Arrangements

As mentioned in my previous blog post, here is the arrangement for Delighting in The Trinity.

Section One: Biblical Foundations
Section Two: Historical Developments
Section Three: Practical Implications

There it is; if the rest of the theology books that I were to read in my life time were formated as such, I would die a fairly happy man.

I believe an introduction should be added in there as well, so I think a book could be formatted as such:

Introduction

Section One: Biblical Foundations

Section Two: Historical Developments

Section Three: Practical Implications

Also, Maybe I would add a preface as well, in which case I think a good theology book's arrangement would be as such:

Preface

Introduction

Section One: Biblical Foundations

Section Two: Historical Developments

Section Three: Practical Implications

I looked up the differences between a preface and an introduction and found the following on Pat McNees' site:

Words into Type succinctly characterizes the differences between a preface and intro: "A preface or foreword deals with the genesis, purpose, limitations, and scope of the book and may include acknowledgments of indebtedness; an introduction deals with the subject of the book, supplementing and introducing the text and indicating a point of view to be adopted by the reader. The introduction usually forms a part of the text [and the text numbering system]; the preface does not." 

I would also like to mention that Pat McNees is a writer, editor and personal historian. That being said, I would also add a recommended reading section, acknowledgments and a bibliography:

Preface

Introduction

Section One: Biblical Foundations

Section Two: Historical Developments

Section Three: Practical Implications

Acknowledgments 

Recommended Reading

Bibliography

So that is that, my wife thought that I would be blogging about Dexter, but that doesn't really make sense even though that show is totally airwolf. 

Derek