SKELETONS OF A COURSE OF THEOLOGICAL LECTURES by Charles Finney

Contents SKELETONS OF A COURSE OF THEOLOGICAL LECTURES BY THE REV. CHAS. G. FINNEY Professor Of Didactic, Polemic, And Pastoral Theology, In The Oberlin Collegiate Institution; Author Of "Lectures On…

Preface Preface The method of giving Theological Instruction in this Institution is as follows: 1. A series of questions is propounded for discussion, comprising an outline of a system of…

Lecture 1 Lecture I. Introductory Lecture.--No. 1. I. Define the study upon which you are about to enter. II. Notice some of the requisite personal qualifications for this study. III.…

Lecture 2 Introductory Lecture.--No. 2. I. Some things implied in the study of Theology. II. Some things that we know of man, independently of any revelation or knowledge of God.…

Lecture 3 Introductory Lecture.--No. 3. I. The importance of a correct and thorough knowledge of the laws of evidence. II. What is evidence and what is proof, and the difference…

Lecture 4 Lecture IV. Existence Of God. First, State the several methods of proof. Second, Show to what they amount. First, State the several methods of proof. I. Moral argument,…

Lecture 5 Lecture V. Atheism. First. Define Atheism. Second. Some of the different forms or modifications of Atheism. Third. Answer the principal objections of Atheists, to Theism. Fourth. Point out…

Lecture 6 Lecture VI. Divine Authority Of The BibleI will show, First. That a farther revelation from God, than that which is made in the works of nature and providence…

Lecture 7 Lecture VII. Inspiration Of The Bible. First. What is not implied in the inspiration of the Bible. Second. What is implied in it. Third. How a question of…

Lecture 8 Lecture VIII. Deism. First. Define Deism. Second. Notice the different classes of Deists. Third. Notice their principal objections to Christianity. Fourth. Consider some of the difficulties of Deism.…