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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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.
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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.)
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 3 non-essential: Eternal vs Conditional Security, essential: the Godhood of Jesus
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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
To sum up the Trinity (which is what parts 1 through 3 were about) consider this great, succinct video explanation by Ravi Zacharias, the great apologist. Notice how he deals with complexity and continues using reason and philosophy. That the Trinity is uncovered in the Bible is theology. Trying to understand the Trinity is an exercise in logic and philosophy.
On the unforgiveable sin, see Hank Hanegraaff’s short video response from the One Minute Apologist webcast.
For a great video on the differences between Calvinism and Arminianism, check out this sermon clip by former head pastor of Mars Hill, Mark Driscoll.
For a constructive conversation between John Piper (Calvinist) and Rick Warren (Arminian) over the complete sovereignty of God, suffering, sin, and how God is in control of everything, watch this clip. They also discuss Unconditional Election – God chooses who will be saved – and also Conditional Election in this clip, which coincidentally is where I tend to find myself on this topic, if that matters. “Any apparent contradiction in scripture is my limited capacity… it’s like an ant trying to understand the internet.” – Warren.
For more information on Thomas Jefferson’s version of the Bible, called The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth, visit Smithsonian Magazine. (You can also click on the title of the book for links to read it online.)
An interesting apologetics class by R.C. Sproul touches on the Deity of Christ. Move forward to the 14 minute mark of this video.
Pastor Mark Discholl has a great video clip on Jesus’ claims to be God and why he was arrested and killed.
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