Competing worldviews and the Christian life

Competing worldviews cast their impact on the church and the Christian confession. What does it mean to be a Christian in an age that threatens cultural dissolution? Related questions press on a calm consideration of the meaning of the Christian life.

Questions about Jesus Christ and the human condition

Who is Jesus Christ of whose salvific work the Christian confession depends? Why did Jesus Christ come into the world? What is to be said of the human condition following the Adamic fall, which, as John Milton says, brought death into the world and all our woe?

The Christian's highest good and its implications

What is the Christian's highest good, the grounds on which it has life-determining relevance, and what are its existential implications?

Vickers' conclusion on the Christian's highest good

In this closely reasoned and biblically informed examination of those questions, Douglas Vickers concludes that the Christian's highest good exists in fellowship with the Father. The practical and everyday significance of that fellowship is addressed at length, and the meaning and prospect of each Christian's eternal life is shown to be grounded in a vital and indissoluble union with Christ.