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  • Stephen Wellum on Systematic Theology and Worldview

    Systematic theology, then, inevitably involves theological construction and doctrinal formulation, grounded in biblical theology and done in light of historical theology, but which also involves interacting with all areas of life – history, science, psychology, ethics, and so on. In so doing, systematic theology leads to worldview formation as we seek to set the biblical-theological framework of…

  • Hearing The Old Testament: Listening For God’s Address

    A while back, I was taking advantage of the fact that RTS not only has a good library, but a great bookstore as well. One day when I came in, I stumbled upon this new release by Eerdmans, Hearing The Old Testament: Listening For God’s Address. Knowing that I’d be teaching a year of Old…

  • Stephen Wellum on The Backdrop of Kingdom Through Covenant

    Dispensationalism and covenant theology (along with their varieties) largely frame how evangelicals put their Bibles together. Each view attempts to serve as an interpretive grid for how to understand the metanarrative of Scripture. In this way, both systems function as examples of biblical theologies, i.e., “whole-Bible theologies,” which then lead to various systematic theological conclusions. Yet it…

  • “In This Way”: An Extended Review of Kingdom Through Covenant

    Earlier this year, Crossway released a bombshell named Kingdom Through Covenant into the playing field of evangelical theological studies. That may be a slight exaggeration, but considering that the Gospel Coalition gathered Darrell Bock (a progressive dispensationalist), Michael Horton (the leading mainstream covenant theologian guru), and Douglas Moo (perhaps a via media between the two) in order to…

  • The Gospel According to Isaiah 53

    In March of 2009, toward the end of my second year of studies at Dallas Seminary, Chosen People Ministries held a conference just down the road at Irving Bible Church. I vaguely remember this going on. I was engaged and taking 2nd semester Hebrew alongside 4th semester Greek (and 2 other classes), so even though…

  • Charity and Its Fruits: Review and Reading Plan

    If it’s alright with you, I’m going to deviate from my review script just a tad on this one. Since I know you’re probably curious, this is for a couple of reasons. First, unlike most of the books I review, this one isn’t technically new. Rather, it’s a new edition of Jonathan Edwards’ classic Charity…

  • An Old Testament Theology

    Earlier this week, we took a peek at Frank Thielman’s Theology of the New Testament. The companion volume also published by Zondervan is Bruce Waltke’s An Old Testament Theology: A Canonical and Thematic Approach. Much like my experience in seminary with NT Theologies, my reading of an OT Theology did not happen. My class choices…

  • Theology of The New Testament: A Canonical and Synthetic Approach

    While it may come as a surprise to some, I managed to get through an entire four year seminary program without reading a New Testament theology. Granted, I read my share of systematic theology, and I read my share of New Testament material. But, because of my overall focus, I never had a class that…

  • Popologetics: Popular Culture in Christian Perspective

    Every now and then (twice now in my case) someone else writes a book that as soon I start reading, I wish/feel like I should/could have written it. I had the experience last year with Lit! and had it again this summer with Popologetics. Even without the Chuck Klosterman reference in the introduction, I would…

  • Politics According To The Bible

    Well, it’s almost that time of year. That time that comes every fall in even numbered years and counts the most every four years. You know, that time. That time when Facebook friend lists get pruned because some people are just a little too politically vocal about the wrong side of an issue. That time…