A Great Evangelical Theologian to Read: Donald G. Bloesch

TylerR
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Roger Olson: [I]f you are someone who is hungry to read good theology that is neither liberal nor fundamentalist, I can do no better than recommend that you read Donald Bloesch.

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TylerR
Fri, 05/10/19 10:49 am

Haven’t read Bloesch. Saw some of his books once at Powell’s Books, in downtown Portland. My take was that he was a moderate evangelical. Maybe I’ll read something, one day. In a similar vein, I found a copy of Stanley Granz’s short, “what is Christianity all about” book at Goodwill a few weeks ago. It looks pretty good.

Tyler is a pastor in Olympia, WA and works in State government.

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Paul Henebury
Sat, 05/11/19 5:53 pm

Bloesch was an adherent of the theology of P. T. Forsyth. As such he is at turns stimulating and annoying. His book Faith and Its Counterfeits is good. His 2 volume Essentials of Evangelical Theology is worth having, although he is left of center. I have his 7 volume systematics, which again is a mixed bag.

If you like theology with a “catholic” spirit, and look past his denial of propositional revelation (and misconstrual of Carl Henry) Bloesch is worth some time.

Dr. Paul Henebury

I am Founder of Telos Ministries, and Senior Pastor at Agape Bible Church in N. Ca.