Cornelius Van Til, former professor of Christian apologetics at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, PA, professed to have stood on the shoulders of classic Reformed theological giants such as Abraham Kuyper, Benjamin B. Warfield, and Herman Bavinck.1 While not everyone…
Greg Nichols. Lectures in Systematic Theology: the Doctrine of God, CreateSpace, 2017. 680 p. With the release of Lectures in Systematic Theology: the Doctrine of God, Greg Nichols has given us a feast that is marvelously pastoral and practical, deeply theological and consistently exegetical.…
Greg Nichols. Lectures in Systematic Theology: the Doctrine of God, CreateSpace, 2017. 680 p. With the release of Lectures in Systematic Theology: the Doctrine of God, Greg Nichols has given us a feast that is marvelously pastoral and practical, deeply theological and consistently exegetical.…
It has happened a few times before. It happened again recently. Someone without a good church gets in touch, referred by a mutual friend. Or someone drops an email asking for advice. Or there is a conversation at a conference…
In the first of this series, and last time, I set out to explore Professor Katherine Sonderegger’s Systematic Theology, Volume 1: The Doctrine of God. Having established the meaning of the fundamental and perfect Oneness of God, she next turns to…
Last time, I proposed to share with you my ‘reading notes’ on Katherine Sonderegger’s new Systematic Theology, Volume 1: The Doctrine of God. There are plenty of big books in the world to which one could commit cash and time.…
I’ve been slowly working my way through Katherine Sonderegger’s Systematic Theology Volume 1: The Doctrine of God. Released this year, it is the sort of book that pastor-theologians or theological students could make the focus of a reading group. It…
I have the delightful day job of teaching systematic or dogmatic theology. The study and teaching of systematic theology is delightful because systematic theology is preeminently concerned with the Bible, the living and loving address of the Most High God…
Systematic theology must make sure that each doctrine it teaches is biblical. It must also make sure that each doctrine it teaches reflects an appropriate proportion and order in relationship to other doctrines. This proportion and order is determined by…
The primary service which Systematic Theology performs for the preacher is to provide him with his message. But that’s not all. It should also give his message biblical proportion and balance. After all, it is only too easy to ride…
