))
For lots of people the idea of thinking about theology seems pretty boring. But it shouldn't be like that. Theology is about knowing and loving God. In this podcast, join Karl Deenick, a pastor, theologian, writer and lecturer, as he digs deep into theology, the Bible and the Christian life, not just for the sake of it, but so we can love God more with all our heart, soul, mind and strength.
…
continue reading
How can God be one and three? How can Jesus be God and yet not another God? And what about the Spirit, where does he fit in? In the last episode of Thinking Theology, we saw that God promised in the Old Testament that a day would arrive when he would come in person to save his people and be with them. But astonishingly, that happened in the coming …
…
continue reading
Who is Jesus? The identity of Jesus lies at the very heart of Christianity. But what is it about Jesus that’s so important? In the last episode we looked at the problem of sin. God made the world good. He made a world without death and decay. He made a world in which humanity could dwell with him in love and fellowship, ruling over and developing G…
…
continue reading
What is sin? Where did it come from? How has it affected us as human beings? How has it effected the world in which we live? In the last episodes of Thinking Theology we saw that God created human beings. He created human beings to reflect him, to rule over the world under him. He made us to relate to him. But things are no longer as they were crea…
…
continue reading
In the last episode of Thinking Theology we thought about what it means to be human. Who has God made us to be? In this bonus episode I sit down with Rob Smith, one of my colleagues at SMBC. Rob teaches theology, ethics as well as music ministry. Rob has just completed his PhD on what the Bible has to say about gender. He's written a short book on …
…
continue reading
What does it mean to be human? Are we different or special? Or are we just another animal? And what do we do with ourselves? Do we have a purpose? In the last episodes of Thinking Theology we saw that God created the world, that he upholds the world every moment, that he is in control of everything that happens, but in such a way that our actions a…
…
continue reading
If God is in control of everything that happens in the universe, where does that leave us as human beings? Do we have a say? Do we have any meaningful choice? Are we just robots? And if we make meaningful choices, where does that leave God and his sovereignty over the world? In the last episode of Thinking Theology we saw how God upholds the world …
…
continue reading
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 provide…
…
continue reading
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…
…
continue reading
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…
…
continue reading
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 G…
…
continue reading
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…
…
continue reading
(the following transcript may contain errors) Episode Intro 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. In the last episode we began looking at what are often called the attributes of God. We l…
…
continue reading
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 …
…
continue reading
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 …
…
continue reading
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 automatica…
…
continue reading
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 authorit…
…
continue reading
What’s the most important thing you can say about the Bible? The Bible scholar and pastor, Peter Adam in his book, Written for Us, points out that there are lots of the topics that feature in theology courses on the Bible. Topics like the inerrancy of the Bible. That is, that the original manuscripts of the Bible are without error. And while topics…
…
continue reading
Is the Bible clear? For some people, the answer to that question will be a resounding “no”. But should it be. Should we think of the Bible as unclear and hard to understand? In this episode of Thinking Theology we’re thinking about the clarity of the Bible. Is the Bible clear? Can the Bible be understood? If God is speaking to us in the Bible can w…
…
continue reading
What does it mean to say that the Bible is authoritative? If I say to my friends, “Let’s go fishing,” they may or may not listen to me. But if I a policeman says to me, “Show me your license”, I need to pay attention. Which kind of authority does the Bible have? That’s what we’re thinking about in this episode of thinking theology. What kind of aut…
…
continue reading
What is the Bible? Over the last few episodes we’ve been dealing with some of the introductory issues of the Bible. Where did the Bible come from? Who wrote it? And is it reliable? And yet while that’s important it still doesn’t tell us a whole lot about what the Bible really is. What is the Bible about? What it’s trying to achieve? What is its cha…
…
continue reading
1
The Reliability of the New Testament (Part 2)
17:57
17:57
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
17:57
How do we know that the Bible is reliable? How do we know whether the words we have in our Bibles are the words that were written and how do we know that the words that we have describe real historical events? In this episode of Thinking Theology, we’re thinking about the question of the historical reliability of the New Testament. How do we know w…
…
continue reading
1
The Reliability of the New Testament (Part 1)
20:10
20:10
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
20:10
How do we know that the Bible is reliable? How do we know whether the words we have in our Bibles are the words that were written? In this episode of Thinking Theology we’re thinking about whether the manuscripts of the New Testament are a reliable record of what was first written or have they been changed over the centuries? For more info, check o…
…
continue reading
Some people love it and some people hate it, but since starting the Thinking Theology podcast there’s one question that has come up over and over again. What is with that music? What is the music? Who wrote it? And why one earth is it so dramatic? For more of Mozart's Requiem, check out: https://open.spotify.com/album/62TBuvIWwGvb1Y9P7NShjd https:/…
…
continue reading
How do we know that the Bible is reliable? How do we know whether the words we have in our Bibles are the words that were written and how do we know that the words that we have describe real historical events? In this episode of Thinking Theology we’re thinking about the reliability of the Old Testament both in terms of the manuscripts that we have…
…
continue reading
1
Where Does the New Testament Come From? (Part 2)
19:13
19:13
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
19:13
The Bible is not simply one book but 66 smaller books from all different times, places, cultures and languages all with one message. But where did they all come from? Who wrote them? And how did we end up with those 66 books? Over the last two episodes we’ve been thinking about those questions. We’ve thought about the Old Testament, who wrote it an…
…
continue reading
1
Where Does the New Testament Come From? (Part 1)
18:13
18:13
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
18:13
The Bible is often thought of as one book, but it’s actually 66 little books of all different types and kinds. But where did they all come from, who wrote them, and how did we end up with those 66 books? Last episode we looked at the 39 books that make up the Old Testament. In this episode we’re focussing on the New Testament; where those 27 books …
…
continue reading
The Bible is often thought of as one book, but it’s actually 66 little books of all different types and kinds. But where did they all come from, who wrote them, and how did we end up with those 66 books? In this episode and next episode, we’re thinking about the composition of the Bible or what is often called the Canon—the collection of books that…
…
continue reading
The Bible Alone: It was one of the key ideas of the 16th-century Christian Reformation. But was does that mean? We saw in episode 1 that theology ought to be biblical. But what about the Holy Spirit? What’s his role in revealing God’s truth to us? And what about the church? Does the church have authority to make statements about what is true or fal…
…
continue reading
Baptism, election and predestination, the role of women in church, how the return of Jesus will take place, homosexuality, the virgin birth, the bodily resurrection of Jesus, even the divinity of Jesus—all those are issues that people who claim to be Christians disagree on. But someone must be right. Yet does it really matter? Can’t we just all agr…
…
continue reading
The second episode of Thinking Theology looks at how to do theology. It looks at exegetical, biblical, systematic, historical and practical theology, what they are and how we use them to understand God, the world and ourselves better. Another great resource to look at this article by Don Carson: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/the-bible-…
…
continue reading
The first episode of Thinking Theology looks at what theology is, what makes good theology and why it's important for the Christian life.By Karl Deenick
…
continue reading
