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February 04, 2004
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Knowing Christ To Be Published! I
am pleased to announce the publishing of my second book. Knowing Christ
in the Challenge of Heresy: A Christology of the Cults, A Christology of
the Bible will be published by University Press of America and is
scheduled for release during the third week of January, 1999. The
book is approximately 270 pages, with footnotes, Scripture Index and
General Index. The list price for the paperback edition is $24.50. To
order a copy you may contact SDM (see other side for address and phone)
or call University Press at 1-800-462-6420. We will, Lord willing,
introduce the book at Congress '99. Please stop by our exhibition booth
and take a look at it. Theme
of Book This may seem like a strange title. How can we know Christ in the challenge of heresy? Simply put, heresy forces us to the biblical text and in turn allows us to know better the Lord Jesus Christ. This
theme is patterned after the experience of the early Church. You may recall, for
example, the Nicene creed (325 AD) and the creed of Chalcedon (451 AD).
These creeds were written largely because of challenges to the Church
regarding the person of Christ. The Church, therefore, saw the need to study the
Bible to come up with answers for these challenges and questions, and so creeds
were written. I am sure that the writers and the readers benefited from
the Nicene and Chalcedonian Creeds, and came to know better the Savior. I know
that I have. Knowing
Christ in the Challenge of Heresy takes
this theme and places it in a modern context. It documents the heresies of
modern-day cults and answers with a biblical, exegetical study of the person and
work of Christ. |
Contents
of Book There
is an Introduction that discusses the early Church experience mentioned
above, a section on the biblical view of heresy, the early Church theologians
and heresy, the importance of christological study, positive and negative
implications of heresy, and a definition of pseudo- and non-Christian cults.
Chapters 1, 3 and 8 document heresies pertaining to the pre-existent deity of
Christ, the incarnate deity of Christ, and the humanity/work of Christ,
respectively. Some of the cults examined are Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormonism,
Christian Science, Unity, Religious Science, New Age Movement, United
Pentecostal Church, Baha'i, Hinduism(s), Buddhism(s), and Islam. Chapter 2
examines the biblical witness to the pre-existent deity of Christ. Chapters 4,
5, 6 and 7 study the incarnate deity of Christ from Matthew to Revelation, while
chapter 9 focuses on the humanity and work of Christ. There are two appendices
titled On the Spirit and On the Trinity. As the title suggests, I
pray that the reader will come to know Jesus better in the challenge of heresy. How
Can the Book be Used? The
book serves as a read-through, or as a reference work. Or both: the reader will
benefit most from a read-through, and then future use as a handy reference for
what certain cults believe, and for quick reference to certain biblical texts
teaching the deity of Christ, His humanity, and His work. For easy reference,
the Table of Contents is itemized! It
is a humbling and fearful experience to write on the person and work of
our precious Savior. At the same time it is a privilege. By God's grace I
was given this book, and by God's grace I pray it will glorify Him and
make a contribution to the Christian community. Steven Tsoukalas |
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