Posted in gospel-class, some thoughts on Nov 27th, 2005
Today we took up the last topic in our series on the foundations of the faith, namely, The Doctrine of Redemption (Redemption Applied). Together with Redemption Accomplished, [Creation, and Providence] this could be subsumed under the greater heading of “The Works of God.” We began by reviewing our last session on Redemption Accomplished, remembering Christ’s [...]
Posted in gospel-class, some thoughts on Nov 20th, 2005
We set aside today’s class for questions about last week’s teaching on the Doctrine of Redemption (Redemption Accomplished). Not all of the questions were directly about this topic, but we did have a few good ones. One student asked about the somewhat cryptic passage in 1 John 5:16-17 [show] [16]If anyone sees his brother committing [...]
Posted in gospel-class, some thoughts on Nov 13th, 2005
The topic of today’s class was another of the Acts of God, namely The Doctrine of Redemption (Redemption Accomplished). We started at the beginning, in Genesis 3 [show] Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God actually [...]
Posted in gospel-class, some thoughts on Nov 6th, 2005
Today we took up The Doctrine of God III. Having covered The Being of God over the past three weeks, most of the remaining topics (3-4 more weeks) could be subsumed under the heading of The Works of God. Included in this are 1) The Divine Decree, 2) Creation, 3) Providence, and 4) Redemption. Today [...]
Posted in gospel-class, some thoughts on Oct 30th, 2005
Today we covered the clear but incomprehensible Doctrine of the Tri-une Nature of God. Calling to mind the topics of Scriptural Authority (i.e., that our reason is subject to revelation, not vice versa) and the Incomprehensibility of God (Deut. 29:29 [show] [29]"The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things that are [...]
Posted in gospel-class, some thoughts on Oct 23rd, 2005
We started our class today by reading/praying Exodus 33:12-23 [show] [12]Moses said to the LORD, "See, you say to me, ‘Bring up this people,’ but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. Yet you have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have also found favor in my sight.’ [...]
Posted in gospel-class on Oct 16th, 2005
Today we continued exploring the Doctrine of God, with a particular emphasis on the Names and Images that God has employed to communicate his being and character to us. We started by reviewing last week’s talks centering on God’s Absolute Personality, his covenant Lordship, the Creator/creature distinction, and his transcendence and immanence. We discussed the [...]
Posted in gospel-class, some thoughts on Oct 9th, 2005
Today all our theology truly became doxology. As we began the sesion on The Doctrine of God (Part I: The Being and Nature), we opened with Psalm 24 [show] The earth is the LORD’s and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein, [2]for he has founded it upon the seas and established [...]
Posted in gospel-class, some thoughts on Oct 2nd, 2005
Today we were to take up part I of the Doctrine of God (The Being of God), but didn’t because of some other (more important) activities going on at the same time (and in the same room), and also for lack of a quorum. Instead we discussed some questions that had come up regarding the [...]
Posted in gospel-class, some thoughts on Sep 25th, 2005
Today we discussed (or rather, I gave a talk on) The Doctrine of the Word of God II. The main idea of the class, (following up on our recognition of the Origin (and thus, the Authority and Inerrancy) of the Word of God from last week,) was that Scripture (as the Word of God), is [...]
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