the various positions taken by evangelical scholars on eighteen seminal issues--both classic concerns and those of more contemporary interests. Rather than taking sides, however, the authors give readers the resources they need to make up their own minds.Among the many topics discussed are baptism, the nature of the self, the foreknowledge and providence of God, the interpretation of Genesis 1-2, the destiny of the unevangelized, and the nature of hell.In the spirit of the popular four-views books, Boyd and Eddy carefully lay out the biblical, theological, and philosophical arguments for each position and then discuss possible objections. Each chapter also includes a bibliography. A helpful appendix touches on nine additional issues.Across the Spectrum will surely be an indispensable resource for students, professors, pastors, and anyone who wants to make sense of the issues facing today's church.

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Publié par	Baker Publishing Group
Date de parution	01 juin 2002
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781585582853
Langue	English

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Across the SPECTRUM
Across the SPECTRUM
Understanding Issues in Evangelical Theology
Second Edition
GREGORY A. BOYD AND PAUL R. EDDY
2002, 2009 by Gregory A. Boyd and Paul R. Eddy
Published by Baker Academic a division of Baker Publishing Group P.O. Box 6287, Grand Rapids, MI 49516-6287 www.bakeracademic.com
Second edition published in 2009
Printed in the United States of America
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means-for example, electronic, photocopy, recording-without the prior written permission of the publisher. The only exception is brief quotations in printed reviews.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Boyd, Gregory A., 1957- Across the spectrum : understanding issues in evangelical theology / Gregory A. Boyd Paul R. Eddy. - 2nd ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978-0-8010-3793-1 (pbk.) 1. Evangelicalism. 2. Theology, Doctrinal. I. Eddy, Paul R. II. Title. BR1640.B69 2009 230 .04624-dc22
2009010396
Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1989, by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture quotations labeled NIV are from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION . NIV . Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.
To our children, Denay, Alisha, and Nathan, and Jordan, Juston, and Rachel,
and to our grandchildren, Soel and Sage, and Rylie
Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface to the Second Edition
Introduction
1 The Inerrancy Debate
Without Error of Any Kind (The Inerrantist View) Infallible in Matters of Faith and Practice (The Infallibilist View)
2 The Providence Debate
All Things Happen according to God s Sovereign Will (The Calvinist View) God Limits His Control by Granting Freedom (The Arminian View)
3 The Foreknowledge Debate
God Foreknows Future Free Actions (The Arminian View) God Foreknows by Sovereignly Ordaining the Future (The Calvinist View) God Foreknows All That Shall Be and All That May Be (The Open View)
4 The Genesis Debate
Created in the Recent Past (The Young Earth View) A Very Old Work of Art (The Day-Age View) Restoring a Destroyed Creation (The Restoration View) Literary Theme over Literal Chronology (The Literary Framework View)
5 The Divine Image Debate
The Image of God Is the Soul (The Substantival View) The Image of God Is Our God-Given Authority (The Functional View) The Image of God Is Our Relationality (The Relational View)
6 The Christology Debate
The Unavoidable Paradox of the God-man (The Classical View) Christ Relinquished His Divine Prerogatives (The Kenotic View)
7 The Atonement Debate
Christ Died in Our Place (The Penal Substitution View) Christ Destroyed Satan and His Works (The Christus Victor View) Christ Displayed God s Wrath against Sin (The Moral Government View)
8 The Salvation Debate
TULIP (The Calvinist View) God Wants All to Be Saved (The Arminian View)
9 The Sanctification Debate
Sanctification as a Declaration by God (The Lutheran View) Sanctification as Holiness in Christ and in Personal Conduct (The Reformed [Calvinist] View) Sanctification as Resting-Faith in the Sufficiency of Christ (The Keswick Deeper Life View) Entire Sanctification as Perfect Love (The Wesleyan View)
10 The Eternal Security Debate
Secure in the Power of God (The Eternal Security View) The Need to Persist in Faith (The Conditional Security View)
11 The Destiny of the Unevangelized Debate
No Other Name (The Restrictivist View) God Does All He Can Do (The Universal Opportunity View) Hope beyond the Grave (The Postmortem Evangelism View) He Has Not Left Himself without a Witness (The Inclusivist View)
12 The Baptism Debate
Baptism and Christian Discipleship (The Believer s Baptism View) Covenanting with the Community of God (The Infant Baptism View)
13 The Lord s Supper Debate
This Is My Body (The Spiritual Presence View) In Remembrance of Me (The Memorial View)
14 The Charismatic Gifts Debate
The Gifts Are for Today (The Continuationist View) Tongues Shall Cease (The Cessationist View)
15 The Women in Ministry Debate
Created Equal, with Complementary Roles (The Complementarian View) The Irrelevance of Gender for Spiritual Authority (The Egalitarian View)
16 The Millennium Debate
The Return before the Reign (The Premillennial View) Working toward and Waiting for a Coming Reign of Peace (The Postmillennial View) The Symbolic Thousand-Year Conquest of Satan (The Amillennial View)
17 The Hell Debate
The Unending Torment of the Wicked (The Classical View) The Wicked Shall Be No More (The Annihilationist View)
Appendix
Notes
Glossary
Acknowledgments
W e would like to acknowledge several people for their support of this project. A distinct word of appreciation goes to our friend and colleague Don Alexander for contributing the bulk of the chapter on the sanctification debate. We also want to thank our good friend (and Paul s mentor) David K. Clark for contributing the section on speech act theory in the chapter on the inerrancy debate. Our appreciation also goes to our Bethel University colleagues Jim Beilby and Dan Kent for using an early draft of this text and supplying valuable feedback. To our friend and acquisitions editor at Baker Academic Robert N. Hosack, we offer our gratefulness for his encouragement and oversight of this project from conception through a second edition.
Our final word of appreciation goes to our families. Our wives, Shelley Boyd and Kelly Eddy, have offered their unfailing support throughout our various theological endeavors. Our children-Denay, Alisha, and Nathan (Greg s), and Jordan, Juston, and Rachel (Paul s)-remind us daily of the true gifts of God in this lifetime. Our grandchildren-Soel and Sage (Greg s), and Rylie (Paul s)-remind us that there are precious blessings to growing older! It is to our children and grandchildren that we dedicate this book.
Preface to the Second Edition
W e are grateful for the many students, professors, pastors, and other readers who have made use of our book over the last few years, a number of whom provided feedback and suggestions for a second edition. The primary changes in this new edition include:
rewriting The Foreknowledge Debate chapter to include three views on the topic
reducing the former Human Constitution Debate chapter to one of the issues covered in the appendix
updating the Further Reading sections at the end of each chapter
including in the book itself the appendix that was formerly online
It is our hope that this second edition will continue to serve our readers as we all, within the body of Christ, seek to live out that ancient piece of Christian wisdom: In the essential things, unity. In the nonessential things, liberty. And in all things, charity.
Introduction
W hile this book will appeal to all people interested in the diversity of views that comprise evangelicalism, we have written it specifically for evangelical college students. Its purpose is to introduce these students to the range of positions evangelicals take on various disputed topics. Each position is argued from the perspective of one defending the position and is therefore presented as persuasively as possible (given the introductory nature and space limitations of this book).
This book clearly assumes a distinctly liberal arts approach to the study of theology. It presupposes that the goal of teaching is not for a teacher simply to persuade students of his or her own perspective. Rather, the goal is to broaden students minds by helping them empathetically understand a variety of perspectives while training them to think critically for themselves. The goal is not indoctrination, in other words, but the development of people who are able to arrive at their own convictions in a prayerful, critically informed manner-whether they agree with the teacher or not.
This approach does not imply that the teacher cannot or should not be passionately committed to particular theological views, nor that he or she should altogether refrain from trying to persuade students of his or her views. But a liberal arts approach to theology does require that all views be presented in as fair and compelling a manner as possible. Students must be allowed to appreciate why sincere, godly, biblically-oriented people assume differing positions on various topics. They must be encouraged and empowered to develop a respect and appreciation even for positions with which they and/or their teachers strongly disagree. The purpose of this book is to facilitate teachers in achieving these objectives.
The nature and presuppositions of this work are as follows.
1. The goal of this book is not to present a balanced overview of Christian doctrine. Doctrines are not considered in terms of their historic or existential importance to the evangelical faith but strictly in terms of the differing interpretations contemporary evangelicals have of these doctrines. Hence, for example, the doctrine of the Trinity, which is by most accounts the centerpiece of historic, orthodox Christianity, is relegated to the appendix, and is considered only in terms of the two primary interpretations evangelicals have of this doctrine. The reason is that, while this doctrine is extremely important, the disagreements evangelicals have over how to understand it are not. For courses in theology that offer a well-rounded overview of basic Christian doctrine, we recommend supplementing this book with a standard introductory survey of Christian doctrine.
2. This book considers only options that are discussed and embraced within evangelicalism . There is, of course, no universally accepted definition of evangel