Doctrine 101: Learning About God

Topic outline

• Learning About God
  

  Learning About God

  This course reflects on the wonder and excellencies of God’s own nature as He has revealed Himself to His people and in the Scriptures. It will confront you with Him to Whom every man must bow. It will help you establish and reinforce foundations of truth that define the Christian faith and that inform your living. It will arm you with essential understanding for rejecting wrong thinking and false teaching. 

  The lectures are presented by Brian Watts.
  The study guides were prepared by Brian Watts and David Denninger.
  
  Primary Resource: Wayne Grudem’s Essential Teachings of the Christian Faith
  Supplementary reading: R. C. Sproul’s Essential Truths of the Christian Faith
  
  Additional Course Requirements
  1. Memorize The Apostles’ Creed (see Confessing the Trinity in Lesson 4).
  2. Memorize The Nicene Creed.
  
  Directions
  1. Complete the assignments. Use the links to lectures (audio and text) and study guides in each assignment window.
  2. You may find it helpful to print the text files and make a course manual.
  

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  • Front Cover File
  • Title Page File
  • Table of Contents File
  • Syllabus File
• Topic 1
  

  Topic 1

  Assignment 1
  
  1. Listen to the audio file God Is Unknowable but Knowable.
  2. Read the lecture notes Unknowable but Knowable, 5-7.
  3. Read R. C. Sproul: Incomprehensible, 8.
  4. Complete Study Guide 1, 9-10.

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  • Unknowable but Knowable File
  • Incomprehensible File
  • Study Guide 1 File
  • Study Guide 1 Answers File
• Topic 2
  

  Topic 2

  Assignment 2
  
  1. Listen to the audio file God Is Self-Existent.
  2. Read the lecture notes Self-Existent, 11-13.
  3. Read R. C. Sproul: Self-Existence, 14.
  4. Complete Study Guide 2, 15-16.

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• Topic 3
  

  Topic 3

  Assignment 3

  1. Listen to the audio file God Is Trinity.
  2. Read the lecture notes Trinity, 17-22.
  3. Read R. C. Sproul: Triunity, 23.
  4. Complete Study Guide 3, 24-26.

  • Audio File: God is Trinity Page
  • Trinity File
  • Triunity File
  • Study Guide 3 File
  • Study Guide 3 Answers File
• Topic 4
  

  Topic 4

  Assignment 4
  
  1. Listen to the audio file Confessing the Trinity.
  2. Read the lecture notes Confessing the Trinity, 27-29.
  3. Complete Study Guide 4, 30.

  • Audio File: Confessing the Trinity Page
  • Confessing the Trinity File
  • Study Guide 4 File
  • Study Guide 4 Answers File
• Topic 5
  

  Topic 5

  Assignment 5
  
  1. Listen to the audio file God Is Omnipotent.
  2. Read the lecture notes Omnipotent, 31-34.
  3. Read R. C. Sproul: Omnipotence, 35.
  4. Complete Study Guide 5, 36-38. 

  
  

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• Topic 6
  

  Topic 6

  Assignment 6
  
  1. Listen to the audio file God Is Omnipresent.
  2. Read the lecture notes Omnipresent, 39-41.
  3. Read R. C. Sproul: Omnipresence, 42.
  4. Complete Study Guide 6, 43-44.

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• Topic 7
  

  Topic 7

  Assignment 7
  
  1. Listen to the audio file God Is Omniscient.
  2. Read the lecture notes Omniscient, 45-47.
  3. Read R. C. Sproul: Omniscience, 48.
  4. Complete Study Guide 7, 49-50.

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• Topic 8
  

  Topic 8

  Assignment 8

  1. Listen to the audio file God Is Holy.
  2. Read the lecture notes Holy, 51-53.
  3. Read R. C. Sproul: Holiness, 54.
  4. Complete Study Guide 8, 55-57.

  • Audio File: God is Holy Page
  • Holy File
  • Holiness File
  • Study Guide 8 File
  • Study Guide 8 Answers File
• Topic 9
  

  Topic 9

  Assignment 9
  
  1. Listen to the audio file God Is Good.
  2. Read the lecture notes Good, 58-60.
  3. Read R. C. Sproul: Goodness, 61.
  4. Complete Study Guide 9, 62-63.

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• Topic 10
  

  Topic 10

  Assignment 10
  
  1. Listen to the audio file God Is Just.
  2. Read the lecture notes Just, 64-65.
  3. Read R. C. Sproul: Justice, 66.
  4. Complete Study Guide 10, 67-68.

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  • Justice File
  • Study Guide 10 File
  • Study Guide 10 Answers File