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systematic theology

Why Theology is Not Simply Listing Bible Verses

June 9, 2020 by Randal

Many evangelicals seem to think that systematic theology consists simply of listing the relevant Bible verses for a particular topic or doctrine. But there is much more to it than that as I explain in this video.

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: doctrine, systematic theology, theological method, theology

Why would God send people to hell?

November 10, 2019 by Randal

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: apologetics, eschatology, hell, problem of evil, systematic theology, theology

Is constructive systematic theology a conceptual failure?

August 5, 2019 by Randal

I just wrote a series of tweets complaining about the argument in much current constructive systematic theology. Since I thought that analysis might be of some interest to my blog (but non-Twitter) readers, I’ve reproduced those tweets below. I’ve read a lot of systematic theology over the years. Some of it is very good: clear […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: doctrine, doctrine of the Trinity, systematic theology, theology

92. God is everywhere: James Gordon on Divine Omnipresence

April 22, 2016 by Randal

Christians regularly talk about God’s presence in space, but what do we mean when we use such language? I discuss this issue in the following passage on pages 22-23 of my 2009 book Finding God in the Shack: “if you go to church on a Sunday morning you might hear the pastor address the hushed congregation with the words: […]

Filed Under: Podcast-The Tentative Apologist, The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Analytic theology, classical theism, interview, James Gordon, omnipresence, philosophy, systematic theology

87. From the Bible to Doctrine: A conversation with Stephen Holmes

March 7, 2016 by Randal

Open up your trusty King James Bible, turn to 1 John 5:7, and read: “For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.” For many centuries this verse provided a powerful, eloquent, and theologically rich summary of the doctrine of the Holy Trinity, […]

Filed Under: Podcast-The Tentative Apologist, The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Bible, bibliology, doctrine, doctrine of scripture, hermeneutics, Stephen Holmes, systematic theology, theology

86. Making Sense of the Incarnation: A Conversation with Timothy Pawl

February 25, 2016 by Randal

In 1977 John Hick published The Myth of God Incarnate, an edited collection of essays by leading scholars which fell like a bomb on the playground of British theology. The objections to the incarnation presented by the contributors to that book were many, but perhaps the most incisive was presented by Hick himself as he railed […]

Filed Under: Podcast-The Tentative Apologist, The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Analytic theology, christology, interview, Jesus Christ, philosophical theology, systematic theology, Tim Pawl

46. Kelly Kapic on A Little Book for New Theologians

May 7, 2014 by Randal

Some years ago I arrived home to see my neighbor sitting in the front seat of her car with a strange, pained expression. “Are you okay?” I called over in a faltering attempt to be neighborly. My friendly inquiry was immediately returned with an in-depth account of my neighbor’s lower back pain, its etiology, proposed course […]

Filed Under: Podcast, Podcast-The Tentative Apologist, The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: A little book for new theologians, doctrine, God, Kelly Kapic, systematic theology, theologian, theology

Fee-fi-foe-fum, I smell the blood of an Arminian!

December 3, 2011 by Randal

My article “Calvinism and the Contrast Effect” ( https://randalrauser.com/2011/11/calvinism-and-the-contrast-effect/ ) elicited some interesting comments. Among the most interesting was from my colleague at Taylor Seminary,  Jerry Shepherd. Things started out well: “Hello Randal, my good friend and colleague…” But alas, things quickly took a turn for the worse: “Let me point out here some real problems with […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: arminianism, biblical theology, Calvinism, Reformed, systematic theology

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