4.50 Brad Green, Trent Hunter, & David Schrock • Interview • “The State of Biblical Theology Today”

Timestamps

• 00:24 – Intro
• 02:13 – An Embarrassingly Short Definition of Systematic and Biblical Theology
• 05:38 – Getting to Know Dr. Brad Green
• 8:00 – How Does Church History Feed Into Teaching Biblical Theology?
• 10:50 – Who is Thomas Aquinas? What Debates Should We Be Aware Of?
• 15:10 – Frame, Muller, and Wells
• 18:48 – Trueman and Goldsworthy
• 22:18 – Past Discussions, The Players, and Books
• 25:52 – Different Debates and Confessional Standardsd
• 31:07 – Language for God’s Anthropomorphisms
• 35:05 – The Debate Between Classical Theists and Biblical Theologians on the Doctrine of God
• 39:55 – Preaching the Doctrine of God
• 44:00 – What is Dr. Green Working Toward Now?
• 46:48 – Proper Retrieval and Modifications
• 48:22 – The SBC Needs to Have Scriptural and Theological Grounding
• 51:45 – David Schrock’s Journey with Biblical Theology and Systematic Theology
• 53:27 – Closing Thoughts and Outro

Resources to Click

• “The State of Biblical Theology Today” – Brad Green
• “Geerhardus Vos: The Recovery of Biblical Theology from Its Corruptors (Part 1)” – Ardel Caneday
• “Biblical Theology and Theological Interpretation of Scripture” – Colin Smothers
• “Has Biblical Theology Had Its Day?” – Peter Nesbitt
• “What is the Relationship Between Systematic Theology and Biblical Theology” – Stephen J. Wellum
• “Caution! The Dangers of Biblical Theology in Preaching” – David Schrock
• “Postmoderns Don’t Care About Your Resurrection Evidence: A Call for Biblical-Theological Evidence: A Call for Biblical-Theological Apologetics” – Chris Prosser
• “”The Study of Theology” Revisited: A Response to John Frame” – Richard Muller
• “In Defense of Something Close to Biblicism: Reflections on Sola Scriptura and History in Theological Method” – John Frame
• “On Being Framed” – David F. Wells
• “Reply to Richard Muller and David Wells” – John Frame
• “Ontology and Biblical Theology. A Response to Carl Trueman’s Editorial: A Revolutionary Balancing Act” – Graeme Goldsworthy
• What Can Protestants Learn from Thomas Aquinas? – Credo Magazine
• “Systematic Theology and Biblical Theology–Part One” – Michael Allen
• “Systematic Theology and Biblical Theology–Part Two” – Michael Allen
• Theme of the Month: Essential Not Optional: Retrieving Biblical Theology
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Books to Read

• The Study of Theology: From Biblical Interpretation to Contemporary Formulation – Richard Muller
• Aquinas, Calvin, and Contemporary Protestant Thought: A Critique of Protestant Views on the Thought of Thomas Aquinas – A. Vos
• Aquinas Among the Protestants – eds. Manfred Svensson & David VanDrunen
• All That Is in God: Evangelical Theology and the Challenge of Classical Christian Theism – James Dolezal
• God in Himself: Scripture, Metaphysics, and the Task of Christian Theology – Steven J. Duby
• Dictionary of Latin and Greek Theological Terms: Drawn Principally from Protestant Scholastic Theology – Richard A. Muller
• Biblical Theology: Old and New Testaments – Geerhardus Vos
• According to Plan: The Unfolding Revelation of God in the Bible – Grame Goldsworthy
• Post-Reformation Reformed Dogmatics – Richard A. Muller
• Biblical Words and Their Meaning: An Introduction to Lexical Semantics – Moises Silva
• God Language and Scripture – Moises Silva