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Summary
Apologetics and theology go hand in hand. But before we can defend the faith, we have to know what we believe. In this podcast, listeners will take a look at an important aspect of theology: the revelation of God. Amy will help listeners understand what revelation is, what it isn’t, how God reveals Himself in nature and through His word, and what He has communicated to us. Parents are then offered discussion topics and relevant resources to nurture discussions on the revelation of God.
Main Points Covered
- What Revelation is and isn’t
- What God has revealed about Himself
- How He has done this
People and Resources Mentioned
- 1 John 4:1
- Isaiah 1:18
- 2 Timothy 3:16
- Deuteronomy 29:29
- Romans 1:20
- Psalms 19:1
- Romans 2:15-16
- 2 Timothy 3:15
- Mark 12:30-31
- Recommended Books
- The Bible
- Christian Liberty Nature Readers
- Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
- Crafted by God by Georgia Purdom and Stacia McKeever
- Keeping your kid on God’s Side by Natasha Crain
- Theology for Today by Elmer Towns
Unfamiliar Vocabulary
- Divine Hiddenness: Argues that God hides to prevent created persons from reacting inappropriately
- Post-Modernism: a late 20th-century movement in philosophy and literary theory that generally questions the basic assumptions of Western philosophy in the modern period
- Cosmological Argument: God is the Cause
- Teleological argument (fine-tuning): God is the Designer
- Anthropological argument: through human nature we see God is a personal God
Quotable Quotes
Revelation is the act whereby God gives us knowledge about Himself which we could not otherwise have known. It’s a purposeful act of self-disclosure rather than a man-made discovery or vague, ecstatic experience. Share on X Feelings are real but they’re not always true. We need to make sure that we are testing the spirits and holding our sense experiences up to the light of scripture to ensure their truth and reliability. Share on X Get outside, take your kids to see the mountains, the stars, the ocean. Let them be humbled by the vastness of creation, which nurtures a reverence for God and a desire for worship. Share on X
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