S2:E4—Marrow 4: The Efficiency of God

Benjamin, Michael, & Cody continue through The Marrow of Theology, by William Ames, with particular focus upon the efficiency or power of God.

Raised in this episode:

• What is the efficiency of God and its relation to faith?


• How does Deism differ from Christianity regarding God's efficiency?


• What is practical Atheism and its relation to this doctrine?


• How can Hannah, flowers, and the Resurrection teach us about God's efficiency?


• What is the importance of God's power in our thinking and speaking well of God?


• Are there any crucial distinctions concerning God's power?


• Why must we say that God does not have active power (or potency)?


• Are there things impossible with God?


• What does Thomas Cartwright have to say concerning God's power?


• What is the doctrine of inseparable operations, does Ames affirm it, and why is it important?


• James White & Biblicism.


• What does Ames teach concerning the order of the divine Persons in the manner of working? Do other Reformed theologians teach this?


• What can Peter Van Mastricht teach us here?