Systematic Theology III: Trinitarianism

C. Michael Patton and Rhome Dyke of The Theology Program teach the doctrine of God: how God can be known, how his existence is defended, what his attributes are, how the church came to confess one God in three persons, and who Jesus Christ is, fully God and fully man.

This is the third course of The Theology Program, a full curriculum in Christian theology taught at the classroom level for ordinary church members. C. Michael Patton and Rhome Dyke spend ten sessions on the doctrine of God from every side: the worldviews that compete for the modern mind, whether and how an infinite God can be known, the classic arguments for his existence, the incommunicable and communicable attributes, the sovereignty of God and the challenge of open theism, the historical road to the doctrine of the Trinity and its defense from Scripture, and finally the person of Christ: how the church confessed him one person in two natures, and what his true humanity means for our redemption.

Each lecture below is a full class session, and each has its own page with the video, a study sheet that walks the lecture section by section, links to every Scripture passage discussed, key terms, a comprehension check, discussion questions, and a printable PDF.

Lectures by C. Michael Patton, Th.M., and Rhome Dyke, Th.M., embedded from The Theology Program's public channel.

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  1. 01Worldviews: What Kind of Glasses Do You Wear?77 min
  2. 02The Knowability of God: Can the Finite Comprehend the Infinite?71 min
  3. 03The Existence of God: Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing?65 min
  4. 04The Incommunicable Attributes of God, Part 1: Simplicity and Eternality79 min
  5. 05The Incommunicable Attributes of God, Part 2: Immutability, Omnipresence, and Aseity68 min
  6. 06The Communicable Attributes of God: Knowledge, Power, Sovereignty, and Love84 min
  7. 07The Doctrine of the Trinity: Historical Development86 min
  8. 08The Doctrine of the Trinity: Biblical Defense91 min
  9. 09Christology: The Humanity of Christ in History73 min
  10. 10Christology: The Humanity of Christ in the Bible73 min

Start with Lecture 1

The course begins where every doctrine of God must: with the worldviews we bring to the question before a single verse is read. Each lecture builds on the last, so start at the beginning and work through in order.