Two Cities, Two Loves

In one systematic volume, James Boice provides a comprehensive overview of Christian theology. Laypeople, students, and pastors will all benefit from this rich source that covers all of the major doctrines of the Christian faith.

With scholarly rigor and a pastor's heart, Boice carefully opens the topics of the nature of God, the character of his natural and special revelation, the Fall, and the person and work of Christ. He then goes on to consider the work of the Holy Spirit in justification and sanctification. The book closes with careful discussions of the church and the last things.

In this revised edition of a formerly four-volume work, Boice maintains a remarkable practicality and thoroughness that have made this a standard reference and textbook of evangelical faith.

1. Introduction
2. Part One
3. Chapter 1
4. Augustine's Early Life
5. His Youthful Pleasures
6. His Quest For Truth
7. His Faith
8. His Exposure To Religion
9. The Scene In The Garden
10. Augustine's Later Life
11. The City Of God
12. The Barbarians Are Coming
13. Barbarians In The Parlor
14. Barbarians In The Classroom
15. Barbarians In Power
16. Barbarians In The Pews
17. Behold The Hun
18. Part Two
19. Chapter 2
20. The Two Offsprings
21. The Serpant And The Woman
22. The Descendants Of The Serpant And The Descendants Of The Woman
23. Satan And The Ultimate Descendant Of The Woman
24. The Two Sons
25. The Birth Of Cain
26. The Offerings Of Cain And Abel
27. The Way Of Cain
28. The Two Geneologies
29. A Proper View Of God And His Preeminence
30. A Proper View Of Man And His Frailty
31. Dependence On God
32. The Two Enochs
33. The Seventh From Adam
34. A Preacher Of Righteousness
35. Enoch Walked With God
36. Enoch Pleased God
37. Chapter 3
38. The Obedience Of Faith
39. To Be A Pilgrim
40. We Must Have Left Home
41. We Must Follow Jesus
42. God Of The Impossible
43. Abraham's Faith Was In God's Promise
44. Abraham's Faith Was Based On The Word Of God Only
45. Abraham's Faith Was In God, Despite Contrary Appearances
46. Abraham's Faith Was Fully Confident
47. Abraham's Faith Was Active
48. Faith In Search Of Understanding
49. Obedience From First To Last
50. How To Grow Your Faith
51. Chapter 4
52. Cain's City - Enoch
53. A Loss Of Roots And A Restlessness
54. Closeness Without Community
55. Cult Of Physical Beauty
56. Pride In Power And Blind Passion
57. Nimrod's City - Ninevah
58. The Growth Of Nimrod's City
59. The Avenging God
60. Vengeance Is God's
61. Wickedness And Guilt
62. Judgement Is Certain
63. God And God's People
64. An Astonishing Account
65. Chapter 5
66. Nimrod's Second Great City - Babylon
67. United We Stand
68. A New Religion
69. The Response Of God
70. Jerusalem
71. Nebuchadnezzar's City - Great Babylon
72. Insanity
73. Bestial Behavior
74. Worse Than The Animals
75. How Low Can You Go
76. God's Image Restored
77. The Fall Of Mystery Babylon
78. The New Jerusalem
79. Chapter 6
80. A Secular Environment
81. Nebuchadnezzar Dreamed A Dream
82. Nebuchadnezzar's Dream
83. The Crisis
84. The Meaning Of Nebuchadnezzar's Dream
85. The Stone Not Made With Human Hands
86. Faith In The Furnace
87. Belshazzar Gave A Party
88. A Busy Man's Devotional Life
89. God Or Ceasar?
90. To Pray Or Not To Pray
91. Safe With The Lions
92. Part Three
93. Chapter 7
94. Christ Over Culture
95. Christ Apart From Culture
96. Christ The Servant Of Culture
97. The World's Wisdom
98. The World's Theology
99. The World's Agenda
100. The World's Methods
101. Christ And The Two Cities
102. Citizens Of Two Kingdoms
103. Participation
104. Persuasion
105. Prayer
106. Chapter 8
107. Some Necessary Guidelines
108. Abortion : The Right To Life
109. The Cities - Who Would Want To Live There?
110. We Must Live In The Cities
111. We Must Be Organized As Christians In The Cities
112. We Must Be A Community In The Cities
113. We Must Have A Vision For The Cities
114. Pornography - The Trash Avalanche
115. Education - The Opening Of America's Mind
116. We Can Pursue Further Education Ourselves
117. We Can Develop Alternative Christian Schools
118. A Biblical Summary
119. Chapter 9
120. The Starting Point - God Is Sovereign
121. Power Or Authority
122. Four Logical Options
123. God Alone As An Authority
124. Ceasar Alone As An Authority
125. The Authority Of God And Ceasar, But With Ceasar In The Dominant Position
126. The Authority Of God And Ceasar, But With God In The Dominant Position
127. Some Important Limitations
128. Evangelism
129. Moral Behavior
130. Civil Disobedience
131. The Power Of The Sword
132. A Wrong Use Of Power
133. A Useless Use Of Power
134. Where Are God's People?
135. Chapter 10
136. Meet The Governor
137. First Things First
138. Problems Of Middle Management
139. Loyalty
140. Tact
141. Honesty
142. Prayer
143. Planning
144. Taking Command
145. He Worked Out A Plan
146. He Timed His Announcement Carefully
147. He Threw Out A Challenge
148. He Identified With The People In The Task
149. He Took The People Into His Confidence
150. How The Work Was Done
151. Dealing With Opposition
152. Opposition By Ridicule
153. The Threat Of Violence
154. Opposition From Within
155. Opposition By Intimidation
156. Chapter 11
157. The Same Old Problems
158. A Worm In The Big Apple
159. Nehemiah's Final Reforms
160. The Tithe
161. Other Provisions For The Temple
162. The Sabbath
163. The Family
164. Keep On Keeping On
165. Part Four
166. Chapter 12
167. The Values Vacuum
168. Politics
169. How Real Is Our Religion
170. A Much Needed Text
171. To Act Justly
172. To Love Mercy
173. To Walk Humbly With God
174. Before The Watching World
175. Chapter 13
176. To God Be The Glory
177. A Joyful People
178. A Separated People
179. What Is Holiness
180. The Church That Is Not Holy
181. A Truth Rooted People
182. A Missionary People
183. We Are To Be In The World
184. Like Jesus In The World
185. A Unified People
186. A Family
187. A Fellowship
188. A Body
189. A Loving People