A Reformed Doctrine of God: Essence and Attributes (TH212) discusses difficult questions about God, such as who he is and what he does, even while embracing the mystery of God. Dr. K. Scott Oliphint reflects on the covenant-redemptive qualities of the relational Trinity as well as a wide variety of the attributes of God. The course covers both essential and covenantal characteristics, in addition to the workings of God in view of his decrees, will, providence, and knowledge.
Introduction
Introduction
Introducing the Speaker and the Course
2m
Attributes of God
Categorical Distinctions of Our Trinitarian God
10m
Categories of Attributes
7m
The Problem of the Creator in Atheistic Arguments
7m
Historical Illustrations of the Creator-Creation Relationship
10m
An Immutable God with a Contingent Will
5m
Addressing the Coexistence of Immutability and Relationality
9m
Modes of God’s Will
5m
Knowing God’s Essence
9m
Essential Characteristics of God
9m
Covenantal Condescension
5m
The Power of Determined Relationship and Redemption
7m
The Covenantal-Redemptive Creator
10m
Covenant Redemption and the Second Person of the Trinity
The Centrality of the Doctrine of Christ
5m
Views of Old Testament Incarnations
9m
New Testament References to the Old Testament Christ
5m
The Need for the Council of Chalcedon
4m
Understanding the Hypostatic Union
4m
Reconciling the Divine and Human Characteristics of Christ
7m
Extra Calvinisticum
7m
The Reduplicative Strategy
8m
The Economic Trinity
9m
The Covenant of Redemption Found in the Pactum Salutis
6m
The Wrath and Will of God
10m
The Tension of the Ontology and Relationality of God
6m
Absolute and Relative Properties of God
8m
God’s Covenantal Character
7m
The Uncontested and Invisible Characteristics of God
6m
Essential Characteristics of God
The Simplicity of God
7m
Challenges to the Simplicity of God
9m
Rejection of the Simplicity of God
9m
The Infinity of God
6m
Views on Eternity: Part 1
8m
Views on Eternity: Part 2
8m
The Immensity of God
8m
The Immutability of God
10m
The Impassibility of God
7m
The Omnipotence of God
9m
The Goodness of God
5m
The Workings of God
God Is What He Thinks He Is
9m
More on the Knowledge of God
9m
Middle Knowledge
8m
The Will of God
7m
The Relationship of God’s Decretive Will and Preceptive Will
6m
Decrees of God
10m
The Glory of God
5m
The Argument for Reprobation
10m
The Doctrine of Election
9m
The Debate of Supralapsarianism and Infralapsarianism