Islamic critics of Christianity regularly criticise Christians for apparently deviating from this emphasis upon the unity of God (often referred to by the Arabic word tawhid) through the doctrine of the Trinity. This doctrine is argued to be a late invention, which distorts the idea of the unity of God, and ends up teaching that there are three gods.
Kingdom & Covenant in the New Testament – Lesson 1
Examines why it\’s important to devote ourselves to the careful, in-depth study of New Testament theology.
Kingdom & Covenant in the New Testament – Lesson 2
Points out one of the most prominent teachings of the New Testament: the kingdom of God.
Kingdom & Covenant in the New Testament – Lesson 3
Explores how New Testament authors relied on the concept of the new covenant to shape some of their most significant theological perspectives.
Kingdom Covenants & Canon of the Old Testament – Lesson 2
Explores a proper understanding of the Bible\’s theology of the Kingdom of God by providing the most comprehensive outlook on the Old Testament.
Kingdom Covenants & Canon of the Old Testaments – Lesson 3
Explores how God governed his kingdom through a series of covenants that he established in Old Testament history.
Kingdom Covenants & Canon of the Old Testament – Lesson 4
Explores how the Old Testament canon presents specific guidance by examining the Old Testament as mirror, window and picture.
Building Biblical Theology – Lesson 1
This lesson focuses on a basic orientation toward biblical theology, the development of biblical theology through the centuries, and the interconnections between history and revelation.
Building Biblical Theology – Lesson 2
This lesson on synchronic synthesis of the Old Testament touches on three main issues: a basic orientation about what \”synchronic synthesis\” is; the ways Old Testament passages convey the historical information used in synchronic synthesis; and the synthetic theological structures discovered through synchronic syntheses of the Old Testament historical information.
Building Biblical Theology – Lesson 3
Diachronic development is the ways theological structures grew or developed over time. This lesson provides a basic orientation toward diachronic development, explores how epochal developments took place between major historical periods or epochs, and looks at how specific topics developed over time in the Old Testament.