Louis Berkhof (1873–1957)

There is nothing wrong with Berkhof;s theology. He is theologically sound on every point. My main drawback is that he is hard to read. His writing style is heavy, difficult to wade through. Nevertheless, I go to this book when I want to see someone's else's point about a theological matter and I know that Berkhof will not lead me astray.

It is little wonder that Louis Berkhof's Systematic Theology has been a standard text book in Reformed seminaries for so long. Although I am not likely to reread it cover to cover again, it will remain one of my most prized reference books to which I will return often.

Needless to say I am cast into the outer darkness of pelagians, rationalists, deists and pantheists as thinking that general revelation ( God as revealed in the facts forces and laws of nature etc) is sufficient rather then the need for special revelation as embodied in the bible. And I keep company with the ebionities of the early church as well as contemporary Unitarians as stressing that Jesus was a man alone. But then I am a dissenter to the Nicene Creed so no hope for me.

Clearly not the show more purpose of the book but it gives you a clear starting point of why you differ or agree with mainstream opinion! show less

Too deep to plumb through in one read, but a very precious resource when preparing to preach, teach or even just learn for myself.