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Few Reformed theologians have exerted the influence in both the church and the academy that Richard B. Gaffin, Jr. has, shaping the theology and spiritual formation of generations of pastors and teachers. Until now, his most significant published works have been inaccessible to most theological readers, published in academic journals, denominational newsletters, and out of print festschrifts and essay collections. A decade in the making, Word & Spirit gathers Gaffin’s finest works of biblical and systematic theology and arranges them in a singular, organic whole that presents Gaffin’s thought and work as comprehensively and clearly as it ever has been. More than 40 essays, articles, and tracts have been compiled, including “The Usefulness of the Cross”, No Adam, No Gospel, “A Cessationist View,” and “The Work of Christ Applied”. This collection is a must-have for any student of theology.
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“To open the pages of Word and Spirit is to find oneself in a treasure trove of biblical and theological riches that will delight scholars, pastors, and all serious students of the New Testament. Our gratitude is due to Professors Garner and Waters for so fittingly doing with the scattered jewels of Dick Gaffin’s essays what he once similarly did for Geerhardus Vos—and, surely, with the same confidence that they will be of lasting benefit to the church. Here is a virtual symphony of exegesis, biblical theology and systematic reflection of the finest kind, all expressed with a melody line of deep commitment to Christ. In his own ministry as a doctor of the church Dr. Gaffin has laid bare the deep foundations of the gospel in a way that enhances appreciation of its unsearchable riches and shapes the way in which it is preached and applied. Here then are shorter writings calculated to bring long-term benefits both for our personal understanding of Scripture and for the preaching of the gospel. It surely belongs to the ‘must have’ category of books in a minister’s library.”
Sinclair B. Ferguson
Table of Contents
Foreword by Richard B. Gaffin III and Steven Gaffin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Introduction by David B. Garner and Guy Prentiss Waters . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
A Note on the Text and Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii
PART I: HERMENEUTICS, BIBLICAL THEOLOGY, AND SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY
1 The Redemptive-Historical View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2 “For Our Sakes Also”: Christ in the Old Testament in
the New Testament . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
3 Systematic Theology and Biblical Theology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
4 Biblical Theology and the Westminster Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
5 Biblical Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary . . . . . . . . . . . 87
6 Systematic Theology and Hermeneutics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
7 Redemption and Resurrection: An Exercise in Biblical-Systematic
Theology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
8 The Vitality of Reformed Systematic Theology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
9 Introduction to Redemptive History and Biblical Interpretation . . . . . 149
10 The Place and Importance of Introduction to the New Testament . . . 165
PART II: THEOLOGY OF HEBREWS AND PAUL
11 The Usefulness of the Cross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
12 Life-Giving Spirit: Probing the Center of Paul’s Pneumatology . . . . . 191
13 “The Obedience of Faith”: Some Reflections on the Rationale
for Romans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
14 Paul the Theologian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
15 Paul as Theologian: A Review Article . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
16 Atonement in the Pauline Corpus: “The Scandal of the Cross” . . . . . 271
17 The Priesthood of Christ: A Servant in the Sanctuary . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
PART III: SCRIPTURE, EPISTEMOLOGY, AND ANTHROPOLOGY
18 Epistemological Reflections on 1 Corinthians 2:6–16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
19 Speech and the Image of God: Biblical Reflections on
Language and Its Uses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
20 The New Testament as Canon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
21 “All Mankind Descending From Him. . .”? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
22 Translator’s Foreword to Adam in the New Testament . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
23 No Adam, no Gospel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
PART IV: PNEUMATOLOGY
24 The Holy Spirit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
25 The Work of the Holy Spirit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419
26 The Holy Spirit and Eschatology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439
27 Pentecost Before and After . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451
28 Tongues Today? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469
29 What about Prophecy and Tongues Today? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483
30 A Cessationist View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489
PART V: THE LAW OF GOD, SOTERIOLOGY, AND ESCHATOLOGY
31 The Work of Christ Applied . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547
32 “For us and for our Salvation” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571
33 Calvin’s Soteriology: The Structure of the Application of
Redemption in Book Three of the Institutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577
34 Union with Christ: Some Biblical and Theological Reflections . . . . . 591
35 Justification and Union with Christ: Institutes 3.11–18 . . . . . . . . . . . . 609
36 Justification and Eschatology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 629
37 Justification, Faith and Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 647
38 “More Than That”—Christ’s Exaltation and Justification . . . . . . . . . . 651
39 Westminster and the Sabbath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 667
40 What “Symphony of Sighs”?: Reflections on the Eschatological
Future of Creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683
41 Theonomy and Eschatology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701
APPENDIXES
Appendix A: A Brief Biography of Richard B. Gaffin, Jr.
by Danny E. Olinger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 727
Appendix B: Bibliography of Works by Richard B. Gaffin, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . 743
Subject and Name Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 755
Index of Scripture References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 765
Confessions and Creeds Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 776
Product Details
Title: Word and Spirit: Selected Writings in Biblical and Systematic Theology
Author: Gaffin, Jr.,Richard B .
Publisher: Westminster Seminary Press
Pages: 800
Binding: Hardcover with Dust Jacket
Size: 23.5 x 16.0 x 5.7 cm
ISBN: 9781955859011
