For fall 2018, I’ll be teaching a class called Understanding the Bible at Seeds Church in Middle Tennessee.
This is week 10. Genocide, Oppression, and Punishment – answers to the question of God’s role in the so-called Canaanite Genocide and eternal punishment in Hell.
For fall 2018, I’ll be teaching a class called Understanding the Bible at Seeds Church in Middle Tennessee.
This is week 9: Is “G-O-D” Spelled “E-G-O?” – an introduction to honor/shame cultures and how understanding that culture a little better can help us understand the Bible better.
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For fall 2018, I’ll be teaching a class called Understanding the Bible at Seeds Church in Middle Tennessee.
This is week 6: You Down with PWP? – a very quick primer on how to read poetry, wisdom literature and prophecy in the Bible.
For fall 2018, I’ll be teaching a class called Understanding the Bible at Seeds Church in Middle Tennessee.
This is week 6: Reading Someone Else’s Mail – a primer on how to read the Law and the epistles.
For fall 2018, I’ll be teaching a class called Understanding the Bible at Seeds Church in Middle Tennessee.
This is week 4: The Story of Scripture – a primer on reading Biblical narrative literature.
For fall 2018, I’ll be teaching a class called Understanding the Bible at Seeds Church in Middle Tennessee.
This is week 3: Reading the Bible “Literally” – learning how to differentiate between different genres to read the Bible as it was intended to be read by its authors.
For fall 2018, I’ll be teaching a class called Understanding the Bible at Seeds Church in Middle Tennessee.
This is week 2: Is the Bible Trustworthy? – an overview of how the Bible was collected into the form we now have, what “canon” means and whether or not we can trust what we have is what God intended.
For fall 2018, I’ll be teaching a class called Understanding the Bible at Seeds Church in Middle Tennessee.
This is week 1: Why Should I Read the Bible?
Starting in April 2015, for seven weeks, I’ll be teaching a class based (loosely) on Martin Theilen’s What’s the Least I Can Believe and Still be a Christian? at Springhouse Worship & Arts Center. The class is designed to cut through the clutter and excess focus on non-essentials and renew our faith with clear focus on the essentials.
Week 5 non-essential: Types of Baptism. The essential: The Life & Death of Christ
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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
In classes like these, we don’t always have time to cover everything we could. Fortunately, I’ve covered this topic previously. In a previous class, Has God Spoken?, I spent a whole class time demonstrating proof of the Historicity of Jesus using only non-Biblical sources. You can download the pdf from the earlier post, and click the link to download that class audio.
Why baptism? from the perspective of former Mars Hill pastor Mark Driscoll check out this video. This follow up video answers the question if Baptism is required for salvation.
For a (very long and thorough) debate on infant baptism between John MacArthur (against) and R.C. Sproul (for), click this video and listen in. If you have two hours on your hand it’s pretty indicative of the two sides to this issue.
In a perspective on the One Minute Apologist webcast, Dr. Bobby Conway speaks on whether or not someone must to be baptized to be saved, watch this clip.
Starting in April 2015, for seven weeks, I’ll be teaching a class based (loosely) on Martin Theilen’s What’s the Least I Can Believe and Still be a Christian? at Springhouse Worship & Arts Center. The class is designed to cut through the clutter and excess focus on non-essentials and renew our faith with clear focus on the essentials.
Week 4 essential: Salvation Comes Only Through Jesus. The non-essential: How you are saved.
Right Click and Save As… the pdf and the mp3 for the full experience:
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
For a clear, short message of salvation from Rick Warren, of Saddleback Church in California, watch this video clip here. For the “most basic” things needed to be saved, listen to John Piper’s answer in this short video clip.
How about some salvation testimonies? Adrian Rogers, the late Southern Baptist preacher. John Piper of Desiring God. Greg Laurie of Harvest Crusades and Harvest Christian Fellowship.
For more stories of how God intercedes in our lives for Salvation, I recommend the whole website of I Am Second. Check out Michael W. Smith, the musician (you may know him.)
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