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course description
Who is God? Better yet, what is God? Can we know for certain that He exists? If so, how? How can God be one yet three? How can Christ be both God and man? This course is a study of the nature, existence, and attributes of our Trinitarian God. We will examine the biblical evidence and historical development of our understanding of the doctrine of the Trinity, person of Christ (Christology), and the person of the Holy Spirit (Pneumatology).
Particular attention will be spent on worldview analysis in order to answer the question “What is God?” before we can approach the question “Who is God?” We will also learn and evaluate the common arguments for the existence of God that philosophers and theologians have put forth over the centuries. A defense of the orthodox doctrine of the Trinity will be put made as well as one for a belief in the full humanity and full deity of Christ.
course outline
Session 1 - Worldviews
Session 2 - Knowability of God
Session 3 - Defense of the Existence of God
Session 4 - The Incommunicable Attributes of God, Part 1
Session 5 - The Incommunicable Attributes of God, Part 2
Session 6 - The Communicable Attributes of God (including Open Theisms view of God)
Session 7 - The Doctrine of the Trinity: Historical Development
Session 8 - The Doctrine of the Trinity: Biblical Defense
Session 9 - The Christology: Humanity of Christ in History
Session 10 - The Christology: Humanity of Christ in the Bible |