By Robert Duncan Culver

Robert Culver wrote Systematic Theology with the aim of constructing a treasure trove for the coed of the Bible. No earlier wisdom of theology demanded, this quantity is written in an primarily readable method and is the appropriate middle to the library of someone who likes to examine. topics comprise: the doctrine of God, the doctrine of guy as created, the doctrine of guy as fallen, the doctrine of salvation, the doctrine of final issues, and the doctrine of Christ.

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18:21, 22). These were not to be long-range prophecies of the remote future but short-range predictions that could be observed and tested by the people of the prophet’s own time. A prophet had to be an Israelite ‘from among their brothers’ (Deut. 18:15, 18); he spoke only in the name of Jehovah—‘in my name’ (Deut 18:20); he must be able to predict near future events (Deut. 18:21, 22). Further he might be asked to perform a miracle (Deut. ). But even if he met all these requirements the supposed prophet had to honour the one Lord God of Israel and his message had to be conformable to previously authenticated revelation from God, specifically the Mosaic covenant-law (Deut.

P. 40. Culver, R. D. (2005). Systematic Theology: Biblical and Historical (1). Ross-shire, UK: Mentor. 2 Preliminary to Talk about God The most striking statement in the whole Bible may be the first one: ‘In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth’ (Gen. 1:1). The Bible begins with talk about God. It also ends that way (Rev. 22:18–21). There is no preliminary introduction to the leading person or ‘idea’. God is simply encountered at the start. It is assumed those who hear the Bible read for the first time already have the idea of a person called God in their world of thought.

Validity of Apologetical Use of Fulfilled Prophecy Fulfilled prophecy, however, is only part of the base of biblical evidences. In fact, standing alone it would prove nothing except that some people in the history of the world have had a strange, inexplicable knowledge of the future. e. those reported and authorized therein), the relation of both miracles and prophecy with the Jewish people and the claims of their prophets, apostles and Messiah, that makes the case for Christianity an infallible one.

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