Herm Terms Biblical Theology

Biblical Theology

Seeks the authorially intended message of a biblical book as part of the cannon, emphasizing the priorities of the author, so that the church may proclaim and practice rightly

Covenant

a binding agreement between God and man between two people that seals a relationship

Covenant theology

explains the bibles message through the continuity of its covenants with each biblical covenant reflecting the covenant of redemption (within God) and the covenants of work and grace between God and man; it emphasizes community between Israel and the church; it divided the law codes into moral. civil. and ceremonial with the church under its moral aspect 

dispensationalism

explains the bibles message through the discontinuity of the covenants with each new covenant forming a distinct test of a person or group of people or all of humanity to show that man is in constant need of Gods grace; it emphasis a distinction between Israel and the church; the MC’s law codes do not apply to the church 

Federal Theology

another name for covenant theology, which explains the Bible's message through the continuity of its covenants with each biblical covenant reflecting the covenant of redemption (within God) and the covenants of work and grace between God and man; it emphasizes continuity between Israel and the Church; it divides the law codes into moral, civil, and ceremonial with the church under its moral aspect

Historical Theology

seeks an answer to how the church has understood, proclaimed, and practiced the scriptures and its doctrines over different periods of time so that church may proclaim and practice rightly

New covenant theology 

a compromise between covenant theology and dispensationalism that does not divide the law codes into moral, civil, and ceremonial; it offers continually between God’s people but discontinuity between the moral aspects of the OC and NC

Orthodoxy

Right doctrine

Orthopraxy

right practice

Progressive Covenantalism 

a reformed Baptist compromise between theology and dispensationalism that emphasizes the covenants as a guide through the OT, giving the OT time to speak on its own terms; OT connects to the NT through typology 

progressive dispensationalism

a compromise between covenant theology and dispensationalism that sees overlap between dispensationalism’s emphasis on two people of God and in the covenant themselves 

progressive revelation

God reveals himself over time rather than all at once

systematic theology

seeks an answer to a particular topic or question based upon reading the whole canon synchronically and the church’s interpretations synchronically, being organized by key doctrines (man, God, and the cross), so that the church may proclaim and practice rightly

The books of acts

The fifth book of the new testament canon is a narrative that outlines how God’s spirit acted in the early church and that teaches how to wait for Gods kingdom to come 

The book of revelation

The last book of the new testament canon is an apocalyptic epistle that commands its readers to meditate on the torah while waiting for Gods kingdom to come 

The epistles

The letters of the new testament

The former prophets

The first of the prophets, which is the second part of the OT; it contains prophetic narratives of israle’s time in Canaan; Joshua, judges, Samuel, kings 

The gospels

The four NT books that narrate the life, death and resurrection of Jesus

The latter prophets

The second half of the prophets, which is the second part of the OT; it contains most of the prophetic books; Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the Twelve

The prophets

the second part of the OT; it is one book unto itself; it divides into the Former Prophets (the story of Israel's time in the land of Canaan) and the Latter Prophets (prophetic reflections on this time in light of the Torah)

Synoptic problem

The synoptic gospels are Matthew, Mark, and Luke; they share a lot of common material

The writtings

the third part of the OT; it is one book unto itself; it includes Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Ruth, Song of Songs, Ecclesiastes, Lamentations, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles

The torah

The first part of the OT; it is one book unto itself; it contains five books- Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy