WHY

After I became a Christian, I learned from Hank Hannegraff's 'Bible Answerman', Radio Bible Class' 'Discover The Word', and Calvary Chapels the importance of context. “Context, Context, Context”. “A text without context can be a pretext for anything.”

I believed/believe the simplest way to discover the context of a passage is to get a chronological bible.  My favorite is 'The One Year Chronological Bible' published by Tyndale House and edited by Tremper Longman (OT) and Grant Osborne (NT).

After my third year reading through the Bible chronologically, I found out about Biblical Theology.  Biblical Theology is “ 'diachronic'  i.e.”,...a longitudinal approach that pays attention to the chronological sequence of the books and their messages rather than an arrangement dictated by a series of theological, philosophical, or even lexicographical themes, topics, or words. Biblical Theology has had from its inception the basic mission of showing the historical progressiveness of revelation in the Bible. In contradistinction to the other theological disciplines, it is charged with the task of recognizing that revelation basically came in historical events... The interpreter and listener must know what backlog of events, teachings, and terms 'informed' or went into the initial hearing and thus into all valid subsequent listening to that part of Scripture. Only the historic progress of revelation can provide that knowledge.” 1

At the time every Biblical Theology book/website I could find was Covenant/Reformed. Later I found one pair of Dispensational Biblical Theology books.

However, the presuppositions I had made me uncomfortable with both Covenant and Dispensational theologies.

These are my presuppositions:

1. I believe God is above and beyond time and space and therefore knows all of man's past, present, and future.

2. I believe God willfully chooses to reveal Himself to man purposefully in space-time history.

3. I believe God desires man to know Him and therefore is not trying to hide his plan from man nor does He keep changing His plan for man.

4. Therefore, I  believe the simplest, plainest reading/understanding of the Scriptures is the best.

In spring of 2005 I went to a Half-Price Books and picked up a copy of 'The Messiah in the Old Testament' from the series “Studies in Old Testament Biblical Theology” by Walter C. Kaiser, Jr.

I can't thank Dr. Kaiser enough for all his work.

I have found hardly anything on Epangelicalism or Promise Theology on the internet, so I decided to start this page as a repository for this view of Biblical Theology.

If you are aware of any Epangelical/Promise Theology  information that l should post or link to, I would appreciate you sending me an email.

Thank you.

Enrique Duran, Jr.
A servant of Christ Jesus by the will of God, according to the promise of life in Christ Jesus.

1. Walter C. Kaiser, Jr., The Theology of the Old Testament, The Expositor's Bible Commentary