000 - Preface to the Study of Systematic Theology

PART I A FOUNDATION FOR FAITH A Summary of Basic Bible Doctrine By Stanford E. Murrell Dedicated to the memory of David S. Clark, DD

Instructor In Systematic Theology Philadelphia School Of Christian Workers Presbyterian and Reformed Churches His initial 1921 manuscript provided the inspiration for this work in order to help a new generation of believers have A Foundation for Faith Stanford E. Murrell, Th.D.

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Preface A Foundation for Faith is offered to the Christian community as a study guide in considering six specific areas of interest.

Part I Theology Proper The Study of God Part I Bibliology The Study of The Bible Part III Anthropology The Study of Man Part IV Soteriology The Study of Salvation Part V Pneumatology The Study of The Holy Spirit Part VI Eschatology The Study of The Future Throughout this work the proposition is embraced that the Scriptures are the authoritative source of Christian faith. The fundamental question for the disciple of Christ is, “What has God said?” The Divine response received by the converted heart will form A Foundation For Faith.

“Sermons and books are well enough, but streams that run for a long distance above ground gradually gather for themselves somewhat of the soil through which they flow, and they lose the cool freshness with which they started from the spring head. It is always best to drink at the well and not from the tank. You will find that reading the Word of God for yourselves, reading it rather than notes upon it, is the surest way of growing in grace. Drink of the unadulterated milk of the Word of God, and not of the skim milk, or the milk and the water of man’s word.” (C.H. Spurgeon)