DGC102 The Doctrine of God 4
It does not seem to have occurred to any of the writers of either the Old or the New Testaments to attempt to prove or to argue for the existence of God. Everywhere and at all times it is a fact taken for granted. “A God capable of proof would be no God at all” (Jacobi). He is the self—existent One (Exod. 3:14) and the Source of all life(John 5:26).
The sublime opening of the Scriptures announces the fact of God and His existence: “In the beginning God” (Gen.1:1). Nor is the rise or dawn of the idea of God in the mind of man depicted. Psa.14:1: “The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God,” indicates not a disbelief in the existence, but rather in the active interest of God in the affairs of men—He seemed to hide Himself from the affairs of men (see Job 22:1–4).

Course Outline
The Existence of God (Vs. Atheism)
Assumed by the Scriptures
Proofs of the Existence of God
Universal Belief in the Existence of God
Cosmological—Argument from Cause
Teleological—Argument from Design
Ontological—Argument from Being
Anthropological—Moral Argument
Argument from Congruity
Argument from Scripture
The Nature of God (Vs. Agnosticism)
The Spirituality of God (Vs.
Materialism)
The Personality of God (Vs. Pantheism)
The Unity of God (Vs. Polytheism)
The Trinity (Vs. Unitarianism)
The Attributes of God
The Natural Attributes
Omniscience
Omnipotence

Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course the learner will be able to effectively articulate all question on the existence of God, the nature of God vs. agnosticism and the attributes of God

Course Material
The Leader's Library from Logos Bible Software