I NAMES AND SUBJECTS
Abbott, Lyman, 23.
America: political changes in, 10-15; schools in, 11-14.
Americanization, 149, 152.
Anglican Church, 51.
Apostles, given authority by Jesus, 76f.
Apostolic succession, doctrine of, 51.
Applied Christianity, 155 f.
Arianism, 113.
Arminianism, 51 f.
Art, decline in, 10.
Atonement, 117-136: liberal theories of, based upon a light view of sin, 119; Christian view of, scorned by liberalism, 119f., 160; Christian view of, criticized on the ground that it makes salvation depend on history, 120-122, that it limits salvation, 122-125, that it involves transference of guilt from one person to another, 125-129, that it involves a low view of the love of God, 129-135; Christian doctrine of, necessity of earnest devotion to, 175f.; atonement was made by God Himself, 132.
Authority: the seat of, 75-79; of Jesus, not really accepted by liberalism, 76-78.
Bengel, 139.
Bible, the: Christian and liberal views of, contrasted, 69-79; reiterates the presuppositions of the gospel, 69; contains an account of a redeeming event, 69-72; forms the basis for the creeds, 163, 165.
Bolshevism, 150f.
Bousset, 82.
Brotherhood, 18f.; Christian and liberal views of, contrasted, 157f.
Bunyan, John, 46.
Burton, E. D ., 144.
Calvin, 45.
Calvinism, 51.
Cause, idea of, 101.
Chamberlain, Houston Stewart, 33.
Chester Presbytery, address delivered before Ruling Elders’ Association of, vii.
Chiliasm, 49.
Christianity: modern presumption against, 4; relation of, to science, 4-7; is it a life as distinguished from a doctrine, 19-53; fundamental nature of, determined by its beginnings, 20-45; was at its inception a life founded upon a message, 21; cannot be treated as a mere means to an end, 151f.; social aspects of, 152-156.
Church, the: responsibility of, 124 f.; Christian and liberal views of, contrasted, 157-180; has admitted non-Christian men into teaching agencies, 159f.; need for division in, 160-172; liberal program for unity in, 161f.
Clubs, political, illustration drawn from, 169f.
Collectivism, 12, 14, 64f., 153.
Community, the: religion sometimes accepted for the sake of, 151; is restricting the place of the family, 154.
Confucius, 34.
Conservative party, should it withdraw from the existing churches, 166.
Creation, 99-102, 105.
Creeds: regarded by liberalism as mere expressions of Christian experience, 18f.; Christian conception of, 19; significance of, in the evangelical churches, 159-170.
Culture, relation of, to Christianity, 4-6.
Cynics, 47.
Death of Christ, necessary to our relation to Him, 39-44 (see also Atonement).
Defence of Christianity, need of, 173f.
Deism, 100.
Deity of Christ: according to liberalism, 109-112; Christian doctrine of, 112-116; refutes argument against the doctrine of the atonement, 125-129.
Denney, James, 83f.
Doctrine: Christian and liberal attitudes toward, contrasted, 17-53; was fundamental in Paul, 21-26; was fundamental in the Jerusalem Church, 26-29; involves facts and the meaning of them, 29; was fundamental in the teaching of Jesus, 29-39; necessity of, for our relation to Jesus, 39-44; lies at the roots of faith, 44; meaning of the term, 45-47; relation between doctrine and life, 47f.; not all points of doctrine equally important, 48-52.
Doctrines, of modern liberalism, 18f.
Downs, Francis Shunk, 155.
Education: state control of, 11-14; the need of Christian education, 176f.
Error, is it found in the Bible, 74-76.
Evangelical churches, founded upon creeds, 159-170.
Exclusiveness of Christianity, 123-125.
Experience: regarded by liberalism as the producer of creeds, 18f.; confirms history, but is not a substitute for history, 70-72, 120-122; is the seat of authority according to liberalism, 78f.
Faith: Christian and liberal views of, contrasted, 141-147; to be distinguished from reverence, 44; faith in Jesus, 81-91.
Family, the, 154.
Fatherhood of God, the, 18, 58-62.
Feeling: not the whole of religion, 54f.; division in, between Christianity and liberalism, 173.
Fellowship, Christian, 179f.
Fosdick, Harry Emerson, 120.
Funds, of evangelical churches, 166.
Galatians, Epistle to the, 22-25, 143f.
Gideon, illustration drawn from, 170.
Gnosticism, 174, 178.
God: Christian and liberal views of, contrasted, 54-63; knowledge of, necessary to religion, 54f.; how may He be known, 55-58; transcendence of, 62f.; immanence of, 62f.; communion with, 153f.
Goethe, 8.
Golden Rule, the, 37f.
Gospel, meaning of the word, 121.
Gospels, the: present Jesus as a supernatural Person, 98f.; are primary sources of information, 80.
Grace of God, the, according to Paul, 24f.
Guilt, alleged impossibility of removal of, by one person’s suffering instead of another, 125f.
Healing, Jesus’ works of, 107f.
Heaven: the Christian hope of, 147f.; neglect of, in the liberal program, 148-151.
Heitmiiller, 33, 82.
Hellenistic age, the, 123. History: salvation dependent upon, 70-72, 120-122; confirmed by experience, 122.
History and Faith, 28, 70, 99, 106, 121.
Holy Spirit, the: produces the consciousness of sin, 67f.; applies the redeeming work of Christ to the individual, 136-141; the work of, in sanctification, 146f.
Honesty, 111f., 162-172.
Hope, place of, in the Christian life, 147f.
Humanity of Christ, 114.
Hymns, dealing with the Cross, 126-128.
Idealism, 1OOf.
India, 151.
Individualism, 11, 152f.
Industrial relations, 149f.
Industrialism, 3, 155.
Inquisition, the, 14.
Inspiration of the Bible, 72-79.
Inventions, modern, 3.
Iowa, school law in, 12.
James, Epistle of, 146.
Japan, 151.
Jerusalem Church, the early: was based upon doctrine, 26-29; stood in a religious relation to Jesus, 82f.; relation of, to Paul, 26f., 82f., 97f.; regarded Jesus as a supernatural Person, 97f.
Jesus Christ: Christian and liberal views of, contrasted, 80-116; historicity of, important for Christianity, 5; teaching of, involves doctrine, 29-38; teaching of, about the Kingdom of God, 31f.; teaching of, about the work of redemption, 32f.; Messianic consciousness of, 33-39, 78, 83-87, 116; ethical teaching of, 35-38; was the object of faith during His earthly ministry, 38f.; historicity of, 40, 106f.; resurrection of, 28f., 39-41, 108f., 135 f.; return of, 48-50; is not the only source of our knowledge of God, 55f.; was a theist, 56f.; teaching of, about the fatherhood of God, 58-62; authority of, not really accepted by liberalism, 76-78; was the object of faith for Paul and for the early Jerusalem Church, 81-83, 90f.; imitation of, according to Paul, 81f.; was represented by Himself as the object of faith, 83f.; was not a Christian, 8592; had a religion, 91 f.; is our example, 92-94; if He is only an example, is not a perfect example, 94f.; was a supernatural Person, 96-109; virgin birth of, 108f.; deity of, according to liberalism, 109-112; deity of, according to Christianity, 112-116; humanity of, 114; the two natures of, 114-116; atoning death of, 117-136; has given to believers a new life, 136.
John, Gospel according to, 114.
Johnson, William Hallock, 1.
Joy in religion, how attained, 132-135.
Judaizers, the, 22-25, 82f., 98.
Justice of God, the, 129-131.
Justification by faith, 141-145.
Kant, 57.
Kingdom of God, the, 31, 36, 38.
Law, the, controversy about, in Apostolic Age, 22-25, 83.
Legalism, in the modern Church, 38, 143f.
Liberalism: definition of, 2; causes for the rise of, 2-7; is non-Christian, 2, 6-8; attempts to rescue Christianity, 6; unitary character of, 172f.
Liberty, loss of, through modern collectivism, 10-15; the liberty of the Christian man, 144f.
Life: importance of insistence on, 47; produced in the early Church by a message, 47f.
“Life-purpose” of Jesus, the, 77f.
Literature, decline in, 10. Lord,' the title, as applied to Jesus, 97.
Lord’s Supper, the, 50f.
Love of God, the, 131-135.
Lusk Laws, the, 13f. Luther, 50f., 143f.
Lutheranism, 50f.
Man, Christian and liberal views of, contrasted, 63-68.
Marburg Conference, the, 50f.
Materialism, 6.
Mediating view of the Bible, 75f.
Membership in the Church, to be distinguished from the ministry, 163f.
Merit, human, insufficiency of, according to Paul, 24f.
Messianic consciousness of Jesus, 33-39, 78, 83-87, 116.
Metaphysics, rejected by liberalism, 110f.
Miracles: definition of, 99-101; do not destroy the basis of science, 101f.; importance of, 102-104, 109, must be taken in connection with the character of Jesus, 104; supported by the existence of an adequate occasion, 104-106; historical evidence for, 106f.; rejected by liberalism, 107-109.
Mission boards, 170-172.
Missions, purpose of, 150f., 156.
Modern world, spiritual decline in, 9-15.
Modernism, definition of, 2.
Moral law, the, reveals God, 55.
Mysticism, 120.
Narrowness, real meaning of the word, 160-162.
Naturalism, definition of, 2.
Nature, reveals God, 55.
Nebraska, school law in, 12.
Nero, the Roman Empire under, 19f., 154f.
New Birth, the, 136-141.
New York, laws of, relating to teachers, 13f.
Nicene Creed, the, 46.
QEcolampadius, 50.
Officers in the Church, duty of, 173-176.
Ohio, school law in, 12.
Ordination: questions required of candidates for, 162f.; examination of candidates for, 174f.
Oregon, school law in, 12f.
Origin of Paul’s Religion, The, 23, 26, 33, 35, 80, 97.
Pantheism, 63, 74f., 100, 110.
Pastors, choice of, 175.
Patton, Francis L., 1.
Paul: tolerance of, 21 f.; attitude of, toward the Judaizers, 2225; was not the founder of a new religion, 26f.; stood in a religious relation to Jesus, 81f.; conversion of, 82; relation of, to the early Jerusalem Church, 26f., 82f., 97f.
Pauline Epistles, the: as sources of information about the beginnings of Christianity, 21, 80; testimony of, to Christ, 80-83, 96-98, 113f.
Peace, international, 150-152.
Personality, modern contraction of, 10f.
Phillimore, 123.
Pietists, the, 9.
Pilgrim’s Progress, 46.
Plenary inspiration, doctrine of, 72-76.
Poetry, decline in, 10.
Polemics, need of, 173f.
“Practical” knowledge of God, according to liberalism, 56f. Pragmatism, 23.
Premillennialism, 48-50.
Presbyterian, The, vii, 76, 118, 126.
Presbyterian Church, the, 175; constitutional questions in, 162f. Presuppositions of the gospel, 54-68.
Princeton Theological Review, vii, 28, 33.
Prodigal Son, parable of the, 60.
Protestant Episcopal Church, the, 170.
Providence, to be distinguished from creation, 99-102. Psychology, 6, 13.
Rapid Survey of the Literature and History of New Testament Times, A, 29, 42.
Reformation, the, 143f.
Reformed churches, the, 50f.
Reformed theology, the, 51f.
Regeneration, 136-141 .
Religion, often regarded as a mere means to an end, 148-152. Resurrection of Christ, the, 108f.; was at the foundation of the Church, 28f.; is necessary for our relation to Him, 39-41, 135f.
Return of Christ, the, 48-50.
Robinson, Harold McA., 150.
Roman Catholic Church, the, 52, 160f.
Schools: state control of, 11-14, 176; community control of, 154; faults of, 176.
Science: progress of, 2f.; relation of, to Christianity, 4-7.
Sacraments, the, doctrine of, 50f.
Salvation: Christian and liberal views of, contrasted, 117-156.
Sanctification, 145-147.
Seminaries, theological, 17.
Septuagint, the, 97.
Sermon on the Mount, the, 3538, 60, 78.
Sin: consciousness of, 64-68; no consciousness of, in Jesus, 87-89; consciousness of, necessary for an acceptance of the miracles, 105f.; conquest of, by Jesus, 104-106; light view of, at the basis of modern theories of the atonement, 119, 129-131; necessity of atonement for, 129-136; modern methods of overcoming, 136-138; continued battle against, in the Christian life, 145-147.
Sinlessness of Jesus, wavering attitude of liberalism toward, 87-89.
Social aspects of Christianity, 152-156.
“Social gospel,” the, 152.
Socialism, 10.
Society, how is it to be transformed, 154-156.
Socrates, 8.
State, the, place of recognized by Christianity, 154f. (see also Schools and Education).
Stoics, the, 47f.
Supernatural, the: definition of, 99-102; cannot be separated from the rest of the Gospel account of Jesus, 106f. (see also Miracles).
Syncretism, 123.
Synoptic Gospels, the, attest deity of Christ, 114.
Theism, 55-58, 62f., 99-102, 110f.
Theology: place of, in our relation to Jesus, 39-47; of the historical creeds, 45f. (see also Doctrine and Creeds).
Third Floor Back, the recent play introducing lodger in the, 136f.
Titanic, the, 127.
Truthfulness in language, definition of, 111f.
Turrettin, 45.
Two natures, doctrine of the, 114-116.
“Un-Christian,” explanation of the term, 8.
Unitarianism, 111, 165.
Unity in the Church, the liberal program for, 160-172.
Universities, 17.
Utilitarianism, 11f.
Virgin birth, the, 108f.
Voluntary organizations, distinguished from involuntary, 167-170.
Weiss, J., 34f.
Wells, H. G., 10, 31, 34.
Westminster Confession, the, 46, 170.
Westminster divines, the, 45.
Witnessing, the prime duty of Christians, 52f.
World War, the, 64f., 67, 138.
Worms, Diet at, 50f.
Wrath of God, the, 131, 133f.
Wrede, W., 34.
II BIBLICAL PASSAGES
Matthew—
v. 44f. 60
vi. 33 152
vii. 12. 37f.
vii. 21-23. 36 f.
xi. 27. 114
xi. 28 . 38f.
Mark—
x. 18 89
x. 45 32, 77
Luke—
ix. 60 95
x. 22. 114
xiv. 26 95, 151f.
John—
iii. 7 136, 156
iii. 16 132
xiv. 9 56
xix. 30 135
Acts—
i. 8 52f.
xvii. 28 61
Romans—
viii. 1-39 44
ix. 5 97
xiii. 1 154f.
I Corinthians—
xv. 3. 90
xv. 3f. 39
xv. 3-7 26 f.
Galatians—
i. 1 96
i. 8 22
ii. 9. 83
ii. 20 46, 139, 145f.
v. 6 146
v. 13-vi. 18 146f.
v. 14. 146
Philippians—
i. 18 22
ii. 5 95
Hebrews—
xii. 9 61