This episode examines the attribute of omniscience, defined as God’s complete and perfect knowledge of Himself and of all things actual and possible. Scripture teaches that God fully knows Himself without limitation or discovery, a truth grounded in His immutability. God also knows all things that exist, have existed, and will exist, including human actions, thoughts, and the smallest details of creation. His knowledge extends to the future, not as possibility but with certainty, according to His sovereign purposes.

Beyond actual events, God also knows all possible outcomes. Biblical examples show that God understands what would happen under hypothetical circumstances, even when those events never occur. This demonstrates that God’s knowledge is not dependent on events taking place but is intrinsic to His nature.

The episode also addresses whether omniscience is lost in the incarnation. Orthodox Christian theology affirms that Christ possesses two natures—divine and human—without confusion or change. While Christ’s human nature did not possess omniscience, His divine nature fully retained it, and at times divine knowledge was communicated to His humanity. Omniscience, therefore, is not lost but perfectly preserved in Christ’s divinity.

This episode, and indeed this entire series, draws heavily on and is informed by major theological resources, including Wayne Grudem's seminal work, Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine.

Please note that the views expressed in this episode are those of the podcast creators and may not represent the views of the theological resources, including those cited.

This episode begins a series on the attributes of God by distinguishing between incommunicable attributes, which belong to God alone, and communicable attributes, which He shares with humanity. The focus is on God’s self-existence (aseity) and immutability. God alone is a self-existent being whose existence is grounded in His own nature, not dependent on anything else. Both philosophical reasoning and Scripture affirm the necessity of an uncaused cause, revealed in creation ex nihilo and in God’s self-disclosure as “I AM.”

The episode then explores God’s noncontingent continued existence through Paul’s address in Athens, showing that God is independent and self-sufficient, yet actively sustains and governs all life. This understanding counters both pantheism and the idea of a distant, impersonal deity.

Building on this foundation, the discussion turns to immutability. Because God is self-existent, He does not change in His essence, attributes, or will. His character, purposes, and promises remain constant. Finally, the incarnation of Christ is addressed, affirming that Christ’s assumption of human nature does not alter the divine nature. God’s self-existence ultimately grounds His unchanging faithfulness and trustworthiness.

This episode, and indeed this entire series, draws heavily on and is informed by major theological resources, including Wayne Grudem's seminal work, Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine.

Please note that the views expressed in this episode are those of the podcast creators and may not represent the views of the theological resources, including those cited.

This episode introduces four classic arguments for the existence of God—the Moral, Cosmological, Teleological, and Ontological arguments—moving from simpler, experience-based reasoning to more complex philosophical ideas. We begin by defining a priori and a posteriori approaches, then examine the Moral Argument, showing that objective moral values require a perfect Lawgiver. The Christian framework explains this through God’s law, human sin, Christ’s atoning work, and the believer’s growth through the Spirit and ordinary means of grace.

We contrast this with a materialist worldview, highlighting its moral inconsistencies and the self-contradictions found in modern atheism. The episode then turns to the Cosmological Argument, drawing from Aristotle, Aquinas, and the idea that everything that begins to exist must have a cause. Infinite regress is impossible, so the universe requires a First Cause—an uncaused, necessary being. Scripture identifies this being as the eternal, self-existent Creator.

Overall, this episode offers a clear, structured overview of the major arguments for God’s existence and their harmony with the Christian worldview.

This episode, and indeed this entire series, draws heavily on and is informed by major theological resources, including Wayne Grudem's seminal work, Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine.

Please note that the views expressed in this episode are those of the podcast creators and may not represent the views of the theological resources, including those cited.