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From the Podcast – Divine Simplicity and the Christian Life: Sam Parkison and Ronni Kurtz

, · November 21, 2024

Matthew Barrett is currently working on a new systematic theology, so while he is away Dr. Sam Parkison and Dr. Ronni Kurtz are taking over the Credo Podcast.

In this episode of the Credo podcast, Dr. Sam Parkison and Dr. Ronni Kurtz continue their mini-series on classical theology. In this episode in particular, they discuss the classical doctrine of divine simplicity. Divine simplicity is an essential Christian doctrine that tells us our God is one, affirming the Shema and Deuteronomy 6:4. Divine simplicity tells us how this one God is the ultimate goodness, how He is love, beauty, and wisdom at the same time. Divine simplicity is the doctrine that holds all these attributes of God together. Although divine simplicity does not stand out in theology books published within a couple hundred of years, it is an important doctrine that is held onto for the better part of 2,000 years of the Christian history. Sam Parkison and Ronni Kurtz tell us not only the intellectual ground for the doctrine of divine simplicity, but also how it enriches our Christian life. Join Dr. Parkison and Dr. Kurtz in their quest to retrieve the ancient doctrine of divine simplicity for the church today.

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Ronni Kurtz

Ronni Kurtz is an Assistant Professor of Theology at Cedarville University. Before moving to Ohio, Ronni was a pastor in Kansas City, Missouri for seven years where he also taught theology at Midwestern Seminary and Spurgeon College. He is the author of Fruitful Theology: How the Life of the Mind Leads to the Life of the Soul and No Shadow of Turning: Divine Immutability and the Economy of Redemption. You can follow him on Twitter at @RonniKurtz.

Samuel G. Parkison

Samuel G. Parkison (PhD Midwestern Seminary) is Associate Professor of Theological Studies at Gulf Theological Seminary in the United Arab Emirates. He is the author of several books, including To Gaze Upon God: The Beatific Vision in Tradition, Doctrine, and Practice (IVP, 2024), Proclaiming the Triune God: The Doctrine of the Trinity in the Life of the Church (co-author) (B&H, 2024), as well as The Unvarnished Jesus: The Beauty of Christ & His Ugly Rivals (Christian Focus, 2025).

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