01 – The Truth of the Conceptual God

For over two thousand years, philosophers have been debating what is called the problem of universals. to understand this problem We must consider how we classify commonalities. When we speak of apples or oranges, we intuitively think that apples have a commonality among them. Each apple is a particular object, but there seems to be common … Read more

A quick history of the General Baptists

This paper is based on information from General Baptist History by D. B Montgomery and Ch 2 of Meet the General Baptists by Edwin Runyon. Runyon, in discussing General Atonement, confines his historical analysis mostly  to the development of the General Baptists in America after 1800. Montgomery begins with its precursors in England under John … Read more

02 – The Framework of Systematic Theology

Messianic Theology has as its core principle the doctrine of the Messiah. The OT Saints looked forward to the Messiah. New Testament believers looked both forward and backward, looking backward to the Cross and  forward to the Second Coming. The Messiah fulfills all of the Covenants and every dispensation.   All of God’s covenants with … Read more

11 – Putting the One New Man Together

The New Covenant provides for Christ to forge one new man point of the two group of the people of God: Gentile believers in the Messiah and Jewish descendant of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob who were part of the Mosaic Covenant. The New covenant replaced the Mosaic Covenant and provided for both groups to be … Read more

Appendix B – Irenaeus’ Defense of Sola Scriptura and his Gnostic Argument Against Gnosticism

Irenaeus wrote a five book anthology collectively named Against Heretics. The first two books are filled entirely and exclusively with appeals to and expositions of Scripture to counter false teachings that had infiltrated the Church. Up to the beginning of the third book there was no appeal to Church authority or any magisterium as a … Read more

10 – Messiah for the One New Man

The Messiah is the whole center of a Messianic systematic theology.When Jesus came. He was revealed to be the Messiah for Israel. He is the Seed of the Woman, the Son of Abraham, The Prophet like unto Moses, and the Son of David. When Jesus came, He revealed that He is the Good Shepherd for … Read more