tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post5550014380105509169..comments2024-03-27T03:32:53.817-05:00Comments on Euangelion: Debates on Biblical TheologyMichael F. Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09713482855679578651noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-18621521159695586932009-04-26T17:49:00.000-05:002009-04-26T17:49:00.000-05:00Honestly, I've not understood what the debate is a...Honestly, I've not understood what the debate is about.<br /><br />It just seems like both are so obviously necessary that the best option is to think that systematic theology that isn't informed by biblical theology is poor systematic theology, while biblical theology alone is only part of a job- fine enough, as long as others come along and work towards finishing it.<br /><br />The two seem so complementary that I don't get why have to put them up against each other. Never have.<br /><br />Think about it: is it at all possible for anyone with a high view of Scripture to disagree with either of these two's comments (other than the needless "rebel" language in Trueman's)?Andrew Farishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16500885575497425538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-19305859245532973842009-04-25T23:16:00.000-05:002009-04-25T23:16:00.000-05:00I agree with the post above that there are viable ...I agree with the post above that there are viable options for meeting the concerns of Trueman and Goldsworthy. Biblical theology with its careful unfolding of the canonical discourse in all its historical situatedness and systematic theology with its analytic, integrative accounts of Christian belief belong together! Systematics should never become disconnected from particulars, but, as Alister McGrath argues in the final volume of his Scientific Theology, human knowers will always desire to search out the underlying coherence of the things (including biblical texts) that we observe. Systematic theologians should cultivate exegetical prowess and biblical theologians should do their work with one eye on how it can enrich the discipline of systematics.Steve Dubyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05828038560227615426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-39996819206971728432009-04-25T19:02:00.000-05:002009-04-25T19:02:00.000-05:00This message is for Joel Willitts. I just read a ...This message is for Joel Willitts. I just read a nice article about your views on Matthew and the Shepherd King. I wonder if your book discusses how this impacts eschatology and Jesus second coming. I am writing a book on Jesus second coming from a historical pre-millenialist perspective and view him as a conquering King. <br /><br />Blessings<br />DanDan McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13609717926886978879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-27142523944574365272009-04-25T17:00:00.000-05:002009-04-25T17:00:00.000-05:00I wondered on your thoughts about John Murray who ...I wondered on your thoughts about John Murray who blended biblical theology and exegesis into his systematics. Would not someone like Murray meet both of the concerns of Trueman and Goldsworthy?<br />Someone like Don Carson also comes to mind.Ian Hugh Claryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14686705614603192797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-49360824176631657242009-04-25T14:53:00.000-05:002009-04-25T14:53:00.000-05:00It is because biblical theology must be the founda...It is because biblical theology must be the foundation of systematic theology I find myself unconvinced by the argument that while imputation (of Christ's active righteousness) may not be found in a rigorous biblical theology its truth may lie in systematic theology.John Thomsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03409722788388167914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-84896288949932542142009-04-25T09:29:00.000-05:002009-04-25T09:29:00.000-05:00My only question from reading the essays on this p...My only question from reading the essays on this post is:<br /><br />Where is constructive theology in all of this?Rodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14847912389789698622noreply@blogger.com