What is theology? Older authors defined it shorthand as the doctrine of living to God. Longhand, it is the doctrine of living to God, through Christ, by the Spirit. Yet do we not lose our moorings? All our talk about divine attributes, predestination, baptism, salvation, child-rearing, prayer, worship, and anything else is empty if our highest aim is not to know God. Theology is a true story about God and how we come to know Him and live with Him. 1 Cor. 2 teaches us how to know God by giving us the means, the matter, and the Mover needed to know God through Christ. We need to hold the appropriate work of each divine person in their proper places to preach in demonstration of the Spirit's power, and in order to know the Spirit's power as we hear preaching. The point Paul is making could not be more vital to the church today.
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Showing posts with label 2023 Winter Theology Conference. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2023 Winter Theology Conference. Show all posts
Monday, February 06, 2023
The Trinity and Knowing God [2023.02.05 Morning Sermon in 1Corinthians 2—Theology Conference Session 4]
What is theology? Older authors defined it shorthand as the doctrine of living to God. Longhand, it is the doctrine of living to God, through Christ, by the Spirit. Yet do we not lose our moorings? All our talk about divine attributes, predestination, baptism, salvation, child-rearing, prayer, worship, and anything else is empty if our highest aim is not to know God. Theology is a true story about God and how we come to know Him and live with Him. 1 Cor. 2 teaches us how to know God by giving us the means, the matter, and the Mover needed to know God through Christ. We need to hold the appropriate work of each divine person in their proper places to preach in demonstration of the Spirit's power, and in order to know the Spirit's power as we hear preaching. The point Paul is making could not be more vital to the church today.
Saturday, February 04, 2023
Does the Trinity Really Matter? [2023 Winter Theology Conference, with Dr. Ryan McGraw, Session 3 in Ephesians 2:14–22]
The Trinity shapes the character of the gospel; communion with God; and, necessity of experience.
How Is the Trinity the Heart of the Gospel? [2023 Winter Theology Conference, with Dr. Ryan McGraw, Session 2 in Ephesians 1:3–14]
The best Trinitarian theology is marked by doxology. Nazianzen, Augustine, John of Damascus, Anselm, etc. so with Paul. Rather than examining every detail of the text in order, we will filter the Trinitarian ideas sketched in the preceding lesson through this text. We see here that in redemption, the appropriate works of the persons teach us who God is through what he does. We see this in light of how God works and how he saves, leading us to who he is. This shows us how the gospel and our faith, hope, and love rest on the undivided Trinity.
What Do We Implicitly Know, and What Should We Instructively Know, about the Trinity? [2023 Winter Theology Conference, with Dr. Ryan McGraw, Session 1]
Intro: The Bible is a story in which its Author is the chief character. We either know Him or we need to know Him. We learn the Trinity like children learning to speak: we use language and ideas before developing grammar and structure. Thesis: We know God as Triune in our devotion, and we need to learn how to speak of Him well. This material divides evenly between what we know already and what we should know.
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