In this session we start to look at the good news: how God, because of his mercy and good pleasure, chooses people for eternal life through the a redeemer. We cover the questions, why does God choose people? Isn’t that unfair? And if God chooses us, by grace, can we just live however we like?
Find out more about the Firm Foundations course by watching the Introduction. The previous session (part 20, on The Consequences of Sin) is here.
“Actions have consequences” – especially so with sin. In this session we look at God’s wrath (anger) against sin, living in a fallen world, and punishment in hell.
Find out more about the Firm Foundations course by watching the Introduction. The previous session (part 19, on Original Sin) is here.
Why does sin seem to affect everybody? And why does it seem so hard to overcome?
Find out more about the Firm Foundations course by watching the Introduction. The previous session (part 18, on What is Sin?) is here.
If sin is so bad, then why do we still find it so attractive? In this session we look at the original sin of Adam and Eve from Genesis 3 to see what we can learn.
Find out more about the Firm Foundations course by watching the Introduction. The previous session (part 17, on What is Sin?) is here.
We all have an understanding that the world is not as it should be. Is this how God made the world? And what is sin, exactly?
Find out more about the Firm Foundations course by watching the Introduction. The previous session (part 16, on God’s Providence) is here.
God’s providence is about how he rules the world for good. In this video we look at what the Bible says about it, one or two objections (e.g. free will), and why God’s providence is good news for us.
Find out more about the Firm Foundations course by watching the Introduction. The previous session (part 15, on the Creation) is here.
Creation is not just something which we move on from, but is fundamental to the way we think about life. In this session we explore what it means to understand God as creator of everything.
The talk I referred to on Genesis and Science
Find out more about the Firm Foundations course by watching the Introduction. The previous session (part 14, on the Trinity) is here.
People think the Trinity is hard and mysterious, boring, and irrelevant. In this session of the Firm Foundations course, I want to demonstrate that the opposite is the case!
Find out more about the Firm Foundations course by watching the Introduction. The previous session (part 13, on God’s unity) is here.
Books I mentioned in the video:
In this session we turn to think about the question – how many gods are there? The answer has far-reaching implications for everything about our civilisation.
Find out more about the Firm Foundations course by watching the Introduction. The previous session (part 12, on God’s Truth) is here.
In this session we look at the truth. Can we understand the truth without knowing God? How does it mean we should live?
Find out more about the Firm Foundations course by watching the Introduction. The previous session (part 11, on God’s Mercy) is here.
