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<== Previous Lesson [responsivevoice_button] Many in the next generation, the first of the eighteenth century, felt fewer obligations to the Christian past, so instead of trying to harmonize nature and Scripture, they simply set aside revelation. Many intellectuals claimed that the parts of the Bible that agree with reason are…
<== Previous Lesson I want you to throw out any pictures that you have in your head of angels, demons, and Satan. These popular images are based on big misunderstandings for the most part. You will need to learn some new words that you don’t use very often, and you…
<== Previous Lesson [responsivevoice_button] Back when we were talking about Augustine’s City of God, we tackled the problem of evil. This is a difficult philosophical argument that may have roots all the way back to around the year 300 BC. The Greek philosopher Epicurus summed up the argument in the…
<== Previous Lesson [responsivevoice_button] In the early American colonies from the earliest days of the Jamestown colony until 1700, colonists from Britain settled along the east coast in areas now known as Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Virginia. While we think of these colonists as coming to find religious freedom.…
<== Previous Lesson [responsivevoice_button] Hopefully in our discussion on Sanctification yesterday, you came away with something of a definition and process. Here are the basics: Sanctification is being set apart to be holy (1 Corinthians 6:11) by growing in Christ-likeness. (1 Thessalonians 5:23). In other words, as a Christian, you…
<== Previous Lesson [responsivevoice_button] Your assignment is to do some research on sanctification online. I’d like you to research and write out an answer to the following questions: What is Sanctification? What is a saint? What does it mean that a believer is a new creation? What is the process…
<== Previous Lesson [responsivevoice_button] The ability to seek the truth about God and live according to our beliefs has been an essential part of American order from the beginning. No other nation has such robust protection of religious freedom. It didn’t start perfectly, nor is it perfect today, but James…
<== Previous Lesson Zoom Call today at 11:15 am [responsivevoice_button] While Jesus’ death accomplished everything that it was intended to, we have not yet experienced all that there is to experience of salvation. We are in the middle of it. Past – Justified Present – Sanctified Future – Glorified In…
<== Previous Lesson [responsivevoice_button] I think the Puritans get a bad rap. In our modern times, which are marked with a quest for individual rights and sexual freedom, Puritan has come to mean a religious snob who does his best to keep people from having fun. H.L. Mencken was an…
<== Previous Lesson [responsivevoice_button] In Story of Christianity by David Bentley Hart, read the chapter “Colonies and Missions” on pages 281-287. Converted by Love or Force Columbus gave the island that he landed on a proper Spanish name as he claimed it for Ferdinand and Isabella. He called it San…
<== Previous Lesson [responsivevoice_button] Read this verse: God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood—to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished— he did it to demonstrate his righteousness…
<== Previous Lesson [responsivevoice_button] As we start this new week, we move into the theology of salvation also known as soteriology. So for those of you confused as to how the trinity and creation are applicable to your daily life, there should be no confusion this week. Being around church…
[responsivevoice_button voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Listen to Post”] It is not enough to just know that God created. Humanity has an intense desire to figure out the “how” of creation. There are three major views that are important for all believers to understand. Evolution Please note that this is not a…
[responsivevoice_button voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Listen to Post”] This was an ugly time in which the political head of the church was a bit of an embarrassment. However, Thomas Cranmer and other Archbishops of Canterbury were molding this new Anglicanism (Church of England) in a way that didn’t completely separate with…
[responsivevoice_button voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Listen to Post”] After having looked at the fullness of the Trinity in the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, now I want to turn our attention to the beginning of our Bibles. Creation. We all know the first couple of words of the Bible. “In the…
If you would have asked me about Lent twenty years ago, when I was a newborn Christian, I probably would have told you that it was a time of repentance for Catholics for all the debauchery that happens during Mardi Gras. I had no clue that it was practiced by…
It’s nearly impossible to escape it in the news, entertainment, and social media. The conversations bubble up around the water cooler, at family gatherings, and during school functions. We live in a highly charged political arena and current events, like the partial government shutdown and the battle over border security,…
If the only thing in your life guided by your Christianity is two or three hours on the weekend then you have missed the boat. The Christian is called to walk worthy of the God (Ephesians 4:1, Philippians 1:27, Colossians 1:10, 1 Thessalonians 2:12, etc.) and I don’t think that…
During the Christmas season, we are happy to haul out the holly and put up the brightest string of lights you’ve ever seen. We even take a few moments to remember that first silent Christmas night when the God of the universe slipped into human flesh and was placed in…
My wife and I were recently considering getting my daughter, who has somehow transformed into a teenager overnight, a smartphone. My wife had upgraded her phone a few months back and we were still holding on to the older model iPhone with hopes of giving it to her as her…
If you walk into any Christian church in the world and ask someone, “What do Christians believe?” there is a good chance you will get all kinds of different answers. I want to distill all those different things down to the irreducible core beliefs. Other things can be discussed and…
If you walk into any Christian church in the world and ask someone, “What do Christians believe?” there is a good chance you will get all kinds of different answers. I want to distill all those different things down to the irreducible core beliefs. Other things can be discussed and…
If you walk into any Christian church in the world and ask someone, “What do Christians believe?” there is a good chance you will get all kinds of different answers. I want to distill all those different things down to the irreducible core beliefs. Other things can be discussed and…