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God the Father

Topics

The Existence of God (Vs. Atheism)

1. God’s Incomprehensibility

2. Knowability of God

3. Evidence for the Existence of God

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)

4. The Trinity (Vs. Unitarianism)

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).

 YouTube Playlist on God

The Knowability of God

Creation

The Sovereignty of God

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