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What Christians Believe About Jesus in 20 Minutes [Podcast]

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What do Christians believe about Jesus Christ? If you have ever wondered about this or would like a brief overview (20 min) of what the Bible teaches and why these doctrines matter, then this podcast is for you! In plain language we will discuss the deity and humanity of Christ along with implications for the life of the Christian.

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For more on the doctrine of Christ, see the excellent book by systematic theologian (and my former pastor) Erik Thoennes – Life’s Biggest Questions: What the Bible Says about the Things That Matter Most (Crossway 2011). Also, to explore the full breadth of the biblical data concerning the deity of Christ, see Putting Jesus in His Place: The Case for the Deity of Christ (Kregel 2007). If you would like a resource to help students begin to engage theology, see Welcome to College: A Christ-Follower’s Guide for the Journey.

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Do You Have A False View Of God?

A.W. Tozer famously said “What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important about us.” But why is this so important? Here is some excellent perspective:

Believers get into their heads such a wrong idea of God that it comes between them and God or between them and their trusting God. Since they do not recognize what they are doing, they blame God rather than their faulty picture, little realizing that God is not like that at all. Unable to see God as he is, they cannot trust them as they should, and doubt is the result.—Os Guinness

If we do not come to know God as he is–as he has revealed himself to be–it affects our ability to trust him in good times or bad. This is what theology is all about (we’ve talked about that before). So what is God like? Here’s a start from a top-notch theologian:

God is an invisible, personal, and living Spirit, distinguished from all other spirits by several kinds of attributes: metaphysically God is self-existent, eternal, and unchanging; intellectually God is omniscient, faithful, and wise; ethically God is just, merciful, and loving; emotionally God detests evil, is longsuffering, and is compassionate; existentially God is free, authentic, and omnipotent; relationally God is transcendent in being, immanent universally in providential activity, and immanent with His people in redemptive activity.—Gordon R. Lewis

These are not just words on a page. They are the perfections of the one true God! Would you like to grow deeper in your understanding / experience of God? Do you have 5 minutes a day? Then the 5 Minute Theologian is for you. It really is a helpful and easy way to learn theology.

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Can We Truly Know An Infinite God?

While we cannot know God exhaustively, we can know him truly. The finite human mind cannot fully comprehend the nature of an infinite God (even in heaven), but we can grow in our understanding and experience of God as he has revealed himself in Creation, Scripture, and through Jesus Christ.

“The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our sons forever, that we may observe all the words of this law.”—Deut. 29:29

“Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out!”—Rom. 11:33

“Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world.” – Hebrews 1:1-2

“This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast of his wisdom or the strong man boast of his strength or the rich man boast of his riches, but let him who boasts boast about this: that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight,” declares the LORD.”—Jer. 9:23-24

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Why Theology Matters [Podcast]

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What is theology and what does it have to do with my everyday life? Why does it matter? What does the Bible say? Why can’t I just love Jesus and go to church and leave theology to the intellectual people who are in to that sort of thing?