This class examines the role of faith in the lives of Civil War soldiers as told in their letters and diaries. The Civil War generation was the product of the Second Great Awakening, an evangelical...
The goal of this class is to provide some insight regarding the influence of Christian perspectives on the U.S. Constitution. The first governing document of the United States was the Articles of Confederation. These articles...
This class looks at the various Protestant denominations, their theological outlook, and the understanding of human nature that influenced the principles that resulted in the form of government embodied in the US Constitution. Americans, as...
The designation of the land of ancient Israel is called “The Holy Land” because Christians, after Christianity became the religion of the Roman Empire, began to make pilgrimages to the places described in the New...
It was a long held belief that Moses write the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, also known as the Torah (law and wisdom) or the Pentateuch (meaning “five books” in Greek). However, in...
The New Testament is the covenant made through the life, death, and resurrection of Christ. Like the Old Testament, the New Testament has several different types of literature. The first four books, Matthew, Mark, Luke,...
For Christians, the Jewish Bible is known as the Old Testament because it is focused on the covenant made with the Hebrew people through Moses, the most revered of the prophets. The Hebrew people used...
What is the Bible? – Divisions, Books, Chapters, and Verses Since ancient times, the Bible has been separated into books. In the late Middle Ages, each book was divided for easy reference into larger chapters,...
Pointers to Faith – Making Sense of Life and our Experience in the World Class Date: May 17, 2023 The Christian Faith is not primarily about the “fact” that there is a God. It is...
In this class, Dan addresses some of the arguments offered that have led many to abandon the church. Many of these arguments have been around for a long time. One argument that is widely cited...