Theological Retrieval for Evangelicals by Gavin Ortlund PAPERBACK 9781433565267

Crossway Books

Theological Retrieval for EvangelicalsWhy We Need Our Past to Have a Future\nAuthor(s): Gavin Ortlund\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Crossway Books, United States\nImprint: Crossway Books\nISBN-13: 9781433565267, 978-1433565267\nSynopsis\nRestless for rootedness, many Christians are abandoning Protestantism altogether.\n\n Many evangelicals today are aching for theological rootedness often found in other Christian traditions. Modern evangelicalism is not known for drawing from church history to inform views on the Christian life, which can lead to a \""me and my Bible\"" approach to theology. But this book aims to show how Protestantism offers the theological depth so many desire without the need for abandoning a distinctly evangelical identity.\n\n By focusing on particular doctrines and neglected theologians, this book shows how evangelicals can draw from the past to meet the challenges of the present.\n\nDemonstrates a methodology of retrieval by addressing two particular areas of td