Interview on Reconsidering the Relationship between Biblical and Systematic Theology

Jason Maston asked me some questions recently about the recent book I co-edited on the relationship between biblical and systematic theology: https://dunelm.wordpress.com/2014/11/10/ben-reynolds-on-biblical-and-systematic-theology-author-interview/.

Thanks, Jason and the Dunelm crew.

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