Fred SandersA scene from the Leben der heiligen Altväter (1482)
Talks
The Nicene Line ExplainedThis is the Most Important Line in Christian Theology
This is from the Spring 2025 DC-area conference called The Trinity: 1700 Years After Nicaea, sponsored by Credo and Sola Media. Thanks to Sola for selecting this portion, and editing it well. (This resource works best…
Retrieving Nicaea for Evangelicals2025 Hobbs Lecture, Oklahoma Baptist University
I was invited to give the 2025 Hobbs Lecture at Oklahoma Baptist University, on the topic of retrieving Nicaea for evangelicals. The lecture was followed by a symposium featuring lots of excellent Baptist theologians handling the…
Confessing the Triune God; Celebrating the Nicene CreedSacramento Gospel Conference 2025
Great conference at Immanuel Baptist Church in Sacramento, CA. James Dolezal and I got to tag-team our way through a half-dozen lectures on history and doctrine. Here are my three, plus a Q&A session with pastor…
True God from True GodThe Trinity: 1700 Years After Nicaea Conference, DC
Here’s video from my talk at the Trinity conference in the DC area, sponsored by Credo Magazine and Sola Media. We split up the sections of the Nicene Creed and I got to cover “True God…
Panel Discussion at Bethlehem
I came to this conference to speak about the doctrine of the Holy Spirit, which I did. But it also turned out that I was pretty conspicuously the most unCalvinist theologian at the event, so my…
The Holy Spirit (Bethlehem Conference)Theology for Everyone Conference, Bethlehem College and Seminary
Bethlehem College and Seminary had a good idea for a theology conference: they invited authors from Crossway’s Short Studies in Systematic Theology series to come together and present the big ideas from their little books. I…
What Not to Read: Bad Theology
On April 1 (no joke) 2025, I spoke at Lewis House, a Christian study center in Lexington, KY. Derek King invited me to talk about bad books and harmful reading. It’s an important topic, and I…
The Doctrine of the Son: Trinitarian Christology for the Sake of the Gospel2024 Deere-Hester Lecture at Gateway Seminary
I was invited to give the 2024 Deere-Hester lecture at Gateway Seminary in Ontario, California. I’ve collaborated with Gateway faculty and friends on several projects over the years, and was honored to make the trip and…
Polar Opposite Misunderstandings of the Holy SpiritSub-personal or Hyper-personalized
A three-minute video about two ways of misunderstanding the Spirit’s personhood.
The Trinity & Salvation (Conference Video)
Here’s video of a 30-minute talk I gave at First Baptist Alcoa (Alcoa, TN) on February 12, 2022. The whole event was well planned by Cody Barnhart. One of the best things about it was getting…
Beloved, Well-Pleasing SonA sermon on Jesus' baptism in the Jordan (Luke 3:21-22)
My church (Grace EvFree in La Mirada) is preaching through the gospel of Luke, and invited me to preach on Jesus’ baptism in the Jordan (3:21-22).
Hilary of Poitiers’ On the Trinity
I commend the Latin pro-Nicene theologian Hilary of Poitiers. He wrote a long treatise On the Trinity which was the assigned text for a Patristics reading group (Ad Fontes at Holy Joys) that invited me to…
Disciples of the Trinity
Here is a 2021 talk I gave, with some Q & A at the end, about how the simplicity of discipleship and the depth of trinitarianism belong together. The talk was for a church group, from…
Problematic Views of God Christians Should Know About
Michael Horton and Fred Sanders discuss a growing trend to pull away from classical theism and move toward a more immanent view of God, seeing him as evolving throughout the course of history.
Seeing the Trinity in Scripture
a 2018 lecture at the Lanier Theological Library in Houston, TX. Heavily illustrated, well edited, and with the benefit of a responsive, live audience.
Hearing VoicesThe Trinity in the Old Testament
This is a 2015 lecture for my students at the Torrey Honors College, introducing prosoponic exegesis and its implications for the doctrine of the Trinity.
The Theology of the Pastoral Epistles
A 2015 lecture exploring what is unique about I & II Timothy and Titus, especially focusing on how the theology leans into the ethics.
