Category: Theology
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Choose Your Own Systematic Theology Adventure
In light of James Anderson’s recent book, What’s Your Worldview, I began thinking how the “Choose Your Own Adventure” genre could be applied elsewhere. He does an excellent job of using a variant of that genre to help readers diagnose their worldview. I wondered how a similar idea might be applied to studying systematic theology,…
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When The Bible Speaks, God Speaks: The Classic Doctrine of Biblical Inerrancy
Coming up on a month ago, I told you we were doing a series review of Five Views on Biblical Inerrancy. Now we’re ready for the first monthly installment, and the essay by Albert “From A Christian Worldview Perspective” Mohler is up.[ref]That nickname is from the constant refrain I hear every morning on The Briefing. If…
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Young(er) Wayne Grudem Writes John Frame A Letter
I love a good vintage theology book. Vintage, in this usage, means late 70’s or early 80’s, and I’m mainly talking about cover aesthetics. The particularly book pictured even comes with sweet character sketches of each of the authors before their respective essays. We’re talking about back when D. A. Carson had a mustache and…
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Evangelical Theology: The God of The Gospel
As we continue through Michael Bird’s Evangelical Theology, we come to his section on the doctrine of God. You can refer back to the introduction to see the table of contents for the past section we covered, as well as upcoming review sections. For now, here’s the rundown on Bird’s foray into theology proper. § 2.1 God…
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Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Christian Belief
John Frame, Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Christian Belief. Philipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing. November 2013. 1280 pp. Hardcover, $49.99. Buy it: Amazon | Westminster Read an excerpt Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to P&R Publishing for the review copy! Back in the fall, P&R Publishing was gracious enough to send me a review copy of John Frame’s latest 1000+ tome. Not only have I been reading, but several…
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Five Views on Biblical Inerrancy
J. Merrick & Stephen J. Garrett eds. Five Views on Biblical Inerrancy. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, December, 2013. 336 pp. Paperback, $19.99 Buy it: Amazon | Westminster Read an excerpt Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to Zondervan for the review copy! Rather than simply give a review of this book in a single post, I’ve decided to do a series review: When The Bible Speaks, God Speak: The Classic…
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The End of Apologetics: Christian Witness in a Postmodern Context
Myron B. Penner, The End of Apologetics: Christian Witness in a Postmodern Context. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, June, 2013. 192 pp. Paperback, $19.99 Buy it: Amazon Read an excerpt Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to Baker Academic for the review copy! Myron Penner is an Anglican priest in the Diocese of Edmonton, Alberta.[ref]Canada[/ref] He has previously taught at Prairie College and Graduate School as well as editing Christianity…
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Five Points: Towards A Deeper Experience of God’s Grace
When this book came in the mail, I didn’t really remember requesting it, or signing up for a blog tour, but hey, free John Piper book. I later found out Shaun Tabatt over at CrossFocused Reviews picked his 25 favorite bloggers/reviewers and had them sent a copy. Guess that means I’m doing something right! Anyway,…
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God Is Love: Bray on The Filioque Clause
I missed last week and I actually don’t have highlights for chapter 10 of God Is Love: A Biblical and Systematic Theology, which is on Christology. Bray spends most of his time on generation, both in the eternal sense and in the historical sense. He does an adequate job of defending the historically orthodox position…
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God Is Love: The Being of God & The God and Father of Jesus Christ
I decided to move these weekly posts to Saturday rather than Friday. This week, we’re back to two chapters in God Is Love: A Biblical and Systematic Theology. These two, and the next two, are rather meaty, so I’ll have to be selective with the highlights I share. I’ll try to give a selective quote from…