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The disciplines of biblical studies and theology should serve each other, and they should serve both the church and the academy together. But the relationship between them is often marked by misunderstandings, methodological differences, and cross-discipline tension. New Testament scholar Scot McKnight here highlights five things he wishes theologians knew about biblical studies. In a companion...

Another dimension of systematic theology’s seductiveness is the clarity—sometimes wrong, sometimes right—of systemic thinking, the clarity of a system of thought that puts it all together. For instance, F. D. E. Schleiermacher considered all talk about future eschatology as not worthy of knowledge, and many today (sadly) have revived the German’s theory.9 Such dismissals lead ministers to lie or offer comforting pablum at funerals. On the other hand, take trinitarian theology: the third and fourth
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