THE DOCTRINE OF MAN’S IMPOTENCE Chapter 3 NATURE The doctrine we are now considering is a most solemn and forbidding one. Certainly it is one which could never have been invented by man, for it is far too humbling and distasteful. It is one which is most offensive to human pride, and at complete var... Read More
THE DOCTRINE OF MAN’S IMPOTENCE Chapter 6 PROBLEM We have now arrived at the most difficult part of our subject, and much wisdom from above is needed if we are to be preserved from error. It has been well said that truth is like a narrow path running between two precipices. The figure is an apt one,... Read More
THE DOCTRINE OF MAN’S IMPOTENCE Chapter 8 ELUCIDATION Had we followed a strictly logical order, this branch of our subject would have immediately followed our discussion of the problem which is raised by this doctrine. But we considered it better to first build a broader foundation for our present r... Read More
THE DOCTRINE OF RECONCILIATION Chapter 13 Its Effectuation-Concluded In seeking to show what Christ did in order to effect reconciliation between God and His people two methods of presentation were open to us—each warranted by the analogy of Scripture. To begin with the work of Christ as it is usual... Read More
THE DOCTRINE OF RECONCILIATION Chapter 15 Its Meaning-Continued In our last chapter we pointed out the needs-be for and the importance of making a clear distinction between the Atonement and reconciliation, that the sacrifice of Christ was the cause and the means of which reconciliation was the effe... Read More
THE DOCTRINE OF RECONCILIATION Chapter 2 Its Need The word reconciliation means to unite two parties who are estranged. It denotes that one has given offence and the other has taken umbrage or is displeased by it, in consequence of which there is a breach between them. Instead of friendship there is... Read More
THE DOCTRINE OF RECONCILIATION Conclusion In the course of our explanation of this doctrine we have sought to make a comprehensive view of it as a whole and then to examine in detail its essential components. Truth is a unit, one harmonious whole, but with our very limited powers of comprehension we... Read More
THE DOCTRINE OF REVELATION Chapter 1 THE EXISTENCE OF GOD AS MANIFEST IN CREATION The Bible opens with the words, "In the beginning God." He was in the beginning because Himself without beginning: the uncaused, self-existent and self-sufficient One—"from everlasting to everlasting, Thou art God" (Ps... Read More
THE DOCTRINE OF REVELATION Chapter 10 THE HOLY BIBLE TEACHES THE WAY OF SALVATION The uniqueness of the Bible appears most conspicuously here, as anyone may ascertain for himself by comparing the teaching of the so-called "sacred books" of all human religions. The difference between what is revealed... Read More
THE DOCTRINE OF REVELATION Chapter 16 GOD’S SUBJECTIVE REVELATION THE HOLY SPIRIT MUST QUICKEN We have dwelt upon the revelation which God has made of Himself in the material universe, in the moral nature of man, in the shaping of human history, in His incarnate Son, and in the Holy Scriptures. We h... Read More
THE DOCTRINE OF MAN’S IMPOTENCE Chapter 3 NATURE
THE DOCTRINE OF MAN’S IMPOTENCE Chapter 6 PROBLEM
THE DOCTRINE OF MAN’S IMPOTENCE Chapter 8 ELUCIDATION
THE DOCTRINE OF RECONCILIATION Chapter 13 Its Effectuation-Concluded
THE DOCTRINE OF RECONCILIATION Chapter 15 Its Meaning-Continued
THE DOCTRINE OF RECONCILIATION Chapter 2 Its Need
THE DOCTRINE OF RECONCILIATION Conclusion
THE DOCTRINE OF REVELATION Chapter 1 THE EXISTENCE OF GOD AS MANIFEST IN CREATION
THE DOCTRINE OF REVELATION Chapter 10 THE HOLY BIBLE TEACHES THE WAY OF SALVATION
THE DOCTRINE OF REVELATION Chapter 16 GOD’S SUBJECTIVE REVELATION THE HOLY SPIRIT MUST QUICKEN