{"product_id":"concise-theology","title":"Concise Theology","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Concise Introduction to Biblical Doctrine\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Theology is for doxology and devotion—that is, the praise of God and the practice of godliness.” —From the Preface\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheology is important for the Christian life. And though it is marked by many complex terms and doctrines, there is yet what J. I. Packer calls “the permanent essentials of Christianity.” This concise introduction to these essential doctrines distills theological truths so both scholar and layperson alike can grow to treasure the unchanging pillars of the Christian faith.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEach of the ninety-four chapters explores a different doctrine in a way that is easy to understand and rooted in historic Reformed teaching. As you learn more about the foundational teachings of the faith, you will grow in the knowledge of God and will worship him as your Creator, Redeemer, and sovereign Lord.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 1: God Revealed as Creator\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1: Revelation: Scripture Is the Word of God\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2: Interpretation: Christians Can Understand the Word of God\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3: General Revelation: God’s Reality Is Known to All\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4: Guilt: The Effect of General Revelation\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5: Inward Witness: Scripture Is Authenticated by the Holy Spirit\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6: Authority: God Governs His People through Scripture\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7: Knowledge: True Knowledge of God Comes through Faith\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8: Creation: God Is the Creator\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9: Self-Disclosure: This Is My Name\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10: Self-Existence: God Has Always Been\u003cbr\u003eChapter 11: Transcendence: God’s Nature Is Spiritual\u003cbr\u003eChapter 12: Omniscience: God Sees and Knows\u003cbr\u003eChapter 13: Sovereignty: God Reigns\u003cbr\u003eChapter 14: Almightiness: God Is Omnipresent and Omnipotent\u003cbr\u003eChapter 15: Predestination: God Has a Purpose\u003cbr\u003eChapter 16: Trinity: God Is One and Three\u003cbr\u003eChapter 17: Holiness: God Is Light\u003cbr\u003eChapter 18: Goodness: God Is Love\u003cbr\u003eChapter 19: Wisdom: God’s Twofold Will Is One\u003cbr\u003eChapter 20: Mystery: God Is Surpassingly Great\u003cbr\u003eChapter 21: Providence: God Governs This World\u003cbr\u003eChapter 22: Miracles: God Shows His Presence and Power\u003cbr\u003eChapter 23: Glory: God’s Glory-Showing Requires Glory-Giving\u003cbr\u003eChapter 24: Idolatry: God Demands Total Allegiance\u003cbr\u003eChapter 25: Angels: God Employs Supernatural Agents\u003cbr\u003eChapter 26: Demons: God Has Supernatural Opponents\u003cbr\u003eChapter 27: Satan: Fallen Angels Have a Leader\u003cbr\u003eChapter 28: Humanness: God Made Human Beings in His Image\u003cbr\u003eChapter 29: Humankind: Humans Are Body and Soul, in Two Genders\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 2: God Revealed as Redeemer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 30: The Fall: The First Human Couple Sinned\u003cbr\u003eChapter 31: Original Sin: Depravity Infects Everyone\u003cbr\u003eChapter 32: Inability: Fallen Human Beings Are Both Free and Enslaved\u003cbr\u003eChapter 33: Covenant: God Takes Sinful Humans into a Covenant of Grace\u003cbr\u003eChapter 34: Law: God Legislates, and Demands Obedience\u003cbr\u003eChapter 35: Law in Action: God’s Moral Law Has Three Purposes\u003cbr\u003eChapter 36: Conscience: God Teaches and Cleanses the Heart\u003cbr\u003eChapter 37: Worship: God Gives a Liturgical Pattern\u003cbr\u003eChapter 38: Prophets: God Sent Messengers to Declare His Will\u003cbr\u003eChapter 39: Incarnation: God Sent His Son to Save Us\u003cbr\u003eChapter 40: Two Natures: Jesus Christ Is Fully Human\u003cbr\u003eChapter 41: Virgin Birth: Jesus Christ Was Born by Miracle\u003cbr\u003eChapter 42: Teacher: Jesus Christ Proclaimed God’s Kingdom and Family\u003cbr\u003eChapter 43: Sinlessness: Jesus Christ Was Entirely Free from Sin\u003cbr\u003eChapter 44: Obedience: Jesus Christ Fulfilled His Father’s Redemptive Will\u003cbr\u003eChapter 45: Vocation: Jesus Christ’s Mission Was Revealed at His Baptism\u003cbr\u003eChapter 46: Transfiguration: How Jesus Christ’s Glory Was Revealed\u003cbr\u003eChapter 47: Resurrection: Jesus Christ Was Raised from the Dead\u003cbr\u003eChapter 48: Ascension: Jesus Christ Was Taken Up into Heaven\u003cbr\u003eChapter 49: Session: Jesus Reigns in Heaven\u003cbr\u003eChapter 50: Mediation: Jesus Christ Is the Mediator between God and Man\u003cbr\u003eChapter 51: Sacrifice: Jesus Christ Made Atonement for Sin\u003cbr\u003eChapter 52: Definite Redemption: Jesus Christ Died for God’s Elect\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 3: God Revealed as Lord of Grace\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 53: Paraclete: The Holy Spirit Ministers to Believers\u003cbr\u003eChapter 54: Salvation: Jesus Rescues His People from Sin\u003cbr\u003eChapter 55: Election: God Chooses His Own\u003cbr\u003eChapter 56: Effectual Calling: God Draws His People to Himself\u003cbr\u003eChapter 57: Illumination: The Holy Spirit Gives Spiritual Understanding\u003cbr\u003eChapter 58: Regeneration: The Christian Is Born Again\u003cbr\u003eChapter 59: Works: Good Works Are an Expression of Faith\u003cbr\u003eChapter 60: Repentance: A Christian Changes Radically\u003cbr\u003eChapter 61: Justification: Salvation Is by Grace through Faith\u003cbr\u003eChapter 62: Adoption: God Makes His People His Children\u003cbr\u003eChapter 63: Sanctification: The Christian Grows in Grace\u003cbr\u003eChapter 64: Liberty: Salvation Brings Freedom\u003cbr\u003eChapter 65: Legalism: Working for God’s Favor Forfeits It\u003cbr\u003eChapter 66: Antinomianism: We Are Not Set Free to Sin\u003cbr\u003eChapter 67: Love: Loving Is Basic to Christian Behavior\u003cbr\u003eChapter 68: Hope: Hoping Is Basic to the Christian Outlook\u003cbr\u003eChapter 69: Enterprise: A Christian Lives to Please God\u003cbr\u003eChapter 70: Prayer: Christians Practice Fellowship with God\u003cbr\u003eChapter 71: Oaths and Vows: Christians Must Be Truthful\u003cbr\u003eChapter 72: The Kingdom of God: Christians Must Manifest Kingdom Life\u003cbr\u003eChapter 73: Apostles: Jesus’s Representatives Exercised His Authority\u003cbr\u003eChapter 74: Church: God Plants His People in a New Community\u003cbr\u003eChapter 75: Word and Sacrament: How a Genuine Church Is Identified\u003cbr\u003eChapter 76: Elders: Pastors Must Care for the Church\u003cbr\u003eChapter 77: Sacraments: Christ Instituted Two Seals of God’s Covenant\u003cbr\u003eChapter 78: Baptism: This Rite Exhibits Union with Christ\u003cbr\u003eChapter 79: The Lord’s Supper: This Rite Exhibits Communion with Christ\u003cbr\u003eChapter 80: Discipline: The Church Must Uphold Christian Standards\u003cbr\u003eChapter 81: Mission: Christ Sends the Church into the World\u003cbr\u003eChapter 82: Spiritual Gifts: The Holy Spirit Equips the Church\u003cbr\u003eChapter 83: Marriage: Matrimony Is Meant to Be a Permanent Covenant Relationship\u003cbr\u003eChapter 84: The Family: The Christian Household Is a Spiritual Unit\u003cbr\u003eChapter 85: The World: Christians Are in Society to Serve and Transform It\u003cbr\u003eChapter 86: The State: Christians Must Respect Civil Government\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 4: God Revealed as Lord of Destiny\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 87: Perseverance: God Keeps His People Safe\u003cbr\u003eChapter 88: Unpardonable Sin: Only Impenitence Cannot Be Forgiven\u003cbr\u003eChapter 89: Mortality: Christians Need Not Fear Death\u003cbr\u003eChapter 90: Second Coming: Jesus Christ Will Return to the Earth in Glory\u003cbr\u003eChapter 91: General Resurrection: The Dead in Christ Will Rise in Glory\u003cbr\u003eChapter 92: Judgment Seat: God Will Judge All Mankind\u003cbr\u003eChapter 93: Hell: The Wicked Will Be Banished into Endless Misery\u003cbr\u003eChapter 94: Heaven: God Will Welcome His People into Everlasting Joy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJ. I. Packer \u003c\/strong\u003e(1926–2020) served as the Board of Governors’ Professor of Theology at Regent College. He authored numerous books, including the classic best seller \u003cem\u003eKnowing God\u003c\/em\u003e. Packer served as general editor for the \u003cem\u003eEnglish Standard Version Bible\u003c\/em\u003e and as theological editor for the \u003cem\u003eESV Study Bible\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEndorsements\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“J. I. Packer’s \u003cem\u003eConcise Theology\u003c\/em\u003e is the best simple guide to Christian doctrine that I know. Because it is systematic, precise, and saturated with Scripture, I often use this book to introduce young people and new believers to the basics of their faith.” - Philip Graham Ryken, President, Wheaton College\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“J. I. Packer has the gift to write theology that is simple without being superficial. \u003cem\u003eConcise Theology\u003c\/em\u003e puts the food on the bottom shelf where we can reach it, but to our delight, it is not sugar cookies but steak and potatoes for the soul.” - Joel R. Beeke, President and Professor of Systematic Theology and Homiletics, Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary; author, \u003cem\u003eReformed Preaching\u003c\/em\u003e; coauthor, \u003cem\u003eReformed Systematic Theology\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eConcise Theology\u003c\/em\u003e is poetry to Christian ears: the best words in the best order about the best news there is—the gospel of grace poured out in Jesus Christ. Packer here sets forth with lucid brevity everything Christians need to know to become biblically literate and to grow in wisdom and understanding. Doctrine and doxology here walk hand in hand. I am delighted to see this new edition, for Packer’s description of the ‘permanent essentials’ of the Christian faith remains as relevant today as when this book was first published.” - Kevin J. Vanhoozer, Research Professor of Systematic Theology, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School; author, \u003cem\u003eIs There a Meaning in This Text?\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eThe Drama of Doctrine\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eBiblical Authority after Babel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“J. I. Packer is one of our greatest theologians and he does something remarkable in this classic compendium: he illuminates the deep things of God in lucid language that makes sense. I have had this volume at hand for nearly three decades, and I welcome this new edition.” - Timothy George, Research Professor of Divinity, Beeson Divinity School, Samford University; general editor, \u003cem\u003eReformation Commentary on Scripture\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Although this book was published decades ago, its introduction to Christian theology remains focused, clear, and especially valuable for its deep immersion in the biblical record. J. I. Packer's ‘concise theology’ is, as he states forthrightly, reformational and evangelical, which means that some readers will be Bereans checking the Scriptures to see ‘if these things are so.’ All, however, should find the book valuable for illumination and understanding but even more for doxology and devotion.” - Mark A. 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