Friday, April 27, 2012

Outline for "Hope For The Lost"

The following is an outline for the forthcoming book: Hope For the Lost" by William Brennan.

Introduction


PART ONE: HISTORY

1. The History of Universalism
2. The Origin of the Doctrine of Endless Torment
3. Universalism Today: A Grassroots Movement

PART TWO: THEOLOGY

4. The Role of Presupposition in Interpretation
5. Theodicy and The Problem of Evil
6. Calvinism and Arminianism
7. The Atonement
8. Eschatology

PART THREE: HERMENEUTICS

9. The Grammatical-Historical Method
10. Lexical Considerations
6. Texts Used To Support Universalism
7. Texts Used To Refute Universalism
8. Handling The Prophetic Material

PART FOUR: APOLOGETICS & EVANGELISM

4. The Transcendental Approach
5. Preempting Strong Points
6. Answering Unbelievers
7. Why Evangelize If No One Will Be Lost Forever?
8. Universalism and Ecumenicity.