Contents:
1. Studying God: what is theology? the possibility of theology, the method of theology, contextualizing theology, two special issues: Biblical criticism and theological language
2. Knowing God: God's universal revelation, God's particular revelation, the preservation of the revelation: inspiration, the dependability of God's word: inerrancy, the power of God's word: authority
3. What God is like: the greatness of God, the goodness of God, God's nearness and distance: immanence and transcendence, God's three-in-Oneness: the Trinity
4. What God does: God's plan, God's originating work: creation, God's continuing work: providence, Evil and God's world: a special problem, God's special agents: angels
5. Humanity: the origin of humanity, the image of God in the human, the constitutional nature of the human, the universality of humanity
6. Sin: the nature of sin, the source of sin, the results of sin, the magnitude of sin, the social dimension of sin
7. The person of Christ: Contemporary issues in Christological method, the deity of Christ, the humanity of Christ, the unity of the person of Christ, the virgin birth
8. The work of Christ: theories of the atonement, the central theme of the atonement, the extent of the atonement
9. The Holy Spirit: the person of the Holy Spirit, the work of the Holy Spirit, recent issues regarding the Holy Spirit
10. Salvation: predestination, the beginning of salvation, the continuation of salvation, the completion of salvation, the means and extent of salvation
11. The church: the nature of the church, the role of the church, the government and unity of the church, the initiatory rite of the church: Baptism, the continuing rite of the church: the Lord's supper
12. The last things: Introduction to eschatology, individual eschatology, the second coming and its consequents, Millenial and tribulational views