Biblical theology, understood as a branch of Christian theology that seeks to expose and explain and exult the theological unfolding of Holy Scripture, has never been absent from Christ’s people, but the renaissance of biblical theology has come as a signal event in evangelical life and a hallmark of evangelical conviction and preaching.

We now live in the age of moral rebellion, sexual anarchy, endless experimentation, and birthrates that imply sterilization. We have turned the order of the family into pandemonium and, having sown the wind, we now reap the whirlwind.

The church has always faced the question of how to deal with all the rival theological claims that arise. How is the church to answer in the face of theological challenges? Is there—as some have suggested—more than one Christian faith? Are there simply different christianities?