What Systematic Theology Should I Buy? Review Of Systematic Theology Books
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Books in order of appearance:
Bavinck "Wonderful Works of God"
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Boyce "Abstract of Systematic Theology"
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J.L. Dagg "Manual of Theology"
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Berkhof "Systematic Theology"
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Kersten "Reformed Dogmatics" (ONLY $20!!!)
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Lloyd-Jones "Great Doctrines of the Bible"
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Bavinck "Reformed Dogmatics" 1vol. Abridged by Bolt
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A.A. Hodge "Outlines of Theology"
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Genderen & Velema "Concise Reformed Dogmatics"
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Horton "The Christian Faith"
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Dabney "Systematic Theology"
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Bavinck "Reformed Dogmatics" Complete 4 volumes
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Turretin "Institutes of Elenctic Theology"
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Charles Hodge "Systematic Theology"
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John Calvin's "Institutes of the Christian Religion"
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Bullinger "Decades"
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Ames "The Marrow of Theology"
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Á Brakel "The Christian's Reasonable Service"
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Beeke & Smalley "Reformed Systematic Theology" vols 1&2
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Gill "A Complete Body of Doctrinal & Practical Divinity"
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John Brown "Systematic Theology" (ONLY $15!!!!)
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Thomas Watson "Body of Divinity"
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Thomas Boston "Body of Divinity" (vols 1&2 of Complete Works; SCARCE, OUT OF PRINT)
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Beeke "A Puritan Theology"
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Muller "Post Reformation Reformed Dogmatics" (out of print, expensive)
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Thank you for this video, for taking all that time and the thoroughness of the information. I definitely want to check out quite a few. I just heard today about Wonderful Works of God. Thank you again for the recommendations. I have Kersten's work on my radar.
We are blessed to have so many great options. Good survey
Fantastic work. Very helpful. Thank you
Very informative, very thorough...Bravo!
Thank you for this information! I wish you would make more videos. You probably are too busy reading! Your congregation is blessed to have such a pastor.
Very helpful Pastor! What a wonderful thing to be able to access most of this material in digital format. I'm going through a lot at the same time mainly - Calvin / A Brackel / Ames / Turretin / Berkhof / Bavinck / Beeke, just an armchair fellow i am, but want for my own reasons to be more and more familiar with Reformed theology, which i have a history with and is an inescapable part of my life. Also reading the Puritans. I'll be referencing your video and spreadsheet alot. TY
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Great stuff brother! May God bless you.
Thank you brother! May the Lord bless you as well!
Although I'm not a Calvinist, I enjoy puritan writings. Thank you for sharing brother.
Thanks for the details on ST
Man you did such a thorough job of explaining this , How and why we should own a systematically theology book 📚. I so enjoyed ur talk thank you for sharing what you know and have learned overs the years..Much appreciated..stay safe in this crazy covid world 🌎 we now live in...
Thank you brother. I'm glad it was of some help to you.
Excellent video. Thank you for the many great recommendations. These are greatly appreciated. Durban, South Africa
Very informative brother. Soli Deo Gloria 🙏🏻
After watching this, I purchased A Brakels The Christians Reasonable Service. So far, it’s surprisingly easy to read and very agreeable As I am working my way through vol 1. Thank you for the recommendation.
Thank you very much for this video. Very helpful for me in wading through all the sets. What a problem to have........😂 to have to decide between so many resources!
Happy to be the 1000th subscriber. Great video🤣🙏🙏🙏
Awesome video brother this really helped me. As someone new to the reformed Baptists this was a huge blessing. I feel the Lord will use me and my wife in ministry so it will be good to get a systematic theology under my belt!
Amen! Im glad brother. I did not know that you were a reformed baptist! That is great. Yes getting a systematic under your belt will help a lot. I'd recommend Boyce if you are just getting into calvinistic baptist theology.
@@DaneKristjan Thank you! Yeah we are going from independent baptist to reformed baptist. We are Lord willing helping with a church plant that is about to start. I will check Boyce out!
Well well well, small world. Look who I found commenting on Dane's video. Didn't know you watched Dane's videos too! (I changed my display name for privacy reasons, but I was the second person -I think- to order from the Ambassadors for Christ store if that helps.) I hope you and the family are doing well.
Dane. Just wanted to thank you for taking the time to put this together for us. Super helpful.
@@LetsGetBiblical haha hey brother! We appreciate your support and we love pastor Dane's channel!
So glad to hear you say that "everyone" should have some knowledge of Systematic Theology. I've been told that this is a topic that is for men only. I am a woman who is interested in ST and I read books covering this topic. Other women think that I am strange to be interested also. I study and discuss ST with my husband but I don't share my interest with other Christians.
Thank you for this video.
Amen! Im glad to hear that you read ST. Its sad that its "weird" for women to read it in our day, and even considered "strange" for men who are not in the ministry for many churches. Its very contrary to the history of the reformed church actually. From the time it was penned, well into the early 1900's (and still today in a lesser degree) all presbyterian children memorized the shorter catechism (with the proof texts), and when they were teenagers, would memorize the Larger catechism. The lay people were well-acquainted with systematic theology through the Westminster confession and catechisms. It is a recent phenomenon for systematic theology to be considered a subject reserved for "men of the cloth". Im glad you liked the video!
Praise God that Bavinck pulled you out of Barth's errors!
Pastor, thank you so very much for your time and your reviews, certainly helpful for the library! I'm actually taking Systematic Th.2 this semester and the professor has assigned these books. Many of them you hadn't mention. Just trying to get a gave of these will be good reads because you hadn't mentioned.
Trying to see what or where the professor might have planned thought wise for the learning thank you so very much for thoughts on these materials:
1. Millard Erickson. Christian Theology. 3rd ed
2. Scott R. Swain, The Trinity: An Introduction
3. Gerald Bray, The Attributes of God: An Introduction
4. Gregory of Nazianzus, On God and Christ: The Five Theological Orations and Two Letters to Cledonius.
5. Selections from Heinrich Denzinger, Compendium of Creeds, Definitions, and Declarations on Matters of Faith and Morals (Latin-English). Edited by Peter Hünermann.
a.Nicene Creed (325); Constantinopolitan Creed (381); Letters between Cyril and Nestorius around Council of Ephesus: session 1, a-d (431); Chalcedonian Creed (451); Constantinople III: session 13, session 18.
6. Cyril of Alexandria, Scholia on the Incarnation of the Only Begotten, from John McGuckin, Saint Cyril of Alexandria and the Christological Controversy: Its History, Theology, and Texts.
Deciding whether to take
Christian Ethics or Systematic Theology this semester.
Thank you so much.
Late to the party here... great video. Took lots of notes for my library. I would add one thing to Thomas Watson, as he is one of my favorite Puritans; if I were to recommend to a person just getting into the Puritans, I would recommend Thomas Watson as, to me, he is the easiest to read and quickly grasp. Thanks for your work and ministry, my brother!
I came from a childhood Christian science, thru Jesus movement into Adventism. It was by mistake I picked up a book by G. Vos. in English. This was the hated reform theology? Long and short, I a 1689 Confessional Credo Baptist and Gasp! Reformed! It was nearly in my late thirties before I had even read the entire Bible let alone systematics. Now I do argue a few points differently but fundamentally the 1689 Confession pretty much hits it on the mark. First time introduced to Romans 8:29-30 and a belief in Providence and Adoption. I like the Belgic but not really happy with Westminster and I have rehabilitated Calvin from the box in the garage.
Concise Theology by J. I. Packer
This is probably the best *first* book of Reformed Theology.
Great video on the subject of Systematic Theology works which was needed like yesterday ,because of the many books on the same and which one to buy and read on whatever level you are, once again God bless you for this great video and would also like to know your thoughts on the works of John Frame and John MacArthur among others you left out. Peace
Another good intermediate ST is Robert Lethem’s that just came out a few years ago.
Hi Dane, could you please discuss Morton Smith's Systematic Theology (I think the most recent/or only publication out is the 2 volume set by Wipf and Stock). He's a Southern Presbyterian (one of the founders of PCA and founder of Greenville Presbyterian Theology Seminary) Thanks!
Hello sir, I really enjoyed your video. Could you do another video on the Puritans? What are the best sets of the puritans to have in our libraries? Thanks
Going to make one on this today! Thanks for the great idea!
It will likely only be on my channel just fyi
looking forward to that!
Nice video, very informative. Thank you.
One question. What’s your opinion of Frame’s systematic theology?
Blessings
Frame is helpful on some things, but his revisions to the doctrine of God is problematic.
Thanks sou much.
7:48 on point 🙂
Hello. I have a question about Herman Bavinck's Reformed Dogmatics... I'm thinking of getting my self a copy of the 4 volumes and reading them, however, I noticed that he made reference to a 'yahwist' somewhere in his writings. Does this mean that he subscribed to the JEDP theory of the composition of the Pentateuch? Just wondering whether or not this is true. Any comments and/or help would be much appreciated. Thanks.
When are we going to see more videos?????
What's your thoughts on John MacArthurs Biblical Doctrine? Its his systematic and would you recommend it?
bavinck, bavinck the best.
I would be curious what you think of Culver's systematic. Also, would you say that Beeke's sys theo is too much for a layman's? I got Grudem's and Charles Hodges 3-volumes for very cheap but I figure it would be for later once I'm more familiar with terms and general theology.
Outside of its size, Beeke's is actually one of the most accessible for laymen. Ive read a couple hundred pages of Culver's and enjoyed it.
What’s the difference between a creed, confession and catechism?
Oooh well what would be your best systematic theology for a non-believer!?!?!!!?!
How can i purchase that from Indonesia?
How much study and outlines and prayer did you put in before you were “satisfied” with a sermon? I desire the office of pastor but I can’t seem to preach from a structural outline or manuscript 🙃
Thanks for the question. As the puritans said, a preacher's sermon is never done, he must first live it, and then continue to live it. IN the ministry, everything is sermon preparation. But the actual process of sitting down and putting pen to paper can take many men anywhere from 15-30 hours. I think that is a bit excessive. I am studying, thinking, and praying about my sermon throughout the week on and off. Usually thursday, friday, and Saturday, I work on the outline/manuscript notes. It takes me anywhere from 5-10 hours of actual writing, usually less than 10.
Have you read Biblical Doctrine by John MacArthur at all? I’m ordering the new edition of Wayne Grudem’s with the workbook
Note: Van Mastricht volume 3 is out
Im seeing April 2021 as their release date on RBH's site. Do you have a hookup? Can I have that same hookup? lol ;)
Ahhhhhhhh this is what I get for hastily skimming the webs. It looks like you’re right Dane. April 2021’ marked on the calendar!
@@jacobticer1643 lol I do that all the time. But still, let me know if you got that hook up! lol
Lol I certainly will..... in April
English is not my native language, so I'm wondering if the Decades of Henry Bullinger is in modern English?
Expand on Michael Hortons view of sexuality, please. What do you mean?
All due respect, my brother, but most of these contain a STRONG Reformed theological strain. Every systematic theology comes from a SPCIFIC theological school of thought; Reformed, Presbyterian (Buswell), Strong (Baptist), Oden (Methodist) Thiessen (Southern Baptist), etc. I learned early in my walk with Christ, use these to GATHER all texts that are relevant to a certain doctrine and THEN read each passage at least 20 times in one sitting (live in the text and watch it come alive!). I say this respectfully friends, do not allow yourself to fit-in to any theological school of thought; be a Bible student. Moreover, HOW CAN YOU RECOMMEND A MAN LIKE DABNEY WHO CLAIMED THAT "the Father made three productions of the Son"? I welcome your response, friend and appreciate what you are trying to do. Angel Arellano Jr, According To The Scriptures.
I wish reviewers would state this outright when they made video's like this. At least include the phrase "Reformed Systematic Theologies" in the video title.
@@mrisaiahnieto I agree with you my friend. I delineate this and more on a video I did on my channel (_Which really Is the Best Systematic Theology?_).
Where'd y'all go??
What do you mean brother?
@@DaneKristjan Seemed like you guys were back on a roll, posting regularly, but it's been a while. I'm just impatient lol
Read the little book "Abraham's Four Seeds" by John G. Reisinger, to see the problems with both Reformed Covenant Theology and modern Dispensational Theology. They both ignore or pervert the New Covenant fulfilled by the blood of Christ at Calvary.
New Covenant Whole Gospel:
Let us now share the Old Testament Gospel found below with the whole world. On the road to Emmaus He said the Old Testament is about Him.
He is the very Word of God in John 1:1, 14.
Awaken Church to this truth.
Jer 31:31 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
Jer 31:32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:
Jer 31:33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Jer 31:34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
Is the most important genealogy in the Bible found in Matthew 1:1 (Gal. 3:16)? Is God's Son the ultimate fulfillment of Israel (John 1:49)? Why has the modern Church done a pitiful job of sharing the Gospel with modern Orthodox Jews? Why would someone tell them they are God's chosen people and then fail to share the Gospel with them? Who is the seed of the woman promised in Genesis 3:15? Who is the "son" in Psalm 2? Who is the "suffering servant" of Isaiah 53? Who would fulfill the New Covenant promised in Jeremiah 31:31-34? Who would fulfill the timeline of Daniel chapter 9 before the second temple was destroyed? Why have we not heard this simple Old Testament Gospel preached on Christian television in the United States on a regular basis?
Once a person comes to understand the New Covenant promised to Israel and Judah in Jeremiah 31:31-34, which is found fulfilled by Christ during the first century in Hebrews 8:6-13, and Hebrews 10:16-18, and specifically applied to the Church in 2 Corinthians 3:6-8, and Hebrews 12:22-24, man-made Bible doctrines fall apart.
Let us now learn to preach the whole Gospel until He comes back. The King of Israel is risen from the dead! (John 1:49, Acts 2:36)
Watch the TH-cam video “The New Covenant” by Bob George.
www.youtube.com/?bp=wgUCEAE%3D
to much chat before the subject of the talk
Thomas Oden's "Classic Christianity" is the best Systematic Theology
salvation by Lewis Sperry Chafer :: we are saved by faith along and not of any works. believe the gospel to be saved: Christ died for our(you) sins, was buried and rose again on the 3rd day. repent is metanoia(change of mind), the repentance unt olife happens, if you go from unbelieve to believe. you change you mind about christ and believing in him to be saved, belöieve the payment he did for u on the cross
I think that someone who feed himself reading the Bible without caring for Theology is like someone who eats only fast foods. You won't have a healthy body
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What can i read if im more dipensationalist?
My recommendation is to go the iconic dispensationalist juggernaut of a systematic: Lewis Sperry Chafer's eight-volume Systematic Theology is a formidable work. It's from 1947 and is a comprehensive. It also captures and details classic dispensationalism. Second recommendation would be the 1986 one-volume Basic Theology by Charles Ryrie. Both men were from Dallas Theological Seminary.