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This is the Session 2 recording from the Confessing the Faith 2025 Conference, hosted by Free Grace Baptist Church (www.freegrace.ca). Learn more and access resources at www.confessingthefaith.ca and www.confessingthefaith.ca/resources.

Confessing the Faith exists to equip and strengthen churches and believers by promoting the confession of the faith once delivered to the saints, focusing on the Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (1677/89). Our goal is to foster deeper understanding of God, promote doctrinal clarity, and encourage joyful worship rooted in the historic Christian faith.

🎤 Speaker: Dr. James Dolezal
Dr. James Dolezal is professor of theology at Cairn University and visiting professor at International Reformed Baptist Seminary. He is the author of God Without Parts and All That Is in God and has contributed to volumes like Divine Impassibility and Classical Theism.

In this session, Dr. Dolezal unpacks the doctrine of divine simplicity, explaining how God’s oneness, unity, and independence guard us from false views of God as a composite or changeable being. He traces this doctrine through Scripture and historic confessions, showing why it’s foundational to understanding the God of the Bible.

Top 3 Scripture References
📖 Deuteronomy 6:4 — “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one!”
📖 Exodus 3:14 — “God said to Moses, ‘I AM WHO I AM.’”
📖 James 1:17 — “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights…”

Chapters
00:00 Introduction to divine simplicity
06:15 God’s oneness and unity
14:30 Refuting composite or divided views of God
23:45 Biblical foundations and confessional witness
34:00 Implications for worship and trust
42:30 Q&A highlights and summary

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