What is Systematic Theology? | Steve Wellum | #97

Join us for a conversation with Stephen Wellum, Editor of The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology and Professor of Christian Theology. Wellum is the author of many books, including Systematic Theology, Volume 1: From Canon to Concept (B&H Academic, 2024), The Person of Christ: An Introduction (Crossway, 2021), and God’s Kingdom through God’s Covenants: A Concise Biblical Theology, co-authored by Peter J. Gentry (Crossway, 2015). If you are new to this channel, don't forget to subscribe! https://bit.ly/48UFgAt This episode was filmed on July 7th, 2025. | 🔗Resources Mentioned | Missionary Drop 001 Link: https://www.missionary.com/store For Stephen Wellum: The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary → https://www.sbts.edu/ Christ Over All → https://christoverall.com/ Systematic Theology, Volume 1: From Canon to Concept → https://us.10ofthose.com/product/9781... The Person of Christ: An Introduction → https://us.10ofthose.com/product/9781... Kingdom through Covenant: A Biblical-Theological Understanding of the Covenants → https://www.amazon.com/Kingdom-throug... 🔗Books Mentioned: Memoirs of an Ordinary Preacher: The Life and Reflections of Tom Carson by D.A. Carson → https://us.10ofthose.com/product/9798... How Should We Then Live? by Francis A. Schaeffer → https://us.10ofthose.com/product/9781... Herman Bavinck’s Systematic Theology → https://us.10ofthose.com/product/9780... Wayne Grudem’s Systematic Theology → https://us.10ofthose.com/product/9780... Francis Turretin’s Institutes of Elenctic Theology → https://www.amazon.com/Institutes-Ele... Petras van Mastricht’s Systematic Theology → https://www.amazon.com/Theoretical-Pr... 0:00 Intro 0:16 Opening Prayer 2:07 Testimony & Education 18:07 Time at Southern 19:12 Systematics and Defending the Faith 24:41 Teaching 25:44 Worldview Controversy 28:16 Writing a Systematic Theology 48:09 The Easiest to Write About and Most Challenging 52:54 Gaining Knowledge for Systematic Theology 57:02 Gaps in Knowledge 1:01:02 The Rise of Eastern Orthodoxy 1:02:03 Theosis 1:04:44 Covenant Theology Book 1:07:40 Dispensationalist View 1:14:47 View of Covenant Explained 1:19:56 A Response to Presbyterians 1:23:24 Difference: 1689 Federalism 1:30:34 Have You Invented Your Own Covenant Theology? 1:32:13 Christ Over All 1:41:21 Looking Beyond 1:42:41 Rapid-Fire Questions 1:51:14 Closing Prayer 1:52:38 Outro