UNDERSTANDING JESUS--PART I-GETTING STARTED--Jesus and Christianity--Why Have Doctrines about Jesus?--The Sources of Our Knowledge about Jesus--PART II-THE PERSON OF JESUS CHRIST--The Resurrection Event--The New testament Witness tot he Person of Jesus--The Incarnation: The Doctrine--The Incarnation: Its Significance--PART III-THE WORK OF JESUS CHRIST--The New Testament Witness tot the Work of Jesus--The Loving God--The Victorious God--The Forgiving God--PART IV-CONCLUSION--The Identity and Significance of Jesus Christ--UNDERSTANDING THE TRINITY--God and His Critics--Encountering God--Thinking about God--Biblical Models of God--A Personal God--The Incarnate God-Jesus Christ--The Road to Trinity--God as Three and God as One--God and the Trinity--The strong Name of the Trinity--UNDERSTANDING DOCTRINE--Introduction--Getting Started--PART I-DOCTRINE: WHAT IT IS--The way Things Are: Doctrine and Description--Responding to God: Doctrine and Revelation--Intellect and Feelings: Doctrine and Experience--Believing and Belonging: Doctrine and Christian Identity--PART II-DOCTRINE: WHY IT MATTERS--Doctrine and Faith--Doctrine and the Christian Life--Is Christianity Possible Without Doctrine?--The coherence of Doctrine and the Challenge of Heresy--Wrestling with Doctrine: Discovering the Creeds--PART III-SOME KEY DOCTRINES EXAMINED--The Person of Jesus Christ--The Work of Jesus Christ--The Trinity--JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH--Introduction--PART I-THE BACKGROUND OF THE DOCTRINE--The Biblical Foundation--Augustine and the Pelagian Controversy--The Reformation--Denominational differences--PART II-THE CONTEMPORARY SIGNIFICANCE OF THE DOCTRINE--The Existential Dimension--The Personal Dimension--The Ethical Dimension--Conclusion--Appendix: The dogmatic Significance of the Doctrine

A compilation of the author's previously four, published, separate works: Understanding Doctrine, Understanding the Trinity, Understanding Jesus, Justification by Faith