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Secret Church: The Body of Christ [Thursday Theology]
The video for this Thursday Theology is the first message from David Platt’s Secret Church series on The Body of Christ.
Wayne Grudem’s Systematic Theology Series
Monergism has just uploaded all 117 classes from Wayne Grudem’s famous lecture series covering his excellent Systematic Theology book. This should keep these lectures as a stable link for years to come. In the past they have been moved from place to place killing all of my links. Thanks to Monergism for hosting these lectures. By the way, the lectures are also available via iTunes.
Character and Attributes of God: Sinclair Ferguson
Sinclair Ferguson. The Character and Attributes of God. Ten messages. Need I say more?
Character and Attributes of God Part 1 (Romans 1:20-21)
Character and Attributes of God Part 2 (Genesis 18:16-17)
Character and Attributes of God Part 3 (Deuteronomy 24:13-14)
Character and Attributes of God Part 4 (Isaiah 14:24-27)
Deity of Christ: Old Testament Revelation of Trinity Part 1 (Matthew 28:18-20)
Deity of Christ: Old Testament Revelation of Trinity Part 2 (1 Corinthians 2:10-11)
Divine Decrees; Divine Providence Part 1 (Romans 9:19-20)
Divine Decrees; Divine Providence Part 2 (Colossians 1:15-17)
Old Testament Revelation of the Trinity Part 1 (Exodus 6:6-7)
Old Testament Revelation of the Trinity Part 2 (John 14:21-23)
A Brief History of Trinitarian Thought
Since the subject of the Trinity has become an unfortunate sandstorm of late, perhaps we would be wise to invite some theological pachyderms into our watering hole to weight in with their vast biblical wisdom. Carl Trueman lays out a historical context for how the Trinity has been understood throughout church history, and the battles with doctrinal error that have been fought to defend those doctrines. Along the way he visits Nicea, Athanasius, Augustine, John Owen, Jonathan Edwards, Van Til and others. With a better historical context perhaps we won’t be so quick to blunt the doctrine of the Trinity with the over-worn brick of unity.
D’Souza Debates Loftus
Dinesh D’Souza and John Loftus debate the questions “Does the Christian God Exist?” This was held in 2010.
John Loftus is an interesting figure who was a pastor before rejecting the faith to become an atheist. He holds numerous degrees in theology and philopsophy of religion, including one from Th.M. from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School where he studied under Dr. William Lane Craig. He has become a strong voice for atheism (which he tends to downgrade to an atheist-leaning agnosticism).
Dinesh D’Souza is an evangelical Christian who was and advisor to the Reagan White House, and is now a research fellow at Stanford and President of King’s College in New York. He is the author of numerous books including the NY Times Bestseller What’s So Great About Christianity which was a response to Christopher Hitchens’ book “God is Not Great.”
This was a very interesting debate which ultimately left Dinesh as the clear winner. Many atheists felt like one who said he “left with his tail between his legs.” The discussion following the debate among atheists focused on whether Loftus was capable of continuing to be their representative voice. However, the real discussion should be whether they will learn the lesson that was clearly demonstrated: Atheism’s arguments against God are irrational.
One phrase Loftus repeated over and over in discussing the scientific data that supposedly provides some reasonable demonstration that God is not needed for the creation of the Universe is, “We don’t know, but scientists are studying this.” It strikes me how double-minded the atheist position is in needing to assert “We don’t know” while at the same time saying with certainty that they do know “God doesn’t exist.”
Here is the debate:
Does the Christian God Exist? A Debate >>>
Here is a follow up interview with D’Souza about the debate and the fall out for Loftus and the atheists:
C. S. Lewis’ Approach to Apologetics
Jerry Root has done a lot of study on C. S. Lewis, and it shows. In this lecture Jerry looks at Lewis’ approach to apologetics.
The Essence of Apologetics: Os Guinness
Os Guinness has 4 wonderful introductory lectures on the subject of apologetics, it’s biblical basis, and basic strategies for engagement.
The Biblical Basis of Apologetics >>>
Wayne Grudem’s Systematic Theology Series
One of the most helpful free audio resources in the last seven years has been Wayne Grudem’s lectures through his excellent Systematic Theology. He began this lecture series in 2005 at Scottsdale Bible Church and finished in 2009. The series was built around the reading of each chapter and Grudem’s lectures followed the readings. I recommend you purchase his Systematic Theology to coincide this lecture series. It is one of the most readable and accessible Systematics I’ve read. Grudem’s lectures are clear, insightful and he is very helpful in laying out all positions on certain difficult and controversial issues. They are all followed by a short Q&A session.
Union with Christ: Robert Letham
What does it mean for us as Christians to be united to Christ? Do we lose our personality in this union? Do we experience union on some mystical plane? We often let this subject hang in the realm of the esoteric, when it should be something that causes us joy and wonder. Robert Letham has recently published a highly acclaimed book Union with Christ with P&R Publishing. I wanted to see if Robert had a message series on this subject and I happened to find a 2009 sermon series by Letham on the same subject.
The Puritan Reformed Conference 2011
This conference is run by Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and includes speakers such as Joel Beeke and Michael Barrett. The focus of the 2011 conference is the Holy Spirit. Here are just a handful of the 14 sessions that made up the conference:
Precursors to Pentecost
How the Holy Spirit is Another Comforter
The Holy Spirit in the Early Church
Richard Sibbes on Entertaining the Holy Spirit
The Outpouring of the Spirit: Anticipated, Attained & Available
