The Godhead
The Academy · Foundations
The Godhead
One God, revealed in Jesus Christ
The case for the absolute oneness of God, from the Shema to the Word made flesh. Read the texts in Hebrew and Greek, answer the ten objections you will actually hear, and finish by writing your own three-minute opening statement.
The lessons
The way through
Enroll to open the lessons. Reading and verse lessons complete when you finish them; drills need a Lab attempt on each objection; checks need four of five; the path closes with your own opening statement.
Lesson I. Reading · 18 min
Hear, O Israel: The LORD Is One
The Shema and the prophets: one God, no other beside Him, and a Savior who shares His glory with no one.
Lesson II. Verse study · 20 min
The Child Who Is Mighty God
Isaiah 9:6 in Hebrew: El Gibbor, Avi-Ad, and why the titles are identity, not decoration.
Lesson III. Verse study · 20 min
YHWH Came to Save
The Old Testament promised that God Himself would come. The Scripture Map traces where He arrived.
Lesson IV. Reading · 22 min
The Word Made Flesh
John 1, Colossians 2:9 and 1 Timothy 3:16: the fullness of the Godhead bodily, and the Son as God come in flesh.
Lesson V. Check · 8 min
Check: One God, Revealed
Five questions on the first four lessons.
Lesson VI. Drill · 20 min
Who Was Jesus Praying To?
The objection you will hear first, in its strongest form, and how to answer it in ninety seconds.
Lesson VII. Reading · 22 min
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
Matthew 28:19, the singular name, and what the apostles did with it in Acts.
Lesson VIII. Drill · 30 min
The Objection Gauntlet
Sent by the Father, two wills, the baptism scene, the right hand, glory before the world was.
Lesson IX. Reading · 22 min
Before Nicaea
What the church said about God before 325, with names and dates, and what changed at Nicaea and Constantinople.
Lesson X. Check · 8 min
Check: Answering the Objections
Five questions on the objections and the history.
Lesson XI. Capstone · 45 min
Your Opening Statement
Write a three-minute opening on the resolution: the God of the Bible is one person.