Doxology Matters Podcast

Attributes Describing God’s Being

1. What is God made of?
2. Can you explain God’s invisibility with referencing scripture?

Mental Attributes

1. Could you define and describe omniscience?
2. What is open theism and why is it not biblical?
3. How would you describe that God is wise?
4. When we say that God is true, what are we saying? How does Grudem define?

Moral Attributes

1. When we say that God is good what are we saying?
2. What is the greatest expression of Love and how is this reflected in who God is?
3. How can we understand God being Holy?
4. Why is it ok for God to be jealous? What is He jealous for?
5. In a beloved modern hymn we sing, “the wrath of God was satisfied.” What is wrath and what does this lyric mean?

Attributes of Purpose

1. How should we think of the will of God?
2. Explain omnipotence.
3. What are the summary attributes Grudem mentions?

1. What does the word Theology mean? What is theology proper? 2. Does man have an inner sense of God? What does the Scripture say about this? 3. Can we fully know God as we think about Him being incomprehensible? Psalm 145:3 4. What are some true things we know about God? 5. Speaking of God’s attributes there are some that are incommunicable and some communicable. Could you explain what this means? 6. What does the “aseity” of God mean? What attribute is that referring to? 7. Does God ever change His mind? 8. Do you hold to impassability as an attribute of God? 9. How can God be eternal? What does the Scripture say about His infinitude? 10. Grudem says, “God is unlimited with respect to space.” What attribute is this referring to and can you explain in more detail?

For Tertullian divine impassibility does not mean that God is without emotion, rather it means that God possesses emotions in a divine manner.

“God’s will is determined from within instead of being swayed from without. It safeguards the truth that the impulse alike in providential order and in redemption and sanctification come from the will of God.”

~ G. L. Prestige, God in Patristic Thought (London: SPCK, 1969), 7.

1. What does the word Theology mean? What is theology proper? 2. Does man have an inner sense of God? What does the Scripture say about this? 3. Can we fully know God as we think about Him being incomprehensible? Psalm 145:3 4. What are some true things we know about God? 5. Speaking of God’s attributes there are some that are incommunicable and some communicable. Could you explain what this means? 6. What does the “aseity” of God mean? What attribute is that referring to? 7. Does God ever change His mind? 8. Do you hold to impassability as an attribute of God? 9. How can God be eternal? What does the Scripture say about His infinitude? 10. Grudem says, “God is unlimited with respect to space.” What attribute is this referring to and can you explain in more detail?

For Tertullian divine impassibility does not mean that God is without emotion, rather it means that God possesses emotions in a divine manner.

“God’s will is determined from within instead of being swayed from without. It safeguards the truth that the impulse alike in providential order and in redemption and sanctification come from the will of God.”

~ G. L. Prestige, God in Patristic Thought (London: SPCK, 1969), 7.

In this very special episode, Pastor Keith interviews Keith Getty. We seek to discuss the following questions.

1. Keith, would you share a little of your testimony?
2. When did you begin studying music?
3. How has your study, both musical and theological, influenced your writing?
4. How do you stay sharp and grow in your craft?
5. What state would you say congregational singing is in as you encounter God’s people on tour and also observe worship trends?
6. It is clear to me and I know thousands of others of the Lord’s working through Getty music. What is your vision and hope for Getty Music going forward?
7. What word of counsel would you give songwriters in the local church?
8. How has God through His Word made Himself known to you as you write hymns?
9. How can we foster humble orthodoxy as we serve together on worship teams week in and week out?

In this very special episode, Pastor Keith interviews Keith Getty. We seek to discuss the following questions.

1. Keith, would you share a little of your testimony?
2. When did you begin studying music?
3. How has your study, both musical and theological, influenced your writing?
4. How do you stay sharp and grow in your craft?
5. What state would you say congregational singing is in as you encounter God’s people on tour and also observe worship trends?
6. It is clear to me and I know thousands of others of the Lord’s working through Getty music. What is your vision and hope for Getty Music going forward?
7. What word of counsel would you give songwriters in the local church?
8. How has God through His Word made Himself known to you as you write hymns?
9. How can we foster humble orthodoxy as we serve together on worship teams week in and week out?

Part 2 of a conversation, "The Clarity, Necessity, and Sufficiency of the Bible"

Part 2 of a conversation, "The Clarity, Necessity, and Sufficiency of the Bible"

In this episode we talk about the clarity, necessity, and sufficiency of the Bible. This is part 1 of a 2 part mini series. We seek to answer the following questions:

1. Do we need to know what the Bible says to know that God exists? p. 48
2. Can you speak to the dynamic that some parts of Scripture are clear and others are more difficult to understand? Why is this the case? p. 48
3. Please define the clarity of Scripture?” p. 49
4. How does the Old Testament and New Testament affirm its own clarity? pp. 49-50
5. What was your reaction to Grudem’s thought that “give yourself to the public reading of Scripture” could implies that ordinary people can understand its clarity? p. 50
6. What are the 7 requirements that Grudem gives for understanding Scripture rightly? pp. 50-54

In this episode we talk about the clarity, necessity, and sufficiency of the Bible. This is part 1 of a 2 part mini series. We seek to answer the following questions:

1. Do we need to know what the Bible says to know that God exists? p. 48
2. Can you speak to the dynamic that some parts of Scripture are clear and others are more difficult to understand? Why is this the case? p. 48
3. Please define the clarity of Scripture?” p. 49
4. How does the Old Testament and New Testament affirm its own clarity? pp. 49-50
5. What was your reaction to Grudem’s thought that “give yourself to the public reading of Scripture” could implies that ordinary people can understand its clarity? p. 50
6. What are the 7 requirements that Grudem gives for understanding Scripture rightly? pp. 50-54

Listen in to this episode on The Authority and Inerrancy of the Bible. Conversation flows from Wayne Grudem's, Bible Doctrine, Chapter 2.