Between our two new Theology books, Thy Word Is Still Truth and Systematic Theology, there is a total of 2,720 pages and a combined weight of 10.4 pounds. That being said, there is a lot that each of these books have to offer, but it is the content of both of these books that we are excited about, not just the sheer volume of them.
Thy Word Is Still Truth, edited by Peter A. Lillback and Richard B. Gaffin Jr., is a new collection of Reformed thinkers’ writings, from the Reformation to today (that’s nearly 500 years of information to cover), on the inerrancy of Scripture. To these texts contemporary scholars add commentary reflecting the stance of Westminster Theological Seminary. This book includes the key documents on scriptural authority in one readable volume.
- Peter A. Lillback (B.A., Cedarville College; Th.M., Dallas Theological Seminary; PhD., Westminster Theological Seminary) is Professor of Historical Theology and President at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. He is the author of many books and articles, including the best-selling George Washington’s Sacred Fire.
- Richard B. Gaffin Jr. (B.A., Calvin College; B.D., Th.M., and ThD., Westminster Theological Seminary) is Professor Emeritus of Biblical and Systematic Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. He is also the author of Resurrection and Redemption: A Study in Paul’s Soteriology.
Systematic Theology, written by John M. Frame, is a biblical, clear, cogent, accessible, comprehensive, and practical summary of Christian belief by one of the most important and original American theologians of the last hundred years.
- John M. Frame (A.B., Princeton University; B.D., Westminster Theological Seminary; M.A. and M.Phil., Yale University; D.D., Belhaven College) holds the J. D. Trimble Chair of Systematic Theology and Philosophy at Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando and is the author of many books, including the four-volume Theology of Lordship series.
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Thy Word Is Still Truth: Essential Writings on the Doctrine of Scripture from the Reformation to Today
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In addition to including all the major confessions and catechisms, Thy Word Is Still Truth includes seminal articles on the doctrine of Scripture from the following authors:
Oswald T. Allis, William Ames, Herman Bavinck, Louis Berkhof, Henry Bullinger, John Calvin, Edmund P. Clowney, William Cunningham, Raymond B. Dillard, Jonathan Edwards, Sinclair B. Ferguson, John M. Frame, Richard B. Gaffin Jr., Louis Gaussen, Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg, Archibald Alexander Hodge, Charles Hodge, John Knox, Peter A. Lillback, Martin Luther, J. Gresham Machen, Adolphe Monod, John Murray, John Owen, Vern S. Poythress, Moisés Silva, Charles H. Spurgeon, Ned B. Stonehouse, Francis Turretin, Zacharias Ursinus, Cornelius Van Til, Geerhardus Vos, Bruce K. Waltke, Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield, Robert Dick Wilson, John Witherspoon, Edward J. Young, and Ulrich Zwingli
“This excellent volume is a much-needed resource. It stands as a bulwark against every form of the question ‘Did God really say?’ The excerpts and essays drawn from Martin Luther to the present represent an immense reservoir of diverse reflections—from Reformed confessions to the advent of contemporary biblical theology…. Its strength is not its coverage of the last half century but its ample demonstration that today’s Reformed Christians find themselves, on this subject, within a heritage rich in theological reflection and powerful synthesis. To lose sight of this heritage or to stand aloof from it is to impoverish our souls and to distance ourselves from the God who ‘looks’ to those who are contrite and humble in spirit and who tremble at his Word.”
—D. A. Carson, Research Professor of New Testament, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, Illinois
“The issue before the world today is ‘Has God said?’ I know of no body of literature that can be of more help to people wrestling with this vital question.”
—John M. Frame, Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando, Florida
“Kudos to Richard B. Gaffin and Peter A. Lillback for giving us something so good!”
—Davi Charles Gomes, Mackenzie Presbyterian University, São Paulo, Brazil
“We have needed this book for a long time. In Thy Word Is Still Truth, Peter Lillback and Richard Gaffin have drawn together the comprehensive witness of the church on behalf of the total truthfulness and inerrancy of Scripture. No serious reader can doubt the case for inerrancy made so consistently and clearly in these pages, and no serious defender of Scripture can be without this vital volume that amounts to the most massive arsenal of documentation for the inerrancy of Scripture ever assembled in a single book.”
—R. Albert Mohler Jr., President, The Southern Baptist Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky
Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Christian Belief
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“Few in our day champion a vision of God as massive, magnificent, and biblical as John Frame’s. For decades, he has given himself to the church, to his students, and to meticulous thinking and the rigorous study of the Bible. He has winsomely, patiently, and persuasively contended for the gospel in the secular philosophical arena, as well as in the thick of the church worship wars and wrestlings with feminism and open theism. He brings together a rare blend of big-picture thinking, levelheaded reflection, biblical fidelity, a love for the gospel and the church, and the ability to write with care and clarity.”
—John Piper, Chancellor, Bethlehem College and Seminary; Founder and Teacher, www.desiringGod.org
“John M. Frame’s Systematic Theology is a remarkable achievement. It is simultaneously scholarly yet accessible, sweeping in scope but penetrating in insight, steeped in historic orthodoxy yet fresh in reflection.”
—Peter A. Lillback, President, Westminster Theological Seminary
“Systematic Theology . . . is a worthy climax to the life’s work of one who has only ever sought to be a faithful servant of Christ, teaching in his church. It is a privilege to celebrate its appearing and to commend it for serious study. I guarantee that the dividends of such study will be uniformly high. Thank you, John Frame, for this superb gift.”
—J. I. Packer, Board of Governors’ Professor of Theology, Regent College
Mark Jones (PhD, Leiden University) is Senior Minister at Faith Vancouver Presbyterian Church (PCA) and Research Associate at the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein, South Africa. He has written and edited several books and most recently coauthored A Puritan Theology: Doctrine for Life.
