Marrow 5: Efficiency of God

S2:E4—Marrow 4: The Efficiency of God Benjamin, Michael, & Cody continue through The Marrow of Theology, by William Ames, with particular focus upon the efficiency or power of God. Raised in this episode: What is the efficiency of God and its relation to faith? How does Deism differ from Christianity regarding God's efficiency? What is practical Atheism and its relation to this doctrine? How can Hannah, flowers, and the Resurrection teach us about God's efficiency? What is the importance of God's power in our thinking and speaking well of God? Are there any crucial distinctions concerning God's power? Why must we say that God does not have active power (or potency)? Are there things impossible with God? What does Thomas Cartwright have to say concerning God's power? What is the doctrine of inseparable operations, does Ames affirm it, and why is it important? James White & Biblicism. What does Ames teach concerning the order of the divine Persons in the manner of working? Do other Reformed theologians teach this? What can Peter Van Mastricht teach us here?