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Faithful Theology: An Introduction (Short Studies in Systematic Theology) is unavailable, but you can change that!

The first volume in the new Short Studies in Systematic Theology series explores what it means to do theology, why theology matters, and what it looks like to derive doctrine from God’s word—helping us understand what to believe, what to value, and how to live. Each chapter looks at 1 of 5 crucial components for constructing good theology: revelation from God, tradition from the past, worship,...

This is no mere proof-texting on Jesus’s part. Each time, he quotes from Moses’s farewell address to Israel reported in Deuteronomy. This is no accident. Israel succumbed to each of the temptations in the wilderness. Israel complained about their lack of food (Ex. 16:1–3). Israel put God to the test ten times (Num. 14:20–23) and worshiped the golden calf (Ex. 32). That son of God failed. This Son of God does not. Jesus lives by “It is written.” But “it is written” is deployed theologically. Each
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