Frame, John M.
The Doctrine of God: A Theology of Lordship (Frame)
Readers familiar with Frame’s analysis of historic doctrines and current questions will welcome this long- awaited second installment in the Theology of Lordship series. Here he examines the attributes, acts, and names of God in connection with a full spectrum of relevant theological, ethical, spiritual truths.
Table of Contents:
1. Introduction
Part One: Yahweh the Lord
2. The Lord
3. The Lordship Attributes: Control
4. God’s Control: Its Efficacy and Universality
5. The Lordship Attributes: Authority
6. The Lordship Attributes: Covenant Presence
7. Transcendence and Immanence
Part Two: Some Problem Areas
8. Human Responsibility and Freedom
9. The Problem of Evil
Part Three: A Philosophy of Lordship
10. Ethics
11. Epistemology
12. Metaphysics
Part Four: The Acts of the Lord
13. Miracle
14. Providence
15. Creation
16. God’s Decrees
Part Five: Biblical Descriptions of God
17. Names of God
18. Images of God
19. God’s Attributes
20. God’s Goodness
21. God’s Righteousness and Wrath
22. God’s Knowledge
23. God’s Power
24. Lord of Time
25. Lord of Space, Matter, Light, and Breath
26. The Self-Contained God
Part Six: The Triune God
27. God, Three in One
28. The Three Are God
29. Father, Son, and Spirit
30. Summary and Conclusion
Appendix A: More Triads
Appendix B: Mark Karlberg on The Doctrine of the Knowledge of God
Appendix C: Mark Karlberg on Cornelius Van Til: An Analysis of His Thought
Appendix D: Review of Benjamin Wirt Farley, The Providence of God
Appendix E: Review of Paul Helm, The Providence of God
Appendix F: Review of Frederick Sontag and M. Darrol Bryant, God: The Contemporary Discussion
Appendix G: Review of Colin Brown, Miracles and the Critical Mind
Appendix H: Review of David Ray Griffin, Evil Revisited
Appendix I: Review of Brian G. Armstrong, Calvinism and the Amyraut Heresy
Author
John M. Frame (B.D., Westminster Theological Seminary; A.M. and M.Phil., Yale University; D.D., Belhaven College) is professor of systematic theology and philosophy at Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando campus. He previously taught theology and apologetics at Westminster Theological Seminary (Philadelphia) and at Westminster Seminary California. Frame’s published works include The Doctrine of the Knowledge of God and The Doctrine of God in the Theology of Lordship series, as well as Apologetics to the Glory of God, No Other God: A Response to Open Theism, Cornelius Van Til: An Analysis of His Thought, and Salvation Belongs to the Lord.