[TruthTalk] Orthodoxy

[Lance Muir]

I'm offering up two titles for your consideration. Either could be read alone or, with a group.   Jinkins, Michael. Invitation to Theology.Invervarsity Press, 2001 A Guide to Study, Conversation & Practice   "The meaning and shape of our life together as a community of persons is grounded in the inner life of God, the Trinity, and has been revealed to us in the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ."   "Centered on the trinitarian love of God, Jinkins's book ties together Christian doctrine, worship and service, and helpfully exposes the destructiveness of modern individualism in both church and society. An excellent choice for a first course in theology." Daniel Migliore   Contents   Class 1: What's the Use of Theology? Class 2: Methods in the Madness Class 3: I Believe in God Class 4: I Believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of Heaven & Earth Class 5: I Believe in Jesus Christ, His Only Son, Our Lord Class 6: Conceived by the Holy Spirit, Born of the Virgin Mary, Suffered, Dead & Buried Class 7: Our Humanity in Light of Jesus Christ Class 8: The Holy Spirit Class 9: The Holy Catholic Church Class 10:The Forgiveness of Sins Class 11:The Resurrection of the Body & Life Everlasting   Torrance, Thomas F. The Trinitarian Faith. T&T Clark, 1988   "The Author provides an account of the principal themes of the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed.   "With its masterful synthesis of minute patristic scholarship and rigorous conceptual analysis, the book is to be highly recommended." Christoph Schwobel   Contents   1. Faith and Godliness 2. Access to the Father 3. The Almighty Creator 4. God of God, Light of Light 5. The Incarnate Saviour 6. The Eternal Spirit 7. The One Church 8. The Triunity of God   Bonus titles that one might choose to look into:   Farrow, Douglas. Ascension and Ecclesia (On the significance of the doctrine of the ascension for ecclesiology and christian cosmology) Eerdmans, 1999   McLaren, Brian D. A Generous Orthodoxy (Why I am a missional + evangelical + post/protestant + liberal/conservative + mystical/poetic + biblical + charismatic/contemplative + fundamentalist/calvinist + anabaptist/anglican + methodist + catholic + green + incarnational + depressed-yet-hopeful + emergent + unfinished Christian) Zondervan, 2004     Rember, 'reality IS a nuisance for those who want to make it up as they go along'   There is a history. There are traditions. We ignore both at our own peril.   sincerely,    Lance, the non-theologian+........