Systematic Theology for the 21st Century

A Systematic Theology for the 21st Century
 Based Solely on the Inerrant, Infallible Verbally Inspired Words of the LORD God, i.e. Baptist.
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Greetings in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.

As a USAF retired systems engineer turned Baptist Preacher of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, and armed with a staunch belief in the preserved accuracy of the inspired Scriptures, I praise the Lord that he has provided me the unique opportunity to assemble “A Systematic Theology for the 21st Century.”

As a systems engineer for thirty years (since 1972), I focused on systems analysis. Systematic theology has intrigued me ever since my first Bible institute course in 1975. I have amassed multiple systematic theology books and never found one that is wholly Biblical. In 2013 my seminary work at Louisiana Baptist Theological Seminary, under Dr. Steven Pettey, assigned me to read and analyze six volumes of “Systematic Theology” by Lewis Sperry Chafer, the founder and previous president of Dallas Theological Seminary. Initial critique of this neo-evangelical's voluminous, wordy, often unorganized work, answered the question, “Is there not a cause?” A Systematic Theology for the 21st Century is indeed a valid need. It cried out to be written and it was a work that I was privileged to endeavor.


Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish. Psalm 49:20

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There is no other Baptist Systematic Theology work in print today, i.e. there is no other Systematic Theology work that has the inerrant, infallible, verbally inspired word of God as its sole authority. There ought to be. There is a cause. Baptists, by definition, have the Holy Bible as their sole authority for all faith and practice. They should have a systematic theology book that does as well.
Four Flaws in Previous Works
Immediately there are four principle flaws that need to be overhauled in previous works. Previous systematic theologies spend effort systematizing creeds, Roman dogma, philosophies, and “everything that man ever believed about God,” rather than the systematization of Bible revelation. ...
Secondly, previous systematic theologies spend effort defending philosophies of man and rationality of man rather than systematizing Bible revelation. All the previous listed theologians spend undo time and effort wrestling with the ontological and teleological proof that there is a God. The Bible spends no effort in such vain philosophies of man. ...
Thirdly all systematic theologies treated theology as a science. They tried to exalt it by calling it the “Queen of the Sciences”, but they still tried to discover truth by hypothesizing what it might be, exploring hypothesis until it might be a theory about God, and then supposing that, when their theory is believed by enough “scholars”, it was a discerned truth. ... Theology is not a science nor dare one use the scientific method to find the Truth of God. Once again, A Biblical Systematic Theology, with the Bible as its sole authority, was direly needed.
Lastly Thiessen and Chafer, by their own insistence, have no access to a verbally inspired, inerrant, infallible Holy Bible. They insist that nowhere in the world does such a Bible exist. Both base their systematic theologies on what textual critics, modern translators, and modern scholars thought God meant to say. A true theologian must base all theology on an inerrant, infallible, verbally inspired Holy Bible; it is our sole authority. For Baptists it is the sole authority for all faith and practice, and although we do have a reliably written and translated into English Holy Bible, we do not have a reliably written Systematic Theology in print. With this effort and your help we will get one in print, at least in eprint. Baptist Bible seminaries, colleges, institutes, and students deserve no less.

The organization of this systematic theology follows the traditional structure listed below.

Volume 01 Prolegomena (Prologue)  21cent_vol01Prolegomena.pdf  

Volume 02 Bibliology (The Doctrine of the Bible)  21cent_vol02Bibliology.pdf  

Volume 03 Theology (The Doctrine of God)  21cent_vol03Theology.pdf 

Volume 04 Christology (The Doctrine of Christ )  21cent_vol04Christology.pdf   

Volume 05 Pneumatology (The Doctrine of Holy Spirit) 21cent_vol05Pneumatology.pdf  

Volume 06 Anthropology (The Doctrine of Man)  21cent_vol06Anthropology.pdf  

Volume 07 Hamartiology (The Doctrine of Sin)  21cent_vol07Hamartiology.pdf   

Volume 08 Soteriology (The Doctrine of Salvation)  21cent_vol08Soteriology.pdf   

Volume 09 Ecclesiology (The Doctrine of the Church)   

Volume 10 Angelology (The Doctrine of Angels)  21cent_vol10 Angelology.pdf   

Volume 11 Eschatology (The Doctrine of Last Things)  21cent_vol11Eschatology.pdf  

Volume 12 Epilogue DRAFT   21cent_vol12Epilogue.pdf  

Get all twelve volumes in ebook (pdf) or print at www.GSBaptistChurch.com/theology   
Compiled by Pastor Edward Rice, GSBC, Dresden NY
A Systematic Theology for the 21st Century

A Christian, being one who has individually confessed and accepted the atoning blood of Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, for their saving, has a quickened, corrected, and personal relationship with the LORD God and Creator. They also have a charge from him that they prayerfully develop a theology. This thorough carefully assembled Systematic Theology can be a great help.

May God bless your studies.

Again:  Greetings in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.

   There is no other Baptist Systematic Theology in print today, i.e. there is no other Systematic Theology work that has the inerrant, infallible, verbally inspired word of God as its sole authority (Baptists, by definition, have it as their sole authority for all faith and practice).  There is a cause. This is a nobel effort. Christians need this.

Dear Bible Student
“The Systematic Theology for the 21st Century” is a work in progress. I wrote drafts of each section while working on my doctorate at LBTS (www.LBU.edu) I am a KJV-Only kind of Bible student and that position is staunchly presented throughout this systematic theology.
(A brief 8 page exposé of “Why Baptists use only the Authorized King James Bible, the ONLY complete English Bible” is available at http://www.gsbaptistchurch.com/kjv/kjvonly_book_man.pdf )
This Systematic Theology for the 21st Century is divided into twelve sections as follows:
 
Volume 01 Prolegomena 8/21/2019 21cent_vol01Prolegomena.pdf 
Volume 02 Bibliology (The Doctrine of the Bible) 8/21/2019  21cent_vol02Bibliology.pdf  
   Bibliology Worksheets 1/19/2017 th202a/21cent_vol02wrksheets.pdf  
Volume 03 Theology (The Doctrine of God) 7/15/2018 21cent_vol03Theology.pdf 
Volume 04 Christology (The Doctrine of Christ ) 6/27/2018 21cent_vol04Christology.pdf   
Volume 05 Pneumatology (The Doctrine of Holy Spirit) 3/02/2019 21cent_vol05Pneumatology.pdf  
Volume 06 Anthropology (The Doctrine of Man) 9/26/2019 21cent_vol06Anthropology.pdf  
Volume 07 Hamartiology (The Doctrine of Sin) 9/30/2019 21cent_vol07Hamartiology.pdf   
Volume 08 Soteriology (The Doctrine of Salvation) 8/1/2019 21cent_vol08Soteriology.pdf   
Volume 09 Ecclesiology (The Doctrine of the Church) DRAFT 11/7/2019  
Volume 10 Angelology (The Doctrine of Angels) DRAFT 12/04/2016 21cent_vol10 Angelology.pdf   
Volume 11 Eschatology (The Doctrine of Last Things) DRAFT 8/17/2019  21cent_vol11Eschatology.pdf  
Volume 12 Epilogue DRAFT   21cent_vol12Epilogue.pdf  

12 Volume Set in pdf zip file 21cent_theology12vol_set.zip  

Each section is in draft and available in pdf format from my site www.GSBaptistChurch.com/theology
Combination Volumes are compiled as follows: (Book 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5 in print  at  www.lulu.com/spotlight/GSBaptistChurch  )

21cent_6x9book01.pdf 577 Pages $27.99 
A Systematic Theology for the 21st Century – Vol 1 Prolegomina – Vol 2 Bibliology

21cent_6x9book02.pdf 331 Pages $17.99 
A Systematic Theology for the 21st Century – Vol 3 Theology – Vol 4 Christology – Vol 5 Pneumatology

21cent_6x9book03.pdf 460 Pages $22.99 
A Systematic Theology for the 21st Century – Vol 6 Anthropology – Vol 7 Hamartiology – Vol 8 Soteriology

21cent_6x9book04.pdf 364 Pages $18.99 
A Systematic Theology for the 21st Century – Vol 9 Ecclesiology – Vol 10 Angelology

21cent_6x9book05.pdf 502 Pages $24.99 
A Systematic Theology for the 21st Century – Vol 11 Eschatology – Vol 12 Epilogue

Thank you for your interest and studies in systematic theology. Please contact me with any suggestions Pastor-Rice(att)GSBaptistChurch.com
(Oct 2021 proof copies of these volumes were printed. Revisions/Corrections are presently in the works.
A revision/change date is on the TOC page for each Volume or Book to help keep your downloaded copy current.)

Presently Available in pdf of Individual Volumes

   21cent_vol00Index.pdf    21cent_vol01Prolegomena.pdf  

  21cent_vol02Bibliology.pdf    gaussen_theopneustia.pdf  

  21cent_vol03Theology.pdf    21cent_vol04Christology.pdf  

  21cent_vol05Pneumatology.pdf    21cent_vol06Anthropology.pdf  

  21cent_vol07Hamartiology.pdf    21cent_vol08Soteriology.pdf  

     21cent_vol10 Angelology.pdf   

  21cent_vol11Eschatology.pdf     21cent_vol12Epilogue.pdf  

  ironside_revelation.pdf     grant_prophetic_history_church.pdf  

Book 1 thru 5 available in paperback at  www.lulu.com/spotlight/GSBaptistChurch  

 You are solicited to join in a five year theological journey which will end with a “Systematic Theology for the Twenty First Century.” The only fare is that you review the work as it is being assembled monthly. All critiques will be welcomed and any born again believer is fully qualified to construct and certainly to critique such a work. A systematic theology is simply drawing a circle around the Holy Bible, and then rationally considering every principle, concept and thought that has been revealed to man by God. It shall be exhaustive, but in this venue, with your help, it need not be exhausting.

   The reward for your participation will be a copy of the completed work. But that will barely compare with the benefit we each will gain in assembling such a work.

  Please subscribe for monthly email updates on this effort at:  theology/subscribe_theology  

To Contact email Pastor-Rice{at)GSBaptistChurch.com  or info[at}GSBaptistChurch.com

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BIBLIOLOGY - Systematic Theology Volume 02
(The Doctrine of the Bible) www.GSBaptistChurch.com/theology/th202a/  

Also BI101 Biblical Greek Introduction I  www.GSBaptistChurch.com/greek
Also a Biblical Hebrew Self Study Group www.gsbaptistchurch.com/Hebrew/  
 

(The Doctrine of the God) www.GSBaptistChurch.com/theology/th203/  

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Pastor Rice

 Pastor Edward Rice
Good Samaritan Baptist Church
POBox 99, Dresden, NY 14441

(315) Five2one 3466 Pastor-Rice(at)GSBaptistChurch.com

Pastor Edward Rice was saved as a young man in Painted Post, New York where he grew up. He married Beverly and left the dairy farm to serve in the USAF in 1972. They had three boys as they served in the military for ten years. In 1982 he finished his Electrical Engineering degree at Ohio State University, via an Airman Education Commissioning Program, and was commissioned as a USAF officer pursuing a research and development career in classified programs. While moving around the USA in the military he was a youth pastor and associate pastor in Independent Baptist Churches near his station. In 1995 he became Captain Rice, USAF retired, and surrendered to be a Baptist Pastor. In 1998 he took the senior pastorate at Good Samaritan Baptist Church, in Dresden, New York where he has been pursuing his theological studies at Louisiana Baptist Theological Seminary. Pastor Rice received his second masters degree from LBU in 2013. His son Michael is US Army retired living near Fort Hood Texas, Shane is an Independent Baptist Missionary pastoring Chiesa Biblica Battista, Mazara Del Vallo, Italy, and Matthew is serving our Lord Jesus Christ near Hamilton, NY. Capt Rice has spent seven years teaching math and science with the ABeka Christian High School Curriculum, and seven years teaching college math at community colleges near his church. 


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