Systematic Theology Syllabi

ST 501 Introduction to Systematic Theology (4) Core Course
An introduction and overview of several major biblical doctrines: Prolegomea, Bibliology, Theology Proper, Christology, Pneumatology, Angelology, Anthropology and Harmartology, Soteriology, Ecclesiology, and Eschatology.

Text 1) A Course in Systematic Theology, Lesson, Desmond Allen

Text 2) Major Bible Themes, Lewis Sperry Chafer

Text 3) Lectures in Systematic Theology, Henry C. Thiessen

ST 502 Systematic Theology (4) Core Course
A deeper understanding of the major doctrines of systematic theology:

Text 1) Abstract of Systematic Theology, James Petigru Boyce, 1887

ST 601, ST 602, ST 701, ST 702 Systematic Theology (12) Core Course
An in-depth study of Theism, Theology Proper, the Trinity, God’s Attributes, God’s Works, Anthropology and Hamartiology, Christology, Soteriology, Ecclesiology. Eschatology.

Choose one or more of the following works (sets) of Systematic Theology.

Baptist Wayne Grudem John Gill James Petigru Boyce Augustus Hopkins Strong Reformed Premillennial Dispensationalist Charles F. Baker WH Griffith Thomas

Reformed Martyn Lloyd Jones Charles Hodge Index Vol 1, Vol 2, Vol 3 Archibald Hodge William Shedd Vol 1, Vol 2, Vol 3 Robert Reymond Robert L Dabney

Covenant Louis Berkhof Lutheran John Theodore Mueller Methodist/Arminian William Pope Thomas Summers Vol 1,  Vol 2

Some other options in Systematic Theology are the following—however, OBI does not have access to these for distribution, so the students would have to provide their own copies. Lewis Sperry Chaffer, Millard J. Erickson, Norman Geisler, J Oliver Buswell, Jeffrey Khoo & Timothy Tow, Herman Bavinck, Gordon Lewis and Bruce Demarest, Morton H. Smith, Herman Hoeksema. 

Elective Theology Courses

SH 510, SH 610, SH 610 Select Works of LS Chafer (2)

Text 1) Seven Biblical Signs of the Times, Lewis Sperry Chafer

Text 2) Kingdom, Lewis Sperry Chafer

Text 3) Spirituality, Lewis Sperry Chafer

SH 511, SH 611, SH 611 Calvinism (4)

Text 1) Institutes of Christian Religion, John Calvin

SH 512, SH 612, SH 612 Lutheran Theology (3)

Text 1) Handbook of Christian Dogmatics, Theodore Mueller

SH 516, SH 616, SH 616 Charles Hodge, Systematic Theology (4)

Text 1) Systematic Theology Vols 1, 2, 3, Charles Hodge

SH 517, SH 617, SH 617 Select Works of John Owns & Jonathan Edwards (1)

Text 1) Freedom of the Will, Jonathan Edwards

Text 2) Vindication Doctrine of Trinity, John Owen

SH 518, SH 618, SH 618 Dispensational Theology (4)
Text 1) Baker, Charles F. Dispensational Theology. Grand Rapids: Grace Publications, 1971

SH 521, SH 621, SH 621 (2) Biblical Doctrines, BB Warfield,

Text 1) Biblical Doctrines, BB Warfield

SH 522, SH 622, SH 622 Grace, Baptism, and Eternal Security (2)
Text 1) The Eternal Security of the Believer, HA Ironside

Text 2) Baptism, What Saith the Scripture, Ironside

Text 2) Grace, Lewis Sperry Chafer

SH 523, SH 623, SH 623 Theology of John Gill (4)
Text 1) A Body of Doctrinal Divinity, John Gill

SH 530, SH 630, SH 630 Methodist Theology of William Pope (4)
Text 1) A Compendium of Christian Theology, William Pope

SH 531, SH 631, SH 631 Theology of Martin Luther (1)
Text 1) Table Talk, Martin Luther

SH 532, SH 632, SH 632 Review of Christian Creeds (1)
Text 1) The Creeds of Christendom Vols 1, 2, 3, Philip Schaff