A Handful of Pebbles

Theological Liberalism and the Church

Author

Peter Barnes

Category Church & Ministry, Theology Books

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500 in stock

Weight	0.24 lbs
Dimensions	7.13 × 4.75 × 0.3 in
ISBN	9780851519777
Binding	Paperback
topic	Church Issues/Unity, General Theology
Original Pub Date	2003
Banner Pub Date	May 31, 2008
page-count	96
format	Book

Book Description

At first sight in Peter Barnes’ book, A Handful of Pebbles, the word ‘liberalism’ does not seem threatening in any way. Quite the reverse, it is often associated with ideas like ‘democracy’, ‘freedom’ and ‘generosity of spirit’. However, there is something quite sinister about ‘theological liberalism’; although not a well-defined term, it usually refers to a belief system which rejects the orthodox view of the Christian faith as set out in the Bible, and summarized in the church’s historic creeds and confessions.

This book traces the origins and development of theological liberalism and convincingly demonstrates what a dangerous and destructive thing it is to the Christian church. The author shows that a battle continues to rage today, not between two varieties of true Christianity, but between truth and error, light and darkness, good and evil.

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Table of Contents Expand ↓

	Publisher’s Note	vii
1	What Is Theological Liberalism?	1
2	Warnings in the Bible	7
3	A Brief History of the Rise of Liberalism	15
4	The American Fundamentalist Controversy	37
5	Neo-Orthodoxy	41
6	After Neo-Orthodoxy	45
7	Key Doctrines	51
8	How Should a Christian Respond to Theological Liberalism?	75
	For Further Reading	83
	Index of Names	85