Word and Spirit: Selected Writings in Biblical and Systematic Theology (Gaffin, Jr.,Richard B .)

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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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Endorsements

“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

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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