For those of you who might not know, "
Biblical Theology" is just a technical term for describing the storyline of the Bible. This understanding is crucial for understanding the Bible and how to interpret it. I never learned how to articulate the storyline of the Bible until I got to seminary.
What does Isaiah have to do with Luke? How does Genesis connect with Hebrews? Once you understand a bit of Biblical Theology it makes your Bible reading completely come alive because you can put all your reading in context. This is extremely helpful. I wish I would have learned this as a child growing up in church.
Graeme Goldsworthy gives a rebuke/charge to church leaders in this regard.
...it is nothing short of astonishing, in fact appalling, that evangelical Biblical theology is so little appreciated by evangelical preachers. The front line of adult Christian education in churches ought be a comprehensive course in Biblical theology. This is not likely to happen while our theological seminaries do not make Biblical Theology a key required course in any diploma or degree curriculum. The idea that evangelical pastors can be sent to have ministerial oversight of congregations without first having a solid grounding in biblical theology is one of the scandals of our time. Show me a church without a good appreciation of the Old Testament and biblical theology and I'll show you a church with a weak understanding of the Gospel.
- Graeme Goldsworthy,
Preaching the Whole Bible as Christian Scripture
, p. 52
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I'm working my way through this book and so far it is a real treasure. Goldsworthy not only argues for a holistic approach to the Scriptures, he shows how the Old Testament can only be fully understood from a New Testament perspective, and he shows how this must be presented in the preaching of the Word. His chapter on Jesus as a biblical theologian is very helpful.
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