Short, pointed essays summarize some of John Frame’s central (and a few peripheral) ideas on theological method, apologetics, and ethics, beginning with Frame’s shortest and clearest presentation of his signature concept of triperspectivalism—the need to read Scripture from various perspectives, especially threefold perspectives that reflect the nature of the Trinity.
Contents
Part One: Theological Topics
1. Inerrancy: A Place to Live
2. Let God Be True: Scripture and Certainty
3. No Scripture, No Christ
4. The Mystery of Creaturely Otherness
5. Why Theology Needs Philosophy
Part Two: Theological Education
6. The Academic Captivity of Theology
7. Seminaries and Academic Accreditation
8. The Demise of Systematic Theology
9. A Few Things I Have Learned from My Years In Ministry
10. Pratt’s Boot Camp
Part Three: Theological Method
11. Arguments and Conclusions in Theology
12. Bandwagons: On the Pace of Intellectual Change
13. Clarity, Cogency, and Profundity
14. Review of Ross Douthat’s Bad Religion
15. The Heart of the Atonement
Part Four: Apologetics
16. Believing in God in the Twenty-first Century
17. Epistemological Perspectives and Evangelical Apologetics
18. The Bible on the Problem of Evil
19. Van Til: His Simplicity and Profundity
20. Cornelius Van Til
21. Van Til: The Theologian
22. Van Til on Antithesis
Part Five: Ethics
23. The Failure of Non-Christian Ethics
24. Tolerance
25. Transformationalism
26. Two Levels of Divine Blessing, and a Few Words about Joel Osteen
27. “But God Made Me This Way”
Part Six: The Church
28. What Denomination Should I Join
29. Guidelines for Church Union
30. Church Discipline
31. Worship That Pleases God
32. Different Kinds of Reformed Outreach
33. Maxims for Pastors
Part Seven: Personal
34. My Exceptions to the Westminster Standards
35. Triperspectival Dieting
Endorsements
“Before this book was published, most of these rare theological, philosophical, and practical gems had been hidden away in Frame’s electronic files or posted on websites and blogs not widely known to the public. Do yourself a favor and mine the rich truths in these winsome and provocative essays (written in Frame’s inimitable style of robust charity) on a wide array of important topics.”
—Steven L. Childers, President and CEO, Global Church Advancement
“A veritable cornucopia of Frame’s theology. . . . Frame is not afraid to slay sacred cows . . . if he believes they don’t pass biblical muster. Whether you have never read Frame before or have read all that he’s written to date, this book will inform, intrigue, encourage, edify, rouse, and convict you.”
—P. Andrew Sandlin, President, Center for Cultural Leadership
