Ladd, Matt 12:29 (How can one enter a strong man’s house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? Then indeed he may plunder his goods – embodies “the essential theology fo the Kingdom of God. Instead of waiting until the end of the age to reveal his kingdly power and destroy [...]
Archive for January, 2010
Some OLD Voices on the Kingdom of God
Posted: January 29, 2010 by Michael Dewalt in New Testament Theology0
Jerry Bilkes, “The Kingdom of God is the radical manifestation and comprehensive effectuation of God’s saving reign at the culmination of redemptive history. Thus it has revelatory, redemptive, and eschatological dimensions.” What the Old Testament says on the Kingdom from Goldsworthy, “We first see the Kingdom of God in the Garden of Eden. Here Adam and [...]
Online registration is now available here Conference Pricing (per participant): Early Registration (through August 14th): $65.00 Regular Registration (August 16th-24th): $90.00 Students (includes college and seminary students and their spouses): $25.00 Single Day: $25.00 Registration closed at the end of business day August 24, 2010 Conference accommodations at the Prince Center are limited to 450 attendees, so [...]
The Doctrine of Inspiration and Authority of Scripture
Posted: January 26, 2010 by Michael Dewalt in New Testament TheologyWarfield says: “The Biblical books are called inspired as the Divinely determined products of inspired men; the Biblical writers are called inspired as breathed into by the Holy Spirit, so that the product of their activities transcends human powers and becomes Divinely authoritative. Inspiration is, therefore, usually defined as a supernatural influence exerted on the [...]
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Can We Call John Calvin a Biblical Theologian?
Posted: January 25, 2010 by Michael Dewalt in Just for FunPhilip Schaff speaking on John Calvin, “was the founder of grammatical-historical exegesis”; “My readers must now be requested not only to pardon me for abstaining from subtle speculations, but also themselves willingly to keep within the bounds of simplicity.”
Jerry Bilkes, “Biblical Theology is that discipline of faithful confession, defense, and worship of the truth as it is revealed in the Old and New Testament, performed by the redeemed church of God on earth, normed exclusively and totally by the Word of Christ, illumined by the Spirit of Christ, unto obedience and witness in [...]
What is Biblical Theology’s Relationship to Systematic Theology?
Posted: January 21, 2010 by Michael Dewalt in New Testament TheologyJerry Bilkes states, “The definition of Systematic Theology accords with that of biblical theology in all elements except that it collapses the formal character of Scripture for the purpose of a more strictly logical presentation. The two disciplines rely on each other and together rely on Scripture. Biblical theology is especially ancillary to systematic theology [...]
How does Biblical Theology differ from Systematic Theology?
Posted: January 20, 2010 by Michael Dewalt in New Testament TheologyAlthough we don’t always agree… J. P. Gabler says, “Biblical theology possesses a historical character, transmitting what the sacred writers thought about divine matters; dogmatic theology, on the contrary, possesses a didactic character, teaching what a particular theologian philosophizes about divine matters in accordance to his ability, time, age, place, sect, or school, and other [...]
Online registration is now available for the 2nd Puritan Reformed Conference
Posted: January 19, 2010 by Michael Dewalt in PRTS(Posted by Joel Beeke) Dear Friends, I am excited to invite you to the second annual Puritan Reformed conference. We are delighted to be hosting this year’s event August 26 – 28, at the beautiful Prince Conference Center, on the campus of Calvin College and Seminary, in Grand Rapids. Last year’s turnout was tremendous, and [...]
