Free Berkhof ebook

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Greetings PB brethren,

A free ebook for you today from the fine folks at Monergism: Louis Berkhof's Summary of Christian Doctrine. His Summary is a non-technical overview of his larger Systematic Theology, and was originally written for high-school students.


Enjoy!

Cool. I didn't know he wrote a Summa of his Summa!
 
Enjoy, brothers. While Berkhof is a bit dry to my taste, he is faithful, substantial, rigorous, and clear.
 
Cool. I didn't know he wrote a Summa of his Summa!

He also wrote a Manual of Christian Doctrine, which is more detailed than his Summary but still significantly condensed compared to his Systematic Theology. The Manual is one of my favorite go-to references when I need to check some of my language quickly, as I find it just the right size to navigate easily and still get answers to most questions that come up in my everyday teaching and writing. It's also the rare reference work that fits nicely in a briefcase.
 
Enjoy, brothers. While Berkhof is a bit dry to my taste, he is faithful, substantial, rigorous, and clear.
You're right, Reagan. I find Berkhof heavy going - not because of the content, but because of the style. Much the same can be said of John Murray. It seems like past generations had, in some cases, theologians who were thoroughly orthodox but not very good writers.
 
I find Berkhof heavy going - not because of the content, but because of the style. Much the same can be said of John Murray. It seems like past generations had, in some cases, theologians who were thoroughly orthodox but not very good writers.

Quite so. I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks this way!
 
You're right, Reagan. I find Berkhof heavy going - not because of the content, but because of the style. Much the same can be said of John Murray. It seems like past generations had, in some cases, theologians who were thoroughly orthodox but not very good writers.
Think thatwas e common way of expressing the doctrines back then, as Hodge and others wrote really verbose!
 
Think thatwas e common way of expressing the doctrines back then, as Hodge and others wrote really verbose!
Probably true. I'm just glad that, today, we have many folks who are both orthodox thinkers and really good writers: Carl Trueman, J. I. Packer (now retired), D. A. Carson, etc.
 
Probably true. I'm just glad that, today, we have many folks who are both orthodox thinkers and really good writers: Carl Trueman, J. I. Packer (now retired), D. A. Carson, etc.
Think that is the big challenge each generation, to have good authors step up to replace the ones tht have gone on before them. Interesting to me on how many Reformed scholars have been involved in the recent study bible such as the Esv and Zondervan Niv versions also. I have read Knowing God and his basic doctrines book, any thing else from Dr Packer that you could suggest to read?
 
Think that is the big challenge each generation, to have good authors step up to replace the ones tht have gone on before them. Interesting to me on how many Reformed scholars have been involved in the recent study bible such as the Esv and Zondervan Niv versions also. I have read Knowing God and his basic doctrines book, any thing else from Dr Packer that you could suggest to read?
If you haven't, you should read his first two books: "Fundamentalism" and the Word of God (1958) and Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God (1961) and his collection of essays on the Puritans: A Quest for Godliness (1990). All are well worth your time.
 
If you haven't, you should read his first two books: "Fundamentalism" and the Word of God (1958) and Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God (1961) and his collection of essays on the Puritans: A Quest for Godliness (1990). All are well worth your time.

Yes indeed. Those are two excellent books.
 
If you haven't, you should read his first two books: "Fundamentalism" and the Word of God (1958) and Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God (1961) and his collection of essays on the Puritans: A Quest for Godliness (1990). All are well worth your time.
Thankyou fo those suggestions, will look into reading them!
 
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