God the Father
Topics
The Existence of God (Vs. Atheism)
1. God’s Personal Name
2. God’s Titles
3. God’s Metaphorical Names
1. God’s Foreknowledge
2. Predestination
The Nature of God
1. The Spirituality of God (Vs. Materialism)
2. The Personality of God (Vs. Pantheism)
3. The Unity of God (Vs. Polytheism)
1. Attributes Describing God in Himself:
God’s Self-Existence,
God’s Unity,
God’s Spirituality,
God’s Simplicity,
God’s Immutability,
God’s Infinity,
God’s Eternity,
God’s Omnipresence,
God’s Omniscience,
God’s Omnipotence,
God’s Glory,
God's Will
A. Creation
1. Creation ex nihilo
2. The Spiritual World
3. The Material World
B. Providence
1. Providence and Miracles
2. Providence and Concursus
3. God’s Preservation of Creation
4. God’s Sovereignty over Creation
1. The Unity of the Trinity
2. The Plurality of the Trinity
3. The Trinity and Scripture
4. Historical Development of the Doctrine of the Trinity
2. Attributes Describing God in His Activity toward Creatures
God’s Goodness,
God’s Love,
God’s Mercy,
God’s Grace,
God’s Holiness,
God’s Righteousness,
God’s Veracity,
God’s Wisdom,
God’s Wrath,
God's Faithfulness,
God's Patience,
God's Justice,
God's Jealousy
C. Covenants
1. The Covenant with Creation
2. The Covenant with Noah
3. The Covenant with Abraham
4. The Covenant at Sinai
5. The Covenant with David
6. The New Covenant
Notes:
William Evans and S. Maxwell Coder, The Great Doctrines of the Bible, Enl. ed. (Chicago: Moody Press, 1974), 7.
Peter J. Gentry and Stephen J. Wellum, God’s Kingdom through God’s Covenants: A Concise Biblical Theology (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2015), 50–51.
Mark Ward et al., eds., Lexham Survey of Theology (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2018).