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Summary: A Pretribulationist Dispensationalist
Review: In my personal experience, the only thing that prevents me from rating the book a 4 instead of a 5, is my doctrinal discrepancies with it. I recommend this book VERY highly to all who hold to covenant theology or a Reformed view of Eschatology. In my humble opinion, Reymond's areas of incredible skill are in teaching about covenants and ESPECIALLY in teaching about all aspects of the cross and the "Death of death in the death of Christ." I personally loved his writings about soteriology and highly favored his informative commentaries on Arminianism and the hypostatic union. They were extremely helpful, since I am a beginner to all this stuff. His chapter entitled "The Unity of the Covenant of Grace" had arguments that could fall either way, and had little in relation to the topic. Rebuttal of the chapter was not as difficult as it would have been if I were say, antitrinitarian or Arminian. Despite this weak link, the book retains impressive apologetic information. My thoughts while staying up reading this book, balancing with my grades right before I graduated high school, in the section on Bibliology were "AAUUGGHH! Coffee! More Coffee!" During the first four (and fifth) chapter of the book, it was entirely exhaustive. THIS IS NOT A FLAW in the writing, but rather in my attention span! I appreciate the extensive coverage spent in disarming higher criticism and teaching about Biblical authority. I recommend this book to all Christians. Dr. Reymond's writing style is poetic and he makes his message entirely lucid. For all Christians just beginning to get a grasp on doctrine, this will be a start for everything you need to know.
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Summary: Reymond's New Work Rises to the Top
Review: In this classic work - the culmination of an outstanding career - this Presbyterian theologian marshals forward massive Biblical and logical data that utterly destroys the "city of Man" like a giant tidal wave of Truth. Yet, there is an unmistakable note of sympathy and compassion. In the end, Reymond presents a profound masterpiece that is summed up, "The Bible tells me so." This work - in the face of recent innovative approaches in theology - takes us back to the faith once delivered to the saints. This belongs at the top of the list.
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Summary: An entire theological education between two covers.
Review: My book's 26 chapters contain the contents of the 156 lectures which I wrote and delivered over a 28-year period to my students at Covenant Seminary, St. Louis, and Knox Seminary, Fort Lauderdale. So when you read the book, it is as if you are sitting in my classroom with hundreds of students studying for the gospel ministry. If you have questions about the content of any of the lectures, feel free to write me at Knox Theological Seminary
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Summary: Don't believe the hype
Review: Reymond denies Nicene orthodoxy. What more is there to say? He has obviously not studied the Fathers on the issue and cannot therefore properly discern the issues at stake. Moreover, he plays fast and loose with Calvin and his secondary quotations actually prove nothing about the eternal generation of the Son from the Father. Calvin's church sang the Nicene Creed, including the part about Christ being "begotten before all ages". Second, his understanding of the sacraments and especially the Lord's Supper were lacking. He empties out Calvin's theology of the Eucharist so that the sacrament hardly means a thing. It's a classic case of, "Oh, I'm not Zwinglian," while he affirms actually nothing about the sacrament. Stay away from this systematic! I pray to God that this doesn't become popular in the PCA!
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Summary: The New Standard
Review: Robert Reymond deserves hearty thanks and congratulations from every Christian for this, his magnum opus, a 1210 page wonder of the theological world. Unabashedly Reformed in perspective, Reymond attacks each problem from historical, biblical, and systematic viewpoints, providing descriptions of the major positions and then unrelentingly demonstrating the superiority of his position. To a large extent he succeeds. There is enough ammo here to win any theological battle in which you might find yourself engaged. With Reymond on your side, you can easily prooftext your opponent into oblivion! This is no naive scripture-positivism, though. Reymond interacts extensively with a wide spectrum of views, especially neo-orthodoxy and liberal theology. Don't expect to find him addressing feminist, liberation, or postmodern theologies, however. The following is a summary of his positions on the key issues: Unifying Theme: Covenant Apologetics: presuppositionalist Bible: inerrantist Eschatology: inaugurated eschatology (amillennialist) Ecclesiology: Presbyterian Sacramentalist Soteriology: Supralapsarian Calvinist Anthropology: Dichotomist Helpful extras include appendices on canonicity, modern Christology, the 5 points of Calvinism, and Romans 7. A major bonus is the extensive annotated bibliography. If you are a bookhound like me, avert your eyes from those pages, lest your pockets surely be emptied!
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Summary: THE systematic theology for evangelicals
Review: Robert Reymond offers what is now the finest systematic theology available for evangelicals. Nowhere else can one find such a detailed section on Christology, such a well-reasoned case for the supralapsarian position, a cogent presuppositional apologetic, and interaction with scholarship regarding Paul's conversion. Reymond manages to wed exegesis and systematic studies so well- John Murray's ghost seems to dwell amongst the pages! While structuring his book upon the format of the Westminster Confession, Reymond offers a fine exposition of the "whole counsel of God." My biggest complaint is that Reymond's treatment of justification fails to deal justly with recent Pauline scholarship. While I disagree with Reymond on various points throughout, I enthusiastically recommend this as THE systematics text for seminary students and pastors (with Wayne Grudem's Systematic Theology more suited for the less advanced reader). Reymond is to be commended as his book will no doubt be savored and cherished by many for quite awhile to come!
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Summary: A great work by a great man
Review: This book reflects well upon its author. It is a very well-organized effort to put into words what exactly a Christian of the reformed persuasion believes. Dr. Reymond covers every aspect of his faith, and unlike so many other books of systematic theology, he covers each area in crystal-clear detail. His concise wording reflects his own thoughtful dialogue, but more importantly this book is permeated with a passion and fire for God and His Word. This is a must-have book for those interested in theology, and it is most definitely destined to become one of Reformed systematic theology's definitive books, right up there with Hodge, Berkhof, et al.
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Summary: Good collection of Reformed theological formulations
Review: This is a great systematic theology to have on hand. The readability could be a little better, but I heartily recommend it as a modern take on classical theology. The synthesis of earlier Reformed theologians is also valuable. The chapter on religious language is a bit perplexing, but interesting. Reymond parts ways with most classicalists advocating univocal God-talk as opposed to analogical. He's got some good points, but I'm still convinced of the analogical view. But, then again, I'm a hopelessly paleoorthodox neanderthal.
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Summary: Good collection of Reformed theological formulations
Review: This is a great systematic theology to have on hand. The readability could be a little better, but I heartily recommend it as a modern take on classical theology. The synthesis of earlier Reformed theologians is also valuable. The chapter on religious language is a bit perplexing, but interesting. Reymond parts ways with most classicalists advocating univocal God-talk as opposed to analogical. He's got some good points, but I'm still convinced of the analogical view. But, then again, I'm a hopelessly paleoorthodox neanderthal.
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Summary: Very Good
Review: This is perhaps the best advanced one-volume systematic theology there is at this time. Along with Grudem, perhaps the best beginning/intermediate one-volume systematic theology is the one by Vincent Cheung. His book is available as a free downloadable ebook. Look up "vincent cheung theology" on the web, and I think you will find it. But you can't go wrong with Reymond's book too.
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