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PaperbackBaptism
Three Views
Spectrum Multiview Book Series
Contributions by Sinclair B. Ferguson, Bruce A. Ware, and Tony Lane
Edited by David F. WrightThe Christian church confesses "one baptism." But the church's answers to how, whom and when to baptize, and even what it means or does, are famously varied.
This Spectrum Multiview volume provides a forum for thoughtful proponents of three principal evangelical views to state their case, respond to the others, and then provide a summary response and statement. Sinclair Ferguson ...
PaperbackCovenantal and Dispensational Theologies
Four Views on the Continuity of Scripture
Spectrum Multiview Book Series
Edited by Brent E. Parker and Richard J. Lucas
How does the canon of Scripture fit together?
For evangelical Christians, there is no question about the authority of Scripture and its testimony to the centrality of Jesus Christ in God's salvation plan. But several questions remain: How do the Old Testament and New Testament relate to each other? What is the relationship among the biblical covenants? How should Christians ...
PaperbackEvangelical Theological Method
Five Views
Spectrum Multiview Book Series
Edited by Stanley E. Porter and Steven M. Studebaker
How should one approach the task of theology? The question of methodology is increasingly one of interest among theologians, who recognize that the very manner in which we approach theology informs both the questions we ask and the conclusions we reach.
This volume in IVP's Spectrum Multiview series brings together five evangelical theologians with distinctly different approaches ...
PaperbackGod and Time
Four Views
Spectrum Multiview Book Series
Contributions by Paul Helm, William Lane Craig, Alan G Padgett, and Nicholas Wolterstorff
Edited by Gregory E. GanssleThe eternal God has created the universe. And that universe is time-bound. How can we best understand God's relationship with our time-bound universe? For example, does God experience each moment of time in succession or are all times present to God?
How we think of God and time has implications for our understanding of the nature of time, the creation of the universe, God's ...
PaperbackScience & Christianity
Four Views
Spectrum Multiview Book Series
Contributions by Howard J. Van Till, Stephen C. Meyer, Jean Pond, Wayne F. Frair, and Gary D. Patterson
Edited by Richard F. CarlsonScience and Christianity. Are they partners or opponents?
Christians have long debated the relationship of science to faith. With the rise of Darwinism, however, the issue took on new significance. Darwinism appeared to undermine the authority of the Bible and the credibility of Christianity by freeing science of the need for a Creator. Rethinking the relationship between ...
PaperbackTwo Views of Hell
A Biblical & Theological Dialogue
Spectrum Multiview Book Series
by Edward William Fudge and Robert A. Peterson
Hell is real and terrible. It is the fate of those who reject God. Evangelicals agree about this unhappy truth. Yet on some questions about hell disagreements arise.
Some evangelicals believe the wicked will experience perpetual, conscious torment after death. Others argue that the wicked will experience a limited period of conscious punishment and then they will cease to ...
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Is the lawyer's vocation considered a "servant" profession? Robert F. Cochran, author of "The Servant Lawyer," believes that lawyers can serve both humans and God with their work. Read this interview to hear how Cochran views the calling to the ordinary practice of law as experienced by ordinary lawyers.
PaperbackDivorce and Remarriage
Four Christian Views
Spectrum Multiview Book Series
Contributions by J. Carl Laney, William A. Heth, Thomas R. Edgar, and Larry Richards
Edited by H. Wayne HouseDivorce. No one likes it, but it doesn't go away. Even among Christians, the divorce rate continues to climb. How should Christians approach this issue? May Christians ever legitimately divorce? If they divorce legitimately, may they remarry?
Not everyone who appeals to Scripture agrees on how we should understand what it says about divorce and remarriage. In this Spectrum ...
PaperbackJustification
Five Views
Spectrum Multiview Book Series
Contributions by Michael S. Horton, Michael Bird, James D. G. Dunn, Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen, Gerald O'Collins, and Oliver Rafferty
Edited by James K. Beilby and Paul R. Eddy
Associate Editor Steven E. Enderlein"Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ" (Rom 5:1). When Paul wrote these words he seemed confident he had made himself clear.
But for centuries the Pauline doctrine of justification has been a classic point of interpretation and debate in Christian exegesis and theology. And while in recent decades there have ...
PaperbackPsychology and Christianity
Five Views
Spectrum Multiview Book Series
Contributions by David G. Myers, Stanton L. Jones, Robert C. Roberts, P. J. Watson, John H. Coe, Todd W. Hall, and David A. Powlison
Edited by Eric L JohnsonHow should Christians understand and undertake the discipline of psychology?
This question has been of keen interest—and sometimes concern—to Christians because of the importance we place on a correct understanding of humannature. Psychology can sometimes seem disconnected from, if not antithetical to, Christian perspectives on life. How are we to understand our Christian ...
