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Rippon

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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.
 
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Rippon said:
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.
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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!
 
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Rippon said:
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.
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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.
 
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My question was rhetorical. Of course he is a calvinist. I like him. One commendable feature of his syst theo book is that it ends each section with a practical point and hymn implying that doctrine is cause for worship.
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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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robustheologian said:
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"
 
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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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Yeshua1 said:
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"
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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.
 
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jonathan.borland said:
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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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! :)
 
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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.
 
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blessedwife318 said:
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.
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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.
 
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