Biblical Doctrine: A Systematic Summary of Bible Truth (God the Father: Bibliography)

Primary Systematic Theologies

Bancroft, Emery H. Christian Theology: Systematic and Biblical. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1976. 59–94.

Berkhof, Louis. Systematic Theology. 4th ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1939. 19–178.

Buswell, James Oliver, Jr. A Systematic Theology of the Christian Religion. 2 vols. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1962–1963. 1:27–182.

Culver, Robert Duncan. Systematic Theology: Biblical and Historical. Fearn, Ross-shire, Scotland: Mentor, 2005. 12–225.

Dabney, Robert Lewis. Systematic Theology. 1871. Reprint, Edinburgh: Banner of Truth, 1985. 5–193.

Erickson, Millard J. Christian Theology. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 1986. 263–432.

Grudem, Wayne. Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1994. 141–396.

Hodge, Charles. Systematic Theology. 3 vols. 1871–1873. Reprint, Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1975. 1:189–482, 535–636.

Lewis, Gordon R., and Bruce A. Demarest. Integrative Theology. 3 vols. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1987–1994. 1:177–335.

Reymond, Robert L. A New Systematic Theology of the Christian Faith. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1998. 129–414.

Shedd, William G. T. Dogmatic Theology. 3 vols. 1889. Reprint, Minneapolis: Klock & Klock, 1979. 1:151–546; 3:89–248.

Strong, August Hopkins. Systematic Theology: A Compendium Designed for the Use of Theological Students. Rev. ed. New York: Revell, 1907. 52–110; 243–443.

Swindoll, Charles R., and Roy B. Zuck, eds. Understanding Christian Theology. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2003. 137–287.

Thiessen, Henry Clarence. Introductory Lectures in Systematic Theology. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1949. 51–75, 119–88.

Turretin, Francis. Institutes of Elenctic Theology. 3 vols. Edited by James T. Dennison Jr. Translated by George Musgrove Giger. 1679–1685. Reprint, Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R, 1992–1997. 1:169–538.

Specific Works

Allison, Gregg R. Historical Theology: An Introduction to Christian Doctrine. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011.

Ames, William. The Marrow of Theology. Translated by John Dykstra Eusden. 3rd ed. 1629. Reprint, Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 1997.

Bavinck, Herman. The Doctrine of God. Translated by William Hendriksen. 1951. Reprint, Edinburgh: Banner of Truth, 2003.

Beilby, James K., and Paul R. Eddy, eds. Divine Foreknowledge: Four Views. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2001.

Berkhof, Louis. The History of Christian Doctrines. 1937. Reprint, Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 1975.

Bray, Gerald. God Is Love: A Biblical and Systematic Theology. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2012.

Calvin, John. Institutes of the Christian Religion. Edited by John T. McNeill. Translated by Ford Lewis Battles. 2 vols. Library of Christian Classics. 1559. Reprint, Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1960.

Carson, D. A. The Gagging of God: Christianity Confronts Pluralism. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1996.

Charnock, Stephen. Discourses upon the Existence and Attributes of God. 2 vols. 1853. Reprint, Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 1979.

Feinberg, John S. The Many Faces of Evil: Theological Systems and the Problems of Evil. Rev. ed. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2004.

———. No One Like Him: The Doctrine of God. Foundations of Evangelical Theology. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2001.

Frame, John M. Apologetics to the Glory of God: An Introduction. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R, 1994.

———. The Doctrine of God. A Theology of Lordship. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R, 2002.

———. Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Christian Belief. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R, 2013.

Ganssle, Gregory E., ed. God and Time: Four Views. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2001.

Geisler, Norman L. Creating God in the Image of Man? Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1997.

Hannah, John D. Our Legacy: The History of Christian Doctrine. Colorado Springs: NavPress, 2001.

Harris, Murray J. Jesus as God: The New Testament Use of Theos in Reference to Jesus. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 1992.

Helm, Paul. The Providence of God. Contours of Christian Theology. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1994.

Huffman, Douglas S., and Eric L. Johnson. God under Fire: Modern Scholarship Reinvents God. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2002.

Letham, Robert. The Holy Trinity: In Scripture, History, Theology, and Worship. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R, 2004.

MacArthur, John. The Battle for the Beginning: Creation, Evolution, and the Bible. Rev. ed. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2005.

Packer, J. I. Knowing God. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1973.

Pink, Arthur W. The Attributes of God. 1920. Reprint, Grand Rapids, MI: Guardian, 1975.

Piper, John, Justin Taylor, and Paul Kjoss Helseth, eds. Beyond the Bounds: Open Theism and the Undermining of Biblical Christianity. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2003.

Sexton, Jason S., ed. Two Views on the Doctrine of the Trinity. Counterpoint: Bible and Theology. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2014.

Toon, Peter. Our Triune God: A Biblical Portrayal of the Trinity. Wheaton, IL: Victor, 1996.

Tozer, A. W. The Knowledge of the Holy: The Attributes of God: Their Meaning in the Christian Life. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1961.

Ware, Bruce A. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit: Relationships, Roles, and Relevance. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2005.

———. God’s Lesser Glory: The Diminished God of Open Theism. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2000.

———. Perspectives on the Doctrine of God: 4 Views. Nashville: B&H Academic, 2008.

Ware, Bruce A., and John Starke, eds. One God in Three Persons: Unity of Essence, Distinction of Persons, Implications for Life. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2015.

Warfield, Benjamin Breckinridge. Biblical and Theological Studies. Edited by Samuel G. Craig. 1952. Reprint, Philadelphia: Presbyterian and Reformed, 1968.[1]


[1] MacArthur, J., & Mayhue, R., eds. (2017). Biblical Doctrine: A Systematic Summary of Bible Truth (pp. 231–233). Crossway.