BIBLICAL THEOLOGIAN

Capitol Hill Baptist Church elder Thabiti Anyabwile writes on the importance of every Christian church member being a biblical theologian. I am both convicted and in agreement with him on these observations.


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Members of Christian churches continue to think small thoughts of God and great thoughts of man. And this state of affairs reveals that too many Christians have neglected their first great calling: to know their God. Every Christian is meant to be a theologian in the best and most intimate sense of the word. And if churches are to prosper in health, church members must be committed to being "biblical theologians" in whatever capacity they are able.

The Christian who is interested in knowing his God is the Christian who wants to know what God says about Himself in the Bible..... No, the Christian church member who is serious about knowing God is the church member who is committed to the teachings of the Bible about God, because that is where God tells us about Himself
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Thabiti then lists 7 practical ways a Christian can become conversant with the themes of biblical theology.
1. Read a good book on biblical theology.
2. Study the Scriptures thematically.
3. Adopt the New Testament's attitude toward the Old Testament.
4. Study the Old Testament with Jesus and the New Testament in view.
5. Study the books of prophecy in the Old Testament.
6. Know and agree to support your church's statement of faith.
7. Seek doctrinal unity and avoid needless disputes.


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Last month Thabiti wrote an excellent article on Expositional Listening that can be read here.