This summer, GBC will offer a free seven-week course on systematic theology on Sunday evenings starting June 10 at 6pm. Each class will include two one-hour sessions, each session will including a lecture followed by Q&A with a short break between sessions.
All are invited to attend, as the course will be suitable for both new and journeyed Christians, as well as those who are interested in learning more about the Christian faith.
If you have questions about what systematic theology is, consider this excerpt from a Gospel Coalition blog post by Wayne Grudem:
Systematic theology means answering the question: “What does the whole Bible say to us today about any given topic?”
It means searching the Bible to find all the verses pertaining to a given topic of study. Then, we put all the verses together to understand what God wants us to believe. “Systematic” means “carefully organized by topics.” Thus, it’s different from random theology or disorganized theology.
You’re a Theologian
Even if you haven’t written a systematic theology—or even if you don’t consider yourself a theologian—you’re still doing systematic theology in some sense. Everyone has beliefs about who God is, who Jesus is, what salvation is, and how we should live as Christians. We’re all synthesizing those beliefs together.
So if you’re a Christian, you’re doing systematic theology, whether you’re aware of it or not. If you’re not aware of it, then your theology may not be very well organized, or it may not take into account verses from the whole Bible. There may be a verse here or there, or from certain parts of Scripture, but it’s not the entirety of what God reveals about a particular doctrine.
That’s why it’s important to study systematic theology—to understand what God says and what the Bible says.
We hope you will consider joining us!
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