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it must be answered that in God's own mind, and in the nature of reality itself, true facts and ideas are all consistent with one another. Therefore if we have accurately understood the teachings of God in Scripture we should expect our conclusions to "fit together" and be mutually consistent. Internal consistency, then, is an argument for, not against, any individual results of systematic theology.
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If we ultimately appeal to human reason, or to logic, or to historical accuracy, or to scientific truth, as the authority by which Scripture is shown to be God's words, then we have assumed the thing to which we appealed to be a higher authority than God's words and one that is more true or more reliable.
Systematic Theology (78)Bible0Systematic Theology (78)
Some scholars look with suspicion at systematic theology when -or even because -its teachings fit together in a noncontradictory way. They object that the results are "too neat" and that systematic theologians must therefore be squeezing the Bible's teachings into an artificial mold.... this objection is sometimes made by those who -perhaps unconsciously -have adopted from our culture a skeptical view of the possibility of finding universally true conclusions about anything, even about God from his Word.
Systematic Theology, 30Systematic Theology0Systematic Theology, 30
we all have areas like that, areas where our understanding of the Bible's teaching is inadequate. In these areas, it is helpful for us to be confronted with the total weight of the teaching of Scripture on that subject, so that we will more readily be persuaded even against our initial wrongful inclinations.
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The basic reason for studying systematic theology, then, is that it enables us to teach ourselves and others what the whole Bible says, thus fulfilling the second part of the Great Commission.
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When Paul lists the qualifications for elders, it is significant that he combines requirements concerning character traits and heart attitudes with requirements that cannot be fulfilled in a short time but will only become evident over a period of several years of faithful Christian living.
Systematic Theology, 916Eldership, Elders0Systematic Theology, 916
there is quite a consistent pattern of plural elders as the main governing group in New Testament churches
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Very unjustly at the mention of miracles one thinks almost exclusively of those in the material domain, and almost without a thought passes by the spiritual miracles. This of course is absurd.
Principles of Sacred Theology, 420Miracles0Principles of Sacred Theology, 420
This skeptical viewpoint must be rejected by evangelicals who see Scripture as the product of human and divine authorship, and therefore as a collection of writings that teach noncontradictory truths about God and about the universe he created.
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The task of fulfilling the Great Commission includes therefore not only evangelism but also teaching. And the task of teaching all that Jesus commanded us is, in a broad sense, the task of teaching what the whole Bible says to us today. To effectively teach ourselves and to teach others what the whole Bible says, it is necessary to collect and summarize all the Scripture passage son a particular subject.
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"The Bible says that Jesus Christ is the only way to God." "The Bible says that Jesus is coming again." These are all summaries of what Scripture says and, as such, they are systematic theological statements. In fact, every time a Christian says something about what the whole Bible says, he or she is in a sense doing "systematic theology"
Systematic Theology, 24Systematic Theology0Systematic Theology, 24
Biblical theology gives special attention to the teachings of individual authors and sections of Scripture, and to the place of each teaching in the historical development of Scripture.
Systematic Theology, 22Biblical Theology0Systematic Theology, 22
Systematic theology is any study that answers the question, "What does the Bible teach us today?" about any given topic.
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Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see.
Miracles0The fact that man is in the image of God means that man is like God and represents God
Systematic Theology, Ch 21Image of God0Systematic Theology, Ch 21
I have been concerned that such accounts should be published because I saw that signs of divine power like those of older days were frequently occuring in modern times too
Miracles0Everywhere the Apostolic Church was marked out as itself a gift from God, by showing forth the possession of the Spirit in appropriate works of the Spirit-miracles of healing and miracles of power, miracles of knowledge whether in the form of prophecy or of the discerning of spirits, miracles of speech, whether the gift of tongues or of their interpretation. The Apostolic Church was characteristically a miracle-working church
Counterfeit Miracles, p.5Miracles0Counterfeit Miracles, p.5
I use the word Miracle to mean an interference with Nature by supernatural power. Unless there exists, in addition to Nature, something else which we may call the supernatural, there can be no miracles.
Miracles0God's holiness means that he is separated from sin and devoted to seeking his own honor."
Systematic Theology, 202God's Holiness0Systematic Theology, 202
The clarity of Scripture means that the Bible is written in such a way that its teachings are able to be understood by all who will read it seeking God's help and being willing to follow it.
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The entrance of sin into the world makes the supernatural intervention of God in the course of events necessary for the destruction of sin and for the renewal of creation.
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No detail was too insignificant to be used for the instruction of New Testament Christians. There is no indication that they thought of a certain category of scriptural statements that were unreliable and untrustowrthy
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The inerrancy of Scripture means that Scripture in the original manuscripts does not affirm anything that is contrary to fact.
Systematic Theology, 91Inerrancy0Systematic Theology, 91
Repentance is a heartfelt sorrow for sin, a renouncing of it, and a sincere commitment to forsake it and walk in obedience to Christ.
Systematic TheologyRepentance0Systematic Theology
To come in the name of someone means that another person has authorized us to come on his authority, not on our own.
Systematic Theology (379)Prayer0Systematic Theology (379)
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