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Oct 2024
New Testament scholars generally agree that the proclamation of the “Good News of Jesus” can be documented in all the apostolic preaching from Peter’s Pentecost sermon onward, and that all four Gospels follow this same outline which is presented in the following points: 1) God’s promises made to God’s people in the Old Testament are fulfilled in Jesus 2) The Chosen One of God (Messiah and Christ), born in King David’s line, has come. 3) He is Jesus of Nazareth, who was a profound teacher proclaiming God’s present and coming rule and......
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May 22, 2024
The Faith of the Civil War Soldiers
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...
April 24, 2024
Christianity and the US Constitution – Part 2
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...
April 17, 2024
Christianity and the American Constitution
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...
January 10, 2024
Land and History of Israel in Old Testament Times
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...
January 10, 2024
Ancient Sources of the Torah
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...
November 08, 2023
New Testament Structure and Formation
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,...
November 08, 2023
The Covenants of the Old Testament
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...
November 01, 2023
The Bible – Divisions, Books, Chapters, and Verses
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,...
May 17, 2023
Apologetics: Pointers to Faith (Conclusion)
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...