Listen to Systematic Theology by John M. Frame

Opening Credits
Preface
Part 1
Long And Short Definitions
Theology As Application
Kinds Of Theology
Theological Method
Chapter 2
The Centrality Of Divine Lordship
Opponents Of Lordship Theology
The Covenant
Control
Authority
Presence
Perspectives On Our Covenant Lord
Lordship And Knowledge
Chapter 3
The Lord Is Absolute
The Lord Is Tri Personal
The Lord Is Transcendant
The Lord Is Imminent
Relations Between Transcendance And Imminence
Epistimelogical Parallels
The Lord Is Creator
Conclusion
Part 2
Chapter 4
Genres Of Biblical Literature
Narrative And Worldview
The Eternal Covenant Of Redemption
The Univedrsal Covenant
The Edenic Covenant
The Covenant Of Grace
God's Covenants With Noah
God's Covenant With Abraham
God's Covenant With Israel Under Moses
God's Covenant With David
The New Covenant
Covenants And Perspectives
Living In God's Covenant
Chapter 5
The Two Ages
God The King
Christ The King
The Gospel Of The Kingdom
Law And Gospel
One Kingdom Or Two
Life In The Kingdom
Chapter 6
The Fatherhood Of God
Father And Mother
What Would A Female God Be Like
Feminine Images Of God In Scripture
Theological Importance Of Masculine Imagery
Living In God's Family
Part 3
Defining Miracle
Miracle And Natural Law
Immediacy
At A Station Of Prophecy
A More Biblical Definition
Have Miracles Ceased
Miracle And Apologetics
Are Miracles Possible
Is There Sufficient Evidence For Believing In Biblical Miracles
Are Miracles Evidence For The Christian Faith
Chapter 8
Providence And Miracle
Provdience And God's Control
Efficacy
Universality
Summary Passages
Chapter 9
Government
Preservation
Revelation
Concurrence
Chapter 10
Defining Creation
Creation And Worship
Creation And God's Lordship
Creation And Redemption
Creation Out Of Nothing
The Six Days
The Age Of The Earth
Evolution
Chapter 11
God's Plan
The Decrees And God's Lordship
Historical Election
Eternal Election
Reprobation
The Order Of The Decrees
Chapter 12
Goodness
Love
The Extent Of God's Love
God's Saving Love
God's Love And His Lordship
Grace
Common Grace And God's Patience
Covenant Love
Compassion
Other Forms Of God's Goodness
Chapter 13
God's Righteous Deeds
God's Jealousy
God's Hatred
God's Wrath
God's Holiness
Chapter 14
The Nature Of Evil
Some Good Things About Evil
Evil And God's Agency
Chapter 15
God's Knowledge
God's Knowledge And His Lordship
Omniscience
God's Knowledge Of The Future
God's Knowledge Of The Future In General
God's Foreknowledge Of Free Human Decisions And Actions
Passages Alleged To Teach Divine Ignorance
God's Knowledge Of Possibilities
God's Knowledge Of Contingencies
God's Wisdom
God's Mind
Chapter 16
God's Omnipotence
What God Can't Do
Definitions Of Omnipotence
Omnipotence And Redemption
Power And Weakness
God's Will
Decree And Precept
Does God Desire The Salvation Of All
Which Is The Real Will Of God
A Third Will
Chapter 17
God's Infinity
God's Eternity
Scripture On God And Time
God's Temporal Omnipresence
God's Unchangeability
A God Who Relents
How Is God Unchanging
Unchangeability And Temporal Omnipresence
Some Modern Views
Futurism
Chapter 18
God's Immensity
Explicit Scripture Texts
An Ethical Focus
Biblical Personalism
Lordship And Space
God's Spatial Omipresence
God's Incorporeality
Theophany And Incarnation
God's Invisibility
God's Glory
The Glory Theophany
Glory As God's Presence
God's Glory In Creation
God's Reputation
Glory And The Trinity
God's Spirituality
Power
Authority
Presence In Blessing And Judgement
The Spirit In Redemptive History
Chapter 19
God's Aseity
Does God Have Feelings
Can God Suffer
Chapter 20
Trinitarian Basics
God Is One
God And The Gods
Contemporary Critiques Of Monotheism
God Is Simple
God Is Three
Plurals
Aposticisations
Divine Persons In The Old Testament
Triads In The Old Testament
Old Testament Triads Of Divine Beings
Divine Persons In The New Testament
Chapter 21
Taking Jesus' Deity For Granted
Christ The Covenant Lord
Christ The Son Of God
Jesus The Christ
Jesus Christ Is God
John Chapter 1 Verse 1
John Chapter 1 Verse 18
John Chapter 20 Verse 28
Acts Chapter 20 Verse 28
Romans Chapter 9 Verse 5
Multiple Verses
Timothy Chapter 3 Verses 15 And 16
Hebrews Chapter 1 Verse 8
John Chapter 5 Verse 20
Philipians Chapter 2 Verse 6
Colossians Chapter 2 Verse 9
Epilogue
Other Titles Of Christ
Other Evidence For Jesus' Deity
The Deity Of The Holy Spirit
Chapter 22
The Distinctness Of The Persons
The Distinct Personality Of The Spirit
Circumincessio
Mutual Glorification
Substance And Persons
Ontological And Economic
Eternal Generation
Eternal Procession
Filioque
Subordination
Trinitarian Models
Trinitarian Analogies
Philosophical Analogies
Trinity And The Lordship Of God
Part 4
God's Speech
God's Truth
God's Word To Us
Controlling Power
Meaningful Authority
Personal Presence
Chapter 24
Revelation Through Events
Nature And General History
Redemptive History
Revelation Through Words - The Divine Voice
Revelation Through Words - Prophets And Apostles
Jesus, Divine Voice And Prophet
Chapter 25
The Permanence Of God's Written Word
God’s Written Words In The Old Testament
The Generations
The Covenant Document
Written Prophecy
Wisdom
Respect For God’s Written Words In The Old Testament
Jesus’ View Of The Old Testament
The Apostles’ View Of The Old Testament
The New Testament As God’s Written Words
The Canon Of Scripture
Chapter 26
Inspiration
Inerrancy, Infallibility
Biblical Basis
Inerrancy And Precision
“Qualifications” Of Inerrancy
Phenomena And Purpose
Clarity
Clarity And God’s Control
Clarity And God’s Authority
Clarity And God’s Presence
Necessity
Comprehensiveness
Sufficiency
Confessional Formulation
Biblical Basis
General And Particular Sufficiency
Challenges To The Sufficiency Of Scripture
Chapter 27
Copying And Textual Criticism
What Is An Autograph?
Is This Limitation Scriptural?
But Don’t Biblical Writers Quote Copies As God’s Word?
Is This Limitation An Apologetic Dodge?
Does This Limitation Make Inerrancy A Dead Letter?
Why Did God Allow The Autographs To Be Lost?
Why Did God Not Give Us Perfect Copies?
Isn’t Any Loss A Serious Loss?
Translations And Editions
Teaching, Preaching, And Theology
Sacraments
Confessions, Creeds, Traditions
Human Reception
Interpretation
Chapter 28
Assurance
Person-Revelation - The Divine Witness
Theophany
Christ, The Mediator Of All Revelation
The Work Of The Holy Spirit
Epistemology And The Spirit’s Witness
The Spirit And The Sufficiency Of Scripture
Human Beings As Revelation
Writing On The Heart
The Name Of The Lord
Heart-Revelation
General, Special, And Existential Revelation
Part 5
God’s Knowledge And Man’s
Our Knowledge Of God
God’s Knowability And Incomprehensibility
Knowing God In Faith And In Unbelief
Knowledge In Obedience
Knowledge In Disobedience
Chapter 30
Objects Of Human Knowledge
Divine Revelation
The World
Ourselves
Epistemological Perspectives
Foundations And Foundationalism
Theories Of Truth
Chapter 31
Normative Justification
Situational Justification
Existential Justification
Knowledge, Regeneration, And Sanctification
Seeing Things In Biblical Patterns
A Corporate Existential Perspective
Chapter 32
The Personalism Of The Knowledge Of God
The Heart
Reason
Perception, Experience
Emotion
Emotions And Decisions
Emotions And Knowledge
Emotion As A Perspective
Emotion And Theology
Cultivating Godly Emotions
Imagination
Will
Habits, Skills
Intuition
Part 6
Nature And Work Of Angels
Angels And Men
Satan And Demons
Living With The Angels - A Sermon
Part 7
The Image Of God
Control (Kingly Office)
Authority (Prophetic Office)
Presence (Priestly Office)
Man As God’s Son
Male And Female
Both Men And Women Are Made In God’s Image
Men And Women Are Equally In The Image Of God
Sexual Differentiation Itself Images God
Men And Women Equally Represent God
Summary
Body, Soul, And Spirit
Dichotomy And Trichotomy
Creationism And Traducianism
The Creation Of Adam And Eve
The Historicity Of Adam And Eve
Chapter 35
Responsibility As Accountability
Responsibility As Liability
Responsibility And Ability
Excursus On Ability
Freedom
Critique Of Libertarianism
Creaturely Otherness, Integrity, And Significance
Divine And Human Creativity
Models Of Divine And Human Agency
Chapter 36
Man’s Original Goodness
The Nature Of Sin
The Origin Of Sin
God’s Response To The Fall
The Effects Of The Fall
Guilt
Punishment
Corruption
Temptation And Sin
Are Believers Totally Depraved?
Part 8
Christ-Centeredness
The Deity Of Christ
The Humanity Of Christ
The Incarnation
Jesus’ Virginal Conception
The Hypostatic Union
Living With Two Natures
Communication Of Attributes
Christ The Image Of God
Control (Kingly Office)
Authority (Prophetic Office)
Presence (Priestly Office)
Chapter 38
Jesus’ Offices
Prophet
Priest
King
The States Of Christ
Union With Christ
Adoption
Redemption
Part 9
Who Is The Spirit?
What Does The Spirit Do?
The Spirit In The Lives Of Believers
Baptism In The Spirit
Filling Of The Spirit
Fruit Of The Spirit
Gifts Of The Spirit
Miracles
Prophecy
Tongues
Healings
Chapter 40
The Ordo Salutis
Perspectives On The Application Of Redemption
Effectual Calling
Applications Of God’s Call
Chapter 41
Regeneration
Regeneration In The Old Testament
The Johannine Teaching
Paul On Regeneration
A Second Meaning Of Regeneration
Regenerate Infants
Faith
Definition Of Saving Faith
Saving Faith Is A Gift Of God
Faith And Good Works
The Role Of Faith In Salvation
Faith In The Christian Life
Faith, Hope, And Love
The Necessity Of Faith
Repentance
Repentance And Salvation
Repentance And The Christian Life
Chapter 42
Righteousness
The Nature Of Justification
A Legal Declaration
A Constitutive Declaration
The Ground Of Justification
The Instrument Of Justification
Justification And Sanctification
Recent Controversy Over Justification
Adoption
Relation Of Adoption To Other Doctrines
Privileges Of Adoption
Chapter 43
Holiness
Definition Of Sanctification
Definitive Sanctification
Progressive Sanctification
Means Of Sanctification
God’s Law
The History Of Redemption
Our Personal Resources
Spiritual Exercises And Simple Obedience
Chapter 44
Perseverance
Assurance Of Salvation
Grounds Of Assurance
Chapter 45
Present Glorification
Future Glorification
Partaking In The Divine Nature
Glory With God And With Christ
Part 10
Old Testament Background
The Nature Of The Church
Visible And Invisible
Local, Regional, Universal
Images
Attributes
Marks
Church Government
Chapter 47
The Church And The Kingdom
God’s Mandates For The Church
Specific Tasks
Ministries Of The Church
Chapter 48
The Idea Of A Means Of Grace
The Word
Fellowship
Prayer
Chapter 49
Baptism
The Mode Of Baptism
Infant Baptism
The Lord’s Supper
Table Fellowship With God
The Experience Of The Lord’s Supper
Part 11
The Intermediate State
The Eternal State
Eternal Blessing Of Believers (Heaven)
Eternal Punishment Of Unbelievers (Hell)
Chapter 51
Amillennialism
Postmillennialism
Premillennialism
Arguments For Amillennialism
Arguments For Postmillennialism
Arguments For Premillennialism
Preterism
The Already And The Not Yet
Eschatology And The Christian Life
Part 12
Lordship And Ethics
How God Governs Our Ethical Life
Necessary And Sufficient Criteria Of Good Works
Biblical Reasons To Do Good Works
Types Of Christian Ethics
What Really Matters
Factors In Ethical Judgment
Perspectives On The Discipline Of Ethics
Interdependence Of The Perspectives
The Ethical Life
The Lord’s Commands

Systematic Theology

An Introduction to Christian Belief