Episode Intro What does God do? In the last few episodes of Thinking Theology we’ve been thinking about what God is like: what is his nature, what is his character and what he does. Last time we looked at God’s work in creation. But God not only created the world, he also sustains it, upholding it at every moment. In theology, that’s called providence. But what does it mean that God is upholding the world? What does he control? Is there anything outside his control? That’s what we’re thinking about in this episode of Thinking Theology. Podcast Intro Hi. My name is Karl Deenick. I write about t ..read more

Thinking Theology is starting again and alongside the normal 15–20 minute episodes looking at key theological topics will be interviews with others that build out some of those topics. As a bit of taster of what’s to come, here’s the first interview with my colleague Dr Ian Maddock. Ian’s an expert on John Wesley and George Whitefield, two towering figures in the history of evangelical Christianity. But they’re also two figures who disagreed over the doctrine of election—whether God chooses people for salvation, or whether people choose God ..read more

In that last episode of Thinking Theology we began to look at the actions of God, and we began with God’s act of creation. God created everything that is, on his own, without help from anyone else. He made the world for his own sake and purpose. He made it by speaking. He made it good. It’s separate from him but it depends completely on him for its continued existence. God’s creation of the world also establishes his authority over us and our obligation to him. But what we didn’t get to consider is how the Bible’s account of creation fits with modern science. Genesis 1 says God created the wor ..read more

Links  Two Ways to Live Episode Intro What does God do? In the last few episodes of Thinking Theology we’ve been thinking about what God is like: what is his nature and what is his character. But in this and the next few episodes we’re moving on to think about what God has done and what he continues to do. In this episode we’re thinking about what God has done in creating the world. What does the Bible tell us about creation and, importantly, how does that shape our life? That’s what we’re thinking about in this episode of Thinking Theology. Podcast Intro Hi. My name is Karl Deenick. I ..read more

Episode Intro Over the last couple of episodes we’ve thought about the nature of God or what we’ve called the non-moral attributes of God. That is, we’ve focussed on his being. God is present everywhere, he knows everything, and so on. But in this episode we’re beginning to think about the character of God. What God is like to relate to? What is he like in personal terms? That’s what we’re thinking about in this episode of Thinking Theology. Podcast Intro Hi. My name is Karl Deenick. I’m a pastor, theologian, writer, and Bible college lecturer. Welcome to Thinking Theology, a podcast where we ..read more

What is God like? What does he know? What does he control? Where is he? What is his relationship to time? Those are the kinds of questions we began looking at in the last episode of Thinking Theology. We began looking at what are often called the attributes of God. We looked at some of the non-moral attributes: God’s self-existence, his eternity, omnipresence, omnipotence and sovereignty. In this episode we’re thinking about some of God’s other non-moral attributes: his omniscience, wisdom, immutability, infinity, unity and simplicity ..read more

Transcript(the following transcript may contain errors) Episode Intro You and I know what it’s like to be a human being. We know that we can only ever be in one place at the one time. We know that one day we’re born without us even having any say in it. And then another day we’ll die. But what about God? What’s he like? That’s what we’re thinking about in this episode of Thinking Theology. Last time we began looking at the doctrine of God. In this episode we’re beginning to think about the nature of God. What are the attributes of God in his very being? Podcast Intro Hi. My name is Karl Deenic ..read more

Transcript(the following transcript may contain errors) Episode Intro What is the most important question of theology? Surely, it’s the question, who is God? Who is the God who has revealed himself in the Bible and in Jesus? Who is he? What is he like? What has he done and what is he doing? Those are the questions of what is often called theology proper. The part of theology that looks at the person of God. Knowing God is the most important thing that we can ever do. Knowing God is not arbitrary or irrelevant. It’s not a point of academic interest. We want to know God because he made us and su ..read more

Links You can find out more about Vaccines and the use of fetal cells here: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/the-faqs-fetal-cells-covid-19-vaccines-treatments/ Or about my guest Elissa Deenick here: https://www.garvan.org.au/people/elidee https://med.unsw.edu.au/our-people/elissa-deenick Transcript(the following transcript was automatically generated from a transcription service and may contain errors) Karl Deenick (00:00): Living as faithful Christians in the world means not only understanding the Bible, but also understanding the world through the lens of the Bible and thinking ..read more

Episode Intro “God told me that he wants you to a missionary.” “God has put it on my heart to pray for you.” What do we do with statements like that? In the last few episodes of Thinking Theology we’ve been looking at God’s words in the Bible. The Bible is God’s words written for his people, by his Spirit, about his Son. The Bible is God’s authoritative word and we need to listen. The Bible is God’s powerful word. But does God still speak? And does he speak to us outside the Bible? That’s what we’re thinking about in this episode of Thinking Theology. Does God still speak through people? What ..read more