A Theology for the Church

What does Scripture say? What has the church believed? How do various doctrines fit together? What impact do they have on today's church? Addressing these crucial questions, Albert Mohler, Daniel Akin, Paige Patterson, and other leading Baptist thinkers examine revelation, God, humanity, Christ, the Holy Spirit, salvation, the church, and the last things. 992 pages, hardcover from B&H.

Daniel L. Akin is president of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina. Also a prolific author, he holds degrees from The Criswell College (B.A.), Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (M. Div.), and the University of Texas (Ph.D.). Akin and his wife have four adult sons.

A Theology for the Church, an immense 992-page work edited by Daniel Akin, with contributions from leading Baptist thinkers Albert Mohler, Jr., Paige Patterson, Timothy George, and many others, addresses four major issues in regard to eight Christian doctrines.

• What does the Bible say? Each Christian doctrine is rooted in the Bible’s own teaching in both the Old and New Testaments.
• What has the Church believed? Christians have interpreted these doctrines in somewhat different ways through the centuries.
• How do the doctrines fit together? Each Christian doctrine must cohere with the other doctrines.
• How does each doctrine impact the church today? Each Christian doctrine must be meaningful for today’s church.

It’s sure to become a widely-used resource in systematic theology study.

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Reviewed by Frank (Apex, NC), February 28, 2008

Jerry Vines once said he had decided he was going to be "original or nothing" then quickly found out he was both! In this systematic theology book, Dr. Akin draws the best resources and best authors obtainable to teach on an exact doctrine. In a nut shell it’s like having a flashlight with one bulb. It does the job, but when there are many single focused bulbs you get what’s called an “LED” light - which is many times brighter. That’s what you have in this book. Where else can you find a book written by Paige Patterson, Al Mohler and Dr. Akin himself (fyi…all three Southern Baptist Seminary Presidents)? And that's just the beginning of contributing authors. I don't know about you, but I sure like learning about the Word from people who love, teach, and believe the Word and its inerrancy. What more could you ask for. You need to ask for, this book.

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