All the Doctrines of the Bible [Paperback]

Herbert Lockyer (Author)

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Series: All | Publication Date: October 9, 1988

Ground Your Faith in the Major Doctrines of the Bible All the Doctrines of the Bible gives you a grasp of the Bible's key teachings. Beginning with a chapter on how to study Bible doctrine, this book provides you with studies and analyses of thirty important doctrines. Divine revelation, Christ, the Holy Spirit, angels, grace, peace, predestination, last things . . . not only are the topics fascinating and diverse, but understanding them correctly is indispensable for spiritual stability and fruitful Christian living. Herbert W. Lockyer's 'All' books give you life-enriching insights into the Bible. From characters you can learn from, to teachings you can apply, to promises you can stand on and prophecies you can count on, Lockyer's time-honored works help you wrap your mind around the Bible and get it into your heart. Lockyer's books include All the Apostles of the Bible, All the Divine Names and Titles in the Bible, All the Doctrines of the Bible, All the Men of the Bible, All the Women of the Bible, All the Messianic Prophecies of the Bible, All the Miracles of the Bible, All the Parables of the Bible, All the Prayers of the Bible, and All the Promises of the Bible.

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Ground Your Faith in the Major Doctrines of the Bible

All the Doctrines of the Bible gives you a grasp of the Bible’s key teachings. Beginning with a chapter on how to study Bible doctrine, this book provides you with studies and analyses of thirty important doctrines. Divine revelation, Christ, the Holy Spirit, angels, grace, peace, predestination, last things . . . not only are the topics fascinating and diverse, but understanding them correctly is indispensable for spiritual stability and fruitful Christian living.

Herbert W. Lockyer’s "All" books give you life-enriching insights into the Bible. From characters you can learn from, to teachings you can apply, to promises you can stand on and prophecies you can count on, Lockyer’s time-honored works help you wrap your mind around the Bible and get it into your heart.

Lockyer’s books include All the Apostles of the Bible, All the Divine Names and Titles in the Bible, All the Doctrines of the Bible, All the Men of the Bible, All the Women of the Bible, All the Messianic Prophecies of the Bible, All the Miracles of the Bible, All the Parables of the Bible, All the Prayers of the Bible, and All the Promises of the Bible.

About the Author

Dr. Herbert Lockyer was born in London in 1886, and held pastorates in Scotland and England for 25 years before coming to the United States in 1935. In 1937 he received the honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Northwestern Evangelical Seminary. In 1955 he returned to England where he lived for many years. He then returned to the United States where he continued to devote time to the writing ministry until his death in November of 1984. SPANISH BIO: El Dr. Lockyer nacio en Londres y fue pastor alli por veinticinco anos antes de venir a los Estados Unidos en 1935. En 1937 recibio el titulo de Doctor en Divinidades del Northwestern Evangelical Seminary. Volvio a Inglaterra donde vivio por muchos anos hasta su regreso final a los Estados Unidos, donde continuo dedicado a escribir para el ministerio hasta su muerte en 1984.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Zondervan (October 9, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0310280516
• ISBN-13: 978-0310280514
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #143,074 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Good Starter Book, But Be Careful, October 25, 2000

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Christopher C. Alsruhe (Baltimore, Maryland United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: All the Doctrines of the Bible (Paperback)

Here is a book that is excellent for one wanting to start studying more in depth the MANY doctrines of the Bible. We often forget how many major doctrines there are. I personally have found approximately 50 doctrines in the Bible related to salvation alone. Mr. Lockyer does a great job and will get you started, expanding your mind beyond the "milk" theology in which so many Christians remain. But be careful. He bought into the very young doctrines of premillennialism and dispensationalism, so you will find his doctrinal explanations as related to eschatology to be "newspaper" theology rather than biblical theology.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good in parts but a bit dogmatically erroneous in places, February 23, 2010

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TruthCatcher (Planet Earth) - See all my reviews

This review is from: All the Doctrines of the Bible (Paperback)

This book is uplifting mostly, and refreshing. However, Lockyer has fallen for the false man-made doctrine that "Lucifer" used to be Satan's name, before he fell, even though Isaiah 14:12-14 must be taken out of context, at best, for this view to have scriptural backing. Perhaps a lot of us were taught this doctrine as children (I was). There has been a long-standing habit of taking Isa. 14 out of context, using it to mainly apply it to Satan's fall while ignoring the true "proverb" and subject of the chapter: the king of Babylon and his judgment from God for having oppressed Israel. In order to take the Lucifer text out of context, many sadly ignore the verse that sets the context of the chapter: v. 4. Of course, it very possibly vv. 12-14 are a second (or double) rendering that shows the fall of Satan and how the fall of the king of Babylon was likened to that of Satan.

Many people don't know that the word "Lucifer" came into the English Bible from the Latin Vulgate. It did not exist in any translation of the Bible until Jerome put it into his Latin translation. The original word in the original Hebrew is helel. Jerome translated helel using the word that held the closest match to the meaning of the original, and the word he used was Lucifer, meaning "bright or shining one." Helel (Hebrew) was the word designated for the "morning star" (planet Venus) which was worshiped by the pagans near Israel and during Israel's Babylonian captivity. The pagan king of Babylon was likened to his pagan deity in a mocking sense delivered by the Holy Spirit through Isaiah in chapter 14. God mocked the king in his pride, and in viewing himself as deity, and brought him down to the grave and hell. Isaiah 14 does not teach what Satan's name used to be before he fell. As for that, God has not told us. If anything, if he has told us what it was, it would not have been Lucifer but Helel. Helel is in the original text. Lucifer is just a translation of it, as is "morgen stern" in Luther's German Bible, etc. I wish that Lockyer hadn't included this "Lucifer" dogma in this book.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good basic Bible doctrines book - nice place to start, June 26, 2003

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Harold McFarland (Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: All the Doctrines of the Bible (Paperback)

In 1964 Herbert Lockyer originally published "All the Doctrines of the Bible" and it has been in print ever since. While this is hardly all the doctrines that are found in the Bible by the various religious groups, it is the thirty most important doctrines that are held by pretty much all of the Christian doctrines.

The book starts with a brief introduction to how to study Christian doctrine. From there it starts into the doctrines of Divine Revelation, Divine Inspiration, God, Christ, the Holy Spirit, the Trinity, Angels, Satan and Demons, Man, the Covenants, Predestination, Sin, Salvation, Grace, Repentance, Regeneration, Substitution, Redemption, Reconciliation, Faith, Adoption, Assurance, Righteousness, Peace, Sanctification, Christian Ethics, Eternal Security, Prayer, the Church, and Last Things.

For each doctrine the chapter clearly defines it and follows with the development of the doctrine using specific Bible verse references. On some matters, such as baptism, it provides thoughts of other great thinkers of the past. This is an excellent book for the young Christian who wants to learn the basis for common Christian doctrine and a recommended read.