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Issue167 May 10.Indd SOUND OF G R A C E … it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace … Hebrews 13:9 In This Issue The Uniqueness and Importance of The Uniqueness and Importance of the Ten the Ten Commandments Commandments 1 John G. Reisinger John G. Reisinger Theological Method II: Biblical & Systematic Nearly all theologians agree that the Ten Commandments are both unique and 1 important. Theologians disagree, however, as to why they are important. Dis- Steve West agreement on such a critical subject demonstrates the wide range of presupposi- The Case of Naaman- tions upon which theologians build their views. Therefore, when we argue at the Part VIII 3 level of details or particulars, we approach the problem at the wrong level and Dr. Philip W. McMillin waste time. Discussions on the subject of law and grace generally are a waste of time because we have failed in two aspects of argumentation: (1) we have not identifi ed the foundations from which we are operating, and (2) we have not established these foundations biblically. To argue theology is not necessarily the same thing as to discuss Scripture. We must guard against allowing logic and philosophy to replace textual exegesis in our theological discussions. The laws of logic help us check our exegesis, but they do not substitute for it. With this admonition in mind, let us set forth our reasons for stating that the Ten Commandments are both unique and important. First, we will examine the uniqueness of the Ten Commandments. 1. The Ten Commandments are not just “ten” commandments, put together randomly; they Reisinger—Continued on page 2 Theological Method II: Biblical & Systematic Steve West This second article on theological method will attempt to branch will result in many failures to understand a whole deal more particularly with some components of the actual variety of texts and biblical concepts. method of theology. It takes the doing of some theology, The fi rst question to answer is, “What does the term bibli- relying on the Bible, to gain confi dence that the doing of cal theology mean?” The following cluster of defi nitions theology is something which can actually be done with should make the nature and task of the discipline clear: proper boundaries and ground rules. The developing canon reveals a biblical theology which is capable of being rigor- 1. “The task of biblical theology is to present the teaching ously systematized. A system of theology is revealed in the of the Bible about God and his relations to the world in a pages of the Bible. As a result, the theologian should seek way that lets the biblical texts set the agenda.”2 to “integrate biblical theology and systematic theology on 1 the basis of Scripture’s own intrasystematic categories.” 2 Brian Rosner, “Biblical Theology,” in New Dictionary of Systematics and “biblical theology” are not identical, but Biblical Theology, ed. T. Desmond Alexander, Brian Rosner, D. they are mutually and organically related. Losing either A. Carson, Graeme Goldsworthy (Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2000), 5. 1 Horton, Covenant and Eschatology: The Divine Drama (Lou- West—Continued on page 5 isville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2002), 1. Page 2 May 2010 Issue 167 Reisinger—Continued from page 1 The reader may be able to add to this Sound of Grace is a publication of Sovereign Grace New Covenant Ministries, a tax exempt are the Ten Commandments. 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