Stairway from Heaven: God's Condescension in Christ

/ Grace Immanuel Reformed Baptist Church/

In the two lectures below, Dr Bob Gonzales contrasts Babel with Bethel. At Babel sinful humans build a tower to reach God. At Bethel God places a stairway earthward to reach men. Thus, Bethel teaches us that true religion does not come from human effort but from a gracious act of divine condescension that finds its ultimate fulfillment in the incarnation of Christ. Once he expounds this theme, Gonzales attempts to highlight its ramifications for soteriology (sola gratia) and theological method (sola Scriptura). These lectures were delivered at the 2017 Reformation Conference in Grand Rapids, Michigan. 

/ Grace Immanuel Reformed Baptist Church/ /

Bob Gonzales

Bob Gonzales has served as a pastor of four Reformed Baptist congregations and has been the Academic Dean and a professor since 2005. He is the author of Where Sin Abounds: the Spread of Sin and the Curse in Genesis with Special Focus on the Patriarchal Narratives and has contributed to the Reformed Baptist Theological Review, The Founders Journal, and Westminster Theological Journal. Dr Gonzales is a member of the Evangelical Theological Society. He and his wife, Becky, reside in Boca Raton, Florida.