Here is a list of all the posts under the series, “Blogging the Institutes.”
Section #1: Knowing God as the Creator
1.1.1–Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Ourselves Are Connected Together
1.1.2–Knowledge of God Exposes How Weak We Are
1.1.3–Encounters with God Leave People Humbled
1.2.1–Knowing God as Creator and Redeemer
1.2.2–What We Think About When We Think About God
1.3.1–All People Possess Some Knowledge of God
1.3.2–Even Atheists Have Some Knowledge of God
1.3.3–Knowledge of God is Implanted in Every Human Mind
1.4.2–Atheism and “Functional” Atheism
1.4.4–Corrupted Knowledge of God is like a Weed
1.5.1–The Created World Shows Us God
1.5.2–The Heavens Declare the Glory of God
1.5.3–Even Human Bodies Give Us Knowledge of God
1.5.4–Humanity Suppresses the Knowledge of God
1.5.5–“Nature is God” and Other Silliness
1.5.6–We Know God Through His Creation
1.5.7–Knowing God’s Goodness, Justice, and Mercy
1.5.8–We Know God Through His Providence
1.5.9–What True Knowledge of God Is, and Isn’t
1.5.10–Knowing God Should Point Us to the Future
1.5.11–Even the Smart People Don’t See God in His Works
1.5.12–False Gods Gush from the Human Mind like Water From a Faucet
1.5.13–All People Have Corrupted the Worship of God
1.5.14–Truth is Shining, We’re Denying
1.6.1–The Bible is Our Glasses
1.6.2–We Must Embrace Scripture to Know God
1.6.3–Error Cannot Be Erased until the Truth is Planted
1.7.1–The Authority of Scripture Rests on the Holy Spirit
1.7.2–Sugar is Sweet; Scripture is Truth
1.7.3–Even Augustine Thinks Scripture Supports the Church (Not Vice Versa)
1.7.4–God Speaks in the Scriptures
1.7.5–The Spirit Seals the Truth on the Hearts of Believers
1.8.1–Arguments are not Ultimate, but Helpful
1.8.2–The Prophets Show the Majesty of Scripture
1.8.3–Scripture’s Truth Continues through the Centuries
1.8.4–Moses is a Credible Messenger from God
1.8.5–Moses’ Miracles Confirmed Moses’ Writings
1.8.7–Moses’ Prophecies were Fulfilled
1.8.8–The Prophetic Writings Confirm God’s Word
1.8.9–Moses and the Prophets Preserved
1.8.10–Scripture Survived Persecution
1.8.11–The NT Confirms Scripture
1.8.12–Church History Backs Up the Scriptures
1.8.13–Reasons are Good; The Holy Spirit is Better
1.9.1–The Spirit Speaks Through Scripture, Not Apart From It
1.9.2–The Spirit in the Word, not Against the Word
1.9.3–The Word and Spirit Form an Unbreakable Bond
1.10.1–In Creation and Word, God is the Same
1.10.2–God’s Attributes. Explained.
1.10.3–One, True God; All Others Excluded
1.11.2–Images Condemned in Moses and Isaiah
1.11.4–Idols are Self-Defeating
1.11.5–Images Don’t Substitute for Scripture
1.11.6–Theologians Against Images
1.11.7–One Gospel More Powerful than a Thousand Crosses
1.11.9–Idolatry is Idolatry is Idolatry
1.11.10–Idolatry in the Church is Hypocrisy
1.11.11–Service to an Idol is Worship
1.11.12–Works of Art, Ok. But Not in Church
1.11.13–No Good Reason for Images in Churches
1.11.14–Second Council of Nicea Proves Nothing
1.11.15–Scripture Doesn’t Actually Support Images
1.11.16–The Extreme Blasphemy of Idolaters
1.12.2–No Real Distinction Between Worship and Service
1.12.3–Worship is Due God Alone
1.13.1–God is Immense and Spirit
1.13.3–Terms Explain Divine Mysteries
1.13.4–Ambiguity is the Lifeblood of Heresy
1.13.5–Different Terms; Same Truth
1.13.6–The Father is NOT the Son and vice versa
1.13.7–The Eternal Word of God is God
1.13.9–Proof that the Son is God
1.13.10–The Angel of the Lord is Jesus
1.13.11–New Testament Proof Jesus is God
1.13.12-13–All of God is in Christ
1.13.15–Further Evidence the Spirit is God
1.13.16–Baptized into the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
1.13.17–Persons: Distinct, not Divided
1.13.18–Explaining the Trinity…You’re Probably Doing It Wrong
1.13.19–Persons, Perfectly United
1.13.20–The Trinity Summarized
1.13.21–Be Cautious When Learning About God
1.13.22–New Errors are Still Errors
1.13.23–So Many Other Anti-Trinitarians
1.13.24–More Trinitarian Heresies Refuted
1.13.25-26–What Christ’s Subordination Really Is
1.13.27-29–The Church Fathers were Trinitarians
1.14.3-4–On the Creation of Angels
1.14.5-6–The Names and Actions of Angels
1.14.7-8–The Mysterious Rank and Number of Angels
1.14.9–So Then, What Are Angels?
1.14.10-11–Why God Uses Angels
1.14.12–Wrapping It Up on Good Angels
1.14.13-14–The Devil and His Demons
1.14.15-16–Biography of the Devil
1.14.17-18–God Rules Over the Devil
1.14.20-22–The Point of Creation
1.15.1–The Creation of Humanity
1.15.2–The Immortality of the Soul
1.15.5–Refuting False Teaching on the Soul
1.15.6–Philosophers on the Soul
1.15.7-8–The Soul and Free Will
1.16.1–God’s Providence in the World
1.16.2–God’s Providence Over All Things
1.16.3–God Controls Everything
1.16.4–Definition of Providence
1.16.5–God’s Providence Extends Over All Things
1.17.2–Providence Denied by Some, but Proved by Scripture
1.17.3–Providence Is not a Cover for our Own Sin
1.17.4–Providence Does Not Rule Not Human Choice
1.17.5–God Uses Evil, but is Not Stained with Evil
1.17.6–God’s Providence Extends in a Special Way to the Church
1.17.7–God Uses His Providence to Bless His People
1.17.8–Providence Trains the Godly
1.17.9-11–Life is Misery; Get Happy Knowing God’s Providence
1.17.12-14–Does God Change His Mind?
1.18.1–Does God Permit or Decree All Things?
1.18.2–Even the Wicked Do His Will
1.18.3–Objections to the Fact that God Wills All Things
1.18.4–Is God the Author of Evil?
Section #2: Knowing God as the Redeemer
2.1.1–Knowledge of Self and Sin
2.1.2–Real Knowledge Comes from Knowing Our Flaws
2.1.3–Non-Christians Denigrate Sin and Elevate Reason
2.1.4–The Nature of Adam’s Sin
2.1.5–Adam’s Sin Corrupts Everyone
2.1.6–All People Without Exception are Originally Depraved
2.1.7–Parents Pass On their Corruption to Their Children
2.1.8–Definition of Original Sin
2.1.9–Depravity Affects All Parts of the Soul
2.1.10–God is Not the Author of Sin
2.1.11–Was Humanity Flawed from the Beginning?
2.2.1–Two Wrong Responses to Total Depravity
2.2.2–How Philosophers Think about the Soul and its Abilities
2.2.3–Can Reason Really Reign? Calvin vs. the Philosophers on Free Will
2.2.4–Early Christian Views of Free Will: Too Much Like the Philosophers
2.2.5–Different Kinds of Free Will According to Some Christians
2.2.6–More Views on Free Will Considered
2.2.7–Free Will is Prone to Misunderstanding
2.2.8–Free, But Not Freed: Augustine’s Problem with ‘Free Will’
2.2.9–What the Church Fathers Really Said About Free Will
2.2.10–The Deeper the Need, The Greater the Grace
2.2.11–The First, Second, and Third Principle of Our Faith
2.2.12–The Corruption of Mind and Will
2.2.13–Earthly vs. Heavenly Knowledge
2.2.14–The Gift of Reason and Intellect
2.2.15–All Truth is God’s Truth
2.2.16–The Spirit at Work in All Humanity
2.2.17–All Talents are Gifts of God’s Grace
2.2.18–Blinder Than Moles: Reason Without Grace
2.2.20—Only the Spirit Can Open Our Minds to Spiritual Truths
2.2.21—God Alone Opens Blind Eyes
2.2.22—The Role of the Conscience
2.2.23—Why We Fail to Apply What We Know
2.2.24—Natural Reason Cannot Lead Us to Worship
2.2.25—Why Human Reason Cannot Grasp Spiritual Truth
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