Index of Subjects

Accountability

Admonishment

Affection, showing of

Affliction. See Suffering

Alienation

Angels

authority over

worship of

Anger

Anonymity

Anthony, asceticism of Saint

Anthropic Principle

Archippus

Aristarchus

Aristides, on Christian joy

Asceticism

Athanasius, on Saint Anthony

Atheism

despair of

sin and

Atomic forces, confining of

Atonement, the

blood of

extent of

Authority

over Satan and demons

submission and

Baptism, salvation and

Barclay, William (on greed)

Barrett, William (on Sartre’s atheism)

Baxter, Richard (on being ruthless with sin)

Bible, the. See Scripture

Big Bang theory

Bigotry, destruction of. See Unity

Bios, his illustration regarding the tongue

Bitterness. See also Forgiveness

Blood of Christ. See Jesus Christ

Burroughs, Jeremiah (on contentment)

Carey, William (social reforms of)

Carson, Herbert (on philosophy)

Ceremonialism. See Tradition

Chambers, R. W (on Thomas More’s forgiving spirit)

Charismatic movement, mysticism of the

Charnock, Stephen (on sin as atheism)

Chesnut, D. Lee (on atomic forces)

“Children Learn What They Live,”

Children, principles for

Christlikeness

Church, the Christ’s relationship to

loving

Circumcision

Colossae

Compassion

Completeness

of Christ. See Jesus Christ

of Christians. See Maturity

Contentment

Covell, Margaret “Peggy,”

Covetousness. See Greed

Creation

curse of

magnitude of

Criticism

Cultists. See False teachers

Cumming, Robert DeNoon (on Sarte’s existentialism)

Curse, reversal of the

Darrow, Karl K. (on atomic forces)

De Young, Donald B. (on the Anthropic Principle of the universe)

Deliverance, divine

Demas

Demons. See Satan and demons

DeShazer, Jacob

Despair, philosophical

Dickens, Charles (his character Uriah Heep)

Dualism, philosophical

Ecumenism

Edwards, Jonathan (social reforms of)

Election, divine

Elliot, Jim (on heavenly gain)

Emotions

Employment. See Work

Encouragement

Endurance

Epaphras

Erdman, Charles R. (on Christ’s dignity)

Essene sect

Evangelism

ego-focused

experience-centered

manipulative

opportunities for

Existentialism, despair of

Faith

definition of

object of

saving

False teachers, dealing with

Favoritism

Feelings. See Emotions

Felicitas and Perpetua, martyrdom of

Fellowship

examples of

importance of

Flagellation. See Asceticism

Fleshliness

Forgiveness

completeness of

illustrations of

principles of

Fruitfulness, spiritual

Fry, Elizabeth Gurney (prison reforms of)

Fuchida, Mitsuo (conversion of)

Gamow, George (on atomic forces)

Gentleness

Ginott, Haim (on criticism)

Gnosticism

God

as Creator

sovereignty of

Gospel, the

essence of

truth of

universality of

Grace

Gratitude. See Thankfulness

Greed

Growth, spiritual

Guinness, Os (on philosophical queries)

Guthrie, Donald (on slavery)

Hanna, Mark M. (on philosophy in Colossians)

Healing, divine

Heart, biblical meaning of the term

Heaven, focusing on

Heep, Uriah

Hendriksen, William

on progressive salvation

on the Scythians

on worshiping angels

Heretics. See False teachers

Holiness

Hope

Howard, John (prison reforms of)

Hume, David (his philosophical despair)

Humility

false

true

Husbands, principles for

Hymns. See Music

“I Am His, and He Is Mine,”

Ignatius, on Bishop Onesimus

Image of God

Immorality. See Lust

Indebtedness, principle of

Inheritance, spiritual

Intimidation, spiritual

Jesus Christ

authority of

blood of

as Creator

deity of

name of

preeminence of

sufficiency of

John Mark. See Mark

Josephus

on Jewish sects

on the Scythians

Judgment, divine

Justus, Jesus

Kindness

King, Guy H. (on Christlikeness)

Kingdom, the present vs. the future

Knowledge, godly

Leadership. See Ministry

Legalism

Lenski, R. C. H. (on the new man)

Lightfoot, J. B.

on being led astray

on kakia,

on Paul’s persuasion of Philemon

on philosophy in Colossians

onplemma,

on runaway slaves

Lippmann, Walter (on limited perfection)

Lloyd-Jones, D. Martyn (on the flesh)

Loneliness

Love

debt of

emotion and

for fellow believers

for one’s spouse

Luke

Lust

Luther, Martin

his bold prayer regarding a dying friend

on good works

his hymn “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God,”

his rebuke to mystics

Lying

Mark

Marriage, principles for

Maturity, spiritual

McCheyne, Robert Murray (his holiness)

Men, women and

Millennial kingdom. See Kingdom

Ministry, the

assistance in

biblical view of

hardship of

joy of

scope of

Missionaries, necessary asceticism of certain

Monasticism. See Asceticism

Moralism. See Legalism

More, Sir Thomas (his forgiving attitude)

Moses, his assistants

Münzer, Thomas (mystical followers of)

Music, emotions and

Myconius, Friedrich (his recovery after Luther’s prayer)

Mysteries, divine

Mysticism

Neglect

Nietzsche, Friedrich (his philosophical despair)

New man vs. old man

Nieder, John (on forgiveness)

Nolte, Dorothy Law (poem on children)

Nuclear forces, divine manipulation of

“O to Be Like Thee,”

Obedience

faith and

in families

Onesimus

Origen, his voluntary castration

Overprotection

Owen, John (on Christ’s glory)

Owens, Virginia Stem (on earnest prayer)

Parents, principles for

Patience. See Endurance, Humility

Patmore, Coventry (his poem “The Toys”)

Paul

his assistants

his conversion

his love for the church

his sufferings

his view of the ministry

Peace, spiritual

Pearl Harbor, illustration on forgiveness from the

attack on

Penance. See Asceticism

Perpetua and Felicitas, martyrdom of

Persecution. See Suffering

Perseverance. See Endurance

Pessimism, world

Philemon

Philosophy

Pink, Arthur (on divine wrath)

Planck, Max, (on order in the universe)

Power. See Strength

Pragmatism

Prayer

boldness in

earnest

persistent

reverent

for spiritual growth

thankful

unceasing

Preaching

Predestination. See Election

Prejudice, destruction of. See Unity

Purgatory

Reconciliation, divine

Redemption

Relationships, broken

Relativism

Repentance

Revenge. See Vengeance

Richardson, Cyril C

Righteousness. See Holiness

Ritualism. See Tradition

Rosenberger, Donald A.

Rupprecht, A. (on slavery)

Sabbath day

Sacrifice. See Atonement

Salvation

completion of

and faith. See Faith

progress of

transformation of

Salvation Army, social reforms of

Sanctification. See Maturity

Sartre, Jean-Paul (his philosophical despair)

Satan and demons, authority over

Sauer, Erich (on divine reconciliation)

Schaeffer, Francis

on alienation

on church unity

on philosophical queries

Schlatter, Adolf (on ancient philosophy)

Science, God and

Scripture

knowing

loving

understanding

Second coming, revelation at the

Second Law of Thermodynamics

Self-denial. See Asceticism

Sensitivity

Service. See Ministry

Sexual sin. See Lust

Shaftesbury, Lord (social reforms of)

Sin, dealing with

Singing. See Music

Slander

Slavery, Christianity and

Smith, M. A. (on Christian unity)

Social reform, evangelical

Speech

godly

ungodly

Spirituality. See Holiness

Spring, Gardiner (on legalism)

Spurgeon, Charles

on not trifling with sin

on two men in a boat

Stewardship, divine

Strength, spiritual

Submission, authority and

Substitution, divine. See Atonement

Suffering, benefits of

Sufficiency

of Christ. See Jesus Christ

of Christians. See Maturity

Teaching

Technology. See Science

Tertullian, on the Scythians

Thankfulness

Thompson, Thomas (on forgiveness)

Tongue, the. See Speech

“Toys, The,”

Tradition, excessive emphasis on

Transference, spiritual

Trials. See Suffering

Tychicus

Understanding, spiritual

Unity, spiritual

Universalism, error of

Universe, the. See Creation

Vengeance. See also Forgiveness

Victory, spiritual

Vincent, Marvin R. (on slavery)

Vine, W. E. (on obedience)

Walk, the Christian

Wenger, J. C. (on evangelical social reform)

Wesley, John (on social reform)

Whitefield, George (social reforms of)

Wilberforce, William (slavery reforms of)

Will of God, knowing the

Wisdom, godly

Wives, principles for

Women, men and

Work, relations at

Worldliness, rejecting

Wrath. See Anger, Judgment

YMCA, YWCA (social reforms of the)