If you are preparing to preach or teach on the always fascinating subject of creation, or if you want simply to study the Bible’s teaching on the subject on your own, you’ll find Kaiser and Little to be helpful guides. In a succession of chapters they provide faithful and edifying expositions of key passages in Scripture that address the glories of creation: Genesis 1:1 2:3, 2:4 25; Psalms 8 and 19, 29, 33, 104, 148; Job 38, Isaiah 65 and 66; Proverbs 8, and various New Testament passages as well. The excellent volume explores important parallels between the old creation and the new (i.e., redemption). Questions of biblical exposition, systematic theology, and biblical theology are helpfully addressed. The study includes study questions and discussion starters, providing for fruitful use in group Bible studies. A unique, helpful resource that pastors and teachers will not want to be without.
Table of Contents
Preface
Walter C. Kaiser, Jr.
Prologue
The Heavens Are Telling the Glory of God
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1 Wisdom Was There Before God Created the World
Proverbs 3:19-20; 8:22-31
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2 In the Beginning God Created the Universe
Genesis 1
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3 A Garden for Adam and Eve
Genesis 2:4-25
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4 A Divine Ode to Creation
Psalm 104
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5 How Magnificent is God’s Name in All the Earth
Psalm 8 and 19:1-6
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6 The Lord of the Seven Thunders
Psalm 29
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7 Creation By the Word of God
Psalm 33:6-13
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8 The Noise of Heaven and Earth
Psalm 148
Dorington G. Little
9 Getting the Facts Straight about God and Creation
Job 38-39
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10 Jesus and the New Genesis Advent
Matthew 1:1-17
Dorington G. Little
11 The New Heavens and the New Earth
Isaiah 65:17-25 and 66:22-24
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12 Our New Creation Confidence for Proclamation and Living
2 Corinthians 4:6 and 5:17
Dorinton G. Little
Epilogue
A Call and a Challenge
Appendix
The Literary Genre of Genesis 1-11
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Name Index
Subject Index
Scripture Index