Biblical Backgrounds for Biblical Theology

Sound Booth

  • What these verses intimate is that even as early as Paul's lifetime, there was an objective, agreed-upon body of Biblical knowledge from which a pastor could recognizably deviate, and which functioned as a standard by which the preaching and ministry of professing Christian pastors could be judged.
  • In other words, Paul had a Biblical theology, and he exhorted the pastors who he discipled to stay faithful to it in their preaching and discipling.
  • This is what it means to be sound in the faith, or to preach sound doctrine. It is to believe, obey, and preach all the doctrine of the Bible in a way that is accurate, reliable, faithful.