TH113 Doctrine of Salvation and Eschatology: A Reformed Perspective
Overview
Doctrine of Salvation and Eschatology: A Reformed Perspective (TH113) begins by examining the character and nature of the Holy Spirit and His work in the lives of Jesus and the church. Following this, it discusses various aspects of Christian life, such as the sacraments, prayer, faith, justification, and sanctification. The second half of the course addresses eschatology from a theological perspective, focusing on its foundations in the OT and using a broad brush to touch on topics such as resurrection, sin, judgment, and the kingdom of God. The course concludes with a look at asceticism and how the church interacts with culture.
Top Highlights
“Well, what we see in the Bible is, the way in which you view the future shapes the way in which you habit the present.” (source)
“Systematic theology really simply calls us to attend to Scripture’s breadth, to its emphasis, and to its coherence.” (source)
“It’s a privilege. We pray in the name of Christ and we address God. God is our heavenly Father. It helps us to think about how staggering, how startling and surprising that must be that we could come into the very presence of God, that we could address God. Not an intermediary, not a secretary, not an underling, but that we could go to the King of kings and Lord of lords and not simply address Him—not simply speak to Him or of Him to puff Him up to make Him sound good—but speak to Him of our need, to address Him from and in our weakness, to ask and entreat Him for His aid.” (source)
“And yet, there’s another circuit of texts found throughout the Bible—texts that speak of the Spirit as one particular divine person, a member of the triune being: ‘And I will ask the Father [Jesus said], and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him.’ With those words in John 14:16–17, Jesus addresses a particular person, who will be sent from He and the Father to bless the disciples, even as He, the incarnate Son, has returned to the Father.” (source)
“We do our theological study with hope—not optimism that we’re smart or that’s an easy subject, not pessimism that because God is different we must despair and fall into some sort of nihilistic darkness, but genuine hope that the God who we need to know and can’t know on our own is the same God who makes Himself known through Christ and by His Spirit and through the instrumentality of His Word as spoken and recorded by the prophets and apostles.” (source)
- Title: TH113 Doctrine of Salvation and Eschatology: A Reformed Perspective
- Author: R. Michael Allen
- Series: Logos Mobile Education
- Publisher: Lexham Press
- Print Publication Date: 2017
- Logos Release Date: 2017
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Courseware
- Subjects: Education › Theology, doctrinal; Eschatology; Grace (Theology); Holy Spirit; Justification (Christian theology); Sacraments; Sin; Theology, doctrinal
- Resource ID: LLS:TH113ALLEN
- Resource Type: Courseware Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2019-06-21T18:54:21Z
R. Michael Allen teaches systematic (or dogmatic) theology and theological ethics as a way to train students to delight in the study of God’s mighty deeds (Psalm 111:2). He hopes that integrated study of Bible and theology will help students prepare for faithful ministry in the local church by considering our worship and witness in light of God’s Word. He is especially interested in how Christian doctrine relates to other theological disciplines: biblical theology, historical theology, and moral theology. He grew up in both the South and in South Florida as the son of a Presbyterian pastor. He is presently a candidate for ordination as a teaching elder in the Evangelical Presbyterian Church.
In addition to his work in the seminary, he enjoys serving in local churches: teaching classes for children and adults, preaching, and working in the nursery. Prior to joining the faculty at Knox, he taught undergraduate and graduate students at Wheaton College for two years. He has also been active in the American Academy of Religion, the Evangelical Theological Society, and the Society of Biblical Literature.