According to Plan: The unfolding revelation of God in the Bible (Graeme Goldsworthy)

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Do you long to get an overall grasp of the Bible? Do you want to venture beyond your favourite passages and explore the Bible as a whole? Would you like to know how the Old Testament builds up to the coming of Jesus?

Whether you’re a church leader, theology student or simply eager to know your Bible better, here’s the book for you. In short, pithy chapters, assisted by easy-to-follow visual layouts, it shows how the Bible fits together as the unfolding story of God’s plan of salvation.

Jesus Christ is the link between every part of the Bible and ourselves, says Graeme Goldsworthy. This book shows you how the Old Testament builds up to the coming of Jesus. Work through it and you’ll read the Bible with fresh insight.

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Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction: How to Use This Book

PART ONE: BIBLICAL THEOLOGY —— WHY?

1  The Leech Has Two Daughters

PART TWO: BIBLICAL THEOLOGY —— HOW?

2  God Makes Himself Known

3  But How Can We Know?

4  Christ Has Made Himself Known

5  And We Know Him Through Scripture

6  The Bible Is the Divine-Human Word

7  We Begin and End with Christ

PART THREE: BIBLICAL THEOLOGY —— WHAT?

8  I Am the First and the Last

9  Creation by Word

10 The Fall

11 First Revelation of Redemption

12 Abraham Our Father

13 Exodus: Pattern of Redemption

14 New Life: Gift and Task

15 The Temptation in the Wilderness

16 Into the Good Land

17 God’s Rule in God’s Land

18 The Life of Faith

19 The Fading Shadow

20 There Is a New Creation

21 The Second Exodus

22 The New Creation for Us

23 The New Creation in Us Initiated

24 The New Creation in Us Now

25 The New Creation Consummated

PART FOUR: BIBLICAL THEOLOGY —— WHERE?

26 Knowing God’s Will

27 Life After Death

Subject Index

Scripture Index

Product Details

Title: According to Plan: The unfolding revelation of God in the Bible 

Author: Graeme Goldsworthy

Publisher: Intervarsity Press

Pages: 256

Binding: Paperback

Size: 22.4 x 15.4 x 2.0 cm

ISBN: 9781844740123