Heritage Baptist Church exists by the grace of God and for the glory of God, which is the ultimate purpose of all our activities. We seek to glorify the God of Scripture by promoting His worship, edifying and equipping the saints, evangelizing the nations, planting and strengthening churches, calling other assemblies to biblical faithfulness and purity, encouraging biblical fellowship among believers and ministering to the needy, thus proclaiming and defending God’s perfect law and glorious ...
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Before we ask Who is God?, we have to answer a more foundational question: What is God? In this episode, we walk through four ways people-consciously or unconsciously-define "God": 1. That Which We Worship - what we value most 2. A Celestial Being - something more powerful than us 3. The Creator (Unmoved Mover) - the source of all things 4. The Greatest Conceivable Being - the perfect, ultimate reality We explore each with vivid examples, cultural references, and Scripture, helping us see that everyone has a "god"-even if they don't call it that. This is the groundwork for all theological clarity. If we don't know what we mean by "God," we'll misunderstand everything else that follows.Get involved: Michael's public blog: https://credohouse.org Courses and Manuscript Reproductions from Michael and other scholars: https://credocourses.com Join us as we go though the great Fathers of the Faith in a year: https://throughthechurchfathers.com Support me and get A LOT more stuff from C. Michael Patton: https://patreon.com/cmichaelpatton
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