About this course

The background of the word "theology" is rather simple and points out the importance of its study.  The word comes from two Greek words, theos and logos, meaning “God” and “word” correspondingly. Thus, theology attempts to come to a coherent understanding of the knowledge of God.  Theology informed the natural sciences with answers to the ultimate questions of being, while the natural sciences informed theologians of the glories of God revealed in the stars, the oceans, and the human body.  But there came a time when man’s desire for autonomy confounded this mutually beneficial relationship.  From the Enlightenment onward, theology, far from being simply demoted to a handmaiden, became an outcast, a crazy aunt hidden in the basement of academia.

This first course is but an introduction to the field of systematic theology. And it is no substitute for knowing personally the God for whose glory these lectures and this study guide were created.  This course provides an overview of Systematic Theology, as R.C. Sproul shows that the truths of Scripture relate to each other in perfect harmony.

An optional book Essential Truths of the Christian Faith can be purchased from the Ligonier Store here to enhance the learning experience.