In this episode of Theology Unplugged, we trace the history of systematic theology, from the early Apologists like Justin Martyr to modern biblical theology. Theology has evolved through philosophy, logic, Scripture, and experience, shifting from Platonic mysticism to Aristotelian scholasticism, from Reformation confessionalism to modern biblical theology.

We explore the great thinkers—Irenaeus, Tertullian, Origen, Athanasius, Augustine, Anselm, Aquinas, Scotus, Ockham, Luther, Calvin, Melanchthon, Beza, Arminius, Gerhard, Barth, Bavinck, Vos, Hodge, Berkhof, Ryrie, Grudem—and how their reliance on philosophy, reason, or emotion shaped their theological systems. What drives theology today? Systematics or biblical theology? Propositions or redemptive history?

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