I've been blessed by your channel. I don't think I'm going to be going into ministry, but I do think every father/head of house should have a sharp sword. Thank you for the labor that is this catalog.
Thanks for this! I am a fan of one volume books like these! I picked up Matthew Henry's commentary in one volume for $15 at Lifeway while they were closing their retail stores. I love having things in one volume that's easy to use. Question, if you do not mind. Have you thought about doing "Ask Pastor Everhard" type videos? I think that would be awesome! You're such a great teacher! God bless brother!
Great recommendations as always. In addition to the ones you mentioned, I think the New Bible Dictionary and the New Bible Commentary are both great one volume references that are helpful for Bible teachers. Great scholars involved in them.
Could you create a similar video for people who are new to the reformed faith? What are some basic resources that you would recommend for me to take a look at? Thank you!
Similar: (1) ESV Study Bible, (2) A Body of Divinity by Thomas Watson plus (3) any bible dictionary. If you are a new convert, you probably won’t need a theological dictionary just yet. :) Can’t find ANY good single-volume Bible commentary. This doesn’t exist! No such thing. By the way, the best book by book commentary I have ever used is GJ Wenham’s on Leviticus.
Excellent advice pastor Mat . Your starter library suggestion on target even for a pew guy like myself. Thanks for your posts on books many of your suggestions have helped me in my growth as a follower of Christ! Especially your videos on devotional reading The Valley of Version is just amazing! Thank you Blessings
Nice vid I attend a pentacostal church but have started to love studying I have a systematic, just got the Holman bible dictionary and now purchased the theology one! Thanks!
I think that knowing theology and having a depth of understanding God's word is important for all Christians. I suspect that the biggest issue is that Christians in my sector of denomination/city- especially women... are theological weenies. I used to be one, so I know. We don't have to be sanctioned to teach men with authority in order to learn about the holy scriptures! Thank you for this.
As a Reformed Baptist, Grudem's Systematic Theology was a good shout out, it's a great work. However, I will warn anyone NOT to get the condensed version titled "Bible Doctrine" as it has a lot of the real meat of his systematic work and argumentation removed to save pages, which makes a lot of the conclusions he comes to confusing and seemingly unsupported (though when you check the massive full volume you find it's actually quite sound)
Agreed, if not a pastor, it's okay to use a one-volume systematic theology. And so I started Bavinck's abridged in one-volume and it has helped me tremendously. Thanks for uploading :-)
Not sure how I missed this video, but glad it popped up. Good list to give to elders. I would add "The Pastor's Book" by R. Kent Hughes. It's an incredibly practical guide for organizing worship services, do's and don'ts of weddings, funerals, hospital visits, pastoral counseling, etc...
The Unger’s Bible Dictionary is the best I have ever had. I have the HCSB, but find that Unger’s is more likely to answers I seek while reading my Bible.
Those are good, I use Theological dictionary of the New Testament by Geoffrey W. Bromiley, Norman Geisler Sys Theo, and Erickson's Christian Theology, and The Thiselton Companion to Christian Theology. I also like David Horton's The Portable Seminary.
... great article, am considering purchasing all ... do have a question, what is the difference between the 'Reformation Study Bible' and 'Reformation Heritage Study Bible' ... have purchased the latter, thanks
19th Century, God raised up amazing America Theologians. B.B. Warfield, Charles Hodge, William Shedd, Robert Lewis Dabney, James Thornwell. For Modern Day, Robert Letham, Joel Beeke, and Michael Horton. My top 3. Calvin, Bullinger, and Bavinck.
If you have a Half-Price Bookstore in your area, this is an excellent place to pick up used Theology handbooks, textbooks, and other reference material. I have probably spent a little over $100 so far and now have these books and many others. Just leave all the stuff by Rick Warren and Joel Osteen alone!
Just wanted to clarify at 2:21, you said you went to Malone college, perhaps did you mean Malone university in Ohio? I’m curious because that is where I am currently attending for Bible and Theology.
Pastor Matt I am looking at your links for books. Ran across this ESV Study Bible, the Inductive...could that be better than the regular ESV study bible? I am self teaching at the online Biblical Institute on Hermeneutics. What do you think I should buy?
Does the Reformation Study Bible come in the NKJV? I prefer the TR, but will use other translations as well. Studying to be a bivocational church planter pastor, right now in undergrad, but will do my grad probably at Southern (I’m a Southern Baptist, sorry).
It used to I'm not sure if it still does. There is also the Reformation heritage study Bible in KJV. Also Holman and Nelson make very good study Bibles in KJV and nkjv.
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At its most basic level, systematic theology categorizes and correlates biblical teaching into (ideally) a single cohesive and organized unit. Major divisions often include theology proper (i.e., the doctrine of God himself), anthropology (the doctrine of man), soteriology (the doctrine of salvation), etc. Theology proper would include discussion of the attributes of God, how they are defined, which of them are unique to God. And so forth. When it's done well, it doesn't go beyond or outside scripture, but it categorizes scripture's teaching by topic.
I do not trust any guide (reference) book that is not (a) Lutheran; or (b) Reformerd; or (c) Eastern Orthodox. (Good Orthodox sources cover Romanism, so Roman Catholicism is only a sort of halfl-category). I loathe Millennialism. I loathe ehthusiasm for mod trends within demoninalinationism. I loathe charismatic idiocy. I loathe the sects and the cults.
