Evangelical Affirmations
Edited by Kenneth S. Kantzer & Carl F.H.
Henry
© 1990
Trinity Evangelical
Divinity School
Academie Books / Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids, MI
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1. Evangelicalism
BR1640.E85 1990 ~ ISBN: 0310595312 ~ LC: 90232488 ~
OCLC: 21583661 ~ 535p.
Evangelical Affirmations is presently held by 157 libraries including Wheaton College and the University of California at Los Angeles
Evangelical Affirmations consists
of papers presented at the
Convocation on Evangelical Affirmations —
May, 1989
Deerfield, Illinois
Table of Contents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS..................................................11
PREFACE...........................................................................13
FOREWORD.........................................................................17
Carl F.H. Henry
Visiting Professor of Biblical & Systematic Theology,
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School;
Former Editor, Christianity Today
The Evangelical Affirmations..........................................27
Keynote Address: Charles
Colson...................................41
Chairman of the Board,
Prison Fellowship Ministries
CHAPTER THREE — THE EVANGELICALS
Who are the Evangelicals?................................................69
Carl F.H. Henry
Visiting Professor of Biblical & Systematic Theology,
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School; Former Editor, Christianity Today
Response to Carl F.H. Henry.............................................95
Nathan O. Hatch
Acting Dean, College of Arts and Letters,
University of Notre Dame
Questions for Discussion.......................................................103
CHAPTER FOUR — SALVATION
James I. Packer
Professor of Systematic Theology, Regent College
Response to James I. Packer................................................137
John Ankerberg
Host & Moderator "The John Ankerberg Show"
John Weldon
Senior Researcher of "The John Ankerberg Show"
Questions for Discussion.......................................................149
CHAPTER FIVE — BIBLICAL AUTHORITY
Word and World: Biblical Authority and the Quandry of Modernity
David F. Wells
Professor of Systematic Theology, Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary
Response to David F. Wells...................................................177
Robert Sloan
Assistant Professor, Department of Religion, Baylor University
Questions for Discussion........................................................191
CHAPTER SIX — PERSONAL ETHICS
Christian Personal Ethics.......................................................195
Kenneth S. Kantzer
Director of the Ph.D. Program, Trinity Evangelical
Divinity School; Chancellor, Trinity College;
Former Editor, Christianity Today
Response to Kenneth S. Kantzer............................................241
Ralph D. Winter
General Director, U.S. Center for World Mission
Questions for Discussion........................................................253
CHAPTER SEVEN — SOCIAL ETHICS
Evangelicals and Social Ethics...............................................257
Harold O.J. Brown
Professor of Biblical and Systematic Theology,
Franklin Forman Chair of Christian Ethics and Theology
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
Response to Harold O.J. Brown............................................285
Myron S. Augsburger
President, Christian College Coalition
Questions for Discussion........................................................295
CHAPTER EIGHT — BLACK EVANGELICAL THEOLOGY
Reflections on the Scope and Function of a
Black Evangelical Black Theology.........................................299
William H. Bentley
Chairman, Commission on Theology, National Black Evangelical
Association;
National President, United Pentecostal Council of the Assemblies of
God
Ruth Lewis Bentley
Learning Skills Specialist, Counselling Center,
University of Illinois at Chicago
Response to William H. Bentley...........................................335
Reverend H.O. Espinoza
President, PROMESA
Questions for Discussion........................................................343
CHAPTER NINE — THE CHURCH
Evangelicals, Ecumenism and the Church .............................347
Donald A. Carson
Professor of New Testament, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
Response to Donald A. Carson..............................................387
Joseph M. Stowell
President, Moody Bible Institute
Questions for Discussion........................................................397
CHAPTER TEN — MODERN SCIENCE
Evangelicals and Modern Science..........................................401
Robert C. Newman
Professor of New Testament, Biblical Theological Seminary
First Response to Robert C. Newman....................................423
Pattle P.T. Pun
Professor of Biology, Wheaton College
Second Response to Robert C. Newman...............................439
Wayne Frair
Professor of Biology, The Kings College
Questions for Discussion........................................................453
CHAPTER ELEVEN — RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
Tribes People, Idiots or Citizens? Evangelicals,
Religious Liberty
and a Public Philosophy for the Public
Square.....................457
Os Guinness
Executive Director of Williamsburg Charter Foundation
Response to Os Guinness.....................................................499
David P. Scaer
Professor of Theology, Concordia Seminary
Questions for Discussion......................................................509
CHAPTER TWELVE — AFTERWORD
Afterword: Where Do We Go From Here?..........................513
Kenneth S. Kantzer
Director of the Ph.D. Program, Trinity Evangelical
Divinity School; Chancellor, Trinity College;
Former Editor, Christianity Today
BACK COVER OF THE BOOK
Evangelical Christians comprise a large and energetic segment of American Protestantism. These believers are best known for advocating a high priority on evangelistic outreach. Recently, however, evangelicals have been buffeted by charges that their ethics are flagging or failed and that their theological distinctives do not reflect the central tradition of the Christian church.
In this volume, respected leaders of the evangelical community address with candor many of the central issues critics have raised about the movement. They represent presenters and respondents to the EVANGELICAL AFFIRMATIONS consultation, a council of theologians convened at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School to discuss and draft a theological statement defining an evangelical Christian stance in American contemporary society. The contributors attempt to drive a new wedge for orthodoxy while also tackling the hardest and most difficult questions. They honestly encourage the debate that wages within evangelical circles both to the right and to the left by analyzing what are the distinctive marks of evangelical faith and practice.
This important book is must reading for all those interested in the evangelical faith and in a measured evaluation of the prospects of evangelical Christians to penetrate the decadent culture of the last decade of the twentieth century with the gospel of Jesus Christ.
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