This week’s class will focus on the Bible’s big picture with an emphasis on the New Testament, as we did the Old Testament last week. Knowing the basic structure of the Bible, with its books and categories, will help us understand how it all comes together. Developing a Biblical worldview based on our understanding of… Continue Reading
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Bible Blueprint: Session Three – The Bible’s Big Picture, Old Testament
This week’s class will focus on the Bible’s big picture with an emphasis on the Old Testament. Knowing the basic structure of the Bible, with its books and categories, will help us understand how it all comes together. Developing a Biblical worldview based on our understanding of God’s Word takes time and practice, and is… Continue Reading
Bible Blueprint: Session Two – How Do I Study the Bible?
This week’s class will focus on the question: How do I study the Bible? We will look at one particularly effective method that will include the importance of knowing the big picture of the Bible as a foundational start. Developing a Biblical worldview takes time and practice, and is a lifetime commitment that requires reading… Continue Reading
Review Class: A Case for the Gospels, Session Nine – The Reliability of the Gospels in Conclusion
During our summer break, we have been reviewing one of our previous classes: A Case for the Gospels! This week we will finish up with a conclusion to the Gospel case with an overview of the categories that we have covered and a way to help us give answers to questions ask of us concerning… Continue Reading
Review Class: A Case for the Gospels, Session Eight – The Reliability of the Gospels via Textual Criticism
During our summer break, we are reviewing one of our previous classes: A Case for the Gospels! This week’s class focuses on the topic of “Textual Criticism” which is an academic field of study and method used by scholars to decipher the meaning of the original texts, or “autographs,” from ancient manuscripts. With a multitude… Continue Reading
Review Class: A Case for the Gospels, Session Seven – The Reliability of the Gospels via Canonization
For the next several weeks, during our summer break, we are reviewing one of our previous classes: A Case for the Gospels! This week’s class focuses on the connection from the transmission of the Bible to its canonicity. The canon of the Bible was not something that was done in a single council, nor by… Continue Reading
Review Class: A Case for the Gospels, Session Six – The Reliability of the Gospels via Transmission
For the next several weeks, during our summer break, we are reviewing one of our previous classes: A Case for the Gospels! This week’s class session focuses on the importance of the transmission of the Gospels. We can take confidence that the narratives have not been changed over time, not only based on eyewitnesses records… Continue Reading
Review Class: A Case for the Gospels, Session Five – The Spiritual Fuse leading to Jesus, and the Importance of Eyewitness Accounts
For the next several weeks, during our summer break, we are reviewing one of our previous classes: A Case for the Gospels! This week’s class focuses on the importance of eyewitness accounts, and the fact that we have multiple, not singular, written testimony in the four Gospels. The more witnesses to an event the more… Continue Reading
Review Class: A Case for the Gospels, Session Four – The Prophetic Fuse Leading to Jesus
For the next several weeks, during our summer break, we are reviewing one of our previous classes: A Case for the Gospels! This week’s class focuses on the amazing fulfillment of prophecy by Jesus, the Messiah. We will look at what prophecy is, how we can discern truthful prophecy from false teaching, and how important… Continue Reading
Review Class: A Case for the Gospels, Session Three – The Cultural Fuse Leading to Jesus Shows How God Set The Stage For the Coming Messiah
For the next several weeks, during our summer break, we are reviewing one of our previous classes: A Case for the Gospels! This week’s class focuses on background to the Gospels with a look at the period of time between the Old and New Testaments known as the “Intertestamental period” often referred to as 400… Continue Reading