Christianity 101

Christianity 101: Practical Systematic Theology
Introduction to Christianity 101

Bible (Bibliology)
Introduction to the Bibliology

• Why do we trust the Bible?
• Do we have what the writers wrote?
• Did the gospel writers intend to tell the truth?
• Did the gospel writers know what they were talking about?
• Do we have any external verification of the gospels?
• How do we know there’s anything supernatural about the Bible?
• But how do we know the Bible is true?
• Do we have the right books?

• Authority and inspiration
• Inerrancy
• Sufficiency and clarity
• Sola scriptura
• What is the Bible for?

• Are there errors and contradictions in the Bible?
• Doctrinal errors and their consequences

God (Theology proper)
Introduction to Theology Proper

• The Existence of God: The Cosmological Argument
• The Existence of God: The Design Argument
• The Existence of God: The Moral Argument

• God Can be Known
• God is Spirit
• God is
• God is Holy
• God is Love
• God is Just
• God is Triune
• God is Our Maker
• Aside: When Did God Create?
• Sidebar: Christians and the Environment
• God is Sovereign
• God is not a Monster

Humanity (Anthropology)
Introduction to Anthropology

• Made in God’s Image
• The Broken Image
• God’s Image Restored

Christ (Christology)
Introduction to Christology

• Did Jesus Exist?
• The History of the Deity of Christ
• Did Jesus Claim to be God?
• The Virgin Birth
• The Incarnation
• The Work of Christ in His Mortal Life
• The Work of Christ in His Death and Resurrection
• Facets of the Atonement
• Evidence for the Resurrection
• Aside: The Odds of Jesus
• The Work of Christ in the Present

Holy Spirit (Pneumatology)
Introduction to Pneumatology

• The Personality and Deity of the Holy Spirit
• The Mission of the Holy Spirit
• The Work of the Holy Spirit

Salvation (Soteriology)
Introduction to Soteriology

• The Need
• The Exchange
• The Benefits
• The Purpose
• The Process
• The Elect
• The Promise
• The Errors
• The Enemy
• The Objections
• The Gospel

The Church (Ecclesiology)
Introduction to Ecclesiology

• What is the Church?
• Pictures of the Church
• Why Do We Gather?
• Church Done Right
• Church Gone Wrong
• So. Many. Churches.

Last Things (Eschatology)
Introduction to Eschatology

• What Happens When We Die?
• The Return of Christ to Judge the Quick and the Dead
• The Believer's Final Fate
• An Eternal Perspective

The Problem of Evil
Introduction to the Problem of Evil

• The Problem of Evil
• Living the Solution to the Problem of Evil
• Living in the Problem of Pain

An Evangelical Creed


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