Current Theme | October 2025

Essential, Not Optional: Retrieving Biblical Theology

Biblical theology is essential for understanding Scripture. It takes the Bible on its own terms and rightly assumes that these sixty-six books are one unified story inspired by one divine author that culminates in Jesus Christ. But many are unaware what biblical theology is, and others have tasted it and walked away. But can we move on from the way that Jesus and his apostles read God’s Word? Join us this month as we consider what biblical theology is, where it came from, and what state it is in today.

Table of Contents

September Intermission: From Biblical Vocation to Biblical Theology

By Kevin McClure • Concise Article • October 2
Join us as we transition from the doctrine of vocation to the theme of biblical theology.

A Redemptive-Historical, Christocentric Approach

By Jason S. DeRouchie • Concise article • October 3
Christ’s followers must magnify Jesus wherever he is evident in Scripture. As John Owen urged, the revelation of Christ deserves our deepest thought and meditation. The most faithful way is a multi-faceted approach that honors his central role in redemptive history.

Biblical Theology and Theological Interpretation of Scripture 

By Colin Smothers • Longform Essay • October 6
Biblical Theology and Theological Interpretation of Scripture (TIS) are two dominant ways of reading the Bible. In this article, Colin Smothers compares and contrasts both exegetical methods, showing how readers should be cautious of TIS.

4.45 Colin Smothers • Reading • “Biblical Theology and Theological Interpretation of Scripture”

By Colin Smothers • Reading • October 7th
Biblical Theology and Theological Interpretation of Scripture (TIS) are two dominant ways of reading the Bible. In this article, Colin Smothers compares and contrasts both exegetical methods, showing how readers should be cautious of TIS.

Has Biblical Theology Had Its Day?

By Peter Nesbitt • Concise Article • October 8
Has biblical theology had its day? Far from a fading corrective, it remains vital with systematic theology for faithful interpretation and the Church.

Postmoderns Don’t Care About Your Resurrection Evidence: A Call for Biblical-Theological Apologetics

By Chris Prosser • Concise Article • October 10
When evidence no longer convinces postmodern minds, Christians must defend the faith through the story of Scripture itself. The best apologetics is biblical-theological, rooted in God’s redemptive narrative from creation to new creation.

Geerhardus Vos: The Recovery of Biblical Theology from Its Corruptors (Part 1)

By Ardel Caneday • Concise Article • October 13
Every now and again God raises up a deliverer. Vos was one such man, and he delivered biblical theology from the clutches of those who would have poisoned it.

4.46 Colin Smothers, Trent Hunter, & Brad Green • Interview • “Biblical Theology and Theological Interpretation of Scripture”

By Colin Smothers, Trent Hunter, Brad Green • Interview • October 13th
Listen in as Trent Hunter and Brad Green interview Colin Smothers on his Christ Over All Longform Essay, "Biblical Theology and Theological Interpretation of Scripture".

Geerhardus Vos’s Biblical Theology: Four Features, Four Insights, Four Errors (Part 2)

By Ardel Caneday • Concise Article • October 14
Vos gave the church a gift in how to understand biblical theology, which guards us from falling into interpretive error.

What is the Relationship Between Systematic Theology and Biblical Theology?

By Stephen Wellum • Concise Article • October 15
You cannot do the one without the other. Systematic Theology and Biblical Theology complement and aid one another in understanding God's word.

What is Typology? 

By David Schrock • Longform Essay • October 20
"Typology" comes up frequently in discussions of Biblical Theology, but what does it mean? Read how David Schrock explains that typology is not merely another method of reading, but an organic structure of escalation and progression arising from God's redemptive work.

4.47 David Schrock • Reading • “What is Typology?”

By David Schrock • Reading • October 20th
“Typology” comes up frequently in discussions of Biblical Theology, but what does it mean? Read how David Schrock explains that typology is not merely another method of reading, but an organic structure of escalation and progression arising from God’s redemptive work.

Upcoming

Redemptive Historical Approach

By Jason DeRouchie • Longform Essay

Review of Vanhoozer’s Mere Christian Hermeneutics

By Knox Brown • Concise Article

Biblical Theology of Hunting and Fishing

By Eddie LaRow • Concise Article
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