The Basics
Are you looking for a clear and systematic introduction to “the adopted life”, “Trinitarian theology”, and the whole concept of the Trinity and Humanity together?
The resources below are laid out in a step by step order to give you a basic introduction to the exciting good news of humanity’s adoption into the Triune Life of God.
We recommend you go through them in the order listed. If you can spend the 12 hours it will take, even if it is spread out over several weeks, you will have a foundational education in the gospel.
1. Who is Jesus? (47 min. sermon)
2. Who is Jesus? Theology Outline (2 page booklet)
3. God’s Staggering Good News About Your Life (16 page booklet)
4. Your Life and the Life of the Triune God Bible Study Series:
Study 1: The Trinity in the Bible (44 min.)
Study 2: The Trinity: So What? (1 hr. 8 min.)
Study 3: Adoption: The Eternal Plan of the Triune God (1 hr. 5 min.)
Study 4: Incarnation: What Jesus Accomplished (1 hr. 3 min.)
Study 5: The Incarnation: Good News for You (45 min.)
Study 6: The Triune God’s Creation (50 min.)
5. Knowing who Jesus is Clarifies Christian Doctrine:
Part 1 (56 min.)
Part 2 (54 min.)
6. Objections to the Gospel (9 page booklet)
7. Basic Christian Statements of Faith
The Chalcedon Definition: What Christians believe about Jesus (51 min.)
The Nicene Creed: Core Christian Beliefs (1 hr. 15 min.)
What’s next? If you have gone through this material we have lots of other sermon resources (from Tim and Jonathan) and back issues of The Adopted Life here on our site.
We also recommend the books and bible studies of Baxter Kruger, especially these five as your next step of study:
God is For Us (book)
The Great Dance (book)
Jesus and the Undoing of Adam (book)
Across All Worlds (book)
You are the Child the Father Always Wanted (audio series)
These are all available at: www.perichoresis.org Some of the resources at perichoresis.org are free and some have a cost, be sure to sign up for all of Baxter’s free stuff if nothing else.
If you’ve never heard Baxter teach before, here is a sample you can listen to of the first lecture in his series You Are the Child the Father Always Wanted.