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Discussion in 'Baptist Theology & Bible Study' started by evangelist6589, Aug 5, 2014.

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  1. Rippon

    Rippon Well-Known Member
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    I think Robert Duncan Culver's Systematc Theology: Biblical and Historical is wonderful. It's 1,304 pages full of excellent biblical insight --and devotional too --deep truths tend to induce that. He is an amazing 98 now! Dr. Culver is Calvinistic, Baptistic, slightly Dispensational and against Covenant Theology. So he's not easy to peg.

    Robert Reymond's systematic comes in second --but not a distant second. He was a strict Presbyterian. His work is very valuable.
     
    #21 Rippon, Aug 6, 2014
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    ........Ha!
     
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    Maybe we could borrow his Tardis and go back in history to get everyone Baptist!
     
    #23 Yeshua1, Aug 6, 2014
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    Dr Culver sounds like someone whose theology would like to read up on...

    Dr Horton also had a good theology book "The Christian Faith: A Systematic Theology for Pilgrims on the Way", just skip the baby baptism stuff!
     
    #24 Yeshua1, Aug 6, 2014
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    Dr. Culver's homecoming was Feb. 7th --just five months shy of his 99th year.

    We shared the same birthdate --separated by 37 years.
     
    #25 Rippon, Feb 12, 2015
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    .....Old man!
     
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    My dad is just four and a half years away from Dr. Culver's mark.
     
    #27 Rippon, Feb 13, 2015
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    agreed, I like his ST for that.
     
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    I love Dr. Grudem's "Systematic Theology". We used it in school and it's one of the books that I still go to from time to time since. Very thorough yet accessible.
     
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    he would be seen to be more in the "new calvinism" wing, as His views regarding water baptism/Second Coming, and charasma for today would not fit well with many "classic Reformed"
     
    #30 Yeshua1, Feb 16, 2015
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    I had heard about his Systematic Theology from Gregg Harris (Josh Harris' dad) and got it to read. It was such an easy read and I LOVED the info in it. Hubby stole it from me when he studied for his ordination and now he claimed it as his own because he highlighted it but it has my name in it so we know who it really belongs to. I was able to get it free at one point on the Kindle as well and it's easy to search for something in it using the digital format.

    I think for a basic but pretty thorough systematic theology, Gudem's version is very good.
     
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    Yeah I wouldn't say it is classical Reformed either...which is why I like it. There's commitment to the Scriptures not devotion to a movement.
     
    #32 robustheologian, Feb 17, 2015
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    LOL, all 1300 pages of it! I guess you could say it's easier to read than to pick up, unless you read it on Kindle.
     
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    Yes, Grudem's not for baptizing babies.
     
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    Although most Baptists now are basically in the infant baptism category, baptizing 3 and 4 year olds.
     
    #35 jonathan.borland, Feb 17, 2015
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    I didn't say it was a quick read!!! I read it each night before bed and found it was well written, very clear to a layperson, and ended up being a great resource for study! :)
     
    #36 annsni, Feb 17, 2015
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    My husband and I plan on using Grudem's Systematic Theology as part of our homeschool curriculum when we4 have kids that old. We feel that it is well written but at a level a homeschooled student should be able to follow. And the questions at the end of each chapter are great for discussion.
     
    #37 blessedwife318, Feb 17, 2015
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    That's ambitious
     
    #38 go2church, Feb 17, 2015
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    Great idea!! I would do it probably over a few years with kids from 5th grade on up. Sonlight has a great curriculum for 8th grade that covers the history of the church that uses some great theology books too.
     
    #39 annsni, Feb 17, 2015
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    I question the value of a theology book written for adults that a fifth grader could understand.
     
    #40 go2church, Feb 17, 2015
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