Systematic theology is any study that answers the question, "What does the whole Bible teach us today?" about any given topic.
Wayne Grudem (Systematic Theology, pg. 13)
"Wherefore all theology, when separated from Christ, is not only vain and confused, but is also mad, deceitful, and spurious; for, though the philosophers sometimes utter excellent sayings, yet they have nothing but what is short-lived, and even mixed up with wicked and erroneous sentiments."
~ John Calvin (1509 – 1564)
We need theology for the sake of people. Theology is the application of the Word by persons to the world and all areas of human life.
John Frame (Salvation Belongs to the Lord, pg. 72)
Theology...the church's reflection on God's performative action in word and deed and its own participation in the drama of redemption.
Michael Horton (Covenant and Eschatology, pg. 4)
Theology is the intellectual, relational and spiritual act of knowing God through the disciplined and communal practice of understanding and applying His word to all areas of life.
A. Orendorff
Every Christian should be a theologian.
John Blanchard
| Title |
Notes |
A Body of Divinity  |
Thomas Watson |
| Institutes of the Christian Religion |
John Calvin |
| The Precious Things of God (Online Book) |
Octavius Winslow, 1859 |
| Biblical Doctrine: An Overview (.pdf) |
ESV Study Bible |
| Christian's Reasonable Service (.pdf) |
Wilhelmus a Brakel - 5.8MB (2160 pages) |
| Institutes of the Christian Religion |
John Calvin |
| Outlines of Theology (.pdf) |
A.A. Hodge |
| Summary of Christian Doctrine |
Louis Berkhof |
| Systematic Theology (.pdf) |
Charles Hodge |
| The Christian's Reasonable Service Vol. 1 (.pdf) |
Wilhelmus a Brakel |
| The Christian's Reasonable Service Vol. 2 (.pdf) |
Wilhelmus a Brakel |
| The Christian's Reasonable Service Vol. 3 (.pdf) |
Wilhelmus ŕ Brakel |
| The Christian's Reasonable Service Vol. 4 (.pdf) |
Wilhelmus ŕ Brakel |
| The Justification of Theology as an Intellectual Discipline |
Robert L. Reymond |
| A Body of Doctrinal Divinity |
John Gill |
| Outlines of Systematic Theology Volume 1 (.pdf) |
Augustus Hopkins Strong |
| Outlines of Systematic Theology Volume 2 (34 MB .pdf) |
Augustus Hopkins Strong |
| Outlines of Systematic Theology Volume 3 (30 MB .pdf) |
Augustus Hopkins Strong, 1836-1921 |
| Studies in Theology (.pdf) |
B. B. Warfield |
| Symphonic Theology |
Vern S. Poythress |
| Systematic Theology |
R.L. Dabney |
| Systematic Theology (.pdf) |
John Brown (of Haddington) 1722-1787 |
| The Nature and Function of Theology |
David F. Wells |
| The Right of Systematic Theology |
Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield with intro by Rev. Professor James Orr, D.D. |
| Theses Theologicae |
R. Scott Clark |
| Westminster Shorter Catechism Project |
Amazing site offering numerous links to Puritan and contemporary commentary on nearly every question of the Catechism. |
| A Foundation for Faith: An Introductory Study of Systematic Theology (.pdf) |
Stanford E. Murrell, Th.D. |
| Systematic Theology (.pdf) |
Augustus Hopkins Strong, from a committed, reformed, Baptist perspective |
| Systematic Theology as a Biblical Discipline |
Michael Williams (pdf) |
| Using and Being Used: Scripture and Systematic Theology |
Colin Gunton |
| Who needs Systematic Theology When We Have the Bible? |
Michael S. Horton, Ph.D. |
| Survey of Theology |
Valley Bible Church |
| The Decades of Heinrich Bullinger (Vol. 3) |
Heinrich Bullinger |
| A Short History of Creeds and Confessions |
A.A. Hodge |
| A Systematic Study of Bible Doctrine (.pdf) |
Thomas Paul Simmons |
| Abstract of Systematic Theology |
James P. Boyce |
| All Systems Go: Why we shouldn't devalue systematic theology |
Collin Hansen |
| Angelology (.pdf) |
Gary E. Gilley |
| Anthropology (.pdf) |
Gary E. Gilley |
| Basic Christian Doctrine |
Matt Slick |
| Bible Doctrine |
Wayne Grudem |
| Bible Doctrine for the Family |
Chuck Baynard |
| Bibliology (.pdf) |
Gary E. Gilley |
| Charles Hodge on the System of Doctrine |
Charles hodge |
| Confession of the Christian Religion |
Jerome Zanchi |
| Ecclesiology (.pdf) |
Gary E. Gilley |
| Ecological “Blind Spots” in the Structure and Content of Recent Evangelical Systematic Theologies |
John Jefferson Davis - Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society (Jun 2000) |
| Herman Bavinck’s Doctrine of God |
Charles R. Biggs |
| Lectures on Theology (Vol 1) |
John Dick |
| Lectures on Theology (Vol 2) |
John Dick |
| Manual of Theology |
J.L. Dagg |
| Outline of Systematic Theology (.pdf) |
Dr. Greg Bahnsen |
| Pneumatology |
Gary E. Gilley |
| Read Calvin's Institutes in a Year (.pdf) |
John Calvin |
| Soteriology |
Gary E. Gilley |
| Studies in Systematic Theology |
John Stevenson |
| Systematic Theology |
Louis Berkhof |
| Systematic Theology |
E.C. Bragg (audio) |
| Systematic Theology (.pdf) |
R. L. Dabney |
| Systematic Theology (13-Part Seminar) |
Capitol Hill Baptist Church |
| Systematic Theology and Biblical Theology |
Richard B. Gaffin, Jr. |
| Systematic theology: an introduction to biblical doctrine |
Wayne A. Grudem |
| The Christian Faith in the Modern World |
Dr. J. Gresham Machen |
| The Decades of Heinrich Bullinger (Vol. 1) |
Heinrich Bullinger |
| The Decades of Heinrich Bullinger (Vol. 2) |
Heinrich Bullinger |
| The Decades of Heinrich Bullinger (Vol. 4) |
Heinrich Bullinger |
| The Second Helvetic Confession with Commentary |
Chuck Baynard |
| The Summa Theologica |
Thomas Aquinas |
| The Table-Talk of Martin Luther (.pdf) |
Full-text Online Book |
| The Usefulness of Creeds |
Kenneth L. Gentry, Jr. |
| Theology for Everyman |
John H. Gerstner |
| Theology for the People |
William S. Plumer, 1875 |
| Theology Proper |
Gary E. Gilley |
| Truth's Victory Over Error |
David Dickson |
| Van Til's Introduction to Systematic Theology |
Charles R. Biggs (.doc) |
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