Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- About the Author -- What Others Are Saying -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. What Theology Is -- 2. The Nature of Theology -- 3. Perspective for Doing Theology: Biblical Realism -- 4. Theology's Written Authority -- 5. God's Existence and Nature -- 6. The Tripersonal God -- 7. The Christian Doctrine of Creation -- 8. The Mystery of Evil -- 9. The Doctrine of Ourselves -- 10. The Doctrine of Sin -- 11. The Person of Christ -- 12. The Meaning of the Atonement -- 13. The Emptied Tomb -- 14. The First Work of Grace -- 15. The Second Work of Grace: Entire Sanctification -- 16. The Second Work of Grace: Christ's Spirit Baptism -- 17. The Second Work of Grace: Touches of Error -- 18. The Church Itself -- 19. The Church's Sacraments -- 20. The Means of Grace -- 21. Last Things as Last Word -- Bibliography -- Subject Index -- Persons Index -- Scripture References Index.