This week’s presentation is an overview of the 66 books of the Bible and 8 major Covenants (Promises from God) therein. We will also spend some time in prayer and reviewing our class introduction. For the Bible study portion, we will read through Joshua chapters 1-4 and then discuss those chapters in our study groups.… Continue Reading
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A Case for the Bible and A Study in the Book of Joshua: Introduction
This week we are starting a new class called “A Case for the Bible, and A Study in the book of Joshua.” We will focus on some introductory things to help us study including types of study Bibles, versions, resources and study tools. We will also look at our ministry statement and purpose for this… Continue Reading
A Case for the Bible, The Bible Fast Forward: Session Five, The Origin of the Gospel in Genesis
This week we are taking a time out from our survey of the Bible to look at an interview that will help us understand some of the important things we are reading and learning in Genesis that point to Jesus, the Messiah. As we focus on learning the Bible’s big picture through this study, it… Continue Reading
A Case for the Bible, The Bible Fast Forward: Session Four – A Survey of Genesis, Chapters 12-36
In this week’s class presentation we are continuing with our survey format for studying the books of the Bible by covering Genesis chapters 12-36. In this class we are working on ways that will encourage us to studying the Bible on our own, and gain insight by reading and researching for ourselves. This survey practice… Continue Reading
A Case for the Bible, The Bible Fast Forward: Session Three, Resources for Genesis 1-11
For this week’s class we will pause and take a look at some of the resources that are available for Christians to go to in order to help answer some of those “difficult” science questions that the culture will ask of us (and we may be asking ourselves). Since we are doing a survey of… Continue Reading
A Case for the Bible, The Bible Fast Forward: Session Two – A Survey of Genesis, Chapters 1-11
In this week’s class presentation we are looking at our survey format for studying the books of the Bible, and we will cover some of the introductory parts of that format as we begin to survey the book of Genesis. This will complement our video lectures from Greg Koukl’s “Bible Fast Forward” series that can… Continue Reading
A Case for the Bible, The Bible Fast Forward: Session One – A Survey of the Bible, Introduction
Welcome to our new class: A Case for the Bible, The Bible Fast Forward. In this presentation we will look at our ministry statement, recommended things you will need for this class and an overview of Bible types and versions with some recommendations for study Bibles. We will also preview the format for our “Survey… Continue Reading
A Case for the Bible: The importance of understanding the cumulative case, including the testimony of saved lives, when practicing Christian Apologetics
We have been laying out a “Case for the Bible” over the past few months and the evidence collection has been based on a question that many have posed: How do we know the Bible is reliable? This question also covers concern over transmission, translation and canonicity. If we can confirm its accuracy in all… Continue Reading
A Case for the Bible: The importance of understanding the Bible’s scientific authenticity, as it relates to Creation, when practicing Christian Apologetics
Last week we looked at how the Bible is scientifically authentic even though it is not intended to be a book of science. If the Bible is authentic when it speaks of things like germ avoidance, ocean seascapes and currents, and even the best day to perform a procedure like circumcision, then one might think… Continue Reading
A Case for the Bible: The importance of understanding the Bible’s scientific authenticity when practicing Christian Apologetics
Over the past few months we have been looking at the evidence for the reliability, historicity and inspiration of the Bible. We have seen an abundance of evidence, so much so that Christian Apologist J. Warner Wallace says, “there is so much evidence for the the reliability of the Bible that it is like death… Continue Reading