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TH221 Doctrine of Man is unavailable, but you can change that!

Dr. Lane Tipton provides an introduction to the fascinating and vast topic of the doctrine of man from a Reformed position. This course introduces several theological methods, striking a balance between biblical and doctrinal considerations. Using a close reading of Genesis 1 and 2, Dr. Tipton explains what it means to be an image bearer in our everyday life and work—created in God’s likeness and...

seeks to understand a particular text in its immediate canonical and redemptive-historical context. So the trend here is toward isolation, toward atomization, where biblical texts are looked at in terms of digestible, clearly bounded units of meaning. And the analysis in exegetical theology is this: It is to delimit a given section of Scripture in order to discern the unique contribution, the distinctive theological import, of a given passage.