In this episode, the group builds upon last week’s episode and addresses traditional distinctions in discussing the attributes of God. They then discuss several incommunicable and communicable attributes and how they relate to God and to his creation.
The group discusses the nature of God as they prepare to discuss the attributes of God.
Bibliography
Bavinck, Herman. Reformed Dogmatics, Vol. 2: God and Creation. Vol. 2. Reformed Dogmatics. Baker Academic, 2004.
Berkhof, Louis. Systematic Theology. 4th rev. and enl. ed. Grand Rapids Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 1941.
Calvin, John. Institutes of the Christian Religion. 1559 [...]
The group continues their discussion of Cornelius Van Til by examining Van Til’s critique of the theology of Karl Barth. Van Til’s two books The New Modernism and Christianity and Barthianism were extremely influential in developing an understanding of Barth among English-speaking theologians. The discussion brings the critique to the foreground particularly in [...]
Jim and Camden discuss the 20th century theologian Karl Barth and the main themes of his influential theology.
This episode addresses biblical theology in the Westminster Standards. As the panel explores the issue, several topics arise such as the relationship between biblical and systematic theology and the practice of preaching through the catechisms.