This series is based on Don A. Carson's book The God Who Is There (Baker Books, 2010).
A Summary of the Whole Bible |
What is the flow of the story of Scripture? How do all the events of the books of the Bible fit together? This study addresses that question. |
The God Who Made Everything |
The biblical doctrine of Creation as seen in Genesis 1-2 teaches us about God and ourselves. It is vitally important for understanding the rest of the Bible and the world around us. |
The God Who Does Not Wipe Out Rebels |
Adam and Eve rebel against God and face both immediate and long-term consequences for their sin. Even in the wake of their sin, however, there is the first glimpse of how God will eventually make all things right. |
The God Who Writes His Own Agreements |
God cannot be manipulated and does not need us or anything else; rather, we need him for everything (Acts 17:24-25). Amazingly, God still interacts intimately and personally with human beings, entering into formal, binding agreements--called covenants--with them. One such covenant is the one God made with Abraham (Genesis 12, 15, 17). |
The God Who Legislates |
God is the one who defines truth and morality. He gives commands on how to relate to him, and, on the basis of how we relate to him, how to relate to others as well. |
The God Who Reigns |
God reigns as King over all in general, and over Israel in particular. God gave his people a king to rule over them--first Saul, whom they wanted as king, then David, whom God wanted as king. God made a special promise to build David a dynasty that would last forever. |
The God Who is Unfathomably Wise |
God has given us wisdom for every aspect of life: worship, the day-to-day grind, marriage, family, and everything else. The wisdom books (Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Solomon) show us how to live wisely and how to react and interpret the world through a godly lens. |
The God Who Becomes a Human Being |
In the Old Testament, God is said to be coming, either in judgment or in mercy. In the New Testament, God has come; Jesus Christ became flesh and dwelt among us. |
The God Who Grants New Birth |
In John 3, Jesus and Nicodemus have a conversation about the need for the new birth. Without it, we cannot see or enter the kingdom of God. The Holy Spirit's mysterious work in transforming dead sinners to living saints is like the wind: you don't know how it works, just that it has happened. |
The God Who Loves |
Continuing Jesus' and Nicodemus' conversation in John 3, the subject turns to God's love. What does "For God so loved the world" mean? How does the Bible speak about God's love, and how should we understand it? |
The God Who Dies--And Lives Again |
Matthew's account of Jesus' crucifixion and death is full of irony: the irony of those crucifying and mocking him, and the deeper irony of what Jesus was actually accomplishing on the cross. Jesus' death was not the end, nor was it failure; his resurrection is real and attests to his deity, to his power, and the surety of our salvation. |
The God Who Declares the Guilty Just |
How can God forgive sins and still be just and righteous at the same time? Romans 3:21-31 shows how God's righteousness is revealed in sending Jesus Christ. |
The God Who Gathers and Transforms His People |
The truths and realities of the Gospel that God forgives sinners in both his holiness and justice do not and cannot leave forgiven sinners the same: transformation is necessary and inevitable. |
The God Who Is Very Angry |
The nature of God's holiness requires wrath against sin. Revelation 14 shows a variety of images that explain and illustrate the wrath of God in graphic terms. |
The God Who Triumphs |
In Revelation 21-22, John has a vision of the new heaven and new earth at the end of all things. This is the Paradise that awaits all who repent of their sins and trust in Jesus Christ. |
