~ An Introduction to Eternal-now Theology~ Published in 2011 in the United States of America
Contents
Part One: The Foundation of Christianity-----------------9
§1-1 Who and What is God?
---------------------------------------------------------10
The knowledge of God-10 The authority of the Bible-11 The anthropomorphic
idea of biblical God-13 God is spiritual and Personal-14
God
exists eternal-now-15 God is
dynamic-17 Theological Implication of
God--17
§1-2 The Beginning of Universe and the Origin of Life-------------------------18
The purpose of God's creation-18 The formation of solar system-20
what are there before the Big Bang?-21 The origin o life-22
The origin of mankind-23 Providential creationism-25
§1-3 The Scientific Theology’s Worldview---Providential
Orders-----------26
Monism, Dualism and Trirealism-26 Eternal-now theology and scientific
formulation methodology-28 God (supernatural) vs. Man (natural)-28
God’s plan vs. Human free will-29 Good vs. Evil-31
Determinism vs. Indeterminisim-32 God’s control vs. God’s providence-33
The second laws of thermodynamics-36 The astronomic theory-36
§1-4 Who and What is Man? --------------------------------------------------------38
The theological definition of humanity-38 The image of God---Human with
spirituality-40 The original sin-40 God communicates spiritually with men-41
The biblical myths and human
history of civilization-42
§1-5 The Christian God----The
Trinity--------------------------------------------44
The Trinity—Three Persons in one Deity-44 Jesus Christ---the
incarnation of
the Person of Son-49 The
Holy Spirit----The Person of Spirit-49 The principle of
analogy-50
Part Two: The Validity of Christology--------------------------53
§2-1 The Historicity of Jesus---------------------------------------------------------54
The historical records of Jesus’ life-54 Jesus Christ as the true image of God-55
The Church and churches-56 Monotheism----Judaism,
Christianity and Islam-59
§2-2 The Nature of Jesus---Divinity-Humanity
Equilibrium------------------61
The virgin birth of Jesus----the Incarnation-61
Jesus’ Divinity-Humanity equilibrium-61
§2-3 Jesus’ Death and Resurrection------------------------------------------------64
Why should Jesus die?-64 The crucifixion reveals God’s attributes-65
Bodily
resurrection of Jesus-65
§2-4 The Way to Salvation----The Cross-------------------------------------------66
Born again----Regeneration-66 The Cross----God’s salvation plan -67
World religions-68
§2-5 Jesus' Teaching about the Heaven and Hell --------------------------------------70
The Kingdom of God The heaven-70 The heaven as metaphor-71
What does heaven or hell look like?-72
When will a Christian be in the heaven?-73 Catholicism vs. Protestantism-73
Part
Three: The Essence of Christian Life---------------------77
§3-1 The Relationship between the Natural and the
Supernatural ----------78
Natural
vs. Supernatural-78 Future, realized, eternal-now
eschatology-79
The biblical account
about the Last Day-79
§3-2 The Meaning and Purpose of Human Life----------------------------------80
Natural
life vs. Supernatural life-80 Spiritual healing vs. Modern medicine-81
Holistic
medicine-83
Blessing and bane of modern technology-83 Sufferings
in the world -84
§3-3 Christian Life to the
Full--------------------------------------------------------87
Life abundant-87 Prayers
in Christian life-88 Justification
by faith alone-90
Christian ethics-91
Christian hope toward
God’s ultimate purpose-92
§3-4 Christian Death and an
Afterlife ---------------------------------------------93
Is
there a life after death?-93 Before
the death-94
What kind of a body will
be in the heaven?-95 How to facing death-96
§3-5 Christian Hope and
Ultimate---Eternal Life--------------------------------98
The eternal life---Christian
ultimate-98 Divine citizenship in
the heaven---gods-99
The biblical account about the Last Day-79
Holistic medicine-83
Christian ethics-91
What kind of a body will be in the heaven?-95 How to facing death-96
