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God the Redeemer
God The Redeemer
- GenresTheology
273 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1978
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James Montgomery Boice
268 books100 followersJames Montgomery Boice was a Reformed theologian, Bible teacher, and pastor of Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia from 1968 until his death in 2000. He was also president and cofounder of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals, the parent organization of The Bible Study Hour on which Boice was a speaker for more than thirty years.
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July 18, 2024
THE SECOND OF FOUR PARTS OF A COMPREHENSIVE POPULAR THEOLOGY
James Montgomery Boice (1938-2000) was a Reformed theologian and pastor of Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia from 1968 until his death, and was heard on The Bible Study Hour radio broadcast. The other volumes are 'The Sovereign God,' 'Awakening to God,' and 'God and History: Foundations of the Christian Faith.'
Citing James 1:17, he argues that we cannot miss seeing that "this commandment indirectly establishes the right to private property." If we are not to take from another, the basis of the prohibition is quite obviously that what others have rightly belongs to them and is recognized to be theirs by God. (Pg. 87)
He criticizes the "erroneous view" that people in Old Testament times were saved by keeping the law. "That, of course, does not explain how Adam and Eve or Abraham and Sarah or any others who lived before the giving of the law were saved, but it does fit in with the fundamental human desire to achieve one's own salvation..." (Pg. 108) Actually, he argues, Abraham was saved, not because of any supposed merit in him, but because God elected him to salvation. (Pg. 109)
He explains that Joshua 24:2-5 says that Abraham was chosen by God from out of a pagan ancestry and that he, Terah and Nahor once worshipped false gods. (Pg. 110) He summarizes, "The point of the argument is that the choice of who would receive the blessing of salvation lay with God entirely, then as now. God gives life to whom he chooses." (Pg. 111)
While considering some apparent discrepancies in the Resurrection narratives in the gospels, he suggests that the point is that the reason why such problems were allowed to remain in the narrative is that they are, in fact, the way the appearances happened. Consequently, they at least provide "strong evidence" that these are honest reports of what the writers believed to have transpired. (Pg. 236)
Boice's book is a useful, yet not oversimplified, "popular" version of Calvinist systematic theology.
James Montgomery Boice (1938-2000) was a Reformed theologian and pastor of Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia from 1968 until his death, and was heard on The Bible Study Hour radio broadcast. The other volumes are 'The Sovereign God,' 'Awakening to God,' and 'God and History: Foundations of the Christian Faith.'
Citing James 1:17, he argues that we cannot miss seeing that "this commandment indirectly establishes the right to private property." If we are not to take from another, the basis of the prohibition is quite obviously that what others have rightly belongs to them and is recognized to be theirs by God. (Pg. 87)
He criticizes the "erroneous view" that people in Old Testament times were saved by keeping the law. "That, of course, does not explain how Adam and Eve or Abraham and Sarah or any others who lived before the giving of the law were saved, but it does fit in with the fundamental human desire to achieve one's own salvation..." (Pg. 108) Actually, he argues, Abraham was saved, not because of any supposed merit in him, but because God elected him to salvation. (Pg. 109)
He explains that Joshua 24:2-5 says that Abraham was chosen by God from out of a pagan ancestry and that he, Terah and Nahor once worshipped false gods. (Pg. 110) He summarizes, "The point of the argument is that the choice of who would receive the blessing of salvation lay with God entirely, then as now. God gives life to whom he chooses." (Pg. 111)
While considering some apparent discrepancies in the Resurrection narratives in the gospels, he suggests that the point is that the reason why such problems were allowed to remain in the narrative is that they are, in fact, the way the appearances happened. Consequently, they at least provide "strong evidence" that these are honest reports of what the writers believed to have transpired. (Pg. 236)
Boice's book is a useful, yet not oversimplified, "popular" version of Calvinist systematic theology.
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