Bible
The God of Promise and the Life of Faith:
Understanding the Heart of the Bible
Scott J. Hafemann
Chapter One: Why Do We Exist?
The Image and the Kingdom of God
What does it mean that humans are created in God’s image? Nature or Function?
What is the position of “man” in relation to God and the rest of creation?
What is God’s kingdom? Realm or relationship?
The Creator Creature Distinction
What is the function of creation?
In what sense is it “good”?
Isa. 64:4
1 Cor. 4:7
Rom. 11:35-36a
The Nature of Idolatry
What is idolatry?
How is it related to coveteousness and thankfulness?
What is the relationship between God’s gifts and his person?
God’s presence and his provision?
Chapter Two: What Does It Mean To Know God?
The Covenant God of the Sabbath
Why is it right that God commands us to worship him alone?
What is the point or message of God’s rest and the Sabbath?
What did the OT saint proclaim when he or she kept Sabbath?
What is the evidence of a covenant arrangement between Adam and God in Genesis 1-2?
How does Hafemann see the covenant structure of the Bible?
Threefold Covenant Relationship
The covenant stipulations or “conditions”
The covenant promises or curses
In what sense are all God’s promises and covenants conditional?
Chapter Three: What Went Wrong And What Has God Done About It?
Self-Reliance and the Call to Rest
What was Adam and Eve’s temptation in the Garden?
How is the judgment of the flood a reversal of God’s provision in creation?
What are the 4 steps back to the Sabbath?