Marc Roby: We are resuming our study of systematic theology today by beginning to examine soteriology, the doctrine of salvation. Dr. Spencer, how would you like to begin?
Dr. Spencer: Well, last week we talked …
[110] Pelagianism and Arminianism
- August 1, 2019
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Marc Roby: We are resuming our study of systematic theology today by continuing to examine biblical anthropology. Dr. Spencer, I think we finished discussing total depravity last time, what else needs to be said about …
[102] The Essential Nature of Man
- June 6, 2019
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Marc Roby: We are resuming our study of systematic theology today by continuing to examine biblical anthropology. In our last session we introduced three views about the fundamental nature of man: monism, which means that …
[85] God’s Will is Not Absolutely Free
- February 7, 2019
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Marc Roby: We are resuming our study of systematic theology today by continuing to examine God’s will. Dr. Spencer, in our previous discussion, you made the point that God truly desires that all people be …
Marc Roby: We are resuming our study of systematic theology today by continuing to examine God’s communicable attributes. Today we are going to look at God’s will. Dr. Spencer, this is an extremely difficult and …
[79] God is Holy, Holy, Holy
- December 27, 2018
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Marc Roby: We are resuming our study of systematic theology today by continuing to examine God’s communicable attributes. Dr. Spencer, last time we discussed God’s love, which can be viewed as an aspect of his …
[78] God’s Love – the Real Message of Christmas
- December 20, 2018
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Marc Roby: We are resuming our study of systematic theology today with a special Christmas message based on God’s communicable attribute of love, which we saw last time can be considered an aspect of his …
Marc Roby: We are resuming our study of systematic theology today by continuing to examine God’s communicable attribute of goodness.
Dr. Spencer, at the end of our last session, you said that we need a …
[72] God is Truth and He established moral law
- November 8, 2018
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Marc Roby: We are resuming our study of systematic theology today by continuing to examine God’s communicable attribute of truthfulness.
Before we begin I’d like to let our listeners know that we have added a …
Marc Roby: Before we resume our study of hermeneutics today, we have a question we’d like to address. One of our listeners asked about the origins of John’s baptism. This question was engendered by our …