I totally forgot about this thread. I suppose you are almost done with vol. IV.4. And I will be CocoBarthButt.UncleBob wrote: ↑Mon Jul 09, 2018 9:29 amStill no tattoos, I suppose.UncleBob wrote: ↑Wed Mar 09, 2016 10:12 pmRace you. First one done doesn't have to get the tattoo.coco wrote:Hmmm... I would only be six million words away from a new tattoo.Joshoowah wrote:Printed books are cheaper than ever! I got to volume 7 before I Barthed out.UncleBob wrote:I have decided that I need this: Click Here.
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LOLcoco wrote: ↑Mon Jul 09, 2018 6:49 pmI totally forgot about this thread. I suppose you are almost done with vol. IV.4. And I will be CocoBarthButt.UncleBob wrote: ↑Mon Jul 09, 2018 9:29 amStill no tattoos, I suppose.UncleBob wrote: ↑Wed Mar 09, 2016 10:12 pmRace you. First one done doesn't have to get the tattoo.coco wrote:Hmmm... I would only be six million words away from a new tattoo.Joshoowah wrote:Printed books are cheaper than ever! I got to volume 7 before I Barthed out.UncleBob wrote:I have decided that I need this: Click Here.
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Used for $269 on Amazon.UncleBob wrote: ↑Mon Jul 09, 2018 6:57 pmLOLcoco wrote: ↑Mon Jul 09, 2018 6:49 pmI totally forgot about this thread. I suppose you are almost done with vol. IV.4. And I will be CocoBarthButt.UncleBob wrote: ↑Mon Jul 09, 2018 9:29 amStill no tattoos, I suppose.UncleBob wrote: ↑Wed Mar 09, 2016 10:12 pmRace you. First one done doesn't have to get the tattoo.coco wrote:Hmmm... I would only be six million words away from a new tattoo.Joshoowah wrote:Printed books are cheaper than ever! I got to volume 7 before I Barthed out.UncleBob wrote:I have decided that I need this: Click Here.
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Perhaps this fall.coco wrote: ↑Mon Jul 09, 2018 7:11 pmUsed for $269 on Amazon.UncleBob wrote: ↑Mon Jul 09, 2018 6:57 pmLOLcoco wrote: ↑Mon Jul 09, 2018 6:49 pmI totally forgot about this thread. I suppose you are almost done with vol. IV.4. And I will be CocoBarthButt.UncleBob wrote: ↑Mon Jul 09, 2018 9:29 amStill no tattoos, I suppose.UncleBob wrote: ↑Wed Mar 09, 2016 10:12 pmRace you. First one done doesn't have to get the tattoo.coco wrote:Hmmm... I would only be six million words away from a new tattoo.Joshoowah wrote:Printed books are cheaper than ever! I got to volume 7 before I Barthed out.UncleBob wrote:I have decided that I need this: Click Here.
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I picked up a copy of John Frame's Systematic Theology at Parkside Church in OH this Spring. Early chapters are an interesting read, we'll see where it goes.
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While I’m not sure that John and Charles Wesley are good examples of systematic theology, their work is among my favorite among Protestant theologians. Maybe because it isn’t soundly systematic. Their theological views grew out of the Anglican traditions and added a more practical interior emphasis that sought balance between so many different influences with an emphasis on the interior life.
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I'd say they had less of a system and more of a method.Thunktank wrote: ↑Tue Jul 10, 2018 12:45 pmWhile I’m not sure that John and Charles Wesley are good examples of systematic theology, their work is among my favorite among Protestant theologians. Maybe because it isn’t soundly systematic. Their theological views grew out of the Anglican traditions and added a more practical interior emphasis that sought balance between so many different influences with an emphasis on the interior life.

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tuttle wrote: ↑Tue Jul 10, 2018 1:59 pmI'd say they had less of a system and more of a method.Thunktank wrote: ↑Tue Jul 10, 2018 12:45 pmWhile I’m not sure that John and Charles Wesley are good examples of systematic theology, their work is among my favorite among Protestant theologians. Maybe because it isn’t soundly systematic. Their theological views grew out of the Anglican traditions and added a more practical interior emphasis that sought balance between so many different influences with an emphasis on the interior life.
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Gabriel wrote: ↑Tue Jul 10, 2018 3:17 pmtuttle wrote: ↑Tue Jul 10, 2018 1:59 pmI'd say they had less of a system and more of a method.Thunktank wrote: ↑Tue Jul 10, 2018 12:45 pmWhile I’m not sure that John and Charles Wesley are good examples of systematic theology, their work is among my favorite among Protestant theologians. Maybe because it isn’t soundly systematic. Their theological views grew out of the Anglican traditions and added a more practical interior emphasis that sought balance between so many different influences with an emphasis on the interior life.
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Yeah, the Wesley brothers are gold, IMO, but you are right that much of their theology is grounded in early Anglican traditions, as well as some Catholic ones. John Wesley's love of the Desert Fathers is evident in his work.Thunktank wrote: ↑Tue Jul 10, 2018 12:45 pmWhile I’m not sure that John and Charles Wesley are good examples of systematic theology, their work is among my favorite among Protestant theologians. Maybe because it isn’t soundly systematic. Their theological views grew out of the Anglican traditions and added a more practical interior emphasis that sought balance between so many different influences with an emphasis on the interior life.
Also, I think I said this a few pages back, but Thomas Oden's Classic Christianity is a good systematic theology. Oden hails from the Wesleyan tradition.
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