Module 1 - Prologomena: The Doctrine of First Principles

The first two lectures of this course provide an introduction to the whole of all seven modules. The remainder of this first module is devoted to the first of the seven sections of systematic theology—what we call “the doctrine of first principles,” which covers the first doctrinal truths that are necessary for studying theology. We’ll begin to take up the doctrine of first principles in our third lecture and in the remaining lectures of this course.

We rightly speak of the Bible as the voice of God and the Word of God. That is because every word is inspired by God. The word “inspired” or “inspiration” means God-breathed. Just as we expel breath from our mouths, so, ultimately, God Himself is speaking in the Scriptures. God is the ultimate source of every word in the Bible. Since God is the author, the Scriptures are also inerrant, which means without errors, and infallible, which means it is never wrong, never able to fail.

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Rev. Robert McCurley is the minister of the Gospel at Greenville Presbyterian Church in Taylors, SC, a congregation of the Free Church of Scotland (Continuing). https://www.greenvillepresbyterian.com