Theology for the Church

God's Attributes with Daniel Scheiderer

May 5, 2025
Daniel Scheiderer, a pastor with a PhD from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, dives deep into the fascinating attributes of God. He discusses how to categorize these divine traits and emphasizes the need for humility when exploring God's nature. The conversation highlights the transformative power of understanding God's attributes in prayer while examining how these qualities shape moral behavior. Additionally, Scheiderer reflects on God's unchanging nature and the comfort it brings believers in times of suffering.
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INSIGHT

Approach God's Being Humbly

  • God is absolute being, uncaused and transcendent beyond creaturely comparison.
  • We must approach discussing God with humility and restraint due to His incomprehensibility.
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Attributes Are Attributions

  • Attributes of God are what we say about Him, not components of His being.
  • We attribute qualities to God based on His revelation, not creaturely concepts.
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Balanced Language for God

  • We use negative (via negation) and positive (via positiva) ways to speak of God.
  • Analogy and accommodation help us speak truthfully while respecting the creator-creature distinction.
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