Reformed Systematic Theology Book Review

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Reformed Systematic Theology Book Review

August 6, 2021

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A systematic theology in four volumes laid out on a plain blue background.

Revelation: A Review Series of Joel Beeke and Paul Smalley, Reformed Systematic Theology (Part 1)

Recent years have seen a veritable explosion of publications in systematic theology with a renewed interest in historically grounded and hermeneutically attuned dogmatic exploration. One major contribution in that ongoing program is Joel Beeke and Paul Smalley’s projected four-volume Reformed Systematic Theology. Each volume aims to address two loci of systematic theology with the two […]

A systematic theology in four volumes laid out on a plain blue background.

God: A Review Series of Joel Beeke and Paul Smalley, Reformed Systematic Theology (Part 2)

As noted in part 1 of this series, recent years have seen a resurgence of interest in systematic theology. Joel Beeke and Paul Smalley’s projected four-volume Reformed Systematic Theology is a solid example of an expanding renewal of research and publication concerning properly categorical theology. This post explores Beeke and Smalley’s section on theology proper. […]

A systematic theology in four volumes laid out on a plain blue background.

Christ: A Review Series of Joel Beeke and Paul Smalley, Reformed Systematic Theology (Part 3)

This series continues to work through Joel Beeke and Paul Smalley’s recent, mammoth undertaking to produce a four-volume presentation of the system of Reformed theology. As before, each post looks at a particular section (or sections) within this project, rather than attempting to review a whole volume at a time, which would inevitably result in […]

A systematic theology in four volumes laid out on a plain blue background.

Creation, Fall, Redemption: A Review Series of Joel Beeke and Paul Smalley, Reformed Systematic Theology (Part 4)

Joel Beeke and Paul Smalley have undertaken to produce a four-volume (probably nearing ten thousand pages in all) systematic theology that introduces the major topics of Christian theology in a biblically grounded, historically informed, and practically oriented way. This review series looks at these volumes one section at a time, reflecting on how this project […]

A systematic theology in four volumes laid out on a plain blue background.

Salvation: A Review Series of Joel Beeke and Paul Smalley, Reformed Systematic Theology (Part 5)

Joel Beeke and Paul Smalley continue to roll out the installments of their projected four-volume *Reformed Systematic Theology*, and this review series has interacted with each section of this multi-volume endeavor. So far, each book has fallen nicely into two parts, easily […]

A systematic theology in four volumes laid out on a plain blue background.

Church: A Review Series of Joel Beeke and Paul Smalley, Reformed Systematic Theology (Part 6)

Theology must affect our lives if it has been rightly understood. Still, we easily think of doctrine as ideas locked away in the pages of books or hanging in the air of lecture halls. Where does theology come to bear upon us as we live before the Lord? What is the intersection of doctrine and life? […]

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