Preface vii
Introduction 1
PART I. THE HOLY SPIRIT
Chapter 1. The Person of the Holy Spirit 15
The Deity and Personal Identity of the Holy Spirit; Holy Spirit in Holy Triad
Chapter 2. The Work of the Spirit 31
Before the Coming of the Son; After the Coming of the Son; The Personal Indwelling of the Spirit
PART II. SALVATION
Chapter 3. The Way of Repentance 79
Introduction to the Study of Salvation; The Narrow Way of Repentance; Issues of Penitence and Confession
Chapter 4. Justification by Grace Through Faith 108
Justification by Grace; Faith in Christ; Faith Working Through Love; Regeneration
Chapter 5. Baptism of the Spirit 177
The Spiritβs Indwelling, Baptism, Gifts, and Sealing;
Adoption into the Family of God
Chapter 6. Union with Christ and Sanctification 205
Union with Christ; Sanctification; Perfecting Grace and the Fullness of Salvation; The Full Consequences of Salvation; A Reprise
PART III. THE CHURCH
Chapter 7. The Community of Celebration 261
Complementary Ways of Defining the Church; The Church as Body of Christ
Chapter 8. Marks of Ekklesia 297
By What Evidences Is the Church Recognizable? Unity;
Holiness; Catholicity; Apostolicity
PART IV. HUMAN DESTINY
Chapter 9. Last Things: Death and Personal Survival 369
Last Things; Death and Personal Survival; Issues of the Intermediate State
Chapter 10. The End of Human History 397
Expected Events of the End Time: Resurrection, Return, Millennium, and Judgment; Parousia; The Millennium;
General Judgment
Chapter 11. The Communion of Saints and the
Life Everlasting 444
The Communion of Saints; The Final State of the Unjust;
Life Everlasting
Postscript 469
Epilogue 473
Abbreviations 503
Indexes 513