Frame & Poythress Books


 

The Amsterdam Philosophy
by John M. Frame

Background

The Appeal of the Movement

Summary of Our Critique

Common Sense and Science

Science and Time

The Basic Structure

The Modal Spheres

The Self

God

Law

Scripture and the Word of God

Philosophy and Theology

Science

Education     

Church and Society     

Evangelism     

Apologetics

Conclusions

Bibliography

Preface

Part 1: The Road to Denominationalism

Chapter 1 The One True Church

Chapter 2 Where Did Denominations Come From?

Chapter 3 Toward a Post-Denominational Ecclesiology

Chapter 4 What's Really So Bad About Denominationalism

Chapter 5 Denominations: Why We Love Them

Part 2: Some Roads Back to Unity

Chapter 6 God's Plan for Reunion

Chapter 7 Denominations in Perspective

Chapter 8 Dealing with Denominational Differences

Chapter 9 Dealing with Differences in Practice

Chapter 10 Dealing with Historical Differences

Chapter 11 Dealing with Differences in Government

Chapter 12 Dealing with Differences in Priorities

Chapter 13 Dealing with Our Attitudes

Chapter 14 Dealing with Our Assumptions

Chapter 15 Evaluating Churches

Chapter 16 Guidelines for Church Union

Chapter 17 May We Ever Leave a Church?

Chapter 18 Short of Union, What?

Chapter 19 What Do We Do Now?

Appendix 1 "Peacemakers," A Sermon by Dennis Johnson

Appendix 2 Reunion, 2000


The Gender-Neutral Bible Controversy: Muting the Masculinity of God's Words (pdf)
by Vern S. Poythress and Wayne A. Grudem

 

God Centered Biblical Interpretation
by Vern S. Poythress

Title Page & Copyright
Contents
Chapter 1: The Challenge of Understanding the Bible
Chapter 2: God and Biblical Interpretation
Chapter 3: What is the Bible?
Chapter 4: The Purpose of the Bible
Chapter 5: The Triunal Character of Truth
Chapter 6: Meaning
Chapter 7: Terms
Chapter 8: Communication
Chapter 9: Steps in Interpretation
Chapter 10: Alternative Hermeneutical Perspectives
Chapter 11: Exemplars and Analogy
Chapter 12: History
Chapter 13: Idols as Counterfeits
Chapter 14: Global Distortion of Interpretation
Chapter 15: Distortions in Terms
Chapter 16: Reforming the Ogden-Richards Triangle for Meaning
Chapter 17: Differences in the Doctrine of God among Christians
Chapter 18: God Redeeming Interpretation
Bibliography

 

The Returning King: A Guide to the Book of Revelation
by Vern S. Poythress

INTRODUCTION
Contents
Can We Understand Revelation?
Schools of Interpretation
Content and Style
Author and Date
Occasion and Purpose
Structure

COMMENTARY
A Heavenly Vision (1:1-20)
The Messages to the Seven Churches (2:1-3:22)
God's Throne Room (4:1-5:14)
Opening the Seven Seals (6:1-8:1)
The Seven Trumpets (8:2-11:19)
Seven Symbolic Histories (12:1-14:20)
The Seven Bowls (15:1-16:21)
Babylon the Prostitute (17:1-19:10)
The Appearing of Christ and the Final Battle (19:11-21)
The Judgments (20:1-21:8)
The New Jerusalem (21:9-22:5)
Closing Exhortations (22:6-21)

 

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The Shadow of Christ in the Law of Moses
by Vern S. Poythress

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Symphonic Theology
by Vern S. Poythress

Title Page & Copyright
Contents
Chapter 1: Perspectives in Everyday Life
Chapter 2: Perspectives in the Bible
Chapter 3: Perspectives in Theology
Chapter 4: Examples of Useful Biblical Perspectives
Chapter 5: In Defense of Symphonic Theology
Chapter 6: Words and Precision
Chapter 7: Twelve Maxims about Symphonic Theology
Chapter 8: Distinctive Methods of Symphonic Theology
Chapter 9: A Test Case: Miracles
Chapter 10: Pastoral Healing in the Miracles Controversy
Epilogue: Other Works on Perspectives
Bibliography

 

Theology at the Movies
by John M. Frame

Preface
Introduction
Should Christians Go to Movies?
Film and Culture
Questions to Ask of Films

Film Reviews
A Perfect World
A River Runs Through It
Addams Family Values
Celebrity
Dazed and Confused
Demolition Man
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Enchanted April
Ethan Frome
Geronimo and Other Movies about Indians
Gettysburg
Greedy

Guarding Tess
Heaven and Earth
In the Name of the Father
Intersection
Into the West
Lost in Yonkers
Malcolm X
Menace II Society
Mr. Jones

Much Ado About Nothing
My Life
Philadelphia
Posse
Schindler's List
Shadowlands
Short Cuts
Signs
Some Short Notices

Sugar Hill
The Age of Innocence
The Apostle
The Joy Luck Club
The Nightmare Before Christmas
The Paper
The Piano
The Remains of the Day
The Wedding Banquet
Undercover Blues
Unforgiven

 

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Understanding Dispensationalists
by Vern S. Poythress

Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Getting Dispensationalists and Nondispensationalists to Listen to Each Another
Chapter 2: Characteristics of Scofield Dispensationalism
Chapter 3: Variations of Dispensationalism
Chapter 4: Developments in Covenant Theology
Chapter 5: The Near Impossibility of Simple Refutations
Chapter 6: Strategy for Dialogue With Dispensationalists
Chapter 7: The Last Trumpet
Chapter 8: What is Literal Interpretation?
Chapter 9: Dispensational Expositions of Liternalness
Chapter 10: Interpretive Viewpoint in Old Testament Israel
Chapter 11: The Challenge of Typology
Chapter 12: Hebrews 12:22-24
Chapter 13: The Fulfillment of Israel in Chris
Chapter 14: Other Areas for Potential Exploration
Postscript
Bibliography