Overview
The doctrine of providence is often too abstract, complex, or detached from real-life situations for introductory students. Drawing on years of experience in the classroom and the church, Adamson Co offers an introductory guide that uses the creation motif of the Bible to highlight the importance of providence for the Christian life.
Co begins with a brief introduction to providence to give students the "state of the question." He then explores the classical theme of the seventh and eighth days of creation as a helpful way to understand providence. He sets providence and human existence within the metanarrative of the Bible while explicating the doctrine in an overview fashion. Co demonstrates how the seventh and eighth days of creation bring clarity to traditional issues raised in systematic theology, such as preservation, governance, and concurrence; the problem of evil; and divine sovereignty and human free will.
Providence in the Story of Scripture challenges readers to live out a life of partnership with God in his providence and shows how the blessed hope of the Christian faith is God's life-transforming providence for today. The book includes a foreword by Kevin J. Vanhoozer.
Co begins with a brief introduction to providence to give students the "state of the question." He then explores the classical theme of the seventh and eighth days of creation as a helpful way to understand providence. He sets providence and human existence within the metanarrative of the Bible while explicating the doctrine in an overview fashion. Co demonstrates how the seventh and eighth days of creation bring clarity to traditional issues raised in systematic theology, such as preservation, governance, and concurrence; the problem of evil; and divine sovereignty and human free will.
Providence in the Story of Scripture challenges readers to live out a life of partnership with God in his providence and shows how the blessed hope of the Christian faith is God's life-transforming providence for today. The book includes a foreword by Kevin J. Vanhoozer.
Table of Contents
Foreword by Kevin J. Vanhoozer
Introduction: Recapturing the Biblical Imagination
1. The Propositional Impasse
2. The Problem of Evil Impasse
3. God's Providence in the Pre-Fall Seventh Day of Creation
4. God's Providence in the Post-Fall Seventh Day of Creation
5. God's Providence in the "Not Yet" of the Eighth Day of Creation
6. God's Providence in the "Already" of the Eighth Day of Creation, Part 1: Present Impact in Relation to the Triune God
7. God's Providence in the "Already" of the Eighth Day of Creation, Part 2: Present Impact in Relation to the World
8. Providence Reframed
Indexes
Introduction: Recapturing the Biblical Imagination
1. The Propositional Impasse
2. The Problem of Evil Impasse
3. God's Providence in the Pre-Fall Seventh Day of Creation
4. God's Providence in the Post-Fall Seventh Day of Creation
5. God's Providence in the "Not Yet" of the Eighth Day of Creation
6. God's Providence in the "Already" of the Eighth Day of Creation, Part 1: Present Impact in Relation to the Triune God
7. God's Providence in the "Already" of the Eighth Day of Creation, Part 2: Present Impact in Relation to the World
8. Providence Reframed
Indexes
Endorsements
“This book offers both a basic introduction to providence and a hope-filled retrieval of a classic framework for the doctrine. Along the way, Adamson Co provides several creative, compelling illustrations of how our hope in God’s good providence makes a difference for contemporary life.”
Daniel J. Treier, Knoedler Professor of Theology, Wheaton College
Author
Adamson Co
Adamson Co (PhD, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is professor of theology at California Baptist University in Riverside, California. Prior to academia, he practiced law for several years as an attorney. He has also served as a pastor in the Chicago area and Southern California, including as English congregation pastor at Mandarin Baptist Church of Los Angeles.