Systematic Vs Biblical Theology
Systematic theology is a method that pulls Scriptures from across the Bible into organized topical categories. Biblical theology seeks to summarize the teaching of a biblical author or text without imposing systematic categories on the text of Scripture by allowing it to speak for itself in its’ original context separate from contemporary concerns. Christian students of the Bible will use both theological methods. The question is: Which should hold precedent? We hold biblical theology in higher regard than systematic theology and have tried to come to these convictions by studying books of the Bible in detail and examining Scriptures in their context. Admittedly, a biblical-theological method will result in systematic theological convictions. The problem with every systematic theological tradition is that the Bible does not neatly fit our categories and each team has to emphasize some Scriptures, and minimize or explain away others, to make everything fit because the Bible is a lot l