This influential book has merited this beautiful new release. Included now as an extra is Berkhof’s Introductory Volume to Systematic Theology. That’s almost 200 pages of additional material. It’s slightly more academic as it explains Dogmatic Theology including description and methodology. It particularly gives additional insights on the Doctrine of Revelation or Scripture.

The main text gives a treasure trove for students of near 800 pages. He gives what I’ll call the classic reformed position. If you’re trying to get a handle on that view, start here. I like to have systematic theologies from a few perspectives on hand and I want them dogmatically written. My thought is, give me your best shot. From there, I can compare and weigh. Probably systematic theologies are the only category of books I want in that style.

Berkhof won’t fail you on that score. In fact, my only slight criticism of the book is when he goes off on certain personalities and groups. He is not insulting, but he wants you to see them as off the reservation.

Still, the book is an awesome resource. What amazed me is that even though he wrote as a teacher, he was wonderfully clear, engaging, and even lively. In a systematic theology that helps. I read several sections and thought, I’ve got to come back and work through this the next time I’m doing major work on that doctrine.

This is one of the heavy hitters in the systematic theology category. I guarantee you I’ll always be consulting it in the future.

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