One of the best books, and very shortest that I read for my Systematic Theology course (as a student) was Dermot Lane’s “Th Experience of God - An Invitation to Do Theology”… this was the early 80’s. I see he has released a revised edition.
I have a friend who has taken systematic theology and realized it is t everything it’s made out to be. Here is one of many posts he has. It’s very thought provoking material and well laid out as well.
Can’t wait. I wonder when you get towards the end of “going through the garage” there might be an inability to finish, an Aquinas moment of coming across something so profound that what has been done in the garage to that point has to be looked at as if it were… straw. One can only hope. Regardless, I love your “eclectic theology”. I love it because I am able to understand it. I am thankful you don’t write in theological tongues. Thank you for sharing your gift.
Thank you for this post. I do love systematic thinking but I also wonder if it’s an all-too-human desire to “tidy up” God’s revelation in the Bible? When I told my Iraqi Moslem friend that Jesus never wrote his own Gospel and that we depended on four differing accounts by his disciples for his teaching, he retorted, quite reasonably I thought, “Well he should have!”. So my big question is why does God choose to be so, well, un-systematic in his revelation? My problem now with sustematizaton of revelation is that it must by definition make value judgements, and effectively skews revelation to suit a current fashion or the presuppositions of a denominationational context. In my copy of Wayne Grudem’s massive “Systematic Theology” there’s just half a page on the Kingdom of God.
One of the best books, and very shortest that I read for my Systematic Theology course (as a student) was Dermot Lane’s “Th Experience of God - An Invitation to Do Theology”… this was the early 80’s. I see he has released a revised edition.
Looking forward to this.
I just want to say that I appreciate your provocative writing! And I’m so grateful for your willingness to share!😊
I have a friend who has taken systematic theology and realized it is t everything it’s made out to be. Here is one of many posts he has. It’s very thought provoking material and well laid out as well.
https://open.substack.com/pub/kenpeters/p/sin-defined?r=2jwdyo&utm_medium=ios
Can’t wait. I wonder when you get towards the end of “going through the garage” there might be an inability to finish, an Aquinas moment of coming across something so profound that what has been done in the garage to that point has to be looked at as if it were… straw. One can only hope. Regardless, I love your “eclectic theology”. I love it because I am able to understand it. I am thankful you don’t write in theological tongues. Thank you for sharing your gift.
Looking forward to going through the garage 😀
I appreciate your writing!
Excited for this journey!
Thank you for this post. I do love systematic thinking but I also wonder if it’s an all-too-human desire to “tidy up” God’s revelation in the Bible? When I told my Iraqi Moslem friend that Jesus never wrote his own Gospel and that we depended on four differing accounts by his disciples for his teaching, he retorted, quite reasonably I thought, “Well he should have!”. So my big question is why does God choose to be so, well, un-systematic in his revelation? My problem now with sustematizaton of revelation is that it must by definition make value judgements, and effectively skews revelation to suit a current fashion or the presuppositions of a denominationational context. In my copy of Wayne Grudem’s massive “Systematic Theology” there’s just half a page on the Kingdom of God.