Providence
The doctrine of God’s ongoing governance of creation: his preservation, accompaniment, and direction of all things to their appointed ends.
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15 resources on Providence, in curated order
Topic 7: Providence
Primary readings draw on Calvin’s classic chapters on divine providence (Institutes I.16-18) and Barth’s extended treatment of the doctrine of providence and God as Lord of the creature (CD III/3, §§ 48-49). Emil Brunner’s Dogmatics vol. 2 is offered as an alternate, alongside Calvin’s Treatises Against the Anabaptists and the Libertines for its pastoral application.
Topic 15: The Living God Who Works Personally in the Created Orders of Nature and History
Readings address the doctrine of God as the living Lord who acts in nature and history, drawn from Calvin’s account of God’s knowledge and providence (Institutes I.1-5, 14-18), Barth’s doctrine of providence (CD III/3), and William Temple’s Gifford Lectures, Nature, Man and God. John Polkinghorne’s The Faith of a Physicist and Leith’s chapters in Basic Christian Doctrine bring the conversation into dialogue with contemporary science.
Topic 28: The Christian Response to the Problem of Evil
Readings include Augustine’s Confessions (Books III, IV, and VII), Calvin’s Institutes I.16-18 on providence and evil, Karl Barth’s Church Dogmatics III/3 §50 on das Nichtige (Nothingness), Austin Farrer’s Love Almighty and Ills Unlimited, and John Hick’s Evil and the God of Love. The bibliography approaches the problem of evil through the primary texts of the tradition, asking how Christian faith speaks to suffering, natural evil, and the hiddenness of God.
Peter Martyr Library: Philosophical Works — On the Relation of Philosophy to Theology
Vermigli’s philosophical writings, with sections on reason and revelation, body and soul, knowledge of God, providence, miracles, and free will. Hardback, $40.00. ISBN 9780940474413.
The Christian Hope
The last chapter of Basic Christian Doctrine, on hope for eternal life, reprinted as a booklet by permission of Westminster John Knox Press. Available in packets of twenty for $45 from Wipf & Stock Publishers.
Teilhard de Chardin: The Divine Milieu
Dr. Leith continues his engagement with Teilhard de Chardin, turning to The Divine Milieu and its spirituality of the world as the arena of divine presence and action.
Teilhard de Chardin: Conclusion
The concluding lecture of the Teilhard de Chardin series draws together a Reformed theological assessment of Teilhard’s thought.
The Christian Hope
The closing Doctrinal Theology lecture turns to the Christian hope of resurrection and eternal life, the last chapter of Reformed dogmatics and the ground of confidence for both pastoral care and faithful witness in the present.
The Christian Meaning of Thanksgiving
A sermon on gratitude as a constitutive posture of the Christian life, grounded in the grace of God revealed in Jesus Christ.
Our Presbyterian Heritage in America
A historical and theological account of the Presbyterian tradition in America: its origins, its development, and its distinctive contributions to the church and the culture.
Discerning the Signs of the Times
Dr. Leith reflects on what it means for the church to read its moment in history through the lens of Christian faith, discerning what God is doing and what faithfulness requires.
The Scandal of Christmas
Dr. Leith preaches on the Incarnation as both stumbling block and wonder: the God of all creation entering history as a helpless child, overturning every human expectation of power and glory.
Perseverance of the Saints
A reflection on the Reformed doctrine of perseverance, understood not as a license for complacency but as the assurance of God’s faithfulness to those he has called.
What Is the Gospel?
A foundational lecture on the content of the Christian gospel: what the church believes, confesses, and is commissioned to proclaim.
Sermon on Acts 2:22-24
Dr. Leith preaches on Peter’s Pentecost proclamation in Acts 2, the apostolic kerygma announcing Jesus as Lord and Messiah, crucified and raised.
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