tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387445452024-02-07T12:37:25.690+08:00Baptist Distinctives free online Bible Institute for Asia, Africa and Latin AmericaIf a person has only one year to prepare in becoming a tentmaker missionary, or a pastor, ministry leader, Sunday School teacher or worker of a small church, what are the Bible doctrines and truths, and practical skills he or she must learn? To help equip pastors, lay leaders, church workers and tentmaker missionaries from Asia, Africa and Latin America, we are organizing this free online Bible Institute in cooperation with some churches and Bible colleges in the Philippines.Atty. Gerry T. Galaciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17233852101336409722noreply@blogger.comBlogger295125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38744545.post-11531497328630864082016-04-23T15:48:00.002+08:002019-09-03T09:49:50.586+08:00Upcoming resource: 800-plus interactive exercises in Theology, World Religions, Old and New Testament Surveys, etc. (with time limit and automatic scoring)<table border="1" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="4" style="float: left; margin: 0px 40px 10px 0px; width: 445px;"><tbody>
<tr><td height="46" valign="top" width="445">Update as of July 3, 2017: Some <a href="https://interactive-bible-exercises.netlify.com/" rel="" target="_blank">500-plus interactive exercises are now available</a>. These exercises are hosted on Bit Balloon, a free web hosting service.<br />
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Available exercises and topics: <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.netlify.com/theology/indextheology" target="_blank">Theology</a>; <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.netlify.com/Bible%20Doctrines%20Christology/indexchristology.htm" target="_blank">Christology</a>; <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.netlify.com/pneumatology/indexpneumatology" target="_blank">Pneumatology</a>), <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.netlify.com/Articles%20of%20Faith/indexarticlesoffaith.htm" target="_blank">complete Articles of Faith</a>, <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.netlify.com/christology/indexchristologytimed" target="_blank">Christology</a>, the <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/06/review-quizzes-and-activities-for.html">Biblical distinctives of Baptists</a>, <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.netlify.com/Scofield%20Reference%20Notes%201917/indexscofield.htm" target="_blank">Scofield Reference Notes (1917)</a>, terms and definitions from world religions and cults (<a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.netlify.com/Terms%20and%20definitions%20world%20religions%20and%20cults/indexworldreligionsandcultsflashcards.htm" target="_blank">flashcards</a> and <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.netlify.com/Terms%20and%20definitions%20world%20religions%20and%20cults/indexworldreligionsandcultsmatchingtype.htm" target="_blank">quizzes</a>), <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.netlify.com/biblical%20manhood%20and%20womanhood/indexcbmw.htm" target="_blank">Biblical manhood and womanhood</a>, <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.netlify.com/christology/fifty%20reasons%20christ%20suffered%20and%20died%20part%201" target="_blank">Fifty reasons Christ suffered and died</a>, <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.netlify.com/creationism/indexcreationism" target="_blank">Creationism</a>, and <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.netlify.com/evans/indexevanstimed" target="_blank">The Great Doctrines of the Bible by Evans</a>. Try the easy level <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.netlify.com/miscellaneous/psalm%2019" target="_blank">Psalm 19</a> or <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.netlify.com/miscellaneous/church%20covenant" target="_blank">church covenant</a> first to familiarize yourself with how the exercises work.</td></tr>
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I am currently working on 800-plus interactive exercises in Theology, World Religions, Old and New Testament Surveys, and other topics. These exercises are flashcards, multiple choice questions, matching type, and cloze/gap-fill with time limit and automatic scoring. Depending on a topic’s length or complexity, the total number of items ranges from 10 to 50-plus per exercise. <br />
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As I mentioned in the Introduction, self-study is the core of this online Bible Institute. Through these interactive exercises, you can effectively measure how well you have mastered the topics you are studying.<br />
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Procedure:<br />
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(1) Download and print out the suggested resource materials.<br />
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(2) After studying a section or chapter of a resource material, take the corresponding exercise.<br />
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(3) If your score is below 70%, review the section or chapter. Then take the exercise again.<br />
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(4) Aim for a score of 85% or higher. Record your scores by using any screen grab program. If you’re using a tablet or smartphone, take screen shots of your scores.<br />
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Once I finish a series of exercises, I will immediately upload them to Dropbox or Google Drive so you can easily access them. (In fact, I have finished another 200-plus exercises, but because of problems with my 9-year old laptop, I have not been able to upload them.)<br />
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With God’s grace, I expect to finish these 800-plus exercises before 2016 ends.Atty. Gerry T. Galaciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17233852101336409722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38744545.post-53448299124526054172011-09-24T11:17:00.001+08:002019-09-03T09:41:30.051+08:00Index of available lessons<table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="8" cellspacing="4" style="margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 180px;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><span style="font-weight: bold;">As we noted in the <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2008/02/things-to-come.html">introductory post about this ministry</a>, it will take about two to three years to finish the research, writing, and editing of the envisioned 300-plus lessons. In the meantime, students can enroll in any or all of the five subject areas in the </span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2008/02/things-to-come.html#curriculum">interim curriculum</a></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> we have prepared </span>(Foundations: Articles of Faith and Biblical distinctives of Baptists; Christology; Apologetics; World religions and cults; Understanding secular religions; Leadership; Creationism; Homiletics; Bible Interpretation; Dispensationalism; and Great Doctrines of the Bible).<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />
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Listed below are the available lessons. </span>More lessons are continuously being written, edited, and posted. From time to time, the lessons will be updated, revised, combined, formatted, and edited to comply with the VOA Simplified English word list.<br />
<blockquote><a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.netlify.com/" target="_blank">800-plus interactive exercises from various Bible lessons with time limit and automatic scoring</a> (external link, hosted on Bit Balloon, a free website hosting service; each exercise has 10 to 50 items or more, depending on the topic’s complexity) <br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2008/02/articles-of-faith.html">001 Articles of Faith</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2008/08/review-quizzes-for-articles-of-faith.html">Online and interactive review quizzes and activities for Articles of Faith</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2008/10/biblical-distinctives-of-baptists.html">002 Biblical distinctives of Baptists</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/06/review-quizzes-and-activities-for.html">Online and interactive review quizzes and activities on the Biblical distinctives of Baptists</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2008/12/power-and-authority-of-preaching.html">003 The power and authority of preaching</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/01/what-is-biblical-repentance.html">004 What is Biblical repentance?</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/02/study-of-god.html">005 The study of God</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/02/person-we-call-god.html">006 The person we call God</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/02/infinity-of-god.html">007 The infinity of God</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/02/gods-holiness-and-his-righteousness.html">008 God’s holiness and His righteousness</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/02/gods-holiness-and-his-love.html">009 God’s holiness and His love</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/02/gods-general-revelation-of-himself-to.html">010 God’s general revelation of Himself to mankind</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/02/gods-special-revelation-of-himself-to.html">011 God’s special revelation of Himself to mankind</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/02/verbal-and-plenary-inspiration-of-bible.html">012 The verbal and plenary inspiration of the Bible</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/03/how-to-interpret-bible.html">013 How to interpret the Bible</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/03/adoption-abba-father.html">Adoption: Abba, Father!</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/01/are-you-for-or-against-altar-call-and.html">Are you for or against the altar call and sinner’s prayer ?</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/03/assurance-of-salvation.html">Assurance of salvation</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/church-planting-materials.html">Church planting materials and resources</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/04/cults-jehovahs-witnesses.html">Cults: Jehovah’s Witnesses</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/04/mormonism-church-of-jesus-christ-of.html">Cults: Mormonism (Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints)</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/04/cults-seventh-day-adventism.html">Cults: Seventh Day Adventism</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/08/developing-theology-of-music.html">Developing a theology of music</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2011/01/doctrine-of-christ-index-of-lessons-and.html">Doctrine of Jesus Christ</a>, from “The Great Doctrines of the Bible” by Rev. William Evans <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-_zuSofeYCV80u5Pho9ULfWYbdI48wLF2jXxLOarv_IEEopk4gmj0IoMzEEOgTLCsmcWQiavul37NPGH7fuh5kn4d19gAz6AQgL18BsNWYK8I1AQHS2pRTRfuqGqxpZ1-he2G/s1600-h/mark's+gospel+edited.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><br />
<ol><li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2011/01/person-of-christ-from-great-doctrines.html">The Person of Christ</a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-_zuSofeYCV80u5Pho9ULfWYbdI48wLF2jXxLOarv_IEEopk4gmj0IoMzEEOgTLCsmcWQiavul37NPGH7fuh5kn4d19gAz6AQgL18BsNWYK8I1AQHS2pRTRfuqGqxpZ1-he2G/s1600-h/mark's+gospel+edited.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402684783896904354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-_zuSofeYCV80u5Pho9ULfWYbdI48wLF2jXxLOarv_IEEopk4gmj0IoMzEEOgTLCsmcWQiavul37NPGH7fuh5kn4d19gAz6AQgL18BsNWYK8I1AQHS2pRTRfuqGqxpZ1-he2G/s400/mark's+gospel+edited.jpg" style="float: right; height: 157px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 250px;" /></a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2011/01/humanity-of-christ-from-great-doctrines.html">The Humanity of Christ</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2011/01/divine-names-are-given-to-christ-from.html">Divine names are given to Christ</a> </li>
</ol><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/12/index-of-lessons-and-basic-truths-for.html">Doctrine of God</a>, from “The Great Doctrines of the Bible” by Rev. William Evans<br />
<ol><li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/12/existence-of-god-fact-taken-for-granted.html">Existence of God a fact taken for granted</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/12/universal-belief-in-existence-of-god.html">Universal belief in the existence of God</a></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/12/cosmological-argument-for-god-from.html">Cosmological argument for God</a></span></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/12/teleological-argument-for-god-from.html">Teleological argument for God</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/12/ontological-and-anthropological.html">Ontological and anthropological arguments for God</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/12/congruity-argument-for-god-from-great.html">Congruity argument for God</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/12/argument-from-scripture-from-great.html">Argument from Scripture</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/12/spirituality-of-god-from-great.html">Spirituality of God (part 1)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/12/spirituality-of-god-from-great_23.html">Spirituality of God (part 2)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/12/personality-of-god-vs-pantheism-from.html">Personality of God vs. Pantheism</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2011/01/gods-personality-as-proved-by-his.html">God’s personality as proved by His relation to the universe and men</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2011/01/unity-of-god-vs-polytheism-from-great.html">Unity of God vs. Polytheism</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2011/01/doctrine-of-trinity-vs-unitarianism.html">Doctrine of the Trinity vs. Unitarianism</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2011/01/omniscience-of-god-from-great-doctrines.html">Omniscience of God</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2011/01/omnipotence-of-god-from-great-doctrines.html">Omnipotence of God</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2011/01/omnipresence-of-god-from-great.html">Omnipresence of God</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2011/01/eternity-and-immutability-of-god-from.html">Eternity and immutability of God</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2011/01/holiness-of-god-from-great-doctrines-of.html">Holiness of God</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2011/01/righteousness-and-justice-of-god-from.html">Righteousness and Justice of God</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2011/01/mercy-and-loving-kindness-of-god-from.html">Mercy and Loving-kindness of God</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2011/01/love-of-god-from-great-doctrines-of.html">Love of God</a> </li>
</ol><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/03/eternal-security-of-believer.html">Eternal security of the believer / perseverance of the saints</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/04/fifty-reasons-why-christ-suffered-and.html">Fifty reasons why Christ suffered and died</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/lessons-and-online-quizzes-from.html">Index of lessons and online quizzes from Scofield Reference Notes (1917)</a><br />
<ol><li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/abrahamic-covenant-from-scofield.html">Abrahamic Covenant</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/Abrahamic%20Covenant.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/adamic-covenant-from-scofield-reference.html">Adamic Covenant</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/Adamic%20Covenant.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/adoption-from-scofield-reference-notes.html">Adoption</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/adoption.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/03/angels-from-scofield-reference-notes.html">Angels</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/Angels.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/03/apostasy-from-scofield-reference-notes.html">Apostasy</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/Apostasy.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/atonement-from-scofield-reference-notes.html">Atonement</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/Atonement.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/04/beast-from-scofield-reference-notes.html">Beast</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/Beast.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/04/christian-doctrine-of-law-from-scofield.html">Christian doctrine of the law</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/Christian%20doctrine%20of%20the%20law.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/03/davidic-covenant-from-scofield.html">Davidic Covenant</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/Davidic%20Covenant.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/04/day-of-jehovah-from-scofield-reference.html">Day of Jehovah</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/Day%20of%20Jehovah.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/04/death-spiritual-from-scofield-reference.html">Death (spiritual)</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/Death%20spiritual.htm">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/04/demons-from-scofield-reference-notes.html">Demons</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/Demons.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/04/dispensation-of-conscience-from.html">Dispensation of Conscience</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/Dispensation%20of%20Conscience.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/03/dispensation-of-grace-from-scofield.html">Dispensation of Grace</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/Dispensation%20of%20Grace.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/04/dispensation-of-human-government-from.html">Dispensation of Human Government</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/Dispensation%20of%20Human%20Government.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/04/dispensation-of-innocence-from-scofield.html">Dispensation of Innocency</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/Dispensation%20of%20Innocency.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/03/dispensation-of-law-from-scofield.html">Dispensation of Law</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/Dispensation%20of%20Law.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/11/dispensation-of-promise-from-scofield.html">Dispensation of Promise</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/Dispensation%20of%20Promise.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/03/dispensation-of-fulness-of-times-from.html">Dispensation of the Fulness of Times</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/Dispensation%20of%20the%20Fulness%20of%20Times.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/edenic-covenant-from-scofield-reference.html">Edenic Covenant</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/Edenic%20Covenant.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/04/eight-covenants-in-relation-to-christ.html">Eight Covenants, summary</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/Eight%20Covenants%20summary.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/eternal-life-from-scofield-reference.html">Eternal life</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/eternal%20life.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/04/faith-from-scofield-reference-notes.html">Faith</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/Faith.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/04/flesh-from-scofield-reference-notes.html">Flesh</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/Flesh.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/03/forgiveness-from-scofield-reference.html">Forgiveness</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/Forgiveness.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/04/gospel-from-scofield-reference-notes.html">Gospel</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/Gospel.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/04/grace-from-scofield-reference-notes.html">Grace</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/Grace.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/great-tribulation-from-scofield.html">Great Tribulation</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/Great%20Tribulation.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/04/holy-spirit-in-new-testament-from.html">Holy Spirit in the New Testament</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/Holy%20Spirit%20in%20the%20New%20Testament.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/old-testament-doctrine-of-holy-spirit.html">Holy Spirit in the Old Testament</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/Holy%20Spirit%20in%20the%20Old%20Testament.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/04/imputation-from-scofield-reference.html">Imputation</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/Imputation.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/inspiration-from-scofield-reference.html">Inspiration</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/inspiration.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/04/judgments-from-scofield-reference-notes.html">Judgments</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/The%20Judgments.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/04/justification-from-scofield-reference.html">Justification</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/Justification.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/03/kingdom-from-scofield-reference-notes.html">Kingdom</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/Kingdom.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/04/law-of-christ-from-scofield-reference.html">Law of Christ</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/Law%20of%20Christ.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/law-of-moses-from-scofield-reference.html">Law of Moses</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/Law%20of%20Moses.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/04/lord-from-scofield-reference-notes-1917.html">Lord</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/Lord.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/03/mosaic-covenant-from-scofield-reference.html">Mosaic Covenant</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/Mosaic%20Covenant.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/04/mysteries-in-scriptures-from-scofield.html">Mysteries in the Scriptures</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/Mysteries%20in%20the%20Scriptures.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/04/new-covenant-from-scofield-reference.html">New Covenant</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/New%20Covenant.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/03/noahic-covenant-from-scofield-reference.html">Noahic Covenant</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/Noahic%20Covenant.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/04/old-testament-revelation-of-god-from.html">Old Testament revelation of God</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/Old%20Testament%20revelation%20of%20God.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/03/palestinian-covenant-from-scofield.html">Palestinian Covenant</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/Palestinian%20Covenant.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/04/new-testament-priesthood-from-scofield.html">Priesthood in the New Testament</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/Priesthood%20in%20the%20New%20Testament.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/04/propitiation-from-scofield-reference.html">Propitiation</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/Propitiation.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/purpose-of-law-from-scofield-reference.html">Purpose of the law</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/Purpose%20of%20the%20law.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/04/redemption-from-scofield-reference.html">Redemption</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/Redemption.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/04/relation-of-christ-to-eight-covenants.html">Relation of Christ to the eight covenants</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/Relation%20of%20Christ%20to%20the%20eight%20covenants.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/resurrection-from-scofield-reference.html">Resurrection</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/Resurrection.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/sacrifice-from-scofield-reference-notes.html">Sacrifice</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/Sacrifice.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/salvation-from-scofield-reference-notes.html">Salvation</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/Salvation.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/04/sanctification-from-scofield-reference.html">Sanctification</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/Sanctification.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/03/satan-from-scofield-reference-notes.html">Satan</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/Satan.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/04/second-death-from-scofield-reference.html">Second death</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/Second%20death.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/separation-from-scofield-reference.html">Separation</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/Separation.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/03/sin-from-scofield-reference-notes-1917.html">Sin</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/Sin.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/04/son-of-man-from-scofield-reference.html">Son of man</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/Son%20of%20man.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/times-of-gentiles-from-scofield.html">Times of the Gentiles</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/Times%20of%20the%20Gentiles.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/04/two-advents-from-scofield-reference.html">Two Advents</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/Two%20Advents.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
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<span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/09/index-of-online-quizzes-from-william.html">Index of lessons and online quizzes from William Evans' The Great Doctrines of the Bible</a></span><br />
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<a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/biblical%20manhood%20and%20womanhood/indexcbmw.htm" target="_blank">Index of online quizzes on Biblical manhood and womanhood</a><br />
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<a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/Christology/indexchristologytimed.htm" target="_blank">Index of online quizzes on Christology</a><br />
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<a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/creationism/indexcreationism.htm" target="_blank">Index of online quizzes on Creationism</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/Terms%20and%20definitions%20world%20religions%20and%20cults/indexworldreligionsandcultsflashcards.htm" target="_blank">Index of online exercises on terms and definitions from world religions and cults </a></span><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/03/jesus-christ-is-fully-god-and-fully-man.html">Jesus Christ is fully God and fully man at the same time</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/03/justification.html">Justification by grace through faith</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/03/names-and-titles-of-jesus-christ.html">Names and titles of Jesus Christ</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/04/new-testament-survey-matthew.html">New Testament survey (01): Matthew</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/04/new-testament-survey-mark.html">New Testament survey (02): Mark</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/04/new-testament-survey-luke.html">New Testament survey (03): Luke</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/04/new-testament-survey-john.html">New Testament survey (04): John</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/04/new-testament-survey-book-of-acts.html">New Testament survey (05): Acts</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/04/new-testament-survey-romans.html">New Testament survey (06): Romans</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/04/new-testament-survey-1-corinthians.html">New Testament survey (07): 1 Corinthians</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/04/new-testament-survey-2-corinthians.html">New Testament survey (08): 2 Corinthians</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/04/new-testament-survey-galatians.html">New Testament survey (09): Galatians</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/05/new-testament-survey-ephesians.html">New Testament survey (10): Ephesians</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/05/new-testament-survey-philippians.html">New Testament survey (11): Philippians</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/05/new-testament-survey-colossians.html">New Testament survey (12): Colossians</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/05/new-testament-survey-1-thessalonians.html">New Testament survey (13): 1 Thessalonians</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/05/new-testament-survey-2-thessalonians.html">New Testament survey (14): 2 Thessalonians</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/05/new-testament-survey-1-timothy.html">New Testament survey (15): 1 Timothy</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/05/new-testament-survey-2-timothy.html">New Testament survey (16): 2 Timothy</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/05/new-testament-survey-titus.html">New Testament survey (17): Titus</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/05/new-testament-survey-philemon.html">New Testament survey (18): Philemon</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/05/new-testament-survey-hebrews.html">New Testament survey (19): Hebrews</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/05/new-testament-survey-james.html">New Testament survey: (20) James</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/05/new-testament-survey-1-peter.html">New Testament survey (21): 1 Peter</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/05/new-testament-survey-2-peter.html">New Testament survey (22): 2 Peter</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/05/new-testament-survey-1-john.html">New Testament survey (23): 1 John</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/05/new-testament-survey-2-john.html">New Testament survey (24): 2 John</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/05/new-testament-survey-3-john.html">New Testament survey (25): 3 John</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/05/new-testament-survey-jude.html">New Testament survey (26): Jude</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/05/new-testament-survey-revelation.html">New Testament survey (27): Revelation</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/03/old-testament-prophecies-fulfilled-by.html">Old Testament prophecies fulfilled by Christ</a></span><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/04/old-testament-survey-genesis.html">Old Testament survey (01): Genesis</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/04/old-testament-survey-exodus.html">Old Testament survey (02): Exodus</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/11/old-testament-survey-3-leviticus.html">Old Testament survey (03): Leviticus</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/05/old-testament-survey-4-numbers.html">Old Testament survey (04): Numbers</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/05/old-testament-survey-5-deuteronomy.html">Old Testament survey (05): Deuteronomy</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/05/old-testament-survey-06-joshua.html">Old Testament survey (06): Joshua</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/05/old-testament-survey-07-judges.html">Old Testament survey (07): Judges</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/06/old-testament-survey-08-ruth.html">Old Testament survey (08): Ruth</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/06/old-testament-survey-09-1-samuel.html">Old Testament survey (09): 1 Samuel</a><br />
<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/11/old-testament-survey-10-2-samuel.html">Old Testament survey (10): 2 Samuel</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/11/old-testament-survey-11-1-kings.html">Old Testament survey (11): 1 Kings</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/11/old-testament-survey-12-2-kings.html">Old Testament survey (12): 2 Kings</a><br />
<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/11/old-testament-survey-13-1-chronicles.html">Old Testament survey (13): 1 Chronicles</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/11/old-testament-survey-14-2-chronicles.html">Old Testament survey (14): 2 Chronicles</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/11/old-testament-survey-15-ezra.html">Old Testament survey (15): Ezra</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/11/old-testament-survey-16-nehemiah.html">Old Testament survey (16): Nehemiah</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/11/old-testament-survey-17-esther.html">Old Testament survey (17): Esther</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/06/old-testament-survey-job.html">Old Testament survey (18): Job</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/06/old-testament-survey-psalms.html">Old Testament survey (19): Psalms</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/06/old-testament-survey-proverbs.html">Old Testament survey (20): Proverbs</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/06/old-testament-survey-21-ecclesiastes.html">Old Testament survey (21): Ecclesiastes</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/06/old-testament-survey-22-song-of-solomon.html">Old Testament survey (22): Song of Solomon</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/06/old-testament-survey-isaiah.html">Old Testament survey (23): Isaiah</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/06/old-testament-survey-jeremiah.html">Old Testament survey (24) Jeremiah</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/11/old-testament-survey-25-lamentations.html">Old Testament survey (25): Lamentations</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/06/old-testament-survey-ezekiel.html">Old Testament survey (26): Ezekiel</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/06/old-testament-survey-daniel.html">Old Testament survey (27): Daniel</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/07/old-testament-survey-hosea.html">Old Testament survey (28): Hosea</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/07/old-testament-survey-29-joel.html">Old Testament survey (29): Joel</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/08/old-testament-survey-30-amos.html">Old Testament survey (30): Amos</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/08/old-testament-survey-31-obadiah.html">Old Testament survey (31): Obadiah</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/09/old-testament-survey-32-jonah.html">Old Testament survey (32): Jonah</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/09/old-testament-survey-33-micah.html">Old Testament survey (33): Micah</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/09/old-testament-survey-34-nahum.html">Old Testament survey (34): Nahum</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/09/old-testament-survey-35-habakkuk.html">Old Testament survey (35): Habakkuk</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/10/old-testament-survey-36-zephaniah.html">Old Testament survey (36): Zephaniah</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/10/old-testament-survey-37-haggai.html">Old Testament survey (37): Haggai</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/10/old-testament-survey-38-zechariah.html">Old Testament survey (38): Zechariah</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/10/old-testament-survey-39-malachi.html">Old Testament survey (39): Malachi</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/philippine-cults-01-iglesia-ni-cristo.html#person">Philippine cults (01): Iglesia ni Cristo</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/04/sanctification-grace-that-justifies-is.html">Sanctification: the grace that justifies is the grace that sanctifies</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/story-of-king-james-version-of-bible.html">Story of the King James Version of the Bible</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/10/study-guides-for-apologetics.html">Study guides for Apologetics</a></span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guides-in-christology-niterim.html">Study guides in Christology (interim curriculum)</a></span><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/06/study-guides-for-creationism-interim.html">Study guides for Creationism (interim curriculum)</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/study-guides-for-ken-boas-leadership.html">Study guides for Ken Boa’s Leadership articles (interim curriculum)</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guides-for-understanding-secular.html">Study guides for understanding secular religions (interim curriculum)</a></span><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guide-for-world-religions-and.html">Study guides for world religions and cults (interim curriculum)</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/03/deity-of-christ.html">The deity of Christ</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/03/doctrine-of-salvation.html">The doctrine of salvation</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/03/fall-of-man.html">The fall of man</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/03/humanity-of-christ.html">The humanity of Christ</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/03/new-testament-books-summaries-and-links.html">The New Testament books (summaries and links to resources)</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/03/books-of-old-testament-classification.html">The Old Testament books (classification and summaries)</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/03/origin-of-man.html">The origin of man</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/03/sinfulness-of-man.html">The sinfulness of man</a><br />
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/04/world-religions-hinduism.html">World religions: Hinduism</a><br />
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<br />Many people think that science and faith tell conflicting stories about how the universe began. But the scientific picture is of a definite moment of creation in a vast cosmic explosion (the ‘Big Bang’), which had to be carefully adjusted for human life to be possible. Far from conflicting, the scientific picture may point us towards a supernatural creator God. This video series from the UK-based FOCUS ministry features, among others, Dr Jennifer Wiseman, Senior Project Scientist on the Hubble Space Telescope, and Gerald Gabrielse, Leverett Professor of Physics at Harvard University.
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<br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/nab2/does-big-bang-fit-with-bible">Does the Big Bang Fit with the Bible?</a> by Dr. Jason Lisle, from Answers in Genesis</span></span>
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<br /><blockquote>The big bang has many scientific problems. These problems are symptomatic of the underlying incorrect worldview. The big bang erroneously assumes that the universe was <span style="font-style: italic;">not </span>supernaturally created, but that it came about by natural processes billions of years ago. However, reality does not line up with this notion. Biblical creation explains the evidence in a more straightforward way without the ubiquitous speculations prevalent in secular models. But ultimately, the best reason to reject the big bang is that it goes against what the Creator of the universe himself has taught: “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth”.</blockquote>Atty. Gerry T. Galaciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17233852101336409722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38744545.post-91448811584893589172011-07-16T10:17:00.009+08:002011-07-17T10:20:43.283+08:00Six counterfeit Gospels, by Trevin Wax<object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/6CuI-3T6__Y?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/6CuI-3T6__Y?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/080242337X?ie=UTF8&tag=redletters-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=080242337X" target="_blank"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 229px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghhlHe4JV3_V4Mz594q74CXV4zNWvviFljqw1Yz6lDG9UmR9qnuedNCMAgZP5bj4ewj5IX7y7DPHabE2dBlK1HenSO9mwK9UZMLJljPn6QGaNdyyNuPGkBwqQLP1No-gUo0q38/s400/Counterfeit+Gospels+book+cover.jpg" alt="Counterfeit Gospels" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603455460749845042" border="0" /></a>Trevin Wax is an editor at LifeWay Christian Resources. He received a Masters of Divinity at Southern Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky and spent several years serving the First Baptist Church in Shelbyville, Tennessee as Associate Pastor. He has been blogging regularly at <a href="http://trevinwax.com/" target="_blank">Kingdom People</a> since October 2006. <p></p> <p style="font-weight: bold;">Trevin enumerates the six counterfeit gospels as:</p> <p><strong>Therapeutic Gospel</strong><br /></p><p></p><blockquote>Sin robs us of our sense of fullness. Christ’s death proves our worth as humans and gives us power to reach our potential. The church helps us find happiness.</blockquote><p></p> <p><strong>Moralist Gospel</strong><br /></p><p></p><blockquote>Our big problem is sins (plural) and not sin (nature). The purpose for Christ’s death is to give us a second chance and make us better people. Redemption comes through the exercise of willpower with God’s help.</blockquote><p></p> <p><strong>Judgmentless Gospel<br /></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><blockquote>God’s forgiveness does not need to come through the sacrifice of His Son. Judgment is more about God’s goodness, not the need for human rebellion to be punished. Evangelism is not urgent.</blockquote><p></p> <p><strong>Activist Gospel</strong><br /></p><p></p><blockquote>The kingdom is advanced through our efforts to build a just society. The gospel’s power is demonstrated through cultural transformation, and the church is united around political causes and social projects.</blockquote><p></p> <p><strong>Churchless Gospel</strong><br /></p><p></p><blockquote>The focus of salvation is primarily on the individual, in a way that makes the community of faith peripheral to God’s purposes. The church is viewed as an option to personal spirituality, or even an obstacle to Christlikeness.</blockquote><p></p> <p><strong>Quietist Gospel</strong><br /></p><p></p><blockquote>Salvation is about spiritual things, not secular matters. Christianity is only about individual life change and is not concerned with society and politics.</blockquote><p></p> <p>Related articles by Trevin Wax:</p> <ul><li><a href="http://trevinwax.com/2011/02/22/3-ways-of-defining-the-gospel/" target="_blank">3 Ways of Defining the Gospel</a></li><li><a href="http://trevinwax.com/2011/02/23/the-gospel-as-a-three-legged-stool/">The Gospel as a Three-Legged Stool</a></li><li><a href="http://www.crosswalk.com/blogs/trevinwax/arrogant-inclusivism.html" target="_blank">Arrogant Inclusivism</a></li><li><a href="http://www.crosswalk.com/blogs/trevinwax/urban-legends-in-the-pulpit-please-dont-repeat-them.html" target="_blank">Urban Legends in the Pulpit: Please Don’t Repeat Them</a></li></ul> <p></p> <span>You can download a </span><a href="http://trevinwax.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Gospel-Definitions1.pdf" target="_blank">25-page PDF</a><span> that includes all of the “Gospel Definitions” Trevin has collected. </span><br /><br /><table border="1" cellpadding="8" cellspacing="4" width="435"><tbody><tr><td><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related articles on postmodernism, emergent church, contemplative prayer/spiritual formation</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Articles by David Cloud, </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.wayoflife.org/" target="_blank">Way of Life Literature</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.wayoflife.org/files/739a394f6f54509480006297b4f7e4f5-118.html%20" target="_blank">Evangelicals Turning To Catholic “Spirituality”</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.wayoflife.org/files/43fe9fd4682b8b1886c5c3bhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifdd6f3d40e-145.html" target="_blank">Beth Moore On The Contemplative Bandwagon</a></li><li> <a href="http://www.wayoflife.org/files/category-contemplative-mysticism.html" target="_blank">Contemplative Mysticism</a></li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">Articles by Albert Mohler, President of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary</span><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.albertmohler.com/2004/07/15/ministry-is-stranger-than-it-used-to-be-the-challenge-of-postmodernism/" target="_blank">Ministry Is Stranger Than It Used To Be: The Challenge of Postmodernism</a></li><li><a href="http://www.albertmohler.com/2005/03/01/truth-telling-is-stranger-than-it-used-to-be-part-one/" target="_blank">Truth-Telling Is Stranger Than It Used To Be, Part One</a>, <a href="http://www.albertmohler.com/2005/03/02/truth-telling-is-stranger-than-it-used-to-be-part-two/" target="_blank">Part Two</a>, <a href="http://www.albertmohler.com/2005/03/03/truth-telling-is-stranger-than-it-used-to-be-part-three/" target="_blank">Part Three</a></li><li><a href="http://www.albertmohler.com/2005/03/16/modernitys-assault-on-truth/" target="_blank">Modernity's Assault on Truth</a></li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">Other articles from </span><a href="http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/index.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Lighthouse Trails Research Project </span></a><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Atty. Gerry T. Galaciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17233852101336409722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38744545.post-21842743736131910862011-06-09T10:40:00.021+08:002011-09-26T09:23:10.981+08:00Why is it wrong to use the expression “Receive Christ” in evangelism?<b>John 1:12 states that “But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, <i>even</i> to them that believe on his name:” Notice that the word “even” is italicized. In the KJV, italicized words are not in the original but were included to make the translation into English more readable and grammatical. The word <i>“even”</i> in its italicized form occurs 56 times in the New Testament. It has two uses: </b><div><ol><li>as an identification or definition; or </li><li>as an explanation or discussion.</li></ol></div><div><b>For examples, <i>“even”</i> used to identify or define:</b><br /><blockquote>[1] Matthew 23:8 But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, <i>even</i> Christ; and all ye are brethren.<br /><br />Who is the Master? Christ.<br /><br />[2] John 5:45 Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is <i>one</i> that accuseth you, <i>even</i> Moses, in whom ye trust.<br /><br />Who is the one that accuses? Moses.<br /><br />[3] John 15:26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, <i>even</i> the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:<br /><br />Who is the Comforter? The Spirit of truth.</blockquote><b>For examples, <i>“even”</i> used to explain or discuss:</b><br /><blockquote>[1] 2 Corinthians 3:18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, <i>even</i> as by the Spirit of the Lord.<br /><br />How are we changed? By the Spirit of the Lord.<br /><br />[2] 1 Peter 1:9 Receiving the end of your faith, <i>even</i> the salvation of <i>your</i> souls.<br /><br />What is the end of our faith? The salvation of our souls.</blockquote><b>In John 1:12, the emphasis should not be on “receive” but on what comes after the word <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b>“even” </b></span>which is “believe”. To whom did Christ give power to become the sons of God? To those who believe in his name.</b><br /><br /><b>When people use John 1:12 in evangelism, they then follow it up with Revelation 3:20. With these two verses, they wrongly interpret the word “receive” to mean “you must pray and ask Christ to come into your heart”. The interpretation is wrong for two reasons: </b></div><div><ol><li>The stress should be on “believe” and not “receive” in John 1:12; and </li><li>Revelation 3:20 is not an evangelistic verse since it was addressed to the church in Laodicea.</li></ol></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Complete listing of verses where <i>”even” </i>is used in the New Testament:</span></span><br /><ol><li>Matthew 23:8 But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, <i>even </i>Christ; and all ye are brethren.<br /></li><li>Matthew 23:10 Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, <i>even</i> Christ.<br /></li><li>Matthew 24:33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, <i>even </i>at the doors.<br /></li><li>Matthew 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, <i>even </i>unto the end of the world. Amen.</li><li>Mark 12:44 For all [they] did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, <i>even </i>all her living.</li><li>Mark 13:29 So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, <i>even </i>at the doors.</li><li>Mark 14:30 And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this day, <i>even </i>in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice.</li><li>John 1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, <i>even </i>to them that believe on his name: </li><li>John 3:13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, <i>even </i>the Son of man which is in heaven.</li><li>John 5:45 Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, <i>even </i>Moses, in whom ye trust.</li><li>John 8:9 And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, <i>even</i> unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.</li><li>John 8:41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, <i>even </i>God.</li><li>John 8:43 Why do ye not understand my speech? <i>even </i>because ye cannot hear my word.</li><li>John 14:17 <i>even </i>the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.</li><li>John 15:26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, <i>even </i>the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:</li><li>Acts 2:39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, <i>even </i>as many as the Lord our God shall call.</li><li>Acts 4:10 Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, <i>even </i>by him doth this man stand here before you whole.</li><li>Acts 5:37 After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the taxing, and drew away much people after him: he also perished; and all, even as many as obeyed him, were dispersed.</li><li>Acts 9:17 And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, <i>even </i>Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost. </li><li>Acts 10:41 Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, <i>even </i>to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead.</li><li>Romans 1:20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, <i>even </i>his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:</li><li>Romans 4:17 (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, <i>even</i> God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.</li><li>Romans 7:4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, <i>even </i>to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.</li><li>Romans 9:10 And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, <i>even </i>by our father Isaac;</li><li>Romans 10:8 But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, <i>even </i>in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;</li><li>1 Corinthians 2:7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, <i>even </i>the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:</li><li>1 Corinthians 3:1 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, <i>even </i>as unto babes in Christ.</li><li>2 Corinthians 1:19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, <i>even</i> by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea.</li><li>2 Corinthians 3:18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, <i>even </i>as by the Spirit of the Lord.</li><li>2 Corinthians 13:9 For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, <i>even</i> your perfection.</li><li>Galatians 4:14 And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, <i>even </i>as Christ Jesus.</li><li>Galatians 5:14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, <i>even</i> in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. </li><li>Ephesians 1:10 That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; <i>even </i>in him:</li><li>Ephesians 2:15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, <i>even</i> the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;</li><li>Ephesians 4:15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, <i>even </i>Christ:</li><li>Colossians 1:26 <i>even </i>the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:</li><li>1 Thessalonians 1:10 And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, <i>even</i> Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.</li><li>1 Thessalonians 4:3 For this is the will of God, <i>even</i> your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:</li><li>2 Thessalonians 2:9 <i>Even </i>him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,</li><li>1 Timothy6:3 If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, <i>even </i>the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness; </li><li>2 Timothy 2:9 Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, <i>even </i>unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound. </li><li>Titus 1:12 One of themselves, <i>even</i> a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.</li><li>Hebrews 1:9 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, <i>even </i>thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.</li><li>Hebrews 5:14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, <i>even </i>those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil. </li><li>Hebrews 6:20 Whither the forerunner is for us entered, <i>even </i>Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.</li><li>James 4:1 From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, <i>even </i>of your lusts that war in your members?</li><li>1 Peter 1:9 Receiving the end of your faith, <i>even </i>the salvation of your souls.</li><li>1 Peter 2:8 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, <i>even </i>to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.</li><li>1 Peter 3:4 But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, <i>even </i>the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.</li><li>1 Peter 3:21 The like figure whereunto <i>even </i>baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ: </li><li>1 Peter 4:10 As every man hath received the gift, <i>even</i> so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.</li><li>1 John 2:25 And this is the promise that he hath promised us, <i>even </i>eternal life.</li><li>1 John 5:4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, <i>even </i>our faith. </li><li>1 John 5:6 This is he that came by water and blood, <i>even </i>Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth. </li><li>1 John 5:20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, <i>even</i> in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.</li><li>Revelation 2:13 I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan’s seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.</li></ol></div><b>Please read the following:</b><div><ul><li><a href="http://www.ccwtoday.org/article_view.asp?article_id=209" target="_blank">Getting John 1:12 Right: Should You Invite Jesus Into Your Heart?</a> by Jim Elliff, Christian Communicators Worldwide and Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary</li><li><span><a href="http://bible.org/article/scriptural-evaluation-salvation-invitations" target="_blank">Scriptural Evaluation of Salvation Invitations</a>, by AWANA Clubs International</span><span style="font-weight: bold; "> </span>(non-lordship salvation view)</li><li><a href="http://www.russellmoore.com/2009/12/03/beyond-the-sinners-prayer-the-power-of-the-gospel-of-a-promise-keeping-god-acts-1338-43/" target="_blank"><span>Beyond the Sinner’s Prayer: The Power of the Gospel of a Promise-Keeping God (Acts 13:38-43</span></a>), by Ptr. Russell Moore, Highview Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky, on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a><br /><object height="300" width="400"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7782040&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7782040&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="300" width="400"></embed></object></li><li><span><a href="http://www.wretchedradio.com/pdf/ten_reasons.pdf" target="_blank">Ten Reasons Not To Ask Jesus Into Your Heart</a>, by Todd Friel</span></li><li><span><a href="http://www.biblelineministries.org/articles/basearch.php3?action=full&mainkey=ASK+JESUS+INTO+YOUR+HEART?" target="_blank">Ask Jesus into your heart?</a> by Hank Lindstrom (Calvary Community Church, Tampa, Florida)</span></li><li><a href="http://www.duluthbible.org/widgets/download.aspx?file=/files/Resources/Publications/Booklet_PDF_Files/Seven_Reason_3rdEdition.pdf" target="_blank">Seven Reasons NOT To Ask Jesus Into Your Heart</a><span>, by Dennis M. Rokser, Duluth Bible Church, Minnesota</span></li><li><span><a href="http://bible.org/article/revelation-320-and-offer-salvation" target="_blank">Revelation 3:20 and the Offer of Salvation</a>, by Daniel B. Wallace </span><span>(professor of New Testament studies at Dallas Theological Seminary; his book </span>“<span>Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics</span>”<span> is currently used as a standard textbook in seminaries throughout the United States.)</span></li><li>“What it means to accept Christ” by A.W. Tozer (That Incredible Christian)<br /><object height="319" width="400"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lS95PARavk4&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lS95PARavk4&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="319" width="400"></embed></object></li></ul></div>Atty. Gerry T. Galaciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17233852101336409722noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38744545.post-33372147294929510162011-01-26T10:11:00.000+08:002011-01-28T08:33:33.753+08:00The study of God (essential truths of the Christian faith)<p style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The study of God; general and special revelation<br /></span></p> <p> </p> <p>[1] Theology: from the Greek words <i>theos</i><i>, </i>meaning God, and <span style="font-style: italic;">logos</span>, meaning study.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>[2] Theology begins with the study of God. Genesis 1:1; Hebrews 1:1; John 1:1</p><p></p> <p> </p> <p>[3] God reveals himself in two ways – general revelation or special revelation.<br /></p><p>[4] In general revelation, God reveals himself:</p><blockquote> <p> </p> <p></p> <p> </p> <li>to all men (Matt. 5:45; Acts 14:17) </li><li>everywhere (Psalm 19:2)</li><li>at all times (Acts 17:24-28)</li><li>through creation (Psalm 19:1-6; Romans 1:18-23)</li><li>and conscience (Romans 2:14-15).</li></blockquote> <p> </p> <p>[5] In special revelation, God reveals himself through supernatural methods, including scripture, to believers. The only true knowledge about God is from the Bible (John 1:18; 1John 4:12).</p><p></p> <p>[6] <a href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Knowing-God/J-I-Packer/e/9780830816507#CHP" target="_blank">Knowing God</a>, by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._I._Packer" target="_blank">J.I. Packer</a></p> <p></p><blockquote>“We are cruel to ourselves if we try to live in this world without knowing about the God whose world it is and who runs it. The world becomes a strange, mad, painful place and life in it a disappointing and unpleasant business, for those who do not know about God. Disregard the study of God, and you sentence yourself to stumble and blunder through life blindfold, as it were, with no sense of direction and no understanding of what surrounds you. This way you can waste your life and lose your soul.”<br /><br /></blockquote><p></p> <p> </p> Sources: (1) <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/09/index-of-online-quizzes-from-william.html">The Great Doctrines of the Bible</a> by Rev. William Evans; (2) <a href="http://www.bbnradio.org/wcm4/bbnmedia/BibleDoctrines/tabid/616/Default.aspx">Bible Doctrines</a> from Bible Broadcasting Network; (3) <a href="http://www.generationword.com/bible_school_notes/theology.html">Theology</a> from Galyn Wiemers’ Generation Word<br /><br />Note: Surf to the <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2007/03/essential-truths-of-christian-faith.html">index of essential truths of the Christian faith (doctrinal devotional)</a>Atty. Gerry T. Galaciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17233852101336409722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38744545.post-55925156391972656462011-01-22T09:30:00.003+08:002011-01-22T10:22:53.949+08:00Divine names are given to Christ, from “The Great Doctrines of the Bible” by Evans<span style="font-weight: bold;">Notes:</span><span> </span><a href="http://books.google.com.ph/books?id=gqMbK_vDskoC&printsec=frontcover&dq=evans+great+doctrines+of+the+bible&source=bl&ots=_DpO9-oo4T&sig=L2EHtUSbeii4AvHxt3clfX4TKOs&hl=tl&ei=zN8KTezYCcPIrQfXu-DwCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q&f=false" target="_blank"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 141px; height: 208px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7me8DSjf3AFkbDO-_Fdowg3a3QHjYHIqgUEciyGeq8_B8JCQZNfrpLy2h3T7Q1alechO7MqZn49kQvf6NwhGlZ-SadFw4wG51Hdyc4ObGWtyXo6wk7D2uRNoOAAYJLx5Ia1SL/s400/evans.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551497970610666786" border="0" /></a><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">(1)</span> “The Great Doctrines of the Bible” by Rev. William Evans, Ph.D., D.D. is a well-respected reference material for Bible students, pastors, missionaries and laymen. </span><span>You can read the entire book from <a href="http://books.google.com.ph/books?id=gqMbK_vDskoC&printsec=frontcover&dq=evans+great+doctrines+of+the+bible&source=bl&ots=_DpO9-oo4T&sig=L2EHtUSbeii4AvHxt3clfX4TKOs&hl=tl&ei=zN8KTezYCcPIrQfXu-DwCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q&f=false" target="_blank">Google</a> (click the picture of the book cover), or </span><a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext04/gdotb10.zip" target="_blank">download the complete zipped e-book</a><span>. </span><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">(2)</span> Surf to the </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/09/index-of-online-quizzes-from-william.html">index of lessons and online quizzes from Evans</a></span><span>.</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">(3)</span> The most important ideas and statements from this part of Evans’ book are listed in the “<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2011/01/divine-names-are-given-to-christ-from.html#basic">Basic truths</a>” section below.<br /><br /><blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">THE DEITY OF JESUS CHRIST.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">1. DIVINE NAMES ARE GIVEN TO HIM.</span><br /><br />a) He is Called God.<br /><br />John 1:1--“The Word was God.” Heb. 1:8--“But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever.” John 1:18--“The only begotten Son (or better “only begotten God”).” Absolute deity is here ascribed to Christ. 20:28-“My Lord and my God.” Not an expression of amazement, but a confession of faith. This confession accepted by Christ, hence equivalent to the acceptance of deity, and an assertion of it on Christ’s part. Rom. 9:5--“God blessed forever.” Tit. 2:13--“The great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.” 1 John,5:20--“His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God.” In all these passages Christ is called God.<br /><br />It may be argued that while Christ is here called God, yet that does not argue for nor prove His deity, for human judges are also called “gods” in John 10:35--“If he called them gods unto whom the word of God came.” True, but it is then used in a secondary and relative sense, and not in the absolute sense as when used of the Son.<br /><br />b) He is Called the Son of God.<br /><br />The references containing this title are numerous. Among others see Matt. 16:16, 17; 8:29; 14:33; Mark 1:1; 14:61; Luke 1:35; 4:41. While it may be true that in the synoptic Gospels Jesus may not be said to have claimed this title for Himself, yet He unhesitatingly accepted it when used of Him and addressed to Him by others. Further, it seems clear from the charges made against Him that He did claim such an honor for Himself. Matt. 27:40, 43--“For he said, I am the Son of God.” Mark 14:61, 62 --“Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed” (Luke 22:70--“Art thou then the Son of God? And Jesus said, I am.” In John’s Gospel, however, Jesus plainly calls Himself “the Son of God” (5:25; 10:36 11:4). Indeed, John's Gospel begins with Christ as God: “The Word was God,” and ends with the same thought: “My Lord and my God” (20:28). (Chapter 21 is an epilogue.)<br /><br />Dr. James Orr says, in speaking of the title Son of God as ascribed to Christ: “This title is one to which there can be no finite comparison or analogy. The oneness with God which it designates is not such reflex influence of the divine thought and character such as man and angels may attain, but identity of essence constituting him not God-like alone, but God. Others may be children of God in a moral sense; but by this right of elemental nature, none but He; He is herein, the <em>only</em> Son; so little separate, so close to the inner divine life which He expresses, that He is in the bosom of the Father. This language denotes two natures homogeneous, entirely one, and both so essential to the Godhead that neither can be omitted from any truth you speak of it.”<br /><br />If when He called Himself “the Son of God” He did not mean more than that He was <em>a</em> son of God, why then did the high priest accuse Him of blasphemy when He claimed this title (Matt. 26: 61-63)? Does not Mark 12:6--“Having yet therefore one son, his well-beloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son,” indicate a special sonship? The sonship of Christ is human and historical, it is true; but it is more: it is transcendent, unique, solitary. That something unique and solitary lay in this title seems clear from John 5:18--“The Jews sought the more to kill Him....because he....said....also that God was His Father, making Himself equal with God.”<br /><br />The use of the word “only begotten” also indicates the uniqueness of this sonship. For use of the word see Luke 7:12; 9:38; John 1:14, 18; 3:16, 18; 1 John 4:9--“The only son of his mother.” 9:38--“For he is mine only child.” This word is used of Christ by John in 1:14, 18; 3:16, 18; 1 John 4:9, and distinguishes between Christ as the only Son, and the “many....children of God” (John 1:12, 13). In one sense Christ has no brethren: He stands absolutely alone. This contrast is clearly emphasized in John 1:14, 18--“only begotten Son,” and 1:12 (R. V.)—“many....children.” He is the Son from eternity: they “become” sons in time. He is one; they are many. He is Son by nature; they are sons by adoption and grace. He is Son of the same essence with the Father; they are of different substance from the Father.<br /><br />c) He is Called The Lord.<br /><br />Acts 4:33; 16:31; Luke 2:11; Acts 9:17; Matt. 22:43-45. It is true that this term is used of men, e.g., Acts 16:30--“Sirs (Lords), what must I do to be saved?” John 12:21--“Sir (Lord), we would see Jesus.” It is not used, however, in this unique sense, as the connection will clearly show. In our Lord’s day, the title “Lord” as used of Christ was applicable only to the Deity, to God. “The Ptolemies and the Roman Emperors would allow the name to be applied to them only when they permitted themselves to be deified. The archaeological discoveries at Oxyrhyncus put this fact beyond a doubt. So when the New Testament writers speak of Jesus as Lord, there can be no question as to what they mean.” --<em>Wood.</em><br /><br />d) Other Divine Names are Ascribed to Him:<br /><br />“The first and the last” (Rev. 1:17). This title used of Jehovah in Isa. 41:4; 44:6; 48:12. “The Alpha and Omega” (Rev. 22:13, 16); cf. 1:8 where it is used of God.><a name="basic"></a></blockquote><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Basic truths</span></span><br /><br />[1] “Jesus Christ is called God.” John 1:1, 18; 20:28; Heb. 1:8; Rom. 9:5; Tit. 2:13; 1 John 5:20<br /><br />[2] “Christ is called the Son of God.” Matt. 16:16, 17; 8:29; 14:33; Mark 1:1; 14:61; Luke 1:35; 4:41; Matt. 27:40, 43; Mark 14:61, 62 Luke 22:70; John 5:25; 10:36 11:4. “The use of the word ‘only begotten’ also indicates the uniqueness of this sonship.” Luke 7:12; 9:38; John 1:14, 18; 3:16, 18; 1 John 4:9<br /><br />[3] “Christ is called the Lord.” Acts 4:33; 16:31; Luke 2:11; Acts 9:17; Matt. 22:43-45<br /><br />[4] Other divine names are ascribed to Him:<br /><blockquote>“The first and the last” (Rev. 1:17; Isa. 41:4; 44:6; 48:12<br /><br />“The Alpha and Omega” (Rev. 22:13, 16); cf. 1:8 where it is used of God</blockquote><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Further study</span></span> (Be like the Bereans! Acts 17:11)<br /><br />[1] <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guides-in-christology-niterim.html">Study guides and online quizzes in Christology (interim curriculum)</a> <p><a href="http://www.greatcom.org/resources/jesus_and_his_diety/default.htm" target="_blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192734842741938354" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right;" alt="Click here" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh82xUKlQZAoypNwCGB3LNVr7isJ7NrOjccgmedt4zVp8fvJA2oKgTxPOJ35h7hKJ4IvQV7x2LoA43QlLv90Lo2XcYc29OA3iq4_2JzmIg-WNfSIqu_W1O_h6fdrEDziJGgsPU5/s400/bibkical+defense+of+deity+of+Christ.jpg" border="0" /></a><span>The articles on </span><span>Christology</span> <span>from </span><span>“</span><a href="http://www.greatcom.org/resources/jesus_and_his_diety/default.htm" target="_blank">Jesus: A Biblical Defense of His Deity</a><span>”</span><span> </span><span>by Josh McDowell and Bart Larson are part of the <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2008/02/things-to-come.html#curriculum">interim curriculum</a>. We have prepared these study guides which you can use in two ways: (1)</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span>Read the study guide first so you can have an overview of the article; and</span><span> (2)</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span>After reading the article, try answering the <a name="index"></a>study guide questions to test your comprehension.</span><a name="index"></a> <a href="http://www.familymatters.org.ph/Online%20quizzes/Christology/index.htm" target="_blank">Online, interactive quizzes with automatic scoring</a> are also available.<br /><br /><span>Index of study guides </span><br /></p><ol><li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guides-in-christology-niterim.html#appendix">Appendix</a></li><li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guides-in-christology-niterim.html#christisgod">Jesus Christ Is God</a></li><li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guides-in-christology-niterim.html#titles">Jesus Christ Possesses the Names and Titles of God</a></li><li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guides-in-christology-niterim.html#attributes">Jesus Christ Possesses the Attributes of God</a></li><li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guides-in-christology-niterim.html#authority">Jesus Christ Possesses the Authority of God</a></li><li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guides-in-christology-niterim.html#man">God Became Man in Jesus Christ</a></li><li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guides-in-christology-niterim.html#witness">We Have the Witness of the Early Church</a></li><li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guides-in-christology-niterim.html#objections">What Are Some Common Objections to the Deity of Christ?</a></li><li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guides-in-christology-niterim.html#trilemma">Is Jesus Christ Your Lord?</a></li><li>How the Authors Discovered New Life in Jesus Christ</li></ol><p>[2] Materials by John F. Walvoord</p> <ul><li><a href="http://bible.org/seriespage/person-and-work-christ-%E2%80%94-part-i-incarnation-son-god" target="_blank">The Person and Work of Christ — Part I: The Incarnation of the Son of God</a></li><li><a href="http://bible.org/seriespage/person-and-work-christ-%E2%80%94-part-ii-person-incarnate-christ" target="_blank">The Person and Work of Christ — Part II: The Person of the Incarnate Christ</a></li><li><a href="http://bible.org/seriespage/incarnation-christ-%E2%80%94-part-iii-person-incarnate-christ" target="_blank">The Incarnation of Christ — Part III: The Person of the Incarnate Christ</a></li><li><a href="http://bible.org/seriespage/person-christ-%E2%80%94-part-iv-earthly-life-incarnate-christ" target="_blank">The Person of Christ — Part IV: The Earthly Life of the Incarnate Christ</a></li><li><a href="http://bible.org/seriespage/person-and-work-christ-%E2%80%94-part-v-ministry-christ-his-life-earth" target="_blank">The Person and Work of Christ — Part V: The Ministry of Christ in His Life on Earth</a></li><li><a href="http://bible.org/seriespage/humiliation-son-god" target="_blank">The Humiliation of the Son of God</a></li><li><a href="http://bible.org/seriespage/person-and-work-christ-%E2%80%94-part-vii-impeccability-christ" target="_blank">The Person and Work of Christ — Part VII: The Impeccability of Christ</a></li><li><a href="http://bible.org/seriespage/person-and-work-christ-%E2%80%94-part-viii-christ-his-suffering-and-death" target="_blank">The Person and Work of Christ — Part VIII: Christ in His Suffering and Death</a></li><li><a href="http://bible.org/seriespage/person-and-work-christ-%E2%80%94-part-ix-redemption" target="_blank">The Person and Work of Christ — Part IX: Redemption</a></li><li><a href="http://bible.org/seriespage/person-and-work-christ-%E2%80%94-part-x-propitiation" target="_blank">The Person and Work of Christ — Part X: Propitiation</a></li><li><a href="http://bible.org/seriespage/person-and-work-christ-%E2%80%94-part-xi-character-and-results-propitiation" target="_blank">The Person and Work of Christ — Part XI: Character and Results of Propitiation</a></li><li><a href="http://bible.org/seriespage/person-and-work-christ-%E2%80%94-part-xii-reconciliation" target="_blank">The Person and Work of Christ — Part XII: Reconciliation</a></li><li><a href="http://bible.org/seriespage/person-and-work-christ-%E2%80%94-part-xiii-reconciliation" target="_blank">The Person and Work of Christ — Part XIII: Reconciliation</a></li><li><a href="http://bible.org/seriespage/person-and-work-christ-%E2%80%94-part-xiv-christ-his-resurrection" target="_blank">The Person and Work of Christ — Part XIV: Christ in His Resurrection</a></li><li><a href="http://bible.org/seriespage/person-and-work-christ-%E2%80%94-part-xv-christ-his-resurrection" target="_blank">The Person and Work of Christ — Part XV: Christ in His Resurrection</a></li><li><a href="http://bible.org/seriespage/person-and-work-christ-%E2%80%94-part-xvi-christ-his-resurrection" target="_blank">The Person and Work of Christ — Part XVI: Christ in His Resurrection</a></li></ul> [3] <a href="http://www.bible.org/page.php?page_id=1532">The Person of Christ</a>, by Charles T. Buntin , M.S., M.A.R. (also available in <a href="http://www.bible.org/page.php?page_id=3519" target="_blank">Spanish</a>)<br /><br />[4] <a href="http://www.bible.org/page.php?page_id=716" target="_blank">Christology: Jesus Christ</a>, by Greg Herrick Th.M., Ph.D.<br /><br />[5] <a href="http://www.crosswalk.com/pastors/11644044/page0/" target="_blank">Figuring out the “Firstborn” in Colossians 1:18</a>, by Andrew Perrin<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sermons on John 1:14 </span></span>(Be like the Bereans! Acts 17:11)<br /><br />[1] <a href="http://sermons.logos.com/#q=passage%3A%3CJohn%201%3A14%3E/1000009&content=/submissions/78818&tab=paneTabResults&pane=resultsPane" target="_blank">The Critical Chapter</a>, by Douglas James Wilson<br /><br />[2] <a href="http://sermons.logos.com/#q=passage%3A%3CJohn%201%3A14%3E/1000026&content=/submissions/31605&tab=paneTabResults&pane=resultsPane" target="_blank">Baby, Creator, Savior, Lord, and King!</a> By Phillip W. Mansfield<br /><br />[3] <a href="http://sermons.logos.com/#q=passage%3A%3CJohn%201%3A14%3E/1000027&content=/submissions/54776&tab=paneTabResults&pane=resultsPane" target="_blank">Logos</a>, by Timothy Grant<br /><br />[4] <a href="http://sermons.logos.com/#q=passage%3A%3CJohn%201%3A14%3E/1000029&content=/submissions/68519&tab=paneTabResults&pane=resultsPane" target="_blank">John #05 Became Flesh</a>, by James (Jim) L. Goforth, Jr, New Life Baptist Church<br /><br />[5] <a href="http://sermons.logos.com/#q=passage%3A%3CJohn%201%3A14%3E/1000031&content=/submissions/19320&tab=paneTabResults&pane=resultsPane" target="_blank">#3 Showing God's Light</a>, by Matthew Starin, Baptist World Mission<br /><br />[6] <a href="http://sermons.logos.com/#q=passage%3A%3CJohn%201%3A14%3E/1000032&content=/submissions/28908&tab=paneTabResults&pane=resultsPane" target="_blank">Beginning at the Beginning 2 - Salvation on the Heels of Rebellion</a>, by Richard DeRuiter<br /><br />[7] <a href="http://sermons.logos.com/#q=passage%3A%3CJohn%201%3A14%3E/1000041&content=/submissions/65979&tab=paneTabResults&pane=resultsPane" target="_blank">Before the Beginning</a>, by Charles Leman Eldred<br /><br />[8] <a href="http://sermons.logos.com/#q=passage%3A%3CJohn%201%3A14%3E/1000045&content=/submissions/32895&tab=paneTabResults&pane=resultsPane" target="_blank">Christmas According to John</a>, by Michael Stark, New Beginnings Baptist Church<br /><br />[9] <a href="http://sermons.logos.com/#q=passage%3A%3CJohn%201%3A14%3E/1000046&content=/submissions/55217&tab=paneTabResults&pane=resultsPane" target="_blank">The Centrality, Supremacy, and Superiority of Jesus Christ</a>, by Daniel Radke<br /><br />[10] <a href="http://sermons.logos.com/#q=passage%3A%3CJohn%201%3A14%3E/1000049&content=/submissions/61866&tab=paneTabResults&pane=resultsPane" target="_blank">The Word of God - Jesus is God</a>, by Tom Daugherty, Trinity Theological Seminary<br /><br />[11] <a href="http://sermons.logos.com/#q=passage%3A%3CJohn%201%3A14%3E/1000051&content=/submissions/65981&tab=paneTabResults&pane=resultsPane" target="_blank">Positive Identification</a>, by Charles Leman Eldred<br /><br />[12] <a href="http://sermons.logos.com/#q=passage%3A%3CJohn%201%3A14%3E/1000052&content=/submissions/78427&tab=paneTabResults&pane=resultsPane" target="_blank">Once In an Eternity</a>, by Pastor Jeremy Stephens, Southview Baptist Church<br /><br />[13] <a href="http://sermons.logos.com/#q=passage%3A%3CJohn%201%3A14%3E/1000055&content=/submissions/13985&tab=paneTabResults&pane=resultsPane" target="_blank">The Deity/Humanity of Jesus</a>, by Robin Fernandez<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sermons on Philippians 2:6</span></span> (Be like the Bereans! Acts 17:11)<br /><br />[1] <a href="http://sermons.logos.com/#q=passage%3A%3CPhp%202%3A6%3E/1000004&content=/submissions/32526&tab=paneTabResults&pane=resultsPane" target="_blank">Incomparable Supremacy</a>, by Pastor Jeremy Stephens, Southview Baptist Church<br /><br />[2] <a href="http://sermons.logos.com/#q=passage%3A%3CPhp%202%3A6%3E/1000016&content=/submissions/84593&tab=paneTabResults&pane=resultsPane" target="_blank">A Stranger at the Door</a>, by Joe Vinson, Southeast Baptist Church<br /><br />[3] <a href="http://sermons.logos.com/#q=passage%3A%3CPhp%202%3A6%3E/1000024&content=/submissions/44299&tab=paneTabResults&pane=resultsPane" target="_blank">The Uniqueness of Jesus Christ</a>, by Sam Jones<br /><br />[4] <a href="http://sermons.logos.com/#q=passage%3A%3CPhp%202%3A6%3E/1000032&content=/submissions/38449&tab=paneTabResults&pane=resultsPane" target="_blank">Humiliation Before Exaltation</a>, by Marvin L Jackson<br /><br />[5] <a href="http://sermons.logos.com/#q=passage%3A%3CPhp%202%3A6%3E/1000054&content=/submissions/79025&tab=paneTabResults&pane=resultsPane" target="_blank">122407 Christmas Eve Reason for Season 3 Cradle Cross Crown</a>, by Donald L Hardaway<br /><br />[6] <a href="http://sermons.logos.com/#q=passage%3A%3CPhp%202%3A6%3E/1000080&content=/submissions/2428&tab=paneTabResults&pane=resultsPane" target="_blank">Why God Became Man</a>, by Randy D. Starkey, East Bend Baptist Church<br /><br />[7] <a href="http://www.bible.org/illus.php?topic_id=854" target="_blank">Sermon illustrations on the Kenosis</a><br /><br />[8] <a href="http://sermons.logos.com/#q=passage%3A%3CPhp%202%3A6%3E/1000010&content=/submissions/15163&tab=paneTabResults&pane=resultsPane">Master Violinist Goes Unrecognized</a>, by Bruce W. Logue<br /><br /><br /><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Note: </span>This ministry does not necessarily endorse or share all the views and opinions expressed in the materials, resources or links mentioned in these posts. Please always refer to the </span><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2008/02/articles-of-faith.html">Articles of Faith</a><span> and </span><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2008/10/biblical-distinctives-of-baptists.html">Biblical distinctives of Baptists</a> when you study these materials.Atty. Gerry T. Galaciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17233852101336409722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38744545.post-79478847621690499012010-12-31T10:00:00.022+08:002017-08-13T10:51:34.519+08:00Index of lessons and online quizzes from “The Great Doctrines of the Bible” by Rev. William Evans<a href="http://books.google.com.ph/books?id=gqMbK_vDskoC&printsec=frontcover&dq=evans+great+doctrines+of+the+bible&source=bl&ots=_DpO9-oo4T&sig=L2EHtUSbeii4AvHxt3clfX4TKOs&hl=tl&ei=zN8KTezYCcPIrQfXu-DwCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q&f=false" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551497970610666786" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7me8DSjf3AFkbDO-_Fdowg3a3QHjYHIqgUEciyGeq8_B8JCQZNfrpLy2h3T7Q1alechO7MqZn49kQvf6NwhGlZ-SadFw4wG51Hdyc4ObGWtyXo6wk7D2uRNoOAAYJLx5Ia1SL/s400/evans.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 208px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 141px;" /></a>“The Great Doctrines of the Bible” by Rev. William Evans, Ph.D., D.D. is a well-respected reference material for Bible students, pastors and missionaries. You can read the entire book from <a href="http://books.google.com.ph/books?id=gqMbK_vDskoC&printsec=frontcover&dq=evans+great+doctrines+of+the+bible&source=bl&ots=_DpO9-oo4T&sig=L2EHtUSbeii4AvHxt3clfX4TKOs&hl=tl&ei=zN8KTezYCcPIrQfXu-DwCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q&f=false" target="_blank">Google</a> (click the picture of the book cover) or <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext04/gdotb10.zip" target="_blank">download the complete zipped e-book</a>. We are posting lessons and online quizzes with automatic scoring from this book. Listed below are the currently available quizzes and lessons.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;">Online quizzes</span></span><br />
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<li><a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/evans/indexevanstimed.htm" target="_blank">Index of quizzes</a></li>
<li>Arguments for the Existence of God (<a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/evans/Arguments%20for%20the%20Existence%20of%20God.htm">flashcards</a>; <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/evans/Arguments%20for%20the%20Existence%20of%20God%20timed%2045.htm">matching type quiz</a>) </li>
<li><a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/evans/Deity%20of%20Christ%20timed%20130.htm" target="_blank">Deity of Christ</a> (gap-fill) </li>
<li><a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/evans/Divine%20attributes%20of%20the%20Holy%20Spirit%20timed%2045.htm" target="_blank">Divine Attributes of the Holy Spirit</a> (gap-fill)</li>
<li>Emblems of the Holy Spirit (<a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/evans/Emblems%20of%20the%20Holy%20Spirit.htm" target="_blank">flashcards</a>; <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/evans/Emblems%20of%20the%20Holy%20Spirit%20timed%2045.htm" target="_blank">matching type quiz</a>) </li>
<li><a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/evans/Gods%20Moral%20Attributes%20timed%20130.htm" target="_blank">God’s Moral Attributes</a> (gap-fill) </li>
<li><a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/evans/Holy%20Spirit%20does%20things%20that%20only%20God%20can%20do%20timed%2030.htm" target="_blank">Holy Spirit does things that only God can do</a> (gap-fill)</li>
<li>Names of God in the Old Testament (<a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/evans/Names%20of%20God%20in%20the%20Old%20Testament.htm" target="_blank">flashcards</a>; <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/evans/Names%20of%20God%20in%20the%20Old%20Testament%20timed%2045.htm" target="_blank">matching type quiz</a>) </li>
<li><a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/evans/Names%20of%20the%20Holy%20Spirit%20timed%2060.htm" target="_blank">Names of the Holy Spirit</a> (gap-fill) </li>
<li><a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/evans/Natural%20Attributes%20of%20God%20timed%2045.htm" target="_blank">Natural Attributes of God</a> (gap-fill)</li>
<li><a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/evans/Offenses%20against%20the%20Holy%20Spirit%20corrected%20timed%2060.htm" target="_blank">Offenses against the Holy Spirit, Part A</a> (multiple-choice quiz) </li>
<li>Offenses against the Holy Spirit, Part B (<a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/evans/Offenses%20committed%20against%20the%20Holy%20Spirit%20part%202.htm" target="_blank">flashcards</a>; <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/evans/Offenses%20committed%20against%20the%20Holy%20Spirit%20Part%20B%20timed%2045.htm" target="_blank">matching type quiz</a>)</li>
<li><a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/evans/Seven%20symbols%20used%20to%20illustrate%20the%20Word%20of%20God%20timed%202%20minutes.htm" target="_blank">Seven symbols used to illustrate the Word of God</a> (multiple-choice quiz)</li>
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<span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Lessons</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">A. </span><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/12/index-of-lessons-and-basic-truths-for.html" style="font-weight: bold;">The Doctrine of God</a><br />
<ol>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/12/existence-of-god-fact-taken-for-granted.html">Existence of God a fact taken for granted</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/12/universal-belief-in-existence-of-god.html">Universal belief in the existence of God</a></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/12/cosmological-argument-for-god-from.html">Cosmological argument for God</a></span></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/12/teleological-argument-for-god-from.html">Teleological argument for God</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/12/ontological-and-anthropological.html">Ontological and anthropological arguments for God</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/12/congruity-argument-for-god-from-great.html">Congruity argument for God</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/12/argument-from-scripture-from-great.html">Argument from Scripture</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/12/spirituality-of-god-from-great.html">Spirituality of God (part 1)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/12/spirituality-of-god-from-great_23.html">Spirituality of God (part 2)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/12/personality-of-god-vs-pantheism-from.html">Personality of God vs. Pantheism</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2011/01/gods-personality-as-proved-by-his.html">God’s personality as proved by His relation to the universe and men</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2011/01/unity-of-god-vs-polytheism-from-great.html">Unity of God vs. Polytheism</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2011/01/doctrine-of-trinity-vs-unitarianism.html">Doctrine of the Trinity vs. Unitarianism</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2011/01/omniscience-of-god-from-great-doctrines.html">Omniscience of God</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2011/01/omnipotence-of-god-from-great-doctrines.html">Omnipotence of God</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2011/01/omnipresence-of-god-from-great.html">Omnipresence of God</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2011/01/eternity-and-immutability-of-god-from.html">Eternity and immutability of God</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2011/01/holiness-of-god-from-great-doctrines-of.html">Holiness of God</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2011/01/righteousness-and-justice-of-god-from.html">Righteousness and Justice of God</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2011/01/mercy-and-loving-kindness-of-god-from.html">Mercy and Loving-kindness of God</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2011/01/love-of-god-from-great-doctrines-of.html">Love of God</a></li>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">B. <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2011/01/doctrine-of-christ-index-of-lessons-and.html">The Doctrine of Jesus Christ</a></span><br />
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<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2011/01/person-of-christ-from-great-doctrines.html">The Person of Christ</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2011/01/humanity-of-christ-from-great-doctrines.html">The Humanity of Christ</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2011/01/divine-names-are-given-to-christ-from.html">Divine names are given to Christ</a></li>
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C. The Doctrine of the Holy Spirit<br />
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D. The Doctrine of Man<br />
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E. The Doctrine of Salvation<br />
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F. The Doctrine of the Scriptures<br />
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G. The Doctrine of the Angels<br />
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H. The Doctrine of Satan<br />
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I. The Doctrine of the Last Things<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />
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Note:</span> This ministry does not necessarily endorse everything that Evans taught. Please always refer to the <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2008/02/articles-of-faith.html" target="_blank">Articles of Faith</a> and <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2008/10/biblical-distinctives-of-baptists.html" target="_blank">Biblical distinctives of Baptists</a> when you study these materials.Atty. Gerry T. Galaciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17233852101336409722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38744545.post-49400293219602146842010-12-10T00:01:00.023+08:002015-04-14T05:37:54.585+08:00Are you for or against the altar call and sinner’s prayer ?(Note: You can read <a href="http://baptist-rp.blogspot.com/2009/12/for-or-against-altar-call-and-sinners.html" target="_blank">excerpts from the articles cited below</a> in my “Baptist churches in the Philippines” blog.)<br />
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<a href="http://baptist-rp.blogspot.com/2009/12/for-or-against-altar-call-and-sinners.html" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif0WxVpIAfq1WtgyoJpDJAzSLzPG3HPxFwklzIdMhVugIOdgsQW90jKVhIo5IYIMeQXKdW07sdo_cDmG-jjLz-A2V9_hat9PrwbcjjxSS3Cxlo8Ol_2M6pxWoPFpqcNAWkQtYa/s400/altar+call+200.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424566154660565058" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 140px; margin: 0pt 0pt 3px 10px; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">For the altar call</span><br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://baptistcenter.com/Journal%20Articles/Spr%202003/02%20Rescuing%20the%20Perishing%20-%20Spr%202003.pdf" target="_blank">Rescuing the Perishing: A Defense of Giving Invitations</a>, by Ken Keathley, Assistant Professor of Theology, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary</li>
<li><a href="http://www.watke.org/resources/EvangelisticInvitations.pdf" target="_blank">Evangelistic Invitations</a>, by Dr. Edward Watke Jr., <a href="http://www.watke.org/index.htm" target="_blank">Revival in the Home Ministries</a></li>
<li><a href="http://evangelicalarminians.org/node/362" target="_blank">In Defense of the Invitation / Altar Call</a>, by Kevin Jackson (Society of Evangelical Arminians)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.davidcox.com.mx/library/D/Drury,%20Keith%20-%20Is%20it%20time%20to%20drop%20the%20altar%20call.pdf" target="_blank">NO, NO I WON’T GO! Is it time to drop the altar call?</a> by Keith Drury</li>
<li><a href="http://praxishabitus.blogspot.com/2009/04/finneys-altar-call-and-quest-for.html" target="_blank">Finney’s Altar Call and the Quest for Efficient Evangelism</a>, by Gerardo Marti</li>
<li><a href="http://www.leaderonline.org/guiding/GuidingSummer04.htm" target="_blank">A Case for Altar Calls</a>, by Regina Shands Stoltzfus</li>
<li><a href="http://www.gotquestions.org/altar-calls.html" target="_blank">What does the Bible say about altar calls? Are altar calls biblical?</a></li>
<li><a href="http://lesliepuryear.blogspot.com/2010/07/differences-between-reformed-and_14.html">Differences Between Reformed and Southern Baptist Churches: Altar Calls vs No Altar Calls</a>, by Les Puryear</li>
</ul>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Against the altar call</span><br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.9marks.org/ejournal/altar-call-evangelism" target="_blank">Altar Call Evangelism</a>, by Paul Alexander, Capitol Hill Baptist</li>
<li><a href="http://www.biblicalstudies.com/bstudy/ecclesiology/altar.htm" target="_blank">The “Altar Call” Is it helpful or harmful?</a> by Fred G. Zaspel, published by Word of Life Baptist Church, Pottsville, PA</li>
<li><a href="http://www.trinity-baptist-church.com/altar.shtml" target="_blank">Are Altar Calls Biblical?</a> from Trinity Baptist Church, Burlington, Ontario</li>
<li><a href="http://www.victorybaptist.us/show.wc?msgaltarcall" target="_blank">Why We Don’t Use The Altar Call</a>, by Laurence A. Justice, Victory Baptist Church</li>
<li><a href="http://www.ccwtoday.org/article_view.asp?article_id=16" target="_blank">The Corrupt Root and Bitter Fruit of Altar Call Evangelism</a>, by Daryl Wingerd</li>
<li><a href="http://www.graceonlinelibrary.org/articles/full.asp?id=31%7C%7C509" target="_blank">Decisional Regeneration</a>, by James E. Adams</li>
<li><a href="http://www.gracesermons.com/hisbygrace/invitation.html" target="_blank">The Dangers of the Invitation System</a>, by Jim Ehrhard</li>
<li>“<a href="http://faithalone.org/faith.html" target="_blank">Saving Faith In Focus</a>” by Bob Wilkin, Grace Evangelical Society (Note: GES is a non-lordship salvation ministry)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.banneroftruth.org/pages/articles/article_detail.php?422" target="_blank">D. Martin Lloyd-Jones on the Altar Call</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.biblebb.com/files/MAC/SC03-1050CDNotes.htm" target="_blank">A Close Look at Invitations and Altar Calls</a>, by Carey Hardy</li>
<li><a href="http://www.gracesermons.com/hisbygrace/heed.html" target="_blank">In Defense of Refusing to Heed an Altar Call</a>, by Sandy Fiedler</li>
<li><a href="http://www.mountainretreatorg.net/articles/altarcall.html">Altar Call</a>, by G. I. Williamson</li>
<li><a href="http://www.wayofthemaster.com/botchaltarcall.html" target="_blank">How to Botch an Altar Call</a>, by Way of the Master<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="neutralaltarcall"></a></li>
<li><a href="http://wootenbfg.blogspot.com/2005/09/21-flaws-of-altar-call.html" target="_blank">21 Flaws of the “Altar Call”</a> by Pastor David Wooten</li>
<li><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=830385221" target="_blank">Altar Calls Examined: The Invitation System</a> (MP3), by James M. Harrison, Red Mills Baptist Church (New York); panel composed of Jim Elliff, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary; Ptr. Gary Scott, New Heights Park Baptist Church, Long Island; Ptr. Jim Harrison, Red Nose Baptist Church, New York; Ptr. David King, Presbyterian Church of America</li>
<li><a href="http://fm.thevillagechurch.net/blog/theology/?p=635" target="_blank">Why doesn’t The Village do altar calls?</a> (Highland Village First Baptist Church)</li>
<li>“<a href="http://drjamesgalyon.wordpress.com/2010/07/14/what-is-an-invitation-3/">What is an Invitation?”</a> by Dr. James Galyon</li>
<li>“<a href="http://hereiblog.com/altar-calls-gospel-proclamation/">On Altar Calls And Gospel Proclamation</a>”</li>
<li><a href="http://bible.org/question/our-pastor-recently-stopped-doing-altar-call-invitation-end-services-biblical">Our pastor recently stopped doing an altar-call / invitation at the end of the services. Is this biblical?</a> by Bob Deffinbaugh (pastor-teacher and elder at Community Bible Chapel, Richardson, Texas)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.frbaptist.org/bin/view/PastorsPapers/PastorsPapersTopic20071204154919" target="_blank">The Altar Call: Twelve Questions</a>, by Pastor Larry DeBruyn, Franklin Road Baptist Church, Indianapolis </li>
<li>“<a href="http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/thabitianyabwile/2011/04/29/what-about-altar-calls/" target="_blank">What About Altar Calls?</a>” by Thabiti Anyabwile, Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church of Grand Cayman</li>
</ul>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Middle ground on the altar call</span><br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.sermoncentral.com/articlec.asp?article=Larry-Moyer-Four-Reasons-Not-To-Give-An-Altar-Call&Page=3&ac=true&csplit=9060" target="_blank">Four Reasons Not to Give an Altar Call</a>, by Dr. R. Larry Moyer, President and CEO EvanTell, Inc.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.christianitytoday.com/ch/thepastinthepresent/storybehind/walktheaisle.html" target="_blank">Walk the Aisle</a>, by Douglas A. Sweeney and Mark C. Rogers </li>
</ul>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">For the Sinner’s Prayer</span><br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.bible-knowledge.com/sinners-prayer.html" target="_blank">The Sinner’s Prayer</a>, from Bible-Knowledge.com</li>
<li><a href="http://www.gotquestions.org/sinners-prayer.html">What is the sinner’s prayer?</a> and <b><a href="http://www.gotquestions.org/prayer-of-salvation.html" style="font-weight: normal;" target="_blank">What is the prayer of salvation?</a> </b>from Got Questions.org<span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></li>
<li><a href="http://www.annointed.net/blog/sinners-prayer-for-children/">Sinner’s Prayer for Children</a> by Jerry Gaffney Ministries </li>
<li><a href="http://lesliepuryear.blogspot.com/2010/07/differences-between-reformed-and_14.html">Differences Between Reformed and Southern Baptist Churches: Altar Calls vs No Altar Calls</a> by Les Puryear</li>
</ul>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Against the sinner’s prayer, and reasons not to ask Jesus into your heart</span><br />
<ul>
<li>“<a href="http://www.dahlfred.com/en/blogs/gleanings-from-the-field/283-animism-and-the-sinners-prayer" target="_blank">Animism and the Sinner’s Prayer</a>” by Karl Dahlfred, church planting missionary in Thailand</li>
<li><a href="http://faithsaves.net/romans-10-sinners-prayer/" target="_blank">Romans 10:9-14: Sinner’s Prayer for Salvation? An Exegesis and Application for Soulwinning Churches and Christians</a>, by Thomas D. Ross (Master of Arts degree in Bible from Fairhaven Baptist College, a Master of Divinity degree from Great Plains Baptist Divinity School and a Master of Theology degree from Anchor Baptist Theological Seminary, Salt Lake City, Utah)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dc5lY9YP_bE" target="_blank">Reclaiming Regeneration: Declaring war on the Sinner’s Prayer</a> by Paul Washer<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="youtube-player" frameborder="0" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/dc5lY9YP_bE" title="YouTube video player" type="text/html" width="400"></iframe></li>
<li><a href="http://www.str.org/site/News2?id=6111">The Magic Prayer</a>, <a href="http://www.str.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=6871">Is The Sinner’s Prayer Effective?</a> (listen to <a href="http://www.strcast.org/podcast/daily/Podcast_138.mp3">mp3</a>) and <a href="http://www.str.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=5133">Baptism and Belief</a>, by Greg Koukl (Stand To Reason)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.ccwtoday.org/article_view.asp?article_id=52" target="_blank">Closing with Christ</a>, by Jim Elliff, Christian Communicators Worldwide</li>
<li>Charles H. Spurgeon’s sermons on Romans 10:9-10 in which he did not equate “confession with the mouth” with the sinner’s prayer for salvation:<br /><ol>
<li><a href="http://www.spurgeongems.org/vols31-33/chs1898.pdf" target="_blank">Romans 10:9 Heart and Mouth </a>(Sermon no. 1898)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.spurgeongems.org/vols52-54/chs3011.pdf" target="_blank">Romans 10:10 Faith First, Confession Following</a> (Sermon no. 3011) </li>
<li><a href="http://www.spurgeongems.org/vols7-9/chs520.pdf" target="_blank">Romans 10:10 Confession with the Mouth </a>(Sermon no. 520) </li>
<li><a href="http://www.spurgeongems.org/vols7-9/chs519.pdf" target="_blank">Romans 10:9 Believing with the Heart</a> (Sermon no. 519)</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=628101184110" target="_blank">Repentance Blacklist</a> by Dr. Dan Botterbrodt, <a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/source_detail.asp?sourceid=ibi" target="_blank">Independent Baptist Institute</a>, Fort Dodge, Iowa</li>
<li><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=42910737440">If You Sincerely Say ‘The Sinner’s Prayer’ Are You Saved?</a> (MP3) by Dr. David Downs, Cornerstone Baptist Church of Orlando, Florida</li>
<li><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=512101920160">Testimony - The Sinner’s Prayer Only Hurts People</a> (MP3), by Mason Vann, Grace Community Church, San Antonio, Texas </li>
<li><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="http://www.ccel.org/ccel/jamieson/jfb.xi.vi.xi.html" target="_blank">Romans 10:9-15, from Jamieson-Fauset- Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="http://www.ccel.org/ccel/henry/mhc6.Rom.xi.html" target="_blank">Paul’s Discourse of Righteousness; The Method of Salvation, from Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible Unabridged</a></span></li>
<li><a href="http://www.lwcf.org.uk/praying_the_prayer.pdf" target="_blank">Praying the prayer</a>, by Steven Hall © 2000 Living Waters Christian Fellowship (a look at what someone at each stage of the <a href="http://baptist-rp.blogspot.com/2009/05/understanding-and-using-gray-matrix-for.html" target="_blank">Engel Scale</a> might “look like” in terms of the seven understandings and willingnesses and what the “sinner’s prayer” might actually mean to someone like this)</li>
<li>“Some Simple Difficulties of Salvation” by Roy L. Aldrich, Bibliotheca Sacra 111:442 (Apr 54) p. 158-169</li>
<li>“<a href="http://www.faithalone.org/journal/1991i/Tanton.html" target="_blank">The Gospel And Water Baptism: A Study Of Acts 22:16</a>”, by Lanny Thomas Tanton, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Lincoln Park, MI; Editorial Board, Journal of the Grace Evangelical Society (Note: GES is a non-lordship salvation ministry)</li>
<li>“<a href="http://www.faithalone.org/journal/1999ii/J23-99b.htm" target="_blank">Why Confess Christ? The Use and Abuse of Romans 10:9-10</a>,” by John F. Hart, Journal of the Grace Evangelical Society 12:2, Autumn 1999<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>(Note: GES is a non-lordship salvation ministry)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.wayoflife.org/database/questionsonrepentance.html" target="_blank">Questions Answered About Repentance</a>, by David Cloud, <a href="http://www.wayoflife.org/" target="_blank">Way of Life Literature</a></li>
<li>“<a href="http://www.brothermike.com/sinner.html" target="_blank">The Sinner’s Prayer</a>”, by Michael D. O’Neal, Pastor, Gospel Light Baptist Church, Albany, Georgia</li>
<li>Resources by Thomas D. Ross (Master of Arts degree in Bible from Fairhaven Baptist College, a Master
of Divinity degree from Great Plains Baptist Divinity School, and a
Master of Theology degree from Anchor Baptist Theological Seminary, Salt
Lake City, Utah)<br />
<a href="http://faithsaves.net/sinners-prayer/" target="_blank">Will I Be Saved if I Ask Jesus to Come into my Heart or Repeat the Sinners Prayer?</a><br />
<a href="http://faithsaves.net/evangelism-video/" target="_blank">Evangelism Video: How to Proclaim the Gospel and do Biblical Soulwinning</a><br />
<a href="http://faithsaves.net/soulwinning/" target="_blank">How to Proclaim the Gospel: A Guide to Personal Soulwinning</a><br />
<a href="http://faithsaves.net/the-sinners-prayer/" target="_blank">The Sinners Prayer: A Historical and Theological Analysis, Chitwood</a>
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<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS95PARavk4&playnext=1&list=PL991225D9DFABAE35" target="_blank">What it means to accept Christ</a>, by A.W. Tozer (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-CskSQ0its&feature=related" target="_blank">Part 2</a>; <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itI6tLlA47A&playnext=1&list=PL991225D9DFABAE35" target="_blank">Part 3</a>; <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hfgklekroQ&playnext=1&list=PL991225D9DFABAE35" target="_blank">Part 4</a>)<br /><br /><object height="300" width="400"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lS95PARavk4&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lS95PARavk4&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="300" width="400"></embed></object></li>
<li><a href="http://www.ccwtoday.org/article_view.asp?article_id=209" target="_blank">Getting John 1:12 Right: Should You Invite Jesus Into Your Heart?</a> by Jim Elliff, Christian Communicators Worldwide and Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary</li>
<li><a href="http://bible.org/article/scriptural-evaluation-salvation-invitations" target="_blank">Scriptural Evaluation of Salvation Invitations</a>, by AWANA Clubs International<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>(non-lordship salvation view)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.wretchedradio.com/pdf/ten_reasons.pdf" target="_blank">Ten Reasons Not To Ask Jesus Into Your Heart</a>, by Todd Friel (Way of the Master Radio)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.biblelineministries.org/articles/basearch.php3?action=full&mainkey=ASK+JESUS+INTO+YOUR+HEART?" target="_blank">Ask Jesus into your heart?</a> by Hank Lindstrom (Calvary Community Church, Tampa, Florida)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.duluthbible.org/widgets/download.aspx?file=/files/Resources/Publications/Booklet_PDF_Files/Seven_Reason_3rdEdition.pdf" target="_blank">Seven Reasons NOT To Ask Jesus Into Your Heart</a>, by Dennis M. Rokser, Duluth Bible Church, Minnesota</li>
<li><a href="http://www.inplainsite.org/html/dont_ask_jesus_into_your_heart.html">Why NOT To Ask Jesus Into Your Heart</a>, by Carol Brooks</li>
<li>“<a href="http://faithalone.org/faith.html" target="_blank">Saving Faith In Focus</a>” by Bob Wilkin, Grace Evangelical Society (Note: GES is a non-lordship salvation ministry)</li>
<li><a href="http://faithsaves.net/asking-jesus-into-your-heart/" target="_blank">The Other Jesus: Justification by Faith vs. Asking Jesus into one’s Heart</a>, by Pastor Ovid Need Jr., Linden Baptist Church, Linden, Indiana</li>
<li><a href="http://bible.org/article/revelation-320-and-offer-salvation" target="_blank">Revelation 3:20 and the Offer of Salvation</a>, by Daniel B. Wallace (professor of New Testament studies at Dallas Theological Seminary; his book “Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics” is currently used as a standard textbook in seminaries throughout the United States.)</li>
</ul>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Middle ground on the sinner’s prayer </span><br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.russellmoore.com/2009/12/03/beyond-the-sinners-prayer-the-power-of-the-gospel-of-a-promise-keeping-god-acts-1338-43/" target="_blank">Beyond the Sinner’s Prayer: The Power of the Gospel of a Promise-Keeping God (Acts 13:38-43</a>), by Ptr. Russell Moore, Highview Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky<br /><br /><object height="300" width="400"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7782040&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7782040&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="300" width="400"></embed></object></li>
<li><a href="http://www.evidencebible.com/pdf/04_John.pdf" target="_blank">The “Sinner’s Prayer” – To Pray or Not To Pray?</a> from The Evidence Bible (page 316)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.sermoncentral.com/article.asp?article=a-Larry_Moyer_03_03_08&ac=true" target="_blank">Is the “Sinner’s Prayer” Essential to Salvation?</a> by Dr. Larry Moyer, President/CEO, EvanTell, Inc.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.wholesomewords.org/resources/saved.html" target="_blank">What Must I Do to Be Saved?</a> by John R. Rice</li>
<li><a href="http://www.blueletterbible.org/faq/sayings.cfm#sinprayer" target="_blank">The Sinner’s Prayer</a> (from <a href="http://www.blueletterbible.org/faq/sayings.cfm" target="_blank">Sayings Not Found in Scripture</a>, Blue Letter Bible)</li>
<li>“<a href="http://www.ibsdirect.com/download/AuthenticProducts/ebooks/9781932805772.pdf" target="_blank">One Way, One Cross, Many Journeys, Thinking Again about Conversion</a>” by Dr. David Greenlee, Operation Mobilisation (pages 22 to 24)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.agapeindia.com/sermons/assurance.htm" target="_blank">Biblical Assurance of Salvation</a>, by Greg Wright</li>
</ul>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Backgrounder on Charles G. Finney, by <a href="http://www.centralseminary.edu/resources/nick-of-time/132-nick-archives" target="_blank">Dr. Kevin T. Bauder</a>, Central Baptist Theological Seminary</span> <br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.centralseminary.edu/publications/20050603Print.pdf" target="_blank">Part One: Finney’s System</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.centralseminary.edu/publications/20050610Print.pdf" target="_blank">Part Two: Finney’s Influence</a></li>
</ul>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Note: (1)</span> You can read <a href="http://baptist-rp.blogspot.com/2009/12/for-or-against-altar-call-and-sinners.html" target="_blank">excerpts from the articles cited above</a> in my “Baptist churches in the Philippines” blog. Jump to <a href="http://baptist-rp.blogspot.com/2009/12/for-or-against-altar-call-and-sinners.html#top">For the altar call</a>; <a href="http://baptist-rp.blogspot.com/2009/12/for-or-against-altar-call-and-sinners.html#againstaltarcall">Against the altar call</a>; <a href="http://baptist-rp.blogspot.com/2009/12/for-or-against-altar-call-and-sinners.html#neutralaltarcall">Middle ground on the altar call</a>; <a href="http://baptist-rp.blogspot.com/2009/12/for-or-against-altar-call-and-sinners.html#forprayer">For the sinner’s prayer</a>; <a href="http://baptist-rp.blogspot.com/2009/12/for-or-against-altar-call-and-sinners.html#againstprayer">Against the sinner’s prayer</a> and <a href="http://baptist-rp.blogspot.com/2009/12/for-or-against-altar-call-and-sinners.html#reasons">Reasons not to ask Jesus into your heart</a>; <a href="http://baptist-rp.blogspot.com/2009/12/for-or-against-altar-call-and-sinners.html#neutralprayer">Middle ground on the sinner’s prayer</a>; <span style="font-weight: bold;">(2)</span> <span style="font-size: 100%;"> Some ministries whose works are cited in this post are described as holding a “non-lordship salvation” view. This ministry uses the term “Lordship salvation” based on A.W. Tozer</span>’s<span style="font-size: 100%;"> discussion in his essay “<a href="http://lovestthoume.com/Books/RRchapter24.html" target="_blank">No Saviorhood without Lordship</a>” </span>and in “<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2009/01/what-is-biblical-repentance.html" target="_blank">What is Biblical repentance?</a>”Atty. Gerry T. Galaciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17233852101336409722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38744545.post-7360234695890709432010-10-25T10:32:00.020+08:002010-11-23T08:10:37.717+08:00Church planting materials and resources (mp3 and pdf)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdirxPSwRG6LBp918HlSYT6mP0YKE-ldEStc-Gb9JPLyeMItuGt0QtrMRHZxoBLAvIYz5-imJWZ1t6YxEvmP2_D4jc7fXJIt-buKVsHH31TwygEP8Z9LUtDSXqF1cTFf-S69Rq/s1600/01+church+planting.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 168px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdirxPSwRG6LBp918HlSYT6mP0YKE-ldEStc-Gb9JPLyeMItuGt0QtrMRHZxoBLAvIYz5-imJWZ1t6YxEvmP2_D4jc7fXJIt-buKVsHH31TwygEP8Z9LUtDSXqF1cTFf-S69Rq/s400/01+church+planting.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531830062795167954" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.churchplantingvillage.net/" target="_blank"><strong>Church Planting Village</strong></a>: Free One-Stop Shop for Church Planting resources; available in Spanish, Korean, French, Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Russian, Vietnamese, Portuguese (NAMB/SBC)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Church planting sermons by Dr. Dan Botterbrodt, Independent Baptist Institute</span>:<br /><ol><li><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=92102327422" target="_blank">Origin of the First Church</a></li><li> <a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=92410723210">The Lord’s Commission</a>, Matthew 28, verses 18-20</li><li> <a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=910102025432" target="_blank">The Master Church Planter</a>, 1 Peter 2, verses 21-24</li><li> <a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=91710725217" target="_blank">The Master Church Planter 2</a>, 1 Peter 2, verses 21-24</li><li> <a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=10110612201" target="_blank">Church Planting Movement 1</a>, Acts 9, verse 31</li><li> <a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=108101648317" target="_blank">Church Planting Movement 2</a>, Acts 5-8</li><li> <a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=1015101710520" target="_blank">Church Planting Movement 3</a>, Acts 8-13</li><li> <a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=1022102121482" target="_blank">Church Planting Movement 4</a>, Acts 9-20</li><li><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=11121067405">Church Planting Movement 5</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=11121067405">Motives for Church Planting</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=1118102315170" target="_blank">Preparing for an Increase</a><br /></li></ol><a href="http://www.churchplantingvillage.net/" target="_blank"><strong></strong></a> <p><b><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=510091930411" target="_blank">Churches Planting Churches</a></b>, by Dr. Dennis Leatherman (Mountain Lake Independent Baptist)<br /></p><b><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=5309031450" target="_blank">Building A Solid Foundation for Church Planting</a></b>,<b> </b>by Voddie Baucham<b> </b>(Grace Family Baptist Church)<br /><p><b>Materials from Church Planting Conference </b><span style="font-weight: bold;">’</span><b>10, <a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/source_detail.asp?sourceid=cpbc" target="_blank">College Park Baptist Church</a>, Cary, North Carolina<a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=328101440512" target="_blank"><br /></a></b></p> <ol><li><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=328101440512" target="_blank">Dealing With Difficult People</a>, by Pastor Dayton Walker<br /></li><li><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=328101450438" target="_blank">God</a><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=328101450438" target="_blank">’</a><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=328101450438" target="_blank">s Work is Never Worthless</a>, by Pastor Jeff Kelly<br /></li><li><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=328101426316" target="_blank">The Elijah Syndrome</a>, by Dr. Fred Moritz</li><li><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=328102117197" target="_blank">Building Churches on the Mission Field</a>, by Dr. Fred Moritz</li><li><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=9610121324" target="_blank">Bud Calvert on Church Planting</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=96101210341" target="_blank">Tim Sneeden on Church Planting</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=328101432382" target="_blank">The Right Focus</a>, by Pastor Larry Hobbes<br /></li></ol><p> </p> <p><b><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=91805145250" target="_blank">Church Planting in France</a></b>,<b> </b>by Tim Ross (First Baptist Church of Parker)</p> <p><b><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=21008112544" target="_blank">A Macro View of Church Planting</a></b>,<b> </b>by Charles A. Bonadies (Suber Road Baptist Church) </p> <p><b><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=614092135448" target="_blank">Church Planting</a></b>, by Michael Crawford (Immanuel Baptist Church)</p><p style="font-weight: bold;">Materials from 2005 ARBCA Church Planting School </p> <p> </p> <ol><li><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=12280517532" target="_blank">Theology of Church Planting</a>, by Jim Renihan</li><li><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=12280517314" target="_blank">Cultivating Men for Church Planting</a>, by Steve Martin</li><li><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=122805171214" target="_blank">Practical Matters of Church Planting</a>, by Jim Renihan</li><li><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=1228051773" target="_blank">Legal and Financial Matters of Church Planting</a>, by Mike McKnight </li></ol> <p><b><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=38101130267" target="_blank">Church Planting</a></b>, by<b style="font-weight: bold;"> </b>Stephen Gambill (Reformed Baptist of Nashville)</p> <p><b><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=11140561940" target="_blank">Church Planting</a></b>, by Jeremy Smith (Calvary Baptist Tabernacle)</p> <p> </p> <p><b>Materials by Stacy A. Johnson</b> (First Baptist of San Jacinto)</p> <p> </p> <ol><li><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=31091133191" target="_blank">Are You a Candidate for a Church Planting Team? Pt.1</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=38091122376" target="_blank">Are You a Candidate for a Church Planting Team? Pt.2</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=313091410390" target="_blank">Are You a Candidate for a Church Planting Team? Pt.3</a></li></ol> <p><b> </b></p> <p><b>Materials by Boon-Sing Poh</b> (Christ Reformed Baptist Church)</p> <p><b> </b></p> <ol><li><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=3221011501110" target="_blank">The Biblical and Theological Basis of Church Planting</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=322101213156" target="_blank">The Method and Application of Church Planting</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=32210121222" target="_blank">The Urgency and Need of Church Planting</a></li></ol> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p><b><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=3141022417" target="_blank">Church Planting</a></b>, by Douglas Van Dorn (Reformed Baptist of N. Co.)<b><br /><br /><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=111909124481" target="_blank">Church Planting</a></b>, by Jeremy Van Delinder (Thompson Road Baptist Church)<b><br /><br /><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=10111063380" target="_blank">Cross Roads Church Planting</a></b>, by Missionary Tim Heinrich (Calvary Baptist Tabernacle)<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">PDFs on church planting</span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://elmertowns.com/books/online/get_ch_start_sm/Getting_a_Church_Started_student_manual%5BETowns.PDF" target="_blank"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 321px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjyBmV-VQIS-aRPqJE9Lw8hUGOCBPu9fgM2_GWHshYmI7wnSN7bq-t-62cOvEtpSMtsrxxqHVZqrKsgbLDf_a4pv87d03knAq-lyO3mm93gTS_stqhNjZ692J2J4CTfxvj3FIW/s400/CP+elmer+towns.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541929126974058082" border="0" /></a><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://elmertowns.com/books/online/get_ch_start_sm/Getting_a_Church_Started_student_manual%5BETowns.PDF" target="_blank">Getting A Church Started, A student manual for the theological foundation and practical techniques of planting a church</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">, by Elmer L. Towns </span>(148 pages, 543Kb)<br /><br /><blockquote>Starting new churches is the genius of Christianity. As the population explodes and another community comes into existence, new churches are needed. As old churches lose their fervency and slip into liberalism, new churches are needed to take their place.<br /><br />Wendell Belew of the Southern Baptist Home Mission Board plans over 500 new churches in America every year. Someone asks, “What method do you plan to use to plant 500 new churches a year?” He replies, “For 500 churches, we need 500 methods.”<br />Every community has different needs, and every group of people reflects a different composite personality. Each pastor must minister according to his spiritual gifts, hence there is a different application of Biblical principles in every new church.<br /><br />New churches are successful in rural, small towns, city and metropolitan areas. Men use a different formula in building each church. Yet, many patterns are similar because certain timeless principles transcend space and culture. These grow out of the nature of the church and the principles in the New Testament.<br /><br />Some churches have grown faster than others. No church is perfect - like young children they are growing through the pains of childhood. But even in youth, there is something compelling about a child. Each church, as reflected in each of its pastor-founders, has different strengths. Hence, each is a different example to guide those building a church.<br /><br />Some will not be able to follow the principles of this book and start a successful church -because they have different concepts about the church. The end product always determines the process. The end product in this book is a soul-winning, Bible-teaching church that stands for purity, obedience to the Great Commission, and separation from apostasy. Therefore, if this is not the type of church a man wants to build, all of these principles will not apply to his situation. But, in fact, not all of these principles will apply in any situation. They must be read in light of Scripture, applied in relationship to the community, and integrated by the man of God.<br /><br />The church is close to the heart of God (Eph. 5:25), and those who start a church have a special place in God’s affection. When preaching on the doctrine of the church, I often ask for charter members of that congregation to raise their hands. These, I note, have a special place in God’s love for the sacrifice, vision, and labor that brought a church into existence. One of the greatest privileges in life is to help bring a candlestick (Rev. 2:1,5) into existence.</blockquote><a href="http://www.churchplantingmovements.com/" target="_blank"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 392px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIxrmDQPahkzUjLk0aieHALq6CsepBLdpeYUjriEJ4EFUYZe4JeCg3vkmNGenSihaPFu0iDA30NQ6OceE3CXSDDjZYPlYDtcGXc6yhkovWV78z59yeQNzlmr4d598MdMFO41dj/s400/CP+garrison.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541929127135102930" border="0" /></a><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.churchplantingmovements.com/" target="_blank">Church Planting Movements</a> (NAMB/SBC); download David Garrison’s 1999 CPM booklet in <a href="http://www.churchplantingmovements.com/images/stories/CPM_Profiles/cpm_booklet_standard_english.pdf" target="_blank" title="1999 CPM booklet in standard English">English</a>, <a href="http://www.churchplantingmovements.com/images/stories/CPM_Profiles/cpm_booklet_simplified_chinese.pdf" target="_blank" title="1999 CPM booklet in simplified Chinese">simplified Chinese</a>, <a href="http://www.churchplantingmovements.com/images/stories/CPM_Profiles/cpm_booklet_turkish.pdf" target="_blank" title="1999 CPM booklet in Turkish">Turkish</a>, <a href="http://www.churchplantingmovements.com/images/stories/CPM_Profiles/cpm_booklet_indonesian.pdf" target="_blank" title="1999 CPM booklet in Indonesian">Bahasa Indonesia</a>, <a href="http://www.churchplantingmovements.com/images/stories/CPM_Profiles/cpm_booklet_spanish.pdf" target="_blank" title="1999 CPM booklet in Spanish">Spanish</a>, <a href="http://www.churchplantingmovements.com/images/stories/CPM_Profiles/cpm_booklet_french.pdf" target="_blank" title="1999 CPM booklet in French">French</a>, <a href="http://www.churchplantingmovements.com/images/stories/CPM_Profiles/cpm_booklet_israeli_english.pdf" target="_blank" title="CPM booklet in Israeli English">Israeli English</a>, <a href="http://www.churchplantingmovements.com/images/stories/CPM_Profiles/cpm_booklet_hebrew.pdf" target="_blank" title="1999 CPM booklet in Hebrew">Hebrew</a>)<br /><br /><blockquote>What is a Church Planting Movement? A simple, concise definition of a Church Planting Movement (CPM) is a rapid and multiplicative increase of indigenous churches planting churches within a given people group or population segment.<br /><br />There are several key components to this definition. The first is rapid. As a movement, a Church Planting Movement occurs with rapid increases in new church starts. Saturation church planting over decades and even centuries is good, but doesn’t qualify as a Church Planting Movement.<br /><br />Secondly, there is a multiplicative increase. This means that the increase in churches is not simply incremental growth - adding a few churches every year or so. Instead, it compounds with two churches becoming four, four churches becoming eight to 10 and so forth. Multiplicative increase is only possible when new churches are being started by the churches themselves–rather than by professional church planters or missionaries.<br /><br />Finally, they are indigenous churches. This means they are generated from within rather than from without. This is not to say that the gospel is able to spring up intuitively within a people group. The gospel always enters a people group from the outside; this is the task of the missionary. However, in a Church Planting Movement the momentum quickly becomes indigenous so that the initiative and drive of the movement comes from within the people group rather than from outsiders.<br /><br />If this definition isn’t enough, we might also clarify what a Church Planting Movement is not. A Church Planting Movement is more than “evangelism that results in churches.” Evangelism that results in churches is a part of a Church<br />Planting Movement, but the “endvision” is less extensive. A church planter might satisfy himself with the goal of planting a single church or even a handful of churches, but fail to see that it will take a movement of churches planting churches to reach an entire nation of people.</blockquote><a href="http://www.ntslibrary.com/PDF%20Books/Church%20Planting.pdf" target="_blank"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 312px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7BE_KmYy1tvqQHVKcZtDT2LL1vOcqdQ0VU95_MJyLKx0G57Vod_FWaVknW36APd-HTGUNpybp63dkZyUW6alFnMrSGM23J1Zj3KOQ1i-3L583mpIrwKZP_lj-hRayhJxqxOqy/s400/CP+process+of+planting+a+church.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541929139439967394" border="0" /></a><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.ntslibrary.com/PDF%20Books/Church%20Planting.pdf" target="_blank">The Process of Church Planting</a>, by Danie Vermeulen, Dawn Africa (75 pages, 1.02 MB)<br /><blockquote>After twenty-two years of pastoral experience and having been involved in 38 church plants during this time, I have been confronted on so many occasions with the question, “How does one go about planting a church”? I have never felt adequately informed to write something in this regard but lately the Lord has burdened my heart to share on this topic from my experience, specifically within an African context.<br /><br />This morning at the breakfast table I was telling my family about the new training manual I am writing on church planting. My twelve-year-old son, Danie Jr. casually remarked, “but Dad, is it really necessary? It is so basic! All you do is get a few people saved and build a building and there you go.” Needless to say after we all had a little chuckle I said to him, “You are right son, it is rather basic. It is rather basic for a married couple to have children and if we are the Body of Christ it should be rather basic for this ‘body’ to reproduce itself.” Very proud of himself he said, “So what’s the big deal.” My explanation satisfied him when I said, “Son, suppose you were unaware of the fact that one day, when you got married, you could reproduce, would you do it?<br /><br />Most churches are unaware that it is actually basic that they should reproduce themselves into many other churches and that is why I feel the urgency of writing this manual.” I want every pastor and every church to know that you don’t need a special gifting to plant a new church. It is natural!<br /><br />I believe that I will be able to lay a foundation for my conviction from the Scriptures to help you understand that church planting is not a good idea but rather a Biblical basis for the fulfilment of the Great Commission in Matthew 28:19. I am not a theologian but I do believe with all my heart that it should be Father’s heart and vision that would motivate us and spur us on to complete the work He has given us.</blockquote><br /><a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/net-at-hand/sites/556/files/100/where_have_all_the_leaders_gone.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=1J0F6EHGH8MG0EDN1KG2&Expires=1290412303&Signature=uKnLjfHFY6BoPhB6G3e6ea9SmW0=" target="_blank"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 332px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4UVz1CWrAKin1WKQndhToPHkZCH7CkC91gp6DCubRNuiOZr97ujwfZ7-oTQHQfcHedgoQQywJ3JZxbM5Uy9vCG6B0siOPzIZH7xKusbfp2_mi4y5ZVSKUL7vmeIs1BAenXfRG/s400/CP+where+have+all+the+leaders+gone.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541929267556604146" border="0" /></a><a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/net-at-hand/sites/556/files/103/check_list_for_church_planters.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=1J0F6EHGH8MG0EDN1KG2&Expires=1290412303&Signature=VfvLdiNCK7vk7FbLbhZw8P2MOyI=" target="_blank"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 323px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbF0MFOfhaYVBQFQHqlxELs4Nbe-Q0UnijpdDnQDwCX9N3ShAD9M5x-U3pmZlE3KIfzGL52E5PobaHVJycQD_j-29LULWZGG_FKM2HSZEGRBmAOIeDtK-gmWOv-Qtyo8QvRNK7/s400/CP+checklist+mid-missions.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541929120692733106" border="0" /></a><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.churchplantingna.org/resources:4812" target="_blank">Resources for Churches and Church Planters</a>, by Roger McNamara (copyright by Baptist Mid-Missions)<br /><blockquote><a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/net-at-hand/sites/556/files/100/where_have_all_the_leaders_gone.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=1J0F6EHGH8MG0EDN1KG2&Expires=1290412303&Signature=uKnLjfHFY6BoPhB6G3e6ea9SmW0=" target="_blank">Where Have All The Leaders Gone?</a> pdf file (653 kb) is a 92-page guide for moving people from conversion, to spiritual growth, maturity, ministry, and lay leadership through a four-phase discipleship program. Each level focuses on what you want the people to know, what changes you want to see in their lives, and what you want them to be able to do at that level. A well-balanced discipleship process is the key to developing lay leaders in the church. People flounder and don’t grow unless you have an effective discipling process in place.<br /><br /><a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/net-at-hand/sites/556/files/103/check_list_for_church_planters.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=1J0F6EHGH8MG0EDN1KG2&Expires=1290412303&Signature=VfvLdiNCK7vk7FbLbhZw8P2MOyI=" target="_blank">Checklist for Church Planters</a> pdf file (252 kb)<br /><br /><a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/net-at-hand/sites/556/files/67/church_child_safety_guidelines.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=1J0F6EHGH8MG0EDN1KG2&Expires=1290412303&Signature=Fp/3Cs0YkksBlyr+IkGLHlKnCR8=" target="_blank">Church Child Safety Guidelines</a> pdf file (626 kb) contains 99 pages of valuable information on how to protect your church and its ministry from accusations of child abuse. Many churches are grossly negligent in this area because they think “it could never happen here.” This manual explains what constitutes “child abuse” and describes in detail the steps your church should take to minimize the possibility of it happening. Helpful information includes screening guidelines and practical steps your church can take to protect itself.<br /><br /><a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/net-at-hand/sites/556/files/2120/stewardship-helpingchurchplantersdevelophealthychurches.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=1J0F6EHGH8MG0EDN1KG2&Expires=1290412303&Signature=4g1roFid6KxcWC3ANvRmfztq8gE=" target="_blank">Biblical Principles of Stewardship</a> pdf file (1.91 mb) is one of the keys to developing a healthy church plant. It enables churches to grow spiritually as well as financially. Stewardship is really about life management – how people use their time, talents, treasure, and testimonies. Biblical Principles of Stewardship grapples with the purpose, principles, parameters, promises, period, and programs of a biblical approach to stewardship. 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This introductory set of six lessons was written for new believers, perspective members, and people who want to explore the claims of Christ. It exposes them to some of the elementary truths of Scripture that anyone wanting to be a follower of Christ should know.<br /><br /><a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/net-at-hand/sites/556/files/1877/discipleship102.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=1J0F6EHGH8MG0EDN1KG2&Expires=1290412303&Signature=pJwqwYjkv4tVRjJkJnYTpIP76JQ=" target="_blank">CATCH THE VISION – Discipleship 102</a> pdf file (937 kb) – the second in a series of discipleship lessons designed to help people grow spiritually. These eight lessons focus on the local church. They serve as a get-acquainted course for those who want to know more about your congregation. They can also be used as a pre-membership for those who are thinking of uniting with your church. You will find yourself evaluating your own ministry as you move through each session, and will be challenged to improve the way in which you “do church.”</blockquote><a href="http://www.alliancescp.org/resources/index.html" target="_blank"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 369px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyBuAqtT_sxNOeReOypNXsqGIA9d-b6P5QUxaZzKA27EL6yte2j7c7_sge7-uxSeD5x-BiqGuAdbw9c4le7HpSqVQkCubwqFLKnQ1uN5kFRtwPRzCXb9IF8Jw_YC7EC9pTaTNL/s400/CP+SCP.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541929261951754370" border="0" /></a><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.alliancescp.org/index.html" target="_blank">Saturation Church Planting</a><br /><br />The Alliance for Saturation Church Planting attempts to facilitate church planting in the 27 countries of post-communist Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. 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Alliance partners are also employing saturation church planting elements in Albania, Belarus and Bulgaria.<br /><blockquote><p><a href="http://www.alliancescp.org/resources/omegacourse.html" target="_blank"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 197px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIkfleDcZvBF0Q4pwyLpJl8zOXTDTtAzZ_u3MKTtIGZBWTOew4g6q_bDWzyv5iRvJnRn6e0KPIh1nGfzP-yhlfKoWWhLtAN5o0Tc5_NjQCN0pjLxIb__IaJWCqZNdYGiH6HHD0/s400/omega+course.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542529715735949490" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.alliancescp.org/resources/omegacourse.html" target="_blank"><strong>Omega Course</strong></a> - a five volume set of manuals on church planter training with each manual offering 26 hours of instruction on spiritual character, inductive Bible study, leadership, mentoring and vision; designed for modular instruction in a working seminar format, the training schedule can be adapted for work/ministry realities of your trainees.</p> <p><a href="http://www.alliancescp.org/resources/prayer_book.html" target="_blank"><strong>Prayer Book</strong> </a>- a 160 page book called “Prayer that Strengthens and Expands the Church” by Glenn Livingston that examines the question “what does the prayer life of a disciple of the Lord look like?”</p> <p><a href="http://www.alliancescp.org/resources/prayercare.html" target="_blank"><strong>Prayer Care</strong></a> - a brochure designed to stimulate believers in their own prayer life and in their ministry.</p> <p><a href="http://www.alliancescp.org/resources/evision.html" target="_blank"><strong>Essential Vision</strong> </a>- a 67 page book outlining the concept of saturation church planting and the elements involved.</p> <p><a href="http://www.alliancescp.org/resources/mentoringmanual.html" target="_blank"><strong>Mentoring Manual</strong></a> - a 125 page book by Bob Martin, the manual is a practical tool that helps leaders understand the role of mentoring in helping church planters to be faithful to God’s call.</p></blockquote> <a href="http://www.churchplantingvillage.net/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=8589990700"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 319px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcB3AA40_OczJyJXrSGbv6R2-madw9rEKpNAEpcdZS8DtFpnryZFBn0zSuyELLiAcpeaLqA5xDoOTSDZsFoRBCBNH2Qtat9y1fifB2zxKO-3CsHRaJ7xscJZiIJVextbFDlKc4/s400/CP+prayer+strategy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541929133340071138" border="0" /></a><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.churchplantingvillage.net/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=8589990700">Church Planting Prayer Strategy</a>, NAMB/SBC (65 pages, 386 Kb)<br /><br /><br /><span>Note</span><span>:</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span>This ministry does not necessarily endorse or share all the views and opinions expressed in the materials, resources or links mentioned in these posts. Please always refer to the </span><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2008/02/articles-of-faith.html">Articles of Faith</a><span> and </span><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2008/10/biblical-distinctives-of-baptists.html">Biblical distinctives of Baptists</a><span><span> when you study these materials.</span></span>Atty. Gerry T. Galaciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17233852101336409722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38744545.post-46232941980047142222010-10-09T08:44:00.020+08:002011-01-13T11:27:44.506+08:00Study guides for Apologetics (interim curriculum)<a href="http://www.greatcom.org/resources/areadydefense/" target="_blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192739528551258306" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: right;" alt="Click here" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgTdVAwADDYb9vl97tq8cUFRYuUuesLV5E7GNWjj5SduwvoHkfdneQ9ieNeYkuUhwVZu_TjpO04qRqS480LYj6UbcMgt0xehOlJGytR6jjUXw1W6VrxdYO8p3GqJ-CPcbQOiVI/s400/ready+defense.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">The articles </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">from </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">“</span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.greatcom.org/resources/areadydefense/" target="_blank">A Ready Defense</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">”</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">by Josh McDowell are part of the <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2008/02/things-to-come.html#curriculum">interim curriculum</a>. We have prepared these study guides which you can use in two ways: (1) </span><span>Read the study guide first so you can have an overview of the article; and</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> (2) </span><span>After reading the article, try answering the <a name="index"></a>study guide questions to test your comprehension.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Index of study guides</span><br /><ol><li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/10/study-guides-for-apologetics.html#history">Old Testament prophecy fulfilled in history</a></li><li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/10/study-guides-for-apologetics.html#miracles">How can you believe the miracles in the Bible?</a></li><li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/10/study-guides-for-apologetics.html#contradictions">What about all those contradictions?</a></li><li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/10/study-guides-for-apologetics.html#myths">Is the New Testament filled with myths?</a></li><li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/10/study-guides-for-apologetics.html#virgin">Was Jesus born of a virgin?</a></li><li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/10/study-guides-for-apologetics.html#historicity">The historicity of Jesus</a></li><li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/10/study-guides-for-apologetics.html#resurrection">The resurrection of Jesus</a></li><li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/10/study-guides-for-apologetics.html#trilemma">The Trilemma: Lord, Liar or Lunatic?</a></li><li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/10/study-guides-for-apologetics.html#both">Is Jesus both Messiah and God?</a></li><li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/10/study-guides-for-apologetics.html#questions">Questions About God</a></li><li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/10/study-guides-for-apologetics.html#reason">Questions About Faith and Reason</a></li><li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/10/study-guides-for-apologetics.html#delusion">Is the Christian experience just a delusion?</a></li><li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/10/study-guides-for-apologetics.html#saul">Did you hear what happened to Saul?</a></li></ol><a name="history"></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Chapter 06 - </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.greatcom.org/resources/areadydefense/ch06/default.htm" target="_blank">Old Testament prophecy fulfilled in history</a></span><br /><ol><li>What is one of the unique and fascinating aspects of the Bible found in no other religious literature?</li><li>What do Isaiah 44:28; 54:1 prophesy about Cyrus? What was significant about this prophecy at the time Isaiah recorded it in 700 B.C.?</li><li>What is Daniel’s Seventy Weeks all about? What will happen at the end of 69 weeks?</li><li>What were several commandments, or decrees, in Israel’s history which have been suggested as the end of the 483 years?</li><li>Based on Hoehner’s Chronological Aspects of the Life of Christ, what is the only logical day for Christ’s crucifixion?</li><li>After the termination of the 69 weeks and before the commencement of the 70th week, what two events had to occur?</li><li>What was the prophecy or seven predictions about Tyre in Ezekiel 26 (592-570 B.C.)?</li><li>What part did Nebuchadnezzar and Alexander the Great play in these predictions about Tyre?</li><li>What was the prophecy about Sidon in Ezekiel 28:22-23 (592 - 570 B.C.)? According to Floyd Hamilton, how was this prophecy fulfilled?</li><li>What was the prophecy about Samaria in Hosea 13:16 and Micah 1:6? How was this fulfilled?</li><li>What was the prophecy about Gaza-Ashkelon in Amos 1:8 (775 - 750 B.C.) Jeremiah 47:5 (626 - 586 B.C.) Zephaniah 2:4,6 (640 - 621 B.C.)? How was this fulfilled?</li><li>What were the prophecies regarding Petra and Edom by Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel? How were these prophecies specifically fulfilled?</li><li>What were the prophecies regarding the Jewish people?</li></ol><a name="miracles"></a><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/10/study-guides-for-apologetics.html#index">Back to index of study guides</a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Chapter 10 -</span> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.greatcom.org/resources/areadydefense/ch10/default.htm" target="_blank">How can you believe the miracles in the Bible?</a></span><br /><ol><li>What is the so-called “Hume hangover”?</li><li>What is Hume’s argument against miracles?</li><li>What did Dr. Lawrence Burkholder, chairman of the Department of the Church at the Harvard Divinity School, say about Hume’s arguments against miracles?</li><li>What did Professor Clark Pinnock say about Hume’s methodology?</li><li>What did C. S. Lewis say about Hume’s arguments against miracles?</li><li>What did Merald Westphal, in his review of “The Historian and the Believer,” say about the experiences of the first explorers in Australia with regard the platypus?</li><li>What is the basis for believing in the miraculous?</li></ol><a name="contradictions"></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/10/study-guides-for-apologetics.html#index"></a></span><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/10/study-guides-for-apologetics.html#index">Back to index of study guides</a><a style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Chapter 11 - </a><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.greatcom.org/resources/areadydefense/ch11/default.htm" target="_blank">What about all those contradictions?</a></span><br /><ol><li>“How can you believe a Bible that is full of contradictions?” What does this question assume?</li><li>What constitutes a contradiction? What is the law of non-contradiction?</li><li>What is important to remember when facing possible contradictions?</li><li>“Matthew relates how two blind men met Jesus, while both Mark and Luke mention only one.” Is this a contradiction?</li><li>What is the supposed contradiction in the account of the death of Sisera in the Book of Judges?</li><li>What is the reason why two passages can sometimes appear contradictory?</li><li>What was the supposed contradiction in the story of Paul’s conversion in the Damascus road in Acts 9:7 and Acts 22:9? How does Greek scholar W. F. Arndt refute this supposed contradiction?</li><li>“Doesn’t Matthew make a mistake by attributing a prophecy to Jeremiah when it actually was given by Zechariah?”</li><li>How do Dr. J. E. Rosscup of Talbot Seminary and John N. Cool explain this supposed error by Matthew?</li><li>“How would you explain the inaccuracy between Judas ‘went away and hanged himself’ in Matthew 27:5 and ‘falling headlong, he burst open’ in Acts 1:18?”</li><li>“How could Jesus have remained in the tomb three days and three nights if He was crucified on Friday and rose on Sunday?”</li><li>Don’t the resurrection accounts repeatedly contradict themselves?</li><li>What did Sir Norman Anderson, the Director of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies at the University of London, say about apparent conflicts in the testimony of different witnesses?</li></ol><a name="myths"></a><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/10/study-guides-for-apologetics.html#index">Back to index of study guides</a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Chapter 14 - </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.greatcom.org/resources/areadydefense/ch14/default.htm" target="_blank">Is the New Testament filled with myths?</a></span><br /><ol><li>Did the early Christians turn a human Jesus into a supernatural figure by borrowing supernatural elements from the mystery religions?</li><li>What was the taurobolium? What are several reasons why the taurobolium cannot be the source for any Christian doctrine or practice?</li><li>Did the early Christians copy their rite of baptism from pagan religions around them?</li><li>What was the resurrection story in the early Egyptian cult of Isis and Osiris? How is the resurrection story of Jesus different from this Egyptian myth?</li><li>“Others also have claimed that the concept of rebirth is central to the mystery religions and that Christianity depended on them for its doctrine of the new birth.” Explain and refute.</li><li>What are the six differences between the deaths of the so-called savior-gods and that of Jesus, according to Nash?</li><li>What are the fallacies of Linking Christianity with mystery religions?</li><li>What do Acts 14:11-13 say about the refusal of the early Christians to borrow from the mystery religions?</li><li>What is the fallacy of combinationalism or universalism?</li><li>What is the fallacy of “coloring the evidence”?</li><li>What is the fallacy of oversimplification?</li><li>What is the fallacy of “Who’s Influencing Whom?”</li><li>What does Walter Kunneth, professor of systematic theology at Erlangen University in Germany, state concerning the exclusiveness of the gospel?</li><li>What did Adolf von Harnack, the most influential German church historian and theologian of his day, say about rejecting comparative mythology?</li></ol><a name="virgin"></a><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/10/study-guides-for-apologetics.html#index">Back to index of study guides</a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Chapter 17 - </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.greatcom.org/resources/areadydefense/ch17/default.htm" target="_blank">Was Jesus born of a virgin?</a></span><br /><ol><li>What are several reasons why the virgin birth was a necessity? What was the prophecy in Jeremiah 22:28-30 about King Jeconiah?</li><li>“A common objection to the virgin birth is that it is a biological impossibility, acceptable only because of people’s ignorance of these things.” How did C.S. Lewis answer this objection?</li><li>Could the story of virgin birth have been borrowed from Greek or Babylonian mythology?</li></ol><a name="historicity"></a><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/10/study-guides-for-apologetics.html#index">Back to index of study guides</a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Chapter 18 - </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.greatcom.org/resources/areadydefense/ch18/default.htm" target="_blank">The historicity of Jesus</a></span><br /><ol><li>What did Journalist Louis Cassels write in 1973 about books trying to debunk Jesus?</li><li>“What collateral proof is there in existence of the historical fact of the life of Jesus Christ? Why aren’t there more nonbiblical historical accounts of the resurrection of Christ?”</li><li>Why didn’t Pontius Pilate report to Rome about Christ?</li><li>What did Justin Martyr, writing in approximately A.D. 150, inform emperor Antoninus Pius about the fulfillment of Psalm 22:16?</li><li>“How much nonbiblical material on any subject actually survived from the first century?”</li><li>What common device did a writer of antiquity do to discredit someone?</li><li>‘“If the biblical description of Jesus’ activities is accurate, wouldn’t Jesus have attracted sufficient attention to be mentioned in first century writings?”</li><li>“Is absence of evidence evidence of absence?”</li><li>What did ancient secular writers like Cornelius Tacitus (born A.D. 52-54), Lucian of Samosata, Flavius Josephus (born A.D. 37), Suetonius (A.D.120), Plinius Secundus, Pliny The Younger, Thallus, the Samaritan-born historian, Phlegon, a first-century historian, say about Christ or the Christians?</li><li>What does the rabbinic literature ay about Christ or the Christians?</li><li>How does “The Jewishness of Jesus” prove his historicity?</li><li>What examples does David Biven, the director of the Jerusalem School of Synoptic Studies, give which illustrate the deep Jewish roots of Jesus’ learning and teaching styles?</li><li>How was Jesus different from the rabbis who preceded Him?</li></ol><a name="resurrection"></a><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/10/study-guides-for-apologetics.html#index">Back to index of study guides</a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Chapter 20 - </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.greatcom.org/resources/areadydefense/ch20/default.htm" target="_blank">The resurrection of Jesus</a></span><br /><ol><li>“The resurrection of Jesus Christ is either one of the most wicked, vicious, heartless hoaxes ever foisted upon people, or it is the most important fact of history.” Explain.</li><li>What are the positive historical, literary and legal testimony supporting the validity of the resurrection? How did scholars like Professor Thomas Arnold, B.F. Wescott, Dr. Paul L. Maier, Lord Caldecote (Lord Chief Justice of England), Dr. Simon Greenleaf (Royall Professor of Law at Harvard University), lawyer Dr. Frank Morrison, say about the resurrection of Jesus?</li><li>What were the prophecies about the resurrection?</li><li>“The resurrection of Jesus Christ and Christianity stand or fall together.” Explain.</li><li>Why is “historical/biblical Christian faith an intelligent faith”?</li><li>What does the word “tekmerion” used in Acts 1:3 by Luke mean?</li><li>What were these “security precautions” all about: The Trial; Death by Crucifixion; Solid Rock Tomb; Jewish Burial; Very Large Stone; Roman Security; and Roman Seal?</li><li>What are these seven facts to be reckoned with regards the resurrection: Broken Roman Seal; The Empty Tomb; Large Stone Moved; Roman Guard Goes AWOL; Grave clothes Tell a Tale; Appearances of Christ Confirmed; Women Saw Him First?</li><li>What is an important principle to remember when studying an event in history?</li><li>What does Dr. Ewin M. Yamauchi, associate professor of history at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, say about Paul’s statement to the Corinthians that there were five hundred witnesses of Christ’s resurrection still alive?</li><li>What did Professor Merrill C. Tenney of Wheaton College say about the variety of locations and people involved in Jesus’ appearances?</li></ol><a name="trilemma"></a><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/10/study-guides-for-apologetics.html#index">Back to index of study guides</a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Chapter 21 - </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.greatcom.org/resources/areadydefense/ch21/default.htm" target="_blank">The Trilemma: Lord, Liar or Lunatic?</a></span><br /><ol><li>What did C. S. Lewis, who was a professor at Cambridge University and once an agnostic, say about the foolishness of saying that Jesus was simply a great moral teacher?</li><li>If Jesus’ claim to be God was false, what are the two alternatives?</li><li>What did William Lecky, one of Great Britain’s most noted historians and a dedicated opponent of organized Christianity, and historian Philip Schaff write about the impact and influence of Christ on men and women down the centuries?</li><li>Was Jesus a lunatic? What did Clark H. Pinnock, psychiatrist J. T. Fisher, C.S. Lewis and Philip Schaff say about this view?</li></ol><a name="both"></a><a href="http://www.greatcom.org/resources/jesus_and_his_diety/chap08/default.htm" target="_blank"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 80px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 340px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXOwIpIoc8WPYbnfNQ1wpNohbHgknpJK-9J2GSUsDUXle-C2pCtP20yX0ooMZ_xeM9RGBljRCB4YTcGtXDQ5OqheDI30GAHbmOHkmtKfHYq_rB1nlVb4feKzqf-6lrm-LsmWA9/s400/trilemma.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509912680958339234" border="0" /></a>For further explanation of the trilemma diagram, please read the books “<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Evidence-Demands-Questions-Challenging-Christians/dp/0785243631" target="_blank">Evidence That Demands A Verdict</a>” (chapter 7) and “<a href="http://www.amazon.com/More-Than-Carpenter-Josh-McDowell/dp/0842345523" target="_blank">More Than a Carpenter</a>” (chapter 2) by Josh McDowell.<br /><br /><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/10/study-guides-for-apologetics.html#index">Back to index of study guides</a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Chapter 22 - </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.greatcom.org/resources/areadydefense/ch22/default.htm" target="_blank">Is Jesus both Messiah and God?</a></span><br /><ol><li>Did Jesus Think He Was Messiah?</li><li>Was Jesus the Messiah?</li><li>Did Jesus Really Believe He Was God?</li><li>Was Jesus the God He Thought He Was?</li></ol><a name="questions"></a><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/10/study-guides-for-apologetics.html#index">Back to index of study guides</a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Chapter 40 - </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.greatcom.org/resourcesc/areadydefense/ch40/default.htm" target="_blank">Questions About God</a></span><br /><ol><li>How do you know God exists?</li><li>Is God different in the Old and New testaments?</li><li>Isn’t there more than one way to God?</li><li>Is belief in the Trinity belief in three Gods?</li><li>Why does a good God allow evil to exist?</li></ol><a name="reason"></a><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/10/study-guides-for-apologetics.html#index">Back to index of study guides</a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Chapter 41 - </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.greatcom.org/resourcesc/areadydefense/ch41/default.htm" target="_blank">Questions About Faith and Reason</a></span><br /><ol><li>What about all the hypocrites in the church?</li><li>What about those who have never heard the Gospel?</li><li>Isn’t it enough just to be sincere?</li><li>Is Christianity merely a psychological crutch?</li><li>I'm a good person; won’t God accept me?</li><li>Can you prove Christianity scientifically?</li></ol><a name="delusion"></a><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/10/study-guides-for-apologetics.html#index">Back to index of study guides</a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Chapter 42 - </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.greatcom.org/resourcesc/areadydefense/ch42/default.htm" target="_blank">Is the Christian experience just a delusion?</a></span><br /><ol><li>What is the objective reality or basis for my subjective experience-a changed life?</li><li>How many others have had this same subjective experience from being related to the objective reality, Jesus Christ?</li><li>What did E. Y. Mullins write about Christianity being a delusion?</li></ol><a name="saul"></a><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/10/study-guides-for-apologetics.html#index">Back to index of study guides</a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Chapter 43 -</span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.greatcom.org/resources/areadydefense/ch43/default.htm" target="_blank"> Did you hear what happened to Saul?</a></span><br /><ol><li>In what four ways was Paul’s life affected by his Damascus road experience?</li><li>What was Paul’s offense with the Christian message according to Jacques Dupont?</li></ol><br /><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/10/study-guides-for-apologetics.html#index">Back to index of study guides</a>Atty. Gerry T. Galaciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17233852101336409722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38744545.post-29004656363446371612010-09-11T11:38:00.065+08:002017-08-13T10:05:06.728+08:00Index of lessons and online, interactive quizzes with automatic scoring from Scofield Reference Notes (1917)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-_zuSofeYCV80u5Pho9ULfWYbdI48wLF2jXxLOarv_IEEopk4gmj0IoMzEEOgTLCsmcWQiavul37NPGH7fuh5kn4d19gAz6AQgL18BsNWYK8I1AQHS2pRTRfuqGqxpZ1-he2G/s1600-h/mark's+gospel+edited.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402684783896904354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-_zuSofeYCV80u5Pho9ULfWYbdI48wLF2jXxLOarv_IEEopk4gmj0IoMzEEOgTLCsmcWQiavul37NPGH7fuh5kn4d19gAz6AQgL18BsNWYK8I1AQHS2pRTRfuqGqxpZ1-he2G/s400/mark's+gospel+edited.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 80px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 140px;" /></a> Since it was originally written in 1909, the Scofield Reference Notes (1917 Edition) has been a very popular reference. We are preparing lessons and online, interactive review quizzes with automatic scoring based on materials from this work. This ministry does not necessarily endorse everything that Scofield taught (like the Gap Theory of creation or his view of the church, for examples). Please always refer to the <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2008/02/articles-of-faith.html">Articles of Faith</a> and <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2008/10/biblical-distinctives-of-baptists.html">Biblical distinctives of Baptists</a> when you study these materials.<br />
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Lessons and online, interactive quizzes with automatic scoring currently available are:<br />
<ol><li><a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/indexscofield" target="_blank">Index of online review quizzes</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/abrahamic-covenant-from-scofield.html">Abrahamic Covenant</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/abrahamic%20covenant" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/adamic-covenant-from-scofield-reference.html">Adamic Covenant</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/adamic%20covenant" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/adoption-from-scofield-reference-notes.html">Adoption</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/adoption" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/03/angels-from-scofield-reference-notes.html">Angels</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/angels" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/03/apostasy-from-scofield-reference-notes.html">Apostasy</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/apostasy" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/atonement-from-scofield-reference-notes.html">Atonement</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/atonement" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/04/beast-from-scofield-reference-notes.html">Beast</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/beast" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/04/christian-doctrine-of-law-from-scofield.html">Christian doctrine of the law</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/christian%20doctrine%20of%20the%20law" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/03/davidic-covenant-from-scofield.html">Davidic Covenant</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/davidic%20covenant" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/04/day-of-jehovah-from-scofield-reference.html">Day of Jehovah</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/day%20of%20jehovah" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/04/death-spiritual-from-scofield-reference.html">Death (spiritual)</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/death%20spiritual" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/04/demons-from-scofield-reference-notes.html">Demons</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/demons" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/04/dispensation-of-conscience-from.html">Dispensation of Conscience</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/dispensation%20of%20conscience" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/03/dispensation-of-grace-from-scofield.html">Dispensation of Grace</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/dispensation%20of%20grace" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/04/dispensation-of-human-government-from.html">Dispensation of Human Government</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/dispensation%20of%20human%20government" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/04/dispensation-of-innocence-from-scofield.html">Dispensation of Innocency</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/dispensation%20of%20innocency" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/03/dispensation-of-law-from-scofield.html">Dispensation of Law</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/dispensation%20of%20law" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/11/dispensation-of-promise-from-scofield.html">Dispensation of Promise</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/dispensation%20of%20promise" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/03/dispensation-of-fulness-of-times-from.html">Dispensation of the Fulness of Times</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/dispensation%20of%20the%20fulness%20of%20times" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/edenic-covenant-from-scofield-reference.html">Edenic Covenant</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/edenic%20covenant" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/04/eight-covenants-in-relation-to-christ.html">Eight Covenants, summary</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/eight%20covenants%20summary" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/eternal-life-from-scofield-reference.html">Eternal life</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/eternal%20life" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/04/faith-from-scofield-reference-notes.html">Faith</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/faith" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/04/flesh-from-scofield-reference-notes.html">Flesh</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/flesh" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/03/forgiveness-from-scofield-reference.html">Forgiveness</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/forgiveness" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/04/gospel-from-scofield-reference-notes.html">Gospel</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/gospel" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/04/grace-from-scofield-reference-notes.html">Grace</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/scofield%20reference%20notes%201917/grace" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/great-tribulation-from-scofield.html">Great Tribulation</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/Scofield%20Reference%20Notes%201917/Great%20Tribulation.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/04/holy-spirit-in-new-testament-from.html">Holy Spirit in the New Testament</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/Scofield%20Reference%20Notes%201917/Holy%20Spirit%20in%20the%20New%20Testament.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/old-testament-doctrine-of-holy-spirit.html">Holy Spirit in the Old Testament</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/Scofield%20Reference%20Notes%201917/Holy%20Spirit%20in%20the%20Old%20Testament.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/04/imputation-from-scofield-reference.html">Imputation</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/Scofield%20Reference%20Notes%201917/Imputation.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/inspiration-from-scofield-reference.html">Inspiration</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/Scofield%20Reference%20Notes%201917/inspiration.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/04/judgments-from-scofield-reference-notes.html">Judgments</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/Scofield%20Reference%20Notes%201917/The%20Judgments.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/04/justification-from-scofield-reference.html">Justification</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/Scofield%20Reference%20Notes%201917/Justification.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/03/kingdom-from-scofield-reference-notes.html">Kingdom</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/Scofield%20Reference%20Notes%201917/Kingdom.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/04/law-of-christ-from-scofield-reference.html">Law of Christ</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/Scofield%20Reference%20Notes%201917/Law%20of%20Christ.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/law-of-moses-from-scofield-reference.html">Law of Moses</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/Scofield%20Reference%20Notes%201917/Law%20of%20Moses.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/04/lord-from-scofield-reference-notes-1917.html">Lord</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/Scofield%20Reference%20Notes%201917/Lord.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/03/mosaic-covenant-from-scofield-reference.html">Mosaic Covenant</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/Scofield%20Reference%20Notes%201917/Mosaic%20Covenant.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/04/mysteries-in-scriptures-from-scofield.html">Mysteries in the Scriptures</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/Scofield%20Reference%20Notes%201917/Mysteries%20in%20the%20Scriptures.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/04/new-covenant-from-scofield-reference.html">New Covenant</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/Scofield%20Reference%20Notes%201917/New%20Covenant.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/03/noahic-covenant-from-scofield-reference.html">Noahic Covenant</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/Scofield%20Reference%20Notes%201917/Noahic%20Covenant.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/04/old-testament-revelation-of-god-from.html">Old Testament revelation of God</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/Scofield%20Reference%20Notes%201917/Old%20Testament%20revelation%20of%20God.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/03/palestinian-covenant-from-scofield.html">Palestinian Covenant</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/Scofield%20Reference%20Notes%201917/Palestinian%20Covenant.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/04/new-testament-priesthood-from-scofield.html">Priesthood in the New Testament</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/Scofield%20Reference%20Notes%201917/Priesthood%20in%20the%20New%20Testament.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/04/propitiation-from-scofield-reference.html">Propitiation</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/Scofield%20Reference%20Notes%201917/Propitiation.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/purpose-of-law-from-scofield-reference.html">Purpose of the law</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/Scofield%20Reference%20Notes%201917/Purpose%20of%20the%20law.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/04/redemption-from-scofield-reference.html">Redemption</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/Scofield%20Reference%20Notes%201917/Redemption.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/04/relation-of-christ-to-eight-covenants.html">Relation of Christ to the eight covenants</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/Scofield%20Reference%20Notes%201917/Relation%20of%20Christ%20to%20the%20eight%20covenants.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/resurrection-from-scofield-reference.html">Resurrection</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/Scofield%20Reference%20Notes%201917/Resurrection.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/sacrifice-from-scofield-reference-notes.html">Sacrifice</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/Scofield%20Reference%20Notes%201917/Sacrifice.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/salvation-from-scofield-reference-notes.html">Salvation</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/Scofield%20Reference%20Notes%201917/Salvation.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/04/sanctification-from-scofield-reference.html">Sanctification</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/Scofield%20Reference%20Notes%201917/Sanctification.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/03/satan-from-scofield-reference-notes.html">Satan</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/Scofield%20Reference%20Notes%201917/Satan.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/04/second-death-from-scofield-reference.html">Second death</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/Scofield%20Reference%20Notes%201917/Second%20death.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/separation-from-scofield-reference.html">Separation</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/Scofield%20Reference%20Notes%201917/Separation.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/03/sin-from-scofield-reference-notes-1917.html">Sin</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/Scofield%20Reference%20Notes%201917/Sin.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/04/son-of-man-from-scofield-reference.html">Son of man</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/Scofield%20Reference%20Notes%201917/Son%20of%20man.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/times-of-gentiles-from-scofield.html">Times of the Gentiles</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/Scofield%20Reference%20Notes%201917/Times%20of%20the%20Gentiles.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/04/two-advents-from-scofield-reference.html">Two Advents</a> (lesson); online review <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/Scofield%20Reference%20Notes%201917/Two%20Advents.htm" target="_blank">quiz</a> </li>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Scofield Reference Notes (1917) index</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />
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Old Testament:</span><a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=ge"> Genesis</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=ex">Exodus</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=le">Leviticus</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=nu">Numbers</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=de">Deuteronomy</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=jos">Joshua</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=jud">Judges</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=ru">Ruth</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=1sa">1 Samuel</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=2sa">2 Samuel</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=1ki">1 Kings</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=2ki">2 Kings</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=1ch">1 Chronicles</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=2ch">2 Chronicles</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=ezr">Ezra</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=ne">Nehemiah</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=es">Esther</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=job">Job</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=ps">Psalm</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=pr">Proverbs</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=ec">Ecclesiastes</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=so">Song of, Solomon</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=isa">Isaiah</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=jer">Jeremiah</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=la">Lamentations</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=eze">Ezekiel</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=da">Daniel</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=ho">Hosea</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=joe">Joel</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=am">Amos</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=ob">Obadiah</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=jon">Jonah</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=mic">Micah</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=na">Nahum</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=hab">Habakkuk</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=zep">Zephaniah</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=hag">Haggai</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=zec">Zechariah</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=mal">Malachi</a><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">New Testament:</span><a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=mt"> Matthew</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=mr">Mark</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=lu">Luke</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=joh">John</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=ac">Acts</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=ro">Romans</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=1co">1 Corinthians</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=2co">2 Corinthians</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=ga">Galatians</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=eph">Ephesians</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=php">Philippians</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=col">Colossians</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=1th">1 Thessalonians</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=2th">2 Thessalonians</a> <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=1ti">1 Timothy</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=2ti">2 Timothy</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=tit">Titus</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=phm">Philemon</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=heb">Hebrews</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=jas">James</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=1pe">1 Peter</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=2pe">2 Peter</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=1jo">1 John</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=2jo">2 John</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=3jo">3 John</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=jude">Jude</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=re">Revelation</a><br />
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Note:</span> This ministry does not necessarily endorse or share all the views and opinions expressed in the materials, resources or links mentioned in these posts. Please always refer to the <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2008/02/articles-of-faith.html">Articles of Faith</a> and <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2008/10/biblical-distinctives-of-baptists.html">Biblical distinctives of Baptists</a> when you study these materials. Atty. Gerry T. Galaciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17233852101336409722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38744545.post-21530421475661546602010-08-23T10:34:00.035+08:002010-09-21T16:04:31.755+08:00Study guides and online quizzes in Christology (interim curriculum)<a href="http://www.greatcom.org/resources/jesus_and_his_diety/default.htm" target="_blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192734842741938354" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right;" alt="Click here" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh82xUKlQZAoypNwCGB3LNVr7isJ7NrOjccgmedt4zVp8fvJA2oKgTxPOJ35h7hKJ4IvQV7x2LoA43QlLv90Lo2XcYc29OA3iq4_2JzmIg-WNfSIqu_W1O_h6fdrEDziJGgsPU5/s400/bibkical+defense+of+deity+of+Christ.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">The articles on </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Christology</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">from </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">“</span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.greatcom.org/resources/jesus_and_his_diety/default.htm" target="_blank">Jesus: A Biblical Defense of His Deity</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">”</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">by Josh McDowell and Bart Larson are part of the <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2008/02/things-to-come.html#curriculum">interim curriculum</a>. We have prepared these study guides which you can use in two ways: (1) </span><span>Read the study guide first so you can have an overview of the article; and</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> (2) </span><span>After reading the article, try answering the <a name="index"></a>study guide questions to test your comprehension.</span><a name="index"></a> <a href="http://www.familymatters.org.ph/Online%20quizzes/Christology/index.htm" target="_blank">Online, interactive quizzes with automatic scoring</a> are also available.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Index of study guides </span><br /><ol><li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guides-in-christology-niterim.html#appendix">Appendix</a></li><li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guides-in-christology-niterim.html#christisgod">Jesus Christ Is God</a></li><li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guides-in-christology-niterim.html#titles">Jesus Christ Possesses the Names and Titles of God</a></li><li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guides-in-christology-niterim.html#attributes">Jesus Christ Possesses the Attributes of God</a></li><li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guides-in-christology-niterim.html#authority">Jesus Christ Possesses the Authority of God</a></li><li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guides-in-christology-niterim.html#man">God Became Man in Jesus Christ</a></li><li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guides-in-christology-niterim.html#witness">We Have the Witness of the Early Church</a></li><li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guides-in-christology-niterim.html#objections">What Are Some Common Objections to the Deity of Christ?</a></li><li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guides-in-christology-niterim.html#trilemma">Is Jesus Christ Your Lord?</a></li><li>How the Authors Discovered New Life in Jesus Christ</li></ol><a name="appendix"></a><br /><a href="http://www.greatcom.org/resources/jesus_and_his_diety/appendix/default.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Appendix</span></span></a><br /><br />How do the following religious systems view the deity of Christ?<br /><ul><li> Agnostic </li><li> Atheist </li><li> Bahai </li><li>Black Muslims </li><li> Buddhism </li><li> Children of God (Family Of Love) </li><li> Christian Science </li><li> Confucianism </li><li> Divine Light Mission </li><li> Eckankar </li><li> EST (Erhard Seminars Training) </li><li> Hare Krishna (ISKCON – International Society for Krishna Consciousness) </li><li> Hinduism </li><li> I-Ching </li><li> Islam </li><li> Jainism </li><li> Jehovah’s Witnesses </li><li>Judaism </li><li>Mormonism </li><li>New Age Movement </li><li>Radio Church of God </li><li>Reorganized Church of Later Day Saints </li><li>Scientology (Church of Scientology) </li><li> Shintoism </li><li> Sikhism </li><li> Spiritism </li><li> Theosophy </li><li>Transcendental Meditation (TM) </li><li>Unification Church </li><li>Unitarianism </li><li>Unity </li><li>The Way International </li><li>Zen Buddhism </li><li>Buddhism and Taoism</li><li>Zoroastrianism </li></ul> <a name="christisgod"></a><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guides-in-christology-niterim.html#index">Back to index of study guides</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.greatcom.org/resources/jesus_and_his_diety/chap01/default.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jesus Christ Is God </span></span></a><br /><ol><li>“To say that Jesus was ‘just’ a good moral man or a good teacher is out of the question.” Why?</li><li>“The present authors believe God has revealed Himself in various ways, but each of them can be objectively tested by His two supreme revelations, the Bible and the person of Jesus.” How?</li><li>What do 2 Timothy 3:16-17, Jude 3, Galatians 1:8, Revelation 22.19 and Deuteronomy 4:2 state about the Bible’s claims to be the final authority for determining matters of doctrine?</li><li>What do Job 11:7, 42:2-6, Psalm 145:3, Isaiah 40:13, 55:8, 9 and Romans 8:33 state about the incomprehensibility of God?</li><li>What do Hebrews 1: 1-3, John 14:8 and Colossians 1:15 say about God’s revelation of Himself in the person of Jesus?</li><li>What are the issues if Christ was God in the form of a man?</li><li>What do Isaiah 42:8, 48:8, Isaiah 45:5, 21-22, Jeremiah 10:6, 1 Corinthians 8:4-6, Deuteronomy 6:13-14 and Matthew 4:10 say about idolatry?</li><li>What do the Scriptures teach about God?</li><li>What does Robert Passantino say about the general and moral attributes of God?</li><li>What do we mean (and do not mean) when we say that God is triune?</li><li>How can we summarize biblical doctrine of the Trinity?</li><li>“Jesus Christ is both a name and a title.” Explain.</li><li>How do Philippians 2:5-11 describe Jesus’ dual nature as both God and man?</li><li>“Why would God become a man?”</li></ol><a name="titles"></a><br /><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guides-in-christology-niterim.html#index">Back to index of study guides</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.greatcom.org/resources/jesus_and_his_diety/chap02/default.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jesus Christ Possesses the Names and Titles of God</span></span></a><br /><br /><ol><li>What is the strongest argument for the deity of Christ? What effect did it have on the Jewish authorities?</li><li>What name of God most revered by the Jews did Jesus claim for Himself?</li><li>In what parts of the Bible did Jesus used the term “ego eimi” of Himself as it can be used only of God?</li><li>Why did the Jews try to stone Jesus in John 8:57-59?</li><li>How did Mark in his Gospel interpret Isaiah 40:3?</li><li>How did Paul in Romans 10:13 interpret Joel 2:32? How did Peter use Joel 2:32 in Acts chapter 2 to claim deity for Christ?</li><li>How do John 10.30-33 prove that even Christ’s enemies recognized He was claiming deity?</li><li>What is meant by the “Granville Sharpe construction”?</li><li>What does Dr. Ernest Cadman Colwell of the University of Chicago say about why the indefinite article '”a”' cannot be used before '”God” in John 1:1?</li><li>What does F. F. Bruce, an expert in biblical languages, say about the construction of John 1:1?</li><li>How can Jesus be “God” and “with God” at the same time?</li><li>How does The Way International interpret Jesus’ being the “Word”? What are the problems with their interpretation?</li><li>The “first 18 verses of John is repeated about Jesus elsewhere in the Gospel or in other New Testament passages”. What are these passages?</li><li>“Jesus and God are both called the Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, in Scripture.” What are these Scriptures?</li><li>How is “Kurios” used in the Old and the New Testaments? </li><li>What is one reason the early Christians and Jews were persecuted?</li><li>What are several clear examples in the Scriptures where Jesus is called “Lord” in the sacred sense?</li><li>What are the five New Testament examples where prayer is offered to Jesus in heaven as Lord (or the Son of God)?</li><li>“Paul used the same language and imagery in calling Jesus Lord that Isaiah used in the Old Testament of Yahweh (Jehovah).” Explain.</li><li>The Jews who heard Jesus’ statements about the Sabbath considered His words blasphemy. Why?</li><li>“The God of the Old Testament stated unequivocally that He alone is the Savior….Yet Scripture explicitly states that Jesus is also savior.” What are these Scriptures?</li><li>How did Paul in Titus 2:10, 13, 3:4, 6 claim that Jesus is God?</li><li>How do I Timothy 6:14-16 argue for Christ’s divinity?</li><li>How do the following titles prove the claims for Christ’s divinity?</li></ol><blockquote><ul><li>Judge</li><li>Light</li><li>Rock</li><li>Redeemer</li><li>The Lord Our Righteousness </li><li>Husband</li><li>Shepherd</li><li>Creator</li><li>Giver of Life</li><li>Forgiver of sins</li><li>The Lord our Healer</li></ul></blockquote><a name="attributes"></a><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guides-in-christology-niterim.html#index">Back to index of study guides</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.greatcom.org/resources/jesus_and_his_diety/chap03/default.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jesus Christ Possesses the Attributes of God</span></span></a><br /><ol><li>“Just as God is omnipresent in a personal sense (Psalm 139:7; Proverbs 15:3), and thus is able to help, deliver, love, defend and meet His people's deepest longings and needs, so the New Testament describes Christ also as omnipresent.” Explain.</li><li>How do Matthew 18:20, 28:20, Romans 8:9, Galatians 2:20, Ephesians 3:17, Colossians 1:27, Revelation 3:20 and 2 Corinthians 13:5 prove that Christ is omnipresent?</li><li>What do we mean when we say that God is omniscient?</li><li>How do John 2:24-25, 6:64, 16:30 and 21:17 prove that Christ is omniscient?</li><li>What do Dr. John Walvoord and Thomas Schultz say about the omniscience of Christ?</li><li>What do the Hebrew words “El Shaddai” mean?</li><li>What does Dr. John Walvoord say about the evidence for the omnipotence of Christ?</li><li>“Many passages in Scripture support Jesus' existing prior to His birth, not as a mere idea in the foreknowledge of God, but in actuality.” What are these verses?</li><li>What do Exodus 3.14, Habakkuk 3:6 and Deuteronomy 33:26-27 say about the eternalness of God?</li><li>What proofs are there that Christ is also eternal?</li><li>What is “immutability”? What do Malachi 3:6, James 1:17, Psalm 33:11 and Isaiah 46:9-10 say about the immutability of God?</li><li>If Jesus went through “human developmental changes”, how can He be immutable?</li></ol><a name="authority"></a><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guides-in-christology-niterim.html#index">Back to index of study guides</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.greatcom.org/resources/jesus_and_his_diety/chap04/default.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jesus Christ Possesses the Authority of God </span></span></a><br /><ol><li>What one word does the New Testament use primarily for worship?</li><li>What Scriptures show that Christ received worship by men? By angels?</li><li>What do John 2:19 and 10:18 say about Christ’s power and authority to resurrect Himself?</li><li>“Not only did Jesus claim the names, titles, and attributes of God, receive worship, and claim the authority to resurrect Himself, but He also spoke things that only God could rightfully speak.” What were these things?</li><li>What did C.S. Lewis say about the choices people can have in viewing who Christ is?</li><li>Enumerate the Old and New Testament references of names, titles and attributes demonstrating that Jesus and Yahweh are one:</li></ol><blockquote><ul><li>YHWH (I AM)</li><li>God </li><li>Alpha and Omega (First and Last)</li><li>Lord </li><li>Savior</li><li>King</li><li>Judge</li><li>Light</li><li>Rock</li><li>Redeemer</li><li>Our righteousness</li><li>Husband</li><li>Shepherd</li><li>Creator</li><li>Giver of Life</li><li>Forgiver of sin</li><li>Lord our Healer</li><li>Omnipresent</li><li>Omniscient</li><li>Omnipotent</li><li>Pre-existent</li><li>Eternal</li><li>Immutable</li><li>Receiver of worship</li><li>Speaker with Divine Authority</li></ul></blockquote> <a name="man"></a><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guides-in-christology-niterim.html#index">Back to index of study guides</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.greatcom.org/resources/jesus_and_his_diety/chap05/default.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">God Became Man in Jesus Christ</span></span></a><br /><ol><li>What does Colossians 2:9 say about Christ being God and man?</li><li>Recite Philippians 2:5-8.</li><li>What is assumed by the statement that Jesus gave up His equality with God? The Greek word for “equality” comes from what root word?</li><li>What does the Philippians passage teach about Jesus existing in two forms?</li><li>What does the word “grasped” imply?</li><li>“Jesus’ submission does not deny His essential equality with the Father and the Holy Spirit.” Explain using John 5:17, 18 and the illustration bybiblical commentator Leon Morris.</li><li>To the Jews, what was the implication Jesus called God His own Father?</li><li>Scriptures like Exodus 33:20; John 1: 18; 1 Timothy 6:16; l John 4:12, etc. state that “no one has seen God”. How was God “seen” in Exodus 33:23, Genesis 32:28 compared with Hosea 12:3-4, Genesis 32:30, Exodus 24:9, 2 Judges 13:22 and Isaiah 6:1-3, 5?</li><li>“The New Testament teaches that God has been seen in time and history in the person of Jesus Christ.” Explain.</li><li>What does the Greek term for “exact reproduction” mean according to Thayer?</li><li>According to C.S. Lewis, “Why is God landing in this enemy-occupied world in disguise and starting a sort of secret society to undermine the devil?”</li><li>What do the Greek words “teknon” and “huios” mean?</li><li>The word “Son” was used of Jesus in what four ways?</li><li>How was the term “Son of Man” used in the Old Testament? What about in the New Testament?</li><li>“Christ used the title ‘Son of Man’ to reveal a divine figure.” Explain.</li><li>“Christ used the title ‘Son of Man’ to reveal a human figure.” What were the three ways this title was used of Christ?</li><li>What is the significance of Christ identifying Himself as the “Son of man” referred to in Daniel 7:13-14?</li><li>According to Gleason Archer, why would the Messiah of necessity have two natures, human and divine?</li><li>“That Jesus Christ is the Son of God, the second person of the Holy Trinity, is essential to the doctrine of the incarnation.” Explain.</li><li>According to Boettner, what ideas do the terms “Father” and “Son” carry?</li><li>According to Griffith Thomas, why is the term “Son of God” a title to deity?</li></ol><a name="witness"></a><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guides-in-christology-niterim.html#index">Back to index of study guides</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.greatcom.org/resources/jesus_and_his_diety/chap06/default.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">We Have the Witness of the Early Church</span></span></a><br /><ol><li>What did the following church fathers say about the deity of Christ?</li></ol><blockquote><ul><li>Polycarp</li><li>Ignatius</li><li>Irenaeus</li><li>Justin Martyr</li><li>Clement</li></ul></blockquote><ol start="2"><li>Could these documents by these church fathers have been forged?</li><li>Could Scriptures have been tampered with?</li><li>Why did Arius’ denial of the deity of Christ become a major theological issue within the church?</li><li>What was the Council of Nicea?</li><li>How did Arianism influence the church?</li><li>What did Mark Noll write about the Nicene Creed?</li><li>Explain the following declarations of the Nicene Creed:</li></ol><blockquote><ul><li>Christ was very God of very God.</li><li>Christ was of one substance with the Father.</li><li>Christ was begotten, not made.</li><a name="objections"></a><li><a name="objections">Christ became man for us men and for our salvation.</a></li></ul></blockquote><ol start="9"><li><a name="objections">What was the Council of Chalcedon?</a></li></ol><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guides-in-christology-niterim.html#index">Back to index of study guides</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.greatcom.org/resources/jesus_and_his_diety/chap07/default.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">What Are Some Common Objections to the Deity of Christ? </span></span></a><br /><br />How do you answer the following questions or objections to the deity of Christ?<br /><ul><li>The Father is Greater than I </li><li>God the Father Is the “Head” of Christ </li><li>Jesus Was Subject to the Father </li><li>Jesus Was “Begotten” </li><li>Jesus Was a Man </li><li>Jesus Was Called the First-Born of Creation </li><li>Jesus and God Were “One in Agreement” </li><li>Jesus Had Limited Knowledge </li><li> “No One Except God Is Good”</li></ul><a name="trilemma"></a><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guides-in-christology-niterim.html#index">Back to index of study guides</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.greatcom.org/resources/jesus_and_his_diety/chap08/default.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Is Jesus Christ Your Lord?</span></span></a><br /><br />“Many people through the centuries have experienced a similar struggle when confronted with Jesus’ question, ‘Who do you say that I am?’ We are faced with a trilemma.” Explain what this trilemma is all about using the diagram below.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.greatcom.org/resources/jesus_and_his_diety/chap08/default.htm" target="_blank"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 80px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 340px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXOwIpIoc8WPYbnfNQ1wpNohbHgknpJK-9J2GSUsDUXle-C2pCtP20yX0ooMZ_xeM9RGBljRCB4YTcGtXDQ5OqheDI30GAHbmOHkmtKfHYq_rB1nlVb4feKzqf-6lrm-LsmWA9/s400/trilemma.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509912680958339234" border="0" /></a>For further explanation of the trilemma diagram, please read the books “<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Evidence-Demands-Questions-Challenging-Christians/dp/0785243631" target="_blank">Evidence That Demands A Verdict</a>” (chapter 7) and “<a href="http://www.amazon.com/More-Than-Carpenter-Josh-McDowell/dp/0842345523" target="_blank">More Than a Carpenter</a>” (chapter 2) by Josh McDowell.<br /><br /><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guides-in-christology-niterim.html#index">Back to index of study guides</a>Atty. Gerry T. Galaciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17233852101336409722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38744545.post-1822072649946175572010-08-21T10:16:00.021+08:002010-09-13T17:14:57.782+08:00Study guides for understanding secular religions (interim curriculum)<a href="http://www.greatcom.org/resources/secular_religions/default.htm" target="_blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192730225652095138" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right;" alt="Click here" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWOvX1dTrP2i-tL7DxqiaDQ6rfovNikJplra55hYf3OwTO45NjYuCh6W91K8L-jwQ0Of_huQC-ImydpwKu-phuGtVd7YdgCV_Gor4Mt1ffi-3JIEAcWrqPdpthzuLP8HQZbxQL/s400/understanding+secular+religions+graphic.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">The articles on secular religions </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">from</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> “</span><a href="http://www.greatcom.org/resources/handbook_of_todays_religions/default.htm" target="_blank"><strong></strong></a><strong><a href="http://www.greatcom.org/resources/secular_religions/default.htm" target="_blank">Understanding Secular Religions</a></strong><span style="font-weight: bold;">”</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">by Josh McDowell and Don Stewart are part of the <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2008/02/things-to-come.html#curriculum">interim curriculum</a>. We have prepared these study guides which you can use in two ways: (1) </span><span>Read the study guide first so you can have an overview of the article; and</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> (2) </span><span>After reading the article, try answering the <a name="index"></a>study guide questions to test your comprehension.</span> Online, interactive <a href="http://www.familymatters.org.ph/Online%20quizzes/Terms%20and%20definitions%20world%20religions%20and%20cults/index.htm" target="_blank">quizzes on terms and definitions from world religions</a> with automatic scoring are also available.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Index of study guides</span><br /><ol><li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guides-for-understanding-secular.html#atheism">Atheism, Agnosticism, and Skepticism</a></li><li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guides-for-understanding-secular.html#marxism">Marxism</a></li><li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guides-for-understanding-secular.html#humanism">Secular Humanism</a></li><li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guides-for-understanding-secular.html#existentialism">Existentialism</a></li></ol><a name="atheism"></a><br /><a href="http://www.greatcom.org/resources/secular_religions/ch01/default.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Atheism, Agnosticism, and Skepticism</span></span></a><br /><ol><li>Why should atheism, agnosticism, and skepticism be regarded as religions?</li><li>What characterizes an atheist?</li><li>How do William and Mabel Sahakian differentiate between an agnostic and an atheist?</li><li>How does Bishop Charles Gore summarize atheistic belief?</li><li>What are the two basic kinds of atheists according to Plato?</li><li>How is agnosticism defined by William and Mabel Sahakian, the Runes Dictionary of Philosophy, and Peter Angeles’ Dictionary of Philosophy?</li><li>What are the two types of agnostics according to William and Mabel Sahakian and Christian authors Norman Geisler and Paul Feinberg?</li><li>What is skepticism according to the Runes’ Dictionary of Philosophy and Peter Angeles?</li><li>How does Warren Young differentiate between skepticism and agnosticism?</li><li>What were the different schools of Skepticism and their respective beliefs?</li><li>Who were the “mitigated skeptics” and what did they believe in?</li><li>Who was Rene Descartes and how did he view skepticism?</li><li>Who were David Hume and Albert Camus? What were their thoughts about skepticism?</li><li>Who was Niccolo Machiavelli and how was his social ethic related to atheism?</li><li>Who were Georg W. F. Hegel, Ludwig Feuerbach, Auguste Comte, Friedrich Nietzsche, Karl Jaspers, Martin Heidegger and Jean-Paul Sartre? How did they influence atheistic thought?</li><li>Who were David Hume, Immanuel Kant and T. H. Huxley? What were their contributions to agnosticism?</li><li>The five types of arguments most non-theists use against the existence of God are languages, knowledge, moral concepts, scientific methods, and logic. Summarize each and then give a Christian refutation of each.</li></ol><a name="marxism"></a><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guides-for-understanding-secular.html#index">Back to index of study guides</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.greatcom.org/resources/secular_religions/ch02/default.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Marxism </span></span></a><br /><ol><li>“Marxism, and its descendant, modern communism, presents a strong challenge to Christianity.” Explain.</li><li>What is the impact and influence of Marxism based on Vincent P. Miceli’s observation in 1971?</li><li>What is the quasi-religious nature of Marxism according to Encyclopedia Britannica?</li><li>According to Thomas Kay, why can’t Christians remain silent about or, worse, embrace Marxism?</li><li>Give some background information about Karl Marx. How did he come to write Das Kapital?</li><li>What was Marx’s view of philosophy?</li><li>Give some background information about Georg Wilhelm Hegel. </li><li>What is dialectics? </li><li>How did Marx’s view Hegel’s process of dialectics? What did Marx reject about Hegel’s dialectics?</li><li>Who was Ludwig Feuerbach and how did he chape Marx’s ideas about religion? How did Marx modify Feuerbach’s ideas?</li><li>How does William S. Sahakian summarize Marx’s attitude toward religion?</li><li>“Marx saw two compelling reasons to abolish religion and promote atheism”. What are these reasons?</li><li>How have some people tried to synthesize Marxism and Christianity?</li><li>Who was Douglas Hyde and how did he become involved with Marxism? What caused his disillusionment with Marxism, as narrated in his book “I Believed”?</li><li>Why does “absolute materialism lead to a form of practical totalitarianism” according to Thomas O. Kay?</li><li>What is the “distinction between the goal and plan of Marxism and the goal and plan of Christianity”?</li><li>“True freedom for mankind is possible only when the individual is considered valuable and when the root causes of injustice are removed.” Explain based on Miceli’s opinion.</li><li>Give a general critique of Marxism.</li><li>How is Marxism inadequate to meet men’s needs according to Michael Albert and Robin Hahnel, and Douglas Hyde.</li><li>Give a short summary of each six economic/political themes of Marxism:</li></ol><blockquote>dialectical materialism<br />the four epochs of human history<br />economic “determinism”<br />the class struggle;<br />revolution (with a subsequent temporary proletariat dictatorship); and<br />the final “Utopia,” the classless society</blockquote><a name="humanism"></a><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guides-for-understanding-secular.html#index">Back to index of study guides</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.greatcom.org/resources/secular_religions/ch03/default.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Secular Humanism </span></span></a><br /><ol><li>What is secular humanism?</li><li>How can secular humanism be defined based on the ancient Greek philosopher Protagoras?</li><li>How does Peter Angeles in his “Dictionary of Philosophy” define philosophical humanism?</li><li>Give a historical perspective of the modern secular humanism.</li><li>What are the prominent secular humanist organizations?</li><li>What is the Humanist Manifesto I? What are its 15 major themes or convictions?</li><li>What is Humanist Manifesto II? How did World War II influence the need for a new manifesto? How is it different from Humanist Manifesto I?</li><li>The 17 propositions of Humanist Manifesto II can be categorized into six groups: Religion, Philosophy, Mankind, Society, One-World Government, and Science. Give a short summary and a critique of each group.</li><li>“Two of the most basic presuppositions of secular humanism are relative morals and the basic goodness of mankind”. How do you refute these presuppositions?</li></ol><a name="existentialism"></a> <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guides-for-understanding-secular.html#index">Back to index of study guides</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.greatcom.org/resources/secular_religions/ch04/default.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Existentialism </span></span></a><br /><br /><ol><li>Why is existentialism difficult to define according to philosopher Walter Kaufmann?</li><li>How do William and Mabel Sahakian describe existentialism?</li><li>I. M. Bochenski, in his book “European Phi1osophy” relates six of the common existential themes. What are these themes?</li><li>What is religious or Christian existentialism?</li><li>Who was Sren Kierkegaard and why is he considered “the Father of Existentialism”?</li><li>What are Kierkegaard’s main tenets according to William S. Sahakian?</li><li>Why is Kierkegaard’s philosophy in opposition to that of the German philosopher Hegel?</li><li>What is truth according to Kierkegaard?</li><li>Who is Paul Tillich?</li><li>What is anxiety from Tillich’s existential point of view?</li><li>What is Tillich’s definition of God?</li><li>What is Tillich’s existential interpretation to the concept of grace?</li><li>Who is Gabriel Marcel? What are his ideas according to I. M Bochenski?</li><li>Who is Martin Heidegger? </li><li>“Heidegger did not view himself as an existentialist!” Explain.</li><li>What is Heidegger’s concept of Dasein, angst and death?</li><li>Who is Jean-Paul Sartre? </li><li>Why does Sartre view life as being absurd?</li><li>What are Sartre’s views about the autonomy and freedom of man?</li><li>What did Sartre mean by “existence precedes essence”?</li><li>According to Sartre, how could man receive his own self-fulfillment?</li><li>What is forlornness according to Sartre?</li><li>“Many people have embraced existentialism for a time, sincerely thinking that its view of life is accurate. However, many leave existentialism because it offers a solution, meaning, and commitment which is not truly satisfying. Even Sartre, toward the end of his life, swung very close to theistic commitment.” Explain.</li><li>Who is Karl Jaspers?</li><li>What is Jaspers’ philosophy according to Jean T. Wilde and William Kimmel?</li><li>What are the differences between the existential philosophies of Jaspers and Sartre according to F. H. Heinemann?</li><li>Why is existentialism not biblical Christianity according to philosopher Hazel Barnes?</li><li>According to Bochenski, what are the philosophical problems posed but not answered by the usual existential concepts?</li></ol><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guides-for-understanding-secular.html#index">Back to index of study guides</a>Atty. Gerry T. Galaciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17233852101336409722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38744545.post-36430418871332372772010-08-19T07:12:00.009+08:002019-09-03T09:46:25.565+08:00Study guides for world religions and cults (interim curriculum)<a href="http://www.greatcom.org/resources/handbook_of_todays_religions/default.htm" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank"><img alt="Click here" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192730221357127826" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8kIQIld41Dm_jvMwgHxQk1AeKbxcuJ54lulVNI828QGcS6H8vDVOOWb_QChQOz3A17l5FOH38S_qScjJ1QsL-sPLru6UhbCpBdEZoyfBazXARqOg1q5AJAqJLCrei8hTtFEUE/s400/cover+todays+religions+graphic.jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">The articles on world religions and cults </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">from</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> “</span><a href="http://www.greatcom.org/resources/handbook_of_todays_religions/default.htm" target="_blank"><b>Handbook of Today’s Religion</b></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">”</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">by Josh McDowell and Don Stewart are part of the <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2008/02/things-to-come.html#curriculum">interim curriculum</a>. We have prepared these study guides which you can use in two ways: (1) </span>Read the study guide first so you can have an overview of the article; and<span style="font-weight: bold;"> (2) </span>After reading the article, try answering the study guide questions to test your comprehension.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="index"></a> Online, interactive <a href="https://interactive-bible-exercises.netlify.com/terms%20and%20definitions%20world%20religions%20and%20cults/indexworldreligionsandcultsmatchingtype" target="_blank">quizzes on terms and definitions from world religions</a> with automatic scoring are also available.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Index of study guides</span><br />
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<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guide-for-world-religions-and.html#cult">What is a Cult?</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guide-for-world-religions-and.html#characteristics">The Characteristics of Cults</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guide-for-world-religions-and.html#beliefs">The Beliefs of Orthodox Christianity</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guide-for-world-religions-and.html#harekrishna">Hare Krishna</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guide-for-world-religions-and.html#jw">Jehovah's Witnesses</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guide-for-world-religions-and.html#mormonism">Mormonism</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guide-for-world-religions-and.html#tm">Transcendental Meditation</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guide-for-world-religions-and.html#theosophy">Theosophy</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guide-for-world-religions-and.html#est">EST</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guide-for-world-religions-and.html#moonies">The Unification Church/“Moonies”</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guide-for-world-religions-and.html#christianscience">Christian Science</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guide-for-world-religions-and.html#unity">Unity</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guide-for-world-religions-and.html#astrology">Astrology</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guide-for-world-religions-and.html#hinduism">Hinduism</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guide-for-world-religions-and.html#jainism">Jainism</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guide-for-world-religions-and.html#buddhism">Buddhism</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guide-for-world-religions-and.html#confucianism">Confucianism</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guide-for-world-religions-and.html#taoism">Taoism</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guide-for-world-religions-and.html#shintoism">Shintoism</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guide-for-world-religions-and.html#zoroastrianism">Zoroastrianism</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guide-for-world-religions-and.html#judaism">Judaism</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guide-for-world-religions-and.html#islam">Islam</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guide-for-world-religions-and.html#sikhism">Sikhism</a></li>
<li><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guide-for-world-religions-and.html#authority">The Authority of the Believer</a></li>
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<li>What is a cult?</li>
<li>What does 2 Corinthians 11: 13-15 say about false prophets and teachers?</li>
<li>What is Walter Martin’s definition of a cult?</li>
<li>Why do cults prosper according to Martin?</li>
<li>What are the three basic reasons why people join cults?</li>
<li>What are man’s basic questions?</li>
<li>Which individuals are particularly susceptible to cults?</li>
<li>What do Robert and Gretchen Passantino say about how cults meet the emotional needs of people?</li>
<li>What does Pierre Berton in his book “The Comfortable Pew” say about how “Christians have sometimes failed to be a vital influence in the world?”</li>
<li>How do Victor Paul Wierwille, leader of the cult “The Way International” and members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses try to win people?</li>
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<ol>
<li>What are the nine characteristics of cults?</li>
<li>What is Sun Myung Moon’s claim about the mission of Christ?</li>
<li>What does the Mormon Church claim about Christianity and its founder Joseph Smith?</li>
<li>What did Herbert W. Armstrong claim about the historic beliefs and interpretations of Scripture?</li>
<li>To the Mormons, what are the sacred books which they consider as greater authoritative sources?</li>
<li>What is the source of authority for Christian Science? For the Unification Church?</li>
<li>What is the one characteristic that is found in all cults?</li>
<li>What does the Bible makes clear about Jesus?</li>
<li>Why is the Jesus of the Bible not the Jesus of the Jehovah’s Witnesses? Of the Mormon Church?</li>
<li>What did Helena P. Blavatsky, founder of Theosophy and Joseph Smith, Jr., the founder of Mormonism, say of orthodox Christianity?</li>
<li>What is another characteristic of all non Christian cults with regards the doctrine of the Trinity?</li>
<li>What are the claims of the Jehovah’s Witnesses and The Way International with regards the Trinity?</li>
<li>“Cult doctrines are continually in a state of flux and have no sure foundation on which to anchor their hope.” Explain using the examples of the Jehovah’s Witnesses (vaccinations, blood transfusion, the 144,000 witnesses) and the Mormon Church (polygamy).</li>
<li>What are the consequences and effects of strong leadership in the cults?</li>
<li>What is the one teaching that is totally absent from all the cults?</li>
<li>What was Herbert W. Armstrong’s prophecy in 1967 that failed to come true?</li>
<li>What were the predictions of Charles T. Russell, founder and first president of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, about the end of the world in 1914?</li>
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<li>“When it comes to the matter of final authority there is agreement among the major branches of Christianity with regard to the divine inspiration of the Old and New Testaments.” How does Roman Catholicism go beyond the Bible as its source of authority? What about the Eastern Orthodox church?</li>
<li>What does the Lutheran formula of Concord say about the authority of the Old and New Testaments?</li>
<li>What do 2 Timothy 3:16, 2 Peter 1:20-21, Deuteronomy 4:2 and Revelation 22:18-19 say about the Scriptures being standard and final authority on all matters of doctrine, faith and practice?</li>
<li>What does the Westminster Shorter Catechism (Question 6) say about the Godhead?</li>
<li>What does the Athanasian Creed say on the doctrine of the Trinity?</li>
<li>“The facts of the biblical teaching are these: There is one God. This one God has a plural personality. This one God is called the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit, all distinct personalities, all designated God. We are therefore led to the conclusion that the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are one God, the doctrine of the Trinity.” What do Deuteronomy 6:4, 1 Timothy 2:5, Isaiah 44:6 say about there being one God and only one God? What do Genesis 1:26, Genesis 3:22, John 13; Colossians 1:15; Hebrews 1:2 say about God’s plural personality? What do Galatians 1:1, John 1: 1, 5:8 and Acts 5:3-4 say about the names of God?</li>
<li>What analogy does Dr. John Warwick Montgomery use to explain the Trinity?</li>
<li>How do Luke 2:52, Matthew 4:2, John 4:6, Matthew 8:24, John 11:35 and John 11:33 prove that Jesus was human?</li>
<li>What were the divine claims that Jesus made in John 1:1, John 14:9, John 5:18, Titus 2:13 and John 13:19?</li>
<li>Some of the works attributed in the Bible to Christ are attributed as well as to God. What are these according to (a) John 1:3, Colossians 1:6, Hebrews 1:10; (b) Colossians 1:17, Hebrews 1:3; (c) I Corinthians 10:1-11; (d) Mark 2:5-12, Colossians 3:13; (e) John 10:28, 1 John 5:10; (f) John 11:25, John 5:21, 28, 29; and (g) John 5:22, 27, Matthew 25:31-46, 2 Corinthians 5:10?</li>
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<li>How did the Hare Krishnas (International Society for Krishna Consciousness or ISKCON) originate?</li>
<li>What is Vishnuism?</li>
<li>What is universal monism?</li>
<li>How is Krishnaism different from philosophical Hinduism?</li>
<li>How did Krishnaism come to the United States?</li>
<li>What is the difference between the God of the Bible and that of ISKCON?</li>
<li>What is ISKCON’s view of Jesus Christ?</li>
<li>According to ISKCON, what series of works must a person do to earn salvation?</li>
<li>What are crucial for salvation in ISKCON?</li>
<li>How is salvation in Hare Krishna related with the Hindu concept of karma?</li>
<li>Why is the idea of karma and reincarnation anti-biblical?</li>
<li>Define the following terms: </li>
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<li>ISKCON</li>
<li>Prabhupada, A. C. Bhaktivedanta</li>
<li>Back to Godhead</li>
<li>Bhakti Yoga</li>
<li>Karma</li>
<li>Karmis</li>
<li>Laksmi</li>
<li>Mantra</li>
<li>Nirvana</li>
<li>Paramatma</li>
<li>Sankirtana</li>
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<li>What is the official name of the Jehovah’s Witnesses?</li>
<li>What is the origin of the Jehovah’s Witnesses?</li>
<li>Who were Joseph F. Rutherford and Nathan Knorr?</li>
<li>What cardinal beliefs of historic Christianity does the Watchtower deny?</li>
<li>What are the Watchtower’s claims for itself?</li>
<li>What did Charles Taze Russell claim about the Watchtower’s “Scripture Studies”?</li>
<li>How do the members of the Watchtower “misuse the Scriptures to establish their own peculiar beliefs”?</li>
<li>What is the Watchtower’s stand on the Trinity?</li>
<li>“In the theological system of the Watchtower, who is Jesus Christ?”</li>
<li>What is Arianism?</li>
<li>According to the Watchtower, what is the relationship between Michael the Archangel and Jesus Christ?</li>
<li>How does the Watchtower use John 14:28 to prove that Christ is less than God?</li>
<li>How does the Watchtower use Revelation 3:14 to prove that Christ is a created being?</li>
<li>Citing Trench, Bruce Metzger, Lightfoot, Wordsworth and A. T. Robertson, how can you disprove the Watchtower’s claim that Christ is a created being?</li>
<li>How does the Watchtower use Proverbs 8:22 to prove that Christ is a created being?</li>
<li>According to the Watchtower, what is the meaning of “firstborn” in Colossians 1:15?</li>
<li>How was the term “firstborn” used in the Mosaic Law? What are the metaphorical or figurative uses of the term “firstborn” in the Old Testament?</li>
<li>How is the term “firstborn” used in Genesis 49:3, Romans 8:29, Colossians 1:6, Hebrews 12:23 and Revelation 1:5?</li>
<li>How does C. S. Lewis explain the difference between the concepts of begetting and creating?</li>
<li>How does the Watchtower try to substantiate its doctrine of Christ being one of the creation in the New World Translation of the Christian Greek Scriptures rendering of Colossians 1:16-17?</li>
<li>What is the Watchtower’s view of the Holy Spirit? How does it use John 14:26 and Ephesians 4:30 to bolster its belief?</li>
<li>What is the Watchtower’s doctrine of salvation?</li>
<li>What are the four reasons why the Watchtower rejects the doctrine of hell?</li>
<li>What are some of the Watchtower prophecies that have failed to come true?</li>
<li>What was the Watchtower’s rationale for its publication of the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures?</li>
<li>What is the grammatical explanation given by the Watchtower for its translation of John 1: 1?</li>
<li>How does the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures translate John 8:58?</li>
<li>How does the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures translate Colossians 1:16-17, 20?</li>
<li>Define the following terms:</li>
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<li>Annihilation</li>
<li>Arius</li>
<li>Christadelphians</li>
<li>Little Flock</li>
<li>Michael the Archangel</li>
<li>Nathan Knorr</li>
<li>New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures</li>
<li>Russell, Charles Taze</li>
<li>Rutherford, Judge J. F</li>
<li>The Awake</li>
<li>The Truth That Leads to Everlasting Life</li>
<li>The Watchtower</li>
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<li>Give some background information about Joseph Smith, Jr.</li>
<li>What was Joseph Smith, Jr.’s first vision in 1820 all about?</li>
<li>What was Joseph Smith, Jr.’s second vision in September 21, 1823 all about?</li>
<li>What persecutions did the Mormons face in their early days? </li>
<li>How did Joseph Smith, Jr. die? What happened to the Mormons after he died?</li>
<li>What do the Mormons claim about their church?</li>
<li>What does Dr. Walter Martin in his book “The Maze of Mormonism” say about Joseph Smith Jr.’s first vision?</li>
<li>What are the four sacred works accepted by the Mormons as their sources of authority?</li>
<li>How do Hebrews 1:1-3 contradict the Mormons’ reliance on multiple contradictory revelations?</li>
<li>What is the Mormon doctrine of God?</li>
<li>What did Mormon writer Milton Hunter say about God having been once a mortal man?</li>
<li>“Smith’s teaching on the nature of God not only contradicts the Bible, it also contradicts the Book of Mormon!” Explain.</li>
<li>What do Isaiah 43:10 and 1 Corinthians 8:4 say about the true nature of God?</li>
<li>How do the Mormons view Jesus Christ?</li>
<li>What is man according to the Mormons?</li>
<li>Contrary to Mormon theology, what do John 1:14 and Colossians 1:15 say about Christ?</li>
<li>“Thus in Mormonism there is a general salvation for all mankind and an individual salvation for each person.” Explain.</li>
<li>What did Brigham Young in his “Journal of Discourses” claim about Joseph Smith Jr. and himself as to the way to salvation?</li>
<li>What do Ephesians 2:8-10 say about salvation?</li>
<li>How many changes have there been in the Book of Mormons since 1830?</li>
<li>How does archeology disprove the claims of Mormonism?</li>
<li>What are some of the anachronisms and historical inaccuracies in the Mormon scriptures according to Dr. Gleason Archer? </li>
<li>Why is the “Book of Abraham”, part of the Mormon scripture known as “The Pearl of Great Price” a fraud?</li>
<li>What are some of the false prophecies of Mormonism?</li>
<li>What are the two best tests of a self-proclaimed prophet according to Deuteronomy 13:1-4 and 18:18-22?</li>
<li>Define the following terms:</li>
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<li>Aaronic Priesthood</li>
<li>Adam - God</li>
<li>Apostles</li>
<li>Atonement</li>
<li>Baptism for the Dead</li>
<li>Book of Abraham</li>
<li>Book of Mormon</li>
<li>Celestial Heaven</li>
<li>Cumorah</li>
<li>Doctrine and Covenants</li>
<li>High Priests</li>
<li>Lamanites</li>
<li>Living Prophets</li>
<li>Lucifer</li>
<li>Manuscript Found</li>
<li>Melchizedek Priesthood</li>
<li>Moroni</li>
<li>Nephites</li>
<li>Patriarch</li>
<li>Pearl of Great Price</li>
<li>Presiding Bishopric</li>
<li>Smith, Joseph Jr. (1805-1844)</li>
<li>Telestial Kingdom</li>
<li>Terrestrial Kingdom</li>
<li>Young, Brigham</li>
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<ol>
<li>Give some background information about Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.</li>
<li>What are the claims of TM?</li>
<li>Is TM really a neutral discipline?</li>
<li>What is the Puja? How is the religious nature of TM shown by the Puja?</li>
<li>Why did a New Jersey federal court in 1977 bar the teaching of TM in the schools?</li>
<li>Harold Bloomfield, meditator and psychiatrist, claims that TM is harmless. How is this claim disputed by some authorities?</li>
<li>What are some of the disturbing statements made by the Maharishi regarding the Science of Creative Intelligence and the Age of Enlightenment?</li>
<li>What is the Maharishi’s view of God?</li>
<li>What is the Maharishi’s view of Jesus Christ?</li>
<li>Is there a Christian alternative to TM?</li>
<li>Define the following terms:</li>
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<li>Transcendental Meditation</li>
<li>American Foundation for the Science of Creative Intelligence</li>
<li>Brahmins</li>
<li>Guru Dev</li>
<li>International Meditation Society</li>
<li>Maharishi Mahesh Yogi</li>
<li>Mantra</li>
<li>Prana</li>
<li>Puja</li>
<li>Sanatana dharma</li>
<li>Students International Meditation Society</li>
<li>TM</li>
<li>Vedas</li>
<li>Yoga </li>
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<ol>
<li>What does Theosophy mean? How did it start?</li>
<li>What is the source of authority in Theosophy?</li>
<li>What are the teachings of Theosophy with regards God?</li>
<li>What are the teachings of Theosophy with regards man?</li>
<li>What are the teachings of Theosophy with regards Jesus Christ?</li>
<li>What are the teachings of Theosophy with regards reincarnation?</li>
<li>What are the teachings of Theosophy with regards the afterlife?</li>
<li>What are the teachings of Theosophy with regards the Bible?</li>
<li>Define the following terms:</li>
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<li>Theosophy</li>
<li>Adept</li>
<li>Animal Soul</li>
<li>Atlantean</li>
<li>Besant, Annie</li>
<li>Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna</li>
<li>Devachan</li>
<li>Devas</li>
<li>H.P.B.</li>
<li>Koot Hoomi</li>
<li>Kidshnamurti</li>
<li>Leadbeater, C. W</li>
<li>Mahatma </li>
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<ol>
<li>Give some background information about Werner Erhard, founder and director of EST?</li>
<li>What does EST consist of?</li>
<li>According to EST, “Wrong is actually a version of right. If you are always wrong you are right.” Explain.</li>
<li>What is at the heart of the ESTian world view?</li>
<li>What did Erhard say about belief in God?</li>
<li>What are Erhard’s claims about Jesus Christ? How do John 8:24, Mark 7:21-23 and Philippians 2:10-11 dispute these claims?</li>
<li>Define the following terms:</li>
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<li>The Centers Network</li>
<li>EST</li>
<li>Erhard, Werner</li>
<li>Games</li>
<li>Trainers </li>
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<li>Give some background about Sun Myung Moon and how he founded the Unification Church.</li>
<li>Why does Sun Myung Moon believe himself to be the Messiah?</li>
<li>What is the source of authority of the Unification Church?</li>
<li>What is the Divine Principle?</li>
<li>How do Isaiah 40:8, Matthew 24:35, Deuteronomy 4:2, Jude 3 and Revelation 22:18 disprove the Divine Principle?</li>
<li>What is Moon’s concept of dualism?</li>
<li>What does the Unification Church believe about the fall of man?</li>
<li>What does the Unification Church believe about the coming of Christ?</li>
<li>What does the Unification Church believe about John the Baptist?</li>
<li>What does the Unification Church believe about the person of Christ?</li>
<li>What does the Unification Church believe about the death of Christ?</li>
<li>How does Acts 4:12 disprove Moon’s claim that he is the Messiah?</li>
<li>Define the following terms:</li>
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<li> Unification Church</li>
<li>Collegiate Association for the Research of Principles (CARP)</li>
<li>Lord of the Second Advent</li>
<li>Master Speaks</li>
<li>Moon, Sun Myung</li>
<li>Moonies</li>
<li>New Hope Singers International</li>
<li>The Divine Principle</li>
<li>True Father and True Mother </li>
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<li>Give some background information about Mary Baker Eddy and how she founded Christian Science.</li>
<li>What lost element of Christianity does Christian Science claim to have restored?</li>
<li>What is Christian Science’s source of authority?</li>
<li>What is Christian Science’s two creation account theory of Genesis?</li>
<li>What did Mary Baker Eddy claim about her own work “Science and Health”?</li>
<li>Who was Phineas Quimby and what was his connection to Christian Science?</li>
<li>What is the Christian Science view of God?</li>
<li>How do Acts 17:24-25 disprove Christian Science’s pantheistic view of God?</li>
<li>What is the Christian Science view of Christ? How do Luke 2:11, 1 John 2:22, and I John 5:1 disprove this view?</li>
<li>What is the Christian Science view of salvation?</li>
<li>What is the Christian Science view of evil? How do 1 John 5:19, Hebrews 9:22 and Galatians 1:4-5 disprove this view?</li>
<li>“Christian Science is neither Christian nor scientific.” Explain.</li>
<li>Define the following terms:</li>
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<li>Animal Magnetism</li>
<li>At one ment</li>
<li>Christian Science Journal</li>
<li>Christian Science Monitor</li>
<li>Christian Science Sentinel</li>
<li> Eddy, Mary Baker</li>
<li>Immortal Mind</li>
<li>Mortal Mind</li>
<li>Quimby, P.P</li>
<li>Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures </li>
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<li>Give some background information about Charles and Myrtle Fillmore and how they founded the Unity School of Christianity.</li>
<li>“The basic world view of Unity is that of gnosticism”. Explain.</li>
<li>What is Unity’s belief about the Bible? How do 2 Timothy 3:16 and 1 Thessalonians 2:13 disprove this view?</li>
<li>What is Unity’s belief about God and how is it similar to that of Christian Science and other Gnostic cults?</li>
<li>What is Unity’s belief about Jesus Christ? How do John 1:1, 14, 5:18-23, Colossians 1:15 and Hebrews 1:3 disprove this view?</li>
<li>What is Unity’s belief about salvation? How do Romans 3:23, 6:23 and John 8:24 disprove this view?</li>
<li>What is Unity’s belief about reincarnation? How do 1 John 1:8-10 and Acts 3:18-19 disprove this view?</li>
<li>What is Unity’s belief about prosperity? How do Philippians 4:11-13, 19 disprove this view?</li>
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<ol>
<li>What are the two of the most crucial questions that haunt humanity?</li>
<li>What does astrology believe about the effect of the position of the stars and planets?</li>
<li>How does a person’s horoscope charted according to Rene Noorbergen?</li>
<li>What is an ephemera and how is it used in astrology?</li>
<li>How do astrologers justify their practice according to Michael Van Buskirk?</li>
<li>According to astrologers, the stars “both impel and compel”. Explain.</li>
<li>What did 186 prominent American scientists, along with 18 Nobel Prize winners, in September 1975 say about the claims of astrologers?</li>
<li>“Astrologists are victims of their own system.” Explain.</li>
<li>How is the problem of authority in astrology revealed?</li>
<li>What is the “geocentric theory” and how is it related to astrology? How does the “heliocentric theory” disprove astrology?</li>
<li>“Most astrological charts are based upon the assumption that there are seven planets in our solar system (including the sun and the moon).” Why is this wrong and how does this disprove the claims of astrologers?</li>
<li>How do twins disprove the claims of astrology?</li>
<li>What is the problem of “limited perspective” in astrology and how does it affect, for example, people living in Alaska, Norway, Finland and Greenland? </li>
<li>What did Paul Couderc, astronomer at the Paris Observatory, conclude after examining the horoscopes of 2,817 musicians?</li>
<li>“Horoscopes are cast from the time of birth, not from the time of conception.” Why is this a problem with astrology?</li>
<li>“Astrology is unscientific because of the fact of the precession or the shifting of constellations.” Explain.</li>
<li>What do Isaiah 47: 13-15, Jeremiah 10:2 and Deuteronomy 4:19 say about relying on astrologers and astrology?</li>
<li>What do Daniel 1:20 and 2: 27-28 prove about astrologers and those dedicated to the true and living God?</li>
<li>What are the two dangers of astrology?</li>
<li>What is numerology and how is it related to astrology?</li>
<li>“If astrology is both unscientific and unbiblical, why do so many people believe in it?”</li>
<li>What did Time Magazine in its March 21, 1969 issue observe about astrologers?</li>
<li>“The person who seeks advice from an astrologer comes with a certain readiness to believe the horoscope. This predisposition leads to an autosuggestion to order his life according to the horoscope, and thus contribute to its fulfillment.” How do Wilson and Weldon illustrate this point?</li>
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<ol>
<li>“Hinduism is not one religion, but rather a family of religions.” Explain.</li>
<li>What are some of the complexities of Hinduism according to Joseph Gaer?</li>
<li>Why is Hinduism tolerant of other religions?</li>
<li>What materials comprise the Hindu scriptures?</li>
<li>What are the Vedas? </li>
<li>What are the Upanishads?</li>
<li>What are the Ramayana and the Mahabharata?</li>
<li>What is the Bhagavad-Gita?</li>
<li>What is the Hindu concept of Brahman?</li>
<li>What is the Hindu concept of Maya?</li>
<li>What is the law of karma?</li>
<li>What is the Hindu concept of Samsara?</li>
<li>What is the origin of the caste system? What are the different castes?</li>
<li>“Salvation, for the Hindu, can be achieved in one of three ways: the way of works (karma marga), the way of knowledge, or the way of devotion (bhakti).” Explain each way.</li>
<li>Why do the Hindus revere the cow and consider it a possessor of great power?</li>
<li>Compare Hinduism and Christianity in terms of views about God, man, sin, salvation, and the world.</li>
<li>Define the following terms:</li>
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<ul>
<li> Agni</li>
<li>Atman</li>
<li>Bhagavad-Gita</li>
<li>Brahma</li>
<li>Brahman</li>
<li>Brahmin (or Brahman)</li>
<li>Darhma</li>
<li>Ganesa</li>
<li>Hanuman</li>
<li>Indra</li>
<li>Karma</li>
<li>Kzishna</li>
<li>Lakshma</li>
<li>Mahabhamta</li>
<li>Maya</li>
<li>Moksha</li>
<li>Parvati</li>
<li>Puranas</li>
<li>Ramayana</li>
<li>Rishi</li>
<li>Samsara</li>
<li>Sarasvati</li>
<li>Soma</li>
<li>Upanishads</li>
<li>Varuna </li>
<li>Veda</li>
<li>Vishnu</li>
<li>Yoga</li>
<li>Yogi </li>
</ul>
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<ol>
<li>Hinduism gave birth to what three religious factions?</li>
<li>Give some background information about Jainism’s founder Mahavira.</li>
<li>Herbert Stroup lists six differences between Hinduism and Jainism: (1) law of karma; (2) rebirth; (3) caste system; (4) priestly caste; (5) doctrine of God; and (6). Explain each difference.</li>
<li>What is Jainism’s concept of God?</li>
<li>How do Mahavira’s later followers regard him?</li>
<li>According to Jainism, salvation or liberation could be achieved only by ascetic practices. What are these ascetic practices known as the “Five Great Vows”?</li>
<li>Why should monks avoid women entirely?</li>
<li>What is the Jainism practice of non-violence or ahimsa? How is this practice related to vegetarianism and farming?</li>
<li>What is an anga?</li>
<li>Why are most Jains wealthy? </li>
<li>What are the differences between Jainism and Christianity in terms of (1) salvation; (2) concept of God; (3) source of authority; and ability to meet universal human need?</li>
<li>How did Griffith Thomas sum up the universal appeal of Christianity?</li>
<li>According to Robert E. Hume, what are the areas of agreement and disagreement between Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism?</li>
<li>Define the following terms:</li>
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<ul>
<li> Ahimsa</li>
<li>Digam baras</li>
<li>Five Great Vows</li>
<li>Jains</li>
<li>Jina</li>
<li>Mahavira</li>
<li>Nirgrantha</li>
<li>Sallakhana</li>
<li>Shvetambaras</li>
<li>Sthanakvasis</li>
<li>Tirthankaza</li>
<li>Twelve Angas</li>
<li>Venerable One</li>
</ul>
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<ol>
<li>What is Buddhism’s link to Hinduism?</li>
<li>Give some background information about Siddhartha Gautama.</li>
<li>What is the Great Renunciation?</li>
<li>How did Siddhartha Gautama achieve enlightenment and became the Buddha?</li>
<li>What are the four Noble Truths?</li>
<li>What is the Eightfold Path?</li>
<li>Why is the veneration of Buddha by his followers after his death against the basic teachings of Buddha himself?</li>
<li>What are the origins of and differences between Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism?</li>
<li>What is the Buddhist concept of Nirvana?</li>
<li>What are the sacred Scriptures of Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism?</li>
<li>In Buddhism, how can the laity gain religious merit?</li>
<li>What are the five precepts that all Buddhists should follow? What are the other precepts that apply only to monks and nuns?</li>
<li>What are the 14 fundamental Buddhistic beliefs according to Colonel H. S. Olcott, one of the founding presidents of the Theosophical Society?</li>
<li>What is Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism? How did it start?</li>
<li>What is the Lotus Sutra?</li>
<li>What is the “gohonzon”?</li>
<li>What is “Shakubuku”?</li>
<li>What is Zen Buddhism and how did it start?</li>
<li>Who is Bodhidharma?</li>
<li>What is satori?</li>
<li>What is zazen?</li>
<li>What is a koan?</li>
<li>What is Huston Smith’s evaluation of Zen Buddhism?</li>
<li>What are the differences between Buddhism and Christianity in terms of (1) monism; (2) sin; and (3) man?</li>
<li>Define the following terms”</li>
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<li>An-Atta</li>
<li>Bhikkhu</li>
<li>Bodhi</li>
<li>Bodhisattva</li>
<li>Buddha</li>
<li>Buddhism</li>
<li>Dalai Lama</li>
<li>Dhamma</li>
<li>Dukkha</li>
<li>Gohonzon </li>
<li>Heart Sutra</li>
<li>Koan </li>
<li>Mahayana </li>
<li>Maya</li>
<li>Nirvana</li>
<li>Pitaka </li>
<li>Pure Land</li>
<li>Pure Land Buddhism</li>
<li>Samsara</li>
<li>Sangha</li>
<li>Satori</li>
<li>Soka Gakkai </li>
<li>Stupas</li>
<li>Theravada</li>
<li>Tibetan Buddhism (Lamaism)</li>
<li>Tripitaka</li>
<li>True Sect of the Pure Land</li>
<li>Vinaya</li>
<li>Zazen </li>
</ul>
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<ol>
<li>Give some background information about Confucius.</li>
<li>What was China like before Confucius?</li>
<li>Trace the progress which led to the deification of Confucius.</li>
<li>Who is Meng-tzu (Mencius)?</li>
<li>What is the basic nature of man according to Confucianism (as clarified by Mencius)? How did Mencius use the natural flow of water to illustrate the potentiality of the basic nature of man? </li>
<li>Who is Lao Tzu (Lao-Tze)? What happened in his meeting with Confucius?</li>
<li>What are the Five Classics? Give a short summary of each.</li>
<li>The teachings of Confucius are contained in four books written by his followers. What are these books? Give a short summary of each.</li>
<li>What is ancestor worship? What are the motives for such practice according to Richard C. Bush?</li>
<li>What is filial piety?</li>
<li>“Confucianism’s doctrines can be summarized by six key terms or ways. Jen is the golden rule; Chun-tzu the gentleman; Cheng-ming is the roleplayer; Te is virtuous power; Li is the standard of conduct; and Wen encompasses the arts of peace.” Explain each term.</li>
<li>The Book of Analects contains the ethical teachings of Confucius. Give some examples of such teachings.</li>
<li>What are Confucius’ teachings about life, death, heaven, etc?</li>
<li>Is Confucianism an ethical system rather than a religion? </li>
<li>How did Confucianism impact China, according to Huston Smith and Marcus Bach?</li>
<li>What are the differences between Confucianism and Christianity?</li>
<li>Define the following terms:</li>
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<ul>
<li> Analects, The</li>
<li>Ancestor Worship</li>
<li>Cheng Ming</li>
<li>Chun-tzu</li>
<li>Confucius </li>
<li>Feng Shui</li>
<li>Filial Piety</li>
<li>Five Classics</li>
<li>Four Books</li>
<li>Jen </li>
<li>Li</li>
<li>Mandate of Heaven</li>
<li>Mencius</li>
<li>Te </li>
<li>Wen </li>
</ul>
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<ol>
<li>Give some background information about Lao-tzu.</li>
<li>What are the teachings of the Tao Te King, also known as the Lao-tzu? </li>
<li>How was the The Tao Te King supposedly written?</li>
<li>Who was Chuang-tzu and what his contribution to Taoism?</li>
<li>What are some of the highlights in the history of Taoism according to Robert E. Hume?</li>
<li>What is the concept of the Tao?</li>
<li>If mankind’s chief aim is to conform his existence to the way of the Tao, what must he do to accomplish this?</li>
<li>What is the concept of the yin and yang? </li>
<li>What does Richard C. Bush say about the broader concept of the yin and yang?</li>
<li>Give some highlights of the following parts of the Tao Te King: Chapter I: The Tao That Can Be Trodden; Chapter LVI: He Who Knows the Tao; Chapter LXIII: It Is the Way;</li>
<li>Chapter XXV: There Was Something; and Chapter LI: All Things.</li>
<li>What are the differences between philosophical Taoism and religious Taoism?</li>
<li>What are the weaknesses in Taoism according to Robert E. Hume in his book “The World’s Living Religions”?</li>
<li>Why does Taoism have no real answer to the problem of evil?</li>
<li>Define the following terms:</li>
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<ul>
<li> Chuang tzu </li>
<li>Lao-tzu</li>
<li>Tao Te King </li>
<li>The Tao</li>
<li>Wu Wei </li>
<li>Yin-Yang</li>
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<ol>
<li>How do John B. Noss and Clark B. Offner define Shintosim?</li>
<li>Give some background information about the history of Shintoism (early development, revival, State religion).</li>
<li>What is the Shinto notion of kami?</li>
<li>What are the two sacred books of Shinto?</li>
<li>What are the types of Shinto?</li>
<li>What is worship like in Shinto?</li>
<li>What are the differences between Shinto and Christianity? </li>
<li>Why does Shinto find little acceptance in other places apart from Japan?</li>
<li>Define the following terms:<br />
</li>
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<li> Amaterasu</li>
<li>Bushido Code</li>
<li>Emperor Meiji</li>
<li>Harakiri</li>
<li>Hondon</li>
<li>Izanagi</li>
<li>Izanami</li>
<li>Jigai</li>
<li>Kami</li>
<li>Kami Dama</li>
<li>Ko-Jfi-Ki</li>
<li>Mikado</li>
<li>Nihon-Gi</li>
<li>O-Harai</li>
<li>Ryobu Shinto</li>
<li>Shintai</li>
<li>Shinto</li>
<li>Shinto Myth</li>
<li>State Shinto</li>
</ul>
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<ol>
<li>Give some background information about Zoroaster. How was he later on deified?</li>
<li>What is the present-day status of Zoroastrianism according to Richard Cavendish?</li>
<li>Describe the Avesta (the sacred scripture of the Zoroastrians).</li>
<li>Who is Ahura-Mazda and what are his characteristics?</li>
<li>Who is Angra Mainyu (or Ahriman)?</li>
<li>Both Ahura-Mazda and Angra Mainyu were given seven attributes (known as the Amesha-stentas). What are these attributes?</li>
<li>What is Zoroastrianism’s concept of the future judgment?</li>
<li>“Zoroastrianism has had a profound effect in shaping the doctrines of three major religions: Judaism, Islam and Christianity.” Explain.</li>
<li>How do we refute the assertion that Zoroastrianism influenced Christianity? What are the incompatibilities between Zoroastrianism and Christianity?</li>
<li>What practice has become a central rite in Zoroastrian worship?</li>
<li>Define the following terms:</li>
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<ul>
<li> Ahura-Mazda</li>
<li>Amesba-Spenta</li>
<li>Angra Mainyu</li>
<li>Dakhmas</li>
<li>Fire Temple</li>
<li>Gabras</li>
<li>Vivedat (Venidad)</li>
<li>Vohu Manah</li>
<li>Yasna</li>
<li>Zend-Avesta</li>
</ul>
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<ol>
<li>“To Christians, Judaism is unique among world religions.” Explain.</li>
<li>Give some background information about the history of Judaism (from Abraham, Moses, the Promised Land, the Captivity, the Restoration, the Revolt, the Roman Rule and later history).</li>
<li>Describe the land of Israel.</li>
<li>Who was Moses Maimonides? What are the thirteen beliefs in his statement of faith?</li>
<li>What are the Jewish holy Days? Describe each one.</li>
<li>What are the three branches of modern-day Judaism? Describe each one.</li>
<li>What is Judaism’s doctrine of the Messiah? What have been the changes in the doctrine the course of Jewish history?</li>
<li>What is the orthodox Jewish concept of God according to Samuel Sandmel?</li>
<li>“Jews do believe in the mercy of God but they do not believe in any substitutionary atonement that once and for all time cleanses them from all sin.” Explain.</li>
<li>What is the Jewish concept of original sin?</li>
<li>“Although there are marked differences in many areas of belief and practice between Judaism and Christianity, there is a common heritage that both religions share.” Explain.</li>
<li>Define the following terms:</li>
</ol>
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<ul>
<li> Diaspora</li>
<li>Gemarah</li>
<li>Hannukah</li>
<li>Midrash</li>
<li>Mishnah</li>
<li>Passover</li>
<li>Pentateuch</li>
<li>Pentecost</li>
<li>Purim</li>
<li>Rosh Hashanah</li>
<li>Seder</li>
<li>Sukkoth</li>
<li>Torah</li>
<li>Shofar</li>
<li>Talmud</li>
</ul>
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<ol>
<li>What is Islam’s impact or influence in the world today?</li>
<li>“The religion of Islam is one of the outstanding phenomena of history.” Explain.</li>
<li>What is the origin of the word “Islam”?</li>
<li>Give some background about Islam’s founder.</li>
<li>What are the comments of the “Cambridge History of Islam” and Alfred Guillaume on Muhammad’s revelations?</li>
<li>What was the Hijira and how did Mecca become the center of Islam?</li>
<li>What divisions in leadership took place after the death of Muhammad?</li>
<li>Who are the Sunnis, the Shiites and the Sufis? What distinguish them from each other?</li>
<li>What is the impact of contemporary Islam in the Middle East and in the world according to Grunebaum and Neill?</li>
<li>“The teachings of Islam are comprised both of faith (imam) and practice or duty (din).” Explain.</li>
<li>What is Islamic law (Shari’a) and is its role in Islamic culture?</li>
<li>“The controversy surrounding the law and theology and the fourfold division of the Shari’a led to the formulation and distinction of the Sunni and Shi'ite sects in Islam.” Explain.</li>
<li>How does Kenneth Boa describe the central place of the Qura’n in the Islamic faith?</li>
<li>What are the other sources of authority in Islam besides the Koran?</li>
<li>Why does Islam reject the Christian New Testament?</li>
<li>Describe the origin, structure, divisions and language of the Koran.</li>
<li>What are the five articles of faith or main doctrines of Islam? Summarize each doctrine.</li>
<li>What is Kismet or the doctrine of fate?</li>
<li>What are the “five pillars of faith” of Islam?</li>
<li>“Islam, like Judaism, is both a religion and a cultural identity which cannot be separated from the people. In many countries the Islamic faith, though not strictly practiced, is woven into the web of society at every facet.” Explain.</li>
<li>How does the Arabic language serve as a unifying tool for Islam?</li>
<li>What is the status of women in Islam?</li>
<li>What are the differences in the beliefs between Islam and Christianity in terms of God, the Bible, Christ, sin and salvation?</li>
<li>Define the following terms:</li>
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<blockquote>
<ul>
<li> Abu Bakr</li>
<li>Allah</li>
<li>Caliph </li>
<li>Fatima</li>
<li>Hadith</li>
<li>Hafi</li>
<li>Hegira </li>
<li>Imam</li>
<li>Islam</li>
<li>Ka’Aba</li>
<li>Koran (Qur’an)</li>
<li>Mahdi</li>
<li>Mecca</li>
<li>Medina</li>
<li>Mohammad</li>
<li>Moslem (Muslim)</li>
<li>Mosque</li>
<li>Muezzlin </li>
<li>Omar</li>
<li>Purday</li>
<li>Ramadan</li>
<li>Salat</li>
<li>Shi’ites</li>
<li>Sufis</li>
<li>Sunnites</li>
<li>Surahs </li>
</ul>
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<ol>
<li>Give a brief history of Sikhism and its founder Nanak.</li>
<li>How did Sikhism develop after Nanak’s death?</li>
<li>“The teachings of Sikhism are a syncretism of the doctrines of Islam and Hinduism.” Explain.</li>
<li>What are the sacred scriptures of Sikhism?</li>
<li>What is the Sikh belief about God and salvation?</li>
<li>What are the points of agreement and disagreement between Sikhism and the Hinduism and Islamic doctrines according to Robert E. Hume?</li>
</ol>
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The five qualifications you must have to be able to be consistent in exercising the authority of the believer are:<br />
<ol>
<li>Knowledge </li>
<li>Belief</li>
<li>Humility</li>
<li>Boldness</li>
<li>Awareness</li>
</ol>
Explain each qualification.</blockquote>
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<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/study-guide-for-world-religions-and.html#index">Back to index of study guides </a>Atty. Gerry T. Galaciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17233852101336409722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38744545.post-88697994066973119662010-08-17T14:54:00.001+08:002010-09-13T17:02:35.469+08:00Index of online quizzes on terms and definitions from world religions and cults<span style="font-weight: bold;">These quizzes are interactive with automatic scoring. You have to match the correct definitions from the drop-down list on the right with the terms on the left hand side.</span><br /><ol><li><a href="http://www.familymatters.org.ph/Online%20quizzes/Terms%20and%20definitions%20world%20religions%20and%20cults/Buddhism%20part%201.htm" target="_blank">Buddhism part 1</a></li><li><a href="http://www.familymatters.org.ph/Online%20quizzes/Terms%20and%20definitions%20world%20religions%20and%20cults/Buddhism%20part%202.htm" target="_blank">Buddhism part 2</a></li><li><a href="http://www.familymatters.org.ph/Online%20quizzes/Terms%20and%20definitions%20world%20religions%20and%20cults/Christian%20Science.htm" target="_blank">Christian Science </a></li><li><a href="http://www.familymatters.org.ph/Online%20quizzes/Terms%20and%20definitions%20world%20religions%20and%20cults/Confucianism%20part%201.htm" target="_blank">Confucianism part 1</a></li><li><a href="http://www.familymatters.org.ph/Online%20quizzes/Terms%20and%20definitions%20world%20religions%20and%20cults/Confucianism%20part%202.htm" target="_blank">Confucianism part 2</a></li><li><a href="http://www.familymatters.org.ph/Online%20quizzes/Terms%20and%20definitions%20world%20religions%20and%20cults/Hare%20Krishna.htm" target="_blank">Hare Krishna</a></li><li><a href="http://www.familymatters.org.ph/Online%20quizzes/Terms%20and%20definitions%20world%20religions%20and%20cults/Hinduism%20part%201.htm" target="_blank">Hinduism part 1</a></li><li><a href="http://www.familymatters.org.ph/Online%20quizzes/Terms%20and%20definitions%20world%20religions%20and%20cults/Hinduism%20part%202.htm" target="_blank">Hinduism part 2</a></li><li><a href="http://www.familymatters.org.ph/Online%20quizzes/Terms%20and%20definitions%20world%20religions%20and%20cults/Islam%20part%201.htm" target="_blank">Islam part 1</a></li><li><a href="http://www.familymatters.org.ph/Online%20quizzes/Terms%20and%20definitions%20world%20religions%20and%20cults/Islam%20part%202.htm" target="_blank">Islam part 2</a></li><li><a href="http://www.familymatters.org.ph/Online%20quizzes/Terms%20and%20definitions%20world%20religions%20and%20cults/Jainism.htm">Jainism </a></li><li><a href="http://www.familymatters.org.ph/Online%20quizzes/Terms%20and%20definitions%20world%20religions%20and%20cults/Jehovahs%20Witnesses.htm" target="_blank">Jehovah's Witnesses</a></li><li><a href="http://www.familymatters.org.ph/Online%20quizzes/Terms%20and%20definitions%20world%20religions%20and%20cults/Judaism%20part%201.htm" target="_blank">Judaism part 1</a></li><li><a href="http://www.familymatters.org.ph/Online%20quizzes/Terms%20and%20definitions%20world%20religions%20and%20cults/Judaism%20part%202.htm" target="_blank">Judaism part 2</a></li><li><a href="http://www.familymatters.org.ph/Online%20quizzes/Terms%20and%20definitions%20world%20religions%20and%20cults/Mormonism%20part%201.htm" target="_blank">Mormonism part 1</a></li><li><a href="http://www.familymatters.org.ph/Online%20quizzes/Terms%20and%20definitions%20world%20religions%20and%20cults/Mormonism%20part%202.htm" target="_blank">Mormomism part 2</a></li><li><a href="http://www.familymatters.org.ph/Online%20quizzes/Terms%20and%20definitions%20world%20religions%20and%20cults/Shintoism%20part%201.htm" target="_blank">Shintoism part 1</a></li><li><a href="http://www.familymatters.org.ph/Online%20quizzes/Terms%20and%20definitions%20world%20religions%20and%20cults/Shintoism%20part%202.htm" target="_blank">Shintoism part 2</a></li><li><a href="http://www.familymatters.org.ph/Online%20quizzes/Terms%20and%20definitions%20world%20religions%20and%20cults/Taoism.htm" target="_blank">Taoism</a></li><li><a href="http://www.familymatters.org.ph/Online%20quizzes/Terms%20and%20definitions%20world%20religions%20and%20cults/The%20Unification%20Church%20Moonies.htm" target="_blank">The Unification Church “Moonies”</a></li><li><a href="http://www.familymatters.org.ph/Online%20quizzes/Terms%20and%20definitions%20world%20religions%20and%20cults/Theosophy.htm" target="_blank">Theosophy</a></li><li><a href="http://www.familymatters.org.ph/Online%20quizzes/Terms%20and%20definitions%20world%20religions%20and%20cults/Transcendental%20Meditation.htm" target="_blank">Transcendental Meditation </a></li><li><a href="http://www.familymatters.org.ph/Online%20quizzes/Terms%20and%20definitions%20world%20religions%20and%20cults/Zoroastrianism.htm" target="_blank">Zoroastrianism</a> </li></ol>Atty. Gerry T. Galaciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17233852101336409722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38744545.post-34840424123585663522010-06-19T09:16:00.062+08:002017-08-03T09:38:18.729+08:00Online and interactive review quizzes on the Biblical distinctives of Baptists<span style="font-weight: bold;">Notes / Instructions:</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">(1) </span>Posted <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/06/review-quizzes-and-activities-for.html#below">below</a> are some 40 review quizzes and activities; more will be added later. These quizzes are based on the PDFs and other materials listed in the post “<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2008/10/biblical-distinctives-of-baptists.html">Biblical distinctives of Baptists</a>.” Print them out and review them before taking these quizzes.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">(2) Set your browser to allow pop-up windows. Do not click the links; as you mouse over the word </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">“Answer”</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> or the numerals, the pop-up window will open automatically.</span> Close each pop-up window before proceeding to the next question. (Alternatively, you can keep the pop-up window open; as you mouse over the next “Answer” the window will remain open, but the text will change.) You can drag the pop-up window to any place on the screen. You can also resize the window by dragging the corner handles.<br />
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The hyperlinked Scripture references below are powered by RefTagger; simply mouse over the verses and the pop-up window will automatically appear. On mouseout, the window will also automatically disappear.<br />
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<b>How to set your browser to allow pop up windows:</b> For Firefox, go to Tools/Options/Content and then uncheck the “Block pop-up windows” box. For IE, go to Tools, Pop-up blocker, and then check either “Temporarily allow pop-up” or “Always allow pop-ups for this site.”<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">(3)</span> Fill in the blank exercises with automatic scoring will also be available. A <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/miscellaneous/church%20covenant" target="_blank">review quiz on the church covenant</a> is now available online.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">(4)</span> To practice your English, read the questions and recite your answers at your full speaking volume.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">(5)</span> For the activities on the assigned verses, try to recite the verse from memory. If you need help or want to know if your answer is correct, simply mouse over the verse and the RefTagger pop-up window from bible.logos.com will automatically appear. The window will automatically close when you move your mouse. If the complete verses are not shown in the pop-up window, click “More” at the lower left hand portion of the window.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">(6)</span> You can set your own time limit for answering the quizzes and activities. As you begin to master the materials, you can shorten the time limit.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="below"></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;">Review quizzes and activities</span><br />
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1. <a href="http://interactive-bible-exercises.bitballoon.com/miscellaneous/church%20covenant" target="_blank">Review quiz on the church covenant</a> (fill in the blank exercises with automatic scoring)<br />
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2. What are the so-called “Baptist distinctives”? Don’t other groups like the Methodists and Presbyterians also believe in these distinctives? Shouldn’t the better term be “Biblical distinctives of Baptists”? <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZqvgF9Eyg6VQ0vFU5XsV8DcHVcI3MnNwgAtx4CNun_h_M5p176mvDIGUB-5eTW3zYvCY8mZH3jluI1GOTrWg7H9fYmWdAoHOhfMFWGoI4e0LDBGgd378RE8SibPHjkJAz-jmU/s1600/March+6+biblical+distinctives+of+baptists+answer+700+by+700.jpg" onmouseover="window.open('https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZqvgF9Eyg6VQ0vFU5XsV8DcHVcI3MnNwgAtx4CNun_h_M5p176mvDIGUB-5eTW3zYvCY8mZH3jluI1GOTrWg7H9fYmWdAoHOhfMFWGoI4e0LDBGgd378RE8SibPHjkJAz-jmU/s1600/March+6+biblical+distinctives+of+baptists+answer+700+by+700.jpg', 'popup',' width=600,height=600,scrollbars,resizable,left=750,top=30');return false">Answer</a><br />
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3. A helpful tool for learning and teaching the Biblical distinctives of Baptists is the acrostic “B-A-P-T-I -S-T-S”. What does the acrostic stand for? <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3qB3G2AYeIPr4hKfHubytQ1PA82yQg6B0LDa09GGjs_6niEZHCDFyGxbtV0QGxG5xsnNl0DdWyDF6V-KKwz00JDt19iMDQuwdPMsq7Zb14oReEsy3pN18xZEjQaCNanK6aTEG/s1600/March+6+Baptist+acrostic+551+by+528.jpg" onmouseover="window.open('https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3qB3G2AYeIPr4hKfHubytQ1PA82yQg6B0LDa09GGjs_6niEZHCDFyGxbtV0QGxG5xsnNl0DdWyDF6V-KKwz00JDt19iMDQuwdPMsq7Zb14oReEsy3pN18xZEjQaCNanK6aTEG/s1600/March+6+Baptist+acrostic+551+by+528.jpg', 'popup',' width=551,height=528,scrollbars,resizable,left=750,top=30');return false">Answer</a><br />
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4. The acrostic B-A-P-T-I-S-T-S (or its shorter variation B-A-P-T-I-S-T) does not include the distinctive “congregational church governance”. Is there a problem with this exclusion? <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHPUxsseSOKgvMukPnla9AE-vCzo35vlBJNbFhGK6-yT52Dwvs2c7t1e4koClTJ23OXQm_DSrBbkvd2s92T1WSzpY_ULV0LkGcDMXFxRezhGwQIBe_4IdEeuA41ZG6bL5fRz_i/s1600/March+6+danger+in+baptist+acrostic+answer+600+by+600.jpg" onmouseover="window.open('https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHPUxsseSOKgvMukPnla9AE-vCzo35vlBJNbFhGK6-yT52Dwvs2c7t1e4koClTJ23OXQm_DSrBbkvd2s92T1WSzpY_ULV0LkGcDMXFxRezhGwQIBe_4IdEeuA41ZG6bL5fRz_i/s1600/March+6+danger+in+baptist+acrostic+answer+600+by+600.jpg', 'popup',' width=600,height=600,scrollbars,resizable,left=750,top=30');return false">Answer</a><br />
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5. According to Steve W. Lemke of the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, what are the nine marks which separate Baptists from Presbyterians? <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAFpgiZrXbW1vYOraV2JvOInpuKo6QPaEgfdsB2YgjrYrZEXXOMay4IYHYdp9z925bhddGOERTN5Xrf58jO-9EEHDH-Xg4SUzpIxoqEr5bWHW0sQFycoTkBX2cROe6Y1Hj9nRt/s1600/March+6+nine+marks+that+separate+baptists+from+presbyterians.jpg" onmouseover="window.open('https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAFpgiZrXbW1vYOraV2JvOInpuKo6QPaEgfdsB2YgjrYrZEXXOMay4IYHYdp9z925bhddGOERTN5Xrf58jO-9EEHDH-Xg4SUzpIxoqEr5bWHW0sQFycoTkBX2cROe6Y1Hj9nRt/s1600/March+6+nine+marks+that+separate+baptists+from+presbyterians.jpg', 'popup',' width=600,height=600,scrollbars,resizable,left=750,top=30');return false">Answer</a><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Biblical authority</span><br />
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1. Why is the Bible the only authority for the church? Answer <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP_HbqwJ3evvaqsFJkjte9E0T1Lb-sbMyX934saY41fcYcTX5227oZ4aGSTKUCyQ7fxLhOlJtFefygSA_90zhIIz3iUGy_ySZWxYi3Yf0GYTKqGpj_f2tlyO5uICS154VdSSKY/s1600/why+is+bible+only+authority+answer+1.jpg" onmouseover="window.open('https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP_HbqwJ3evvaqsFJkjte9E0T1Lb-sbMyX934saY41fcYcTX5227oZ4aGSTKUCyQ7fxLhOlJtFefygSA_90zhIIz3iUGy_ySZWxYi3Yf0GYTKqGpj_f2tlyO5uICS154VdSSKY/s1600/why+is+bible+only+authority+answer+1.jpg', 'popup',' width=370,height=370,scrollbars,resizable,left=750,top=30');return false">1</a>, <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx05iHh4KRoj-Bk38ZSwal2kUUeLyZoCdXtz4VVtczVa-awJwzNERvOLecqFN5dVgd3pu1iqcOzo3ptL3KDTifs1N4P9j9_J8_2i-Gopm1UVON_81xMvtOx0Qb7IBdvIYTVSpn/s1600/why+is+bible+only+authority+answer+2.jpg" onmouseover="window.open('https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx05iHh4KRoj-Bk38ZSwal2kUUeLyZoCdXtz4VVtczVa-awJwzNERvOLecqFN5dVgd3pu1iqcOzo3ptL3KDTifs1N4P9j9_J8_2i-Gopm1UVON_81xMvtOx0Qb7IBdvIYTVSpn/s1600/why+is+bible+only+authority+answer+2.jpg', 'popup',' width=370,height=370,scrollbars,resizable,left=750,top=30');return false">2</a> and <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQeLHy8sjkXOhaPLCIfU4rb4tadHDuaMR-Sbbis7rWhob44fXnnck-xg_RF4kDxZs25FuUwbCe9Wxfi42B4L3HSo5zIvzzwHBoWXweIkHw395Zd13ZLyU1deyXEnCnAygANCSV/s1600/why+is+bible+only+authority+answer+3.jpg" onmouseover="window.open('https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQeLHy8sjkXOhaPLCIfU4rb4tadHDuaMR-Sbbis7rWhob44fXnnck-xg_RF4kDxZs25FuUwbCe9Wxfi42B4L3HSo5zIvzzwHBoWXweIkHw395Zd13ZLyU1deyXEnCnAygANCSV/s1600/why+is+bible+only+authority+answer+3.jpg', 'popup',' width=370,height=370,scrollbars,resizable,left=750,top=30');return false">3</a><br />
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2. When Baptists say that “Bible is the final authority in all matters of belief and practice”, are we referring to the Old Testament, the New Testament or both? Answer <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjev79-YgoN_Q5XGzr8BqVCG4dHvpvwHzEo_fwlN6SCjRi5M4YMNQ4ZYQWTXjmgAyVBL0M7cF94m0IswtYbDLsbTUd11DT9ve_zJZBItHqRFourkFlr5UG3ioMyP0L6zNGhexYh/s1600/OT+or+NT+answer+1.jpg" onmouseover="window.open('https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjev79-YgoN_Q5XGzr8BqVCG4dHvpvwHzEo_fwlN6SCjRi5M4YMNQ4ZYQWTXjmgAyVBL0M7cF94m0IswtYbDLsbTUd11DT9ve_zJZBItHqRFourkFlr5UG3ioMyP0L6zNGhexYh/s1600/OT+or+NT+answer+1.jpg', 'popup',' width=370,height=370,scrollbars,resizable,left=750,top=30');return false">1</a>, <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9t7bBc1o1W-5apjLOk8rHskO6_7xQR9naqBoJ8HeLNqhjEnTw_mFqjYaL6xYPUsW6tnIuUYFVQwN4ft_WHwuRtZ0CrrLoSgSUB25Z5SzG9WEsq-JFK1-S_mbfRGA1g1HZ603L/s1600/March+6+OT+or+NT+answer+2+600+by+600.jpg" onmouseover="window.open('https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9t7bBc1o1W-5apjLOk8rHskO6_7xQR9naqBoJ8HeLNqhjEnTw_mFqjYaL6xYPUsW6tnIuUYFVQwN4ft_WHwuRtZ0CrrLoSgSUB25Z5SzG9WEsq-JFK1-S_mbfRGA1g1HZ603L/s1600/March+6+OT+or+NT+answer+2+600+by+600.jpg', 'popup',' width=600,height=600,scrollbars,resizable,left=750,top=30');return false">2</a> and <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKU1SPfuv1wcI6XplDD44kHrba7s6MeJa31XGrIFf1AzBUq_ReVuzxWiyOOGMDwIDLFMmngbLcM0aTT1X8oYmooOs4Z1VEZHry7Qw3-2kT92QUv4K8nHwrR4H_uIinX9eCNR2S/s1600/OT+or+NT+answer+3.jpg" onmouseover="window.open('https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKU1SPfuv1wcI6XplDD44kHrba7s6MeJa31XGrIFf1AzBUq_ReVuzxWiyOOGMDwIDLFMmngbLcM0aTT1X8oYmooOs4Z1VEZHry7Qw3-2kT92QUv4K8nHwrR4H_uIinX9eCNR2S/s1600/OT+or+NT+answer+3.jpg', 'popup',' width=370,height=370,scrollbars,resizable,left=750,top=30');return false">3</a><br />
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3. Do Baptists worship the Bible? <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ0qYKiYFDEcp-SFK856j1r-2Po2It2Kw2lO7uGdwnO9zfzAuWxbaMwC84iBU1y4JIVumOkkKWC1lXsiRqIm4jkxOQWfqwwin7zRpV-MhqD5MSspSfr5rfoz1acNs-vH2XEVPk/s1600/do+baptists+worship+the+bible+answer.jpg" onmouseover="window.open('https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ0qYKiYFDEcp-SFK856j1r-2Po2It2Kw2lO7uGdwnO9zfzAuWxbaMwC84iBU1y4JIVumOkkKWC1lXsiRqIm4jkxOQWfqwwin7zRpV-MhqD5MSspSfr5rfoz1acNs-vH2XEVPk/s1600/do+baptists+worship+the+bible+answer.jpg', 'popup',' width=370,height=370,scrollbars,resizable,left=750,top=30');return false">Answer</a><br />
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4. When the Bible is described as being authoritative, does it mean it is authoritative in fields such as history, literature, science, etc.? <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG9EOc4OKepKRBTx3Fe9unIgAoefq7R9O_Zi1VOhBeqiLJbikI0q-GSMYrDxcx3dsRvzK9f5izNeVjspcFr2aA7WKnPpwjKbB3RXs1-ACwyXSFXHCkWwjkQbX8_nnewxzo_S_q/s1600/authority+of+Bible+in+other+fields+answer.jpg" onmouseover="window.open('https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG9EOc4OKepKRBTx3Fe9unIgAoefq7R9O_Zi1VOhBeqiLJbikI0q-GSMYrDxcx3dsRvzK9f5izNeVjspcFr2aA7WKnPpwjKbB3RXs1-ACwyXSFXHCkWwjkQbX8_nnewxzo_S_q/s1600/authority+of+Bible+in+other+fields+answer.jpg', 'popup',' width=370,height=370,scrollbars,resizable,left=750,top=30');return false">Answer</a><br />
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5. How do Baptist differ from Roman Catholics with regards the authority of the Bible? <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBncu4RBz7GKZv5Fdb5h0FSS0rLIyedyWIXifjj2LAqUBb_jTChtMhoyQgxkxp4RjLSTNEKgs_EB2MGHupJW_tfc4D_9Scy71DH-Z12VCQrFr-jDGgA_cAh4jIRk1PRPnNe1sE/s1600/how+baptists+differ+from+catholics+answer.jpg" onmouseover="window.open('https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBncu4RBz7GKZv5Fdb5h0FSS0rLIyedyWIXifjj2LAqUBb_jTChtMhoyQgxkxp4RjLSTNEKgs_EB2MGHupJW_tfc4D_9Scy71DH-Z12VCQrFr-jDGgA_cAh4jIRk1PRPnNe1sE/s1600/how+baptists+differ+from+catholics+answer.jpg', 'popup',' width=370,height=370,scrollbars,resizable,left=750,top=30');return false">Answer </a><br />
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6. With regards the inspiration of the Bible, what do the words “verbal”, “plenary”, “inerrant”, “infallible” and “”authoritative” mean? <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSH3NllMXGSgJKbjWtmVcs6hU6iHWLwwS8EllSMD2RkmNNCZ87daAhl6QXLSCg5IWsupIWk59Tu09koUdRqQ5VdQQaKIPD5_1XDxep_WSpEY5gAImLljj0uvpJKq6rFGcf1VKQ/s1600/verbal+plenary+etc.jpg" onmouseover="window.open('https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSH3NllMXGSgJKbjWtmVcs6hU6iHWLwwS8EllSMD2RkmNNCZ87daAhl6QXLSCg5IWsupIWk59Tu09koUdRqQ5VdQQaKIPD5_1XDxep_WSpEY5gAImLljj0uvpJKq6rFGcf1VKQ/s1600/verbal+plenary+etc.jpg', 'popup',' width=370,height=370,scrollbars,resizable,left=750,top=30');return false">Answer</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Priesthood of the believer</span></span><br />
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1. What does the expression “every believer is a priest” or “priesthood of the believer” mean? Answer <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2gQDymC-3VennsgafC6zBTMN8ZVht7upknxmja1E7mdkBhmyA3w4cL9aYSwBRy0U2giDSHTYa3P0Rl8aS2-NnwVsuveLYyp9EPOAY4-CclgUHOfYiBrL1_72oIoZcijQSoIlx/s1600/priesthood+of+believers+answer+1.jpg" onmouseover="window.open('https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2gQDymC-3VennsgafC6zBTMN8ZVht7upknxmja1E7mdkBhmyA3w4cL9aYSwBRy0U2giDSHTYa3P0Rl8aS2-NnwVsuveLYyp9EPOAY4-CclgUHOfYiBrL1_72oIoZcijQSoIlx/s1600/priesthood+of+believers+answer+1.jpg', 'popup',' width=370,height=370,scrollbars,resizable,left=750,top=30');return false">1</a>, <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVM7Ro-MzK-wYGJRJsyIO8DqAEl77lkPIqKSfDNlcuV86zF6ADNq0x0Hd3mtWPUBPUT7tBC4w47i86WXGeRRB4TME3ebTzsW16T31aq10IXUTlZEkPv7VT9ycOvaeTNREe2v7z/s1600/priesthood+of+believers+answer+2.jpg" onmouseover="window.open('https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVM7Ro-MzK-wYGJRJsyIO8DqAEl77lkPIqKSfDNlcuV86zF6ADNq0x0Hd3mtWPUBPUT7tBC4w47i86WXGeRRB4TME3ebTzsW16T31aq10IXUTlZEkPv7VT9ycOvaeTNREe2v7z/s1600/priesthood+of+believers+answer+2.jpg', 'popup',' width=370,height=370,scrollbars,resizable,left=750,top=30');return false">2</a>, <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFhjSOgo-x27192mlMHPUXnqqa_76wuIH7M45hmJ3Nff8ZBZZzJ5UKR8HB_LpJFmZAgi2l61_zu-hlBcb1oBKn1m8nuYCw_sO18WZn37JfXxAr-kcuDdFCvLv3wR1wG0cUzSuJ/s1600/March+6+priesthood+of+believers+answer+3.jpg" onmouseover="window.open('https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFhjSOgo-x27192mlMHPUXnqqa_76wuIH7M45hmJ3Nff8ZBZZzJ5UKR8HB_LpJFmZAgi2l61_zu-hlBcb1oBKn1m8nuYCw_sO18WZn37JfXxAr-kcuDdFCvLv3wR1wG0cUzSuJ/s1600/March+6+priesthood+of+believers+answer+3.jpg', 'popup',' width=600,height=600,scrollbars,resizable,left=750,top=30');return false">3</a>, <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhphUr8Hc9iYpYT6fnJSMfJTK3HsoSN3KaMllJVs4evO9DqDRtoqFd75JwJTfFq0MyP_Cg_Dv9g0qq_xs1zAQo9DRVpqO7ek4YokUWxtL4nVn8z60CYBP4i2ua6kOfeVatnP0xL/s1600/priesthood+of+believers+answer+4+hope+baptist.jpg" onmouseover="window.open('https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhphUr8Hc9iYpYT6fnJSMfJTK3HsoSN3KaMllJVs4evO9DqDRtoqFd75JwJTfFq0MyP_Cg_Dv9g0qq_xs1zAQo9DRVpqO7ek4YokUWxtL4nVn8z60CYBP4i2ua6kOfeVatnP0xL/s1600/priesthood+of+believers+answer+4+hope+baptist.jpg', 'popup',' width=370,height=370,scrollbars,resizable,left=750,top=30');return false">4</a>, and <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDXHDJ0Jd36kTG7E88u9fAdqeXaeoP7KREZ72RNhTUca_LUNDoVfuHG4JMLRHSBkki_CxEtlWf93hfFAwcxoUjmjyirpxTYKy264rsfQBU_V2Y7IRlb5vjLc-lJysslHEd4EHZ/s1600/priesthood+of+believers+answer+5+garland.jpg" onmouseover="window.open('https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDXHDJ0Jd36kTG7E88u9fAdqeXaeoP7KREZ72RNhTUca_LUNDoVfuHG4JMLRHSBkki_CxEtlWf93hfFAwcxoUjmjyirpxTYKy264rsfQBU_V2Y7IRlb5vjLc-lJysslHEd4EHZ/s1600/priesthood+of+believers+answer+5+garland.jpg', 'popup',' width=370,height=370,scrollbars,resizable,left=750,top=30');return false">5</a><br />
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2. Recite 1 Peter 2:5-9<br />
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3. How does the individual priesthood of the believer operate? <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq30eGVb4afsbWVU0f5hvhvuf-orcCWpDHlUUz5yOacFi3dwxWKbNwsMNp2DLkeKvnIG54GyMdgr4vUbBXXQalExnlLSHkhUiNxtIcM_QLDptYMRWHjN9hOfRyHymQR4AXyGxf/s1600/how+priesthood+operates.jpg" onmouseover="window.open('https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq30eGVb4afsbWVU0f5hvhvuf-orcCWpDHlUUz5yOacFi3dwxWKbNwsMNp2DLkeKvnIG54GyMdgr4vUbBXXQalExnlLSHkhUiNxtIcM_QLDptYMRWHjN9hOfRyHymQR4AXyGxf/s1600/how+priesthood+operates.jpg', 'popup',' width=370,height=370,scrollbars,resizable,left=750,top=30');return false">Answer</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Autonomy of the local church</span></span><br />
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1. What does the distinctive “autonomy of the local church” mean? Answer <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW9eXIvwycJiWx_G8UK_jM4SXSGsFBxEJUcVaSDln0bKGUbTOUT-kbq4Q8r9uuoJZMkyzrUIlB2W-AVq94qI3qml3gidk5NZ2B16ubGURSxmm7HcA3H68PZu16HZRlDso-6Dwv/s1600/autonomy+of+local+church+answer+1.jpg" onmouseover="window.open('https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW9eXIvwycJiWx_G8UK_jM4SXSGsFBxEJUcVaSDln0bKGUbTOUT-kbq4Q8r9uuoJZMkyzrUIlB2W-AVq94qI3qml3gidk5NZ2B16ubGURSxmm7HcA3H68PZu16HZRlDso-6Dwv/s1600/autonomy+of+local+church+answer+1.jpg', 'popup',' width=370,height=370,scrollbars,resizable,left=750,top=30');return false">1</a>, <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2SOeUfiZuvot5jwPVSLVDbuKtrDfQ3-BPXpyz9uwvuamZWI6Vg8iBUkB_3Vwu-eBYRunqBpK3TFpvQ6xXIxC1fsaOBZjiFvv_omsmy4mMIy1wu4q5CFooRQRx2KPQEHI8U6Br/s1600/autonomy+of+local+church+answer+2.jpg" onmouseover="window.open('https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2SOeUfiZuvot5jwPVSLVDbuKtrDfQ3-BPXpyz9uwvuamZWI6Vg8iBUkB_3Vwu-eBYRunqBpK3TFpvQ6xXIxC1fsaOBZjiFvv_omsmy4mMIy1wu4q5CFooRQRx2KPQEHI8U6Br/s1600/autonomy+of+local+church+answer+2.jpg', 'popup',' width=370,height=370,scrollbars,resizable,left=750,top=30');return false">2</a>, <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQXuL30iMIufxluwh4Vo5QRwXsps-KGtYDxVn_mWGlE63WOKeR25jPDXSvKbU_nij4W4nHudcE2YlV0VJ2KceCCNBpQ6cvjIS1P-LhdpWghyphenhyphenrVQXSCTXxbk10drr7WM2gRMIty/s1600/New+autonomy+of+local+church+answer+3+700+by+600.jpg" onmouseover="window.open('https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQXuL30iMIufxluwh4Vo5QRwXsps-KGtYDxVn_mWGlE63WOKeR25jPDXSvKbU_nij4W4nHudcE2YlV0VJ2KceCCNBpQ6cvjIS1P-LhdpWghyphenhyphenrVQXSCTXxbk10drr7WM2gRMIty/s1600/New+autonomy+of+local+church+answer+3+700+by+600.jpg', 'popup',' width=700,height=600,scrollbars,resizable,left=750,top=30');return false">3</a>, and <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU8Es6wx8Rm1xE5yLAgiacbmGOL2TU0AxsatwKsJ4eziU5qKxvjrb09LSU3LpP6CEiuLd-pPnRXnqbK57igntdvKbYnLilIxTA-ml_PtYVGX4UCqX_Hj1_gFUdNA_L7Q8CUOnr/s1600/autonomy+of+local+church+answer+4+garland.jpg" onmouseover="window.open('https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU8Es6wx8Rm1xE5yLAgiacbmGOL2TU0AxsatwKsJ4eziU5qKxvjrb09LSU3LpP6CEiuLd-pPnRXnqbK57igntdvKbYnLilIxTA-ml_PtYVGX4UCqX_Hj1_gFUdNA_L7Q8CUOnr/s1600/autonomy+of+local+church+answer+4+garland.jpg', 'popup',' width=370,height=370,scrollbars,resizable,left=750,top=30');return false">4</a><br />
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2. When we say that a Baptist church is autonomous, does it mean it can disregard the laws of the government? <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg23Po3RxujMn4rb3P4E-g7c55djRKc38PHQsCsbcYVoFoXQIkby8NnHCyQj75RO_43o7OLm5r6r0xY3KazQea0RGcLzD_cgH_cCUXa3Nw75S5B_9rHIKNDLsF0vRlJXd8hmQDL/s1600/New+autonomy+of+local+church+Romans+13+700+by+830.jpg" onmouseover="window.open('https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg23Po3RxujMn4rb3P4E-g7c55djRKc38PHQsCsbcYVoFoXQIkby8NnHCyQj75RO_43o7OLm5r6r0xY3KazQea0RGcLzD_cgH_cCUXa3Nw75S5B_9rHIKNDLsF0vRlJXd8hmQDL/s1600/New+autonomy+of+local+church+Romans+13+700+by+830.jpg', 'popup',' width=700,height=8300,scrollbars,resizable,left=750,top=30');return false">Answer</a><br />
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3. What are the three basic forms of “polity” or church government and their characteristics? <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj56rPOGegPMm13Hd8Tory1f-rS99I8sNSztq3l8Vv9fRMkBsMThuDT9Q0L3HVtGY3-j0e1FmAufE2lqVJzwwXMcZdc7TcEr2TBJrABhk4QRwVblehhPr9Q5r66ht36NbLXYDAm/s1600/New+three+basic+polity+700+by+830.jpg" onmouseover="window.open('https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj56rPOGegPMm13Hd8Tory1f-rS99I8sNSztq3l8Vv9fRMkBsMThuDT9Q0L3HVtGY3-j0e1FmAufE2lqVJzwwXMcZdc7TcEr2TBJrABhk4QRwVblehhPr9Q5r66ht36NbLXYDAm/s1600/New+three+basic+polity+700+by+830.jpg', 'popup',' width=700,height=830,scrollbars,resizable,left=750,top=30');return false">Answer</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Two officers: pastors and deacons</span></span><br />
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1. Who are the two officers of a local Baptist church? Answer <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGKqyr-jWGpRttYEdxN3vWxQxkoruQG0Sq-hPlvx9iqhZC4Q2m-formBCAgNp0VbOyzrWhHwQim7Icw7uF1cn2TWOY9KR_wIO23SKiD3pbhw1shxUC5F5fWph5_Z9HNu21Hf8l/s1600/two+officers+hiscox.jpg" onmouseover="window.open('https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGKqyr-jWGpRttYEdxN3vWxQxkoruQG0Sq-hPlvx9iqhZC4Q2m-formBCAgNp0VbOyzrWhHwQim7Icw7uF1cn2TWOY9KR_wIO23SKiD3pbhw1shxUC5F5fWph5_Z9HNu21Hf8l/s1600/two+officers+hiscox.jpg', 'popup',' width=370,height=370,scrollbars,resizable,left=750,top=30');return false">1</a>, <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbj0G2RlAiKM1IGMz2mUkGBZ9VWKZhaR4m_WRtqq1XukXkCLINC1AWy3JWvOH50RAIcyuK4KE58ToSIt_qiHh2mdkYrNL7LEVX2rscNORv9qZw9EDNDZ2uh5VkEsZDmm6LO-G1/s1600/two+officers+calvary+and+faith.jpg" onmouseover="window.open('https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbj0G2RlAiKM1IGMz2mUkGBZ9VWKZhaR4m_WRtqq1XukXkCLINC1AWy3JWvOH50RAIcyuK4KE58ToSIt_qiHh2mdkYrNL7LEVX2rscNORv9qZw9EDNDZ2uh5VkEsZDmm6LO-G1/s1600/two+officers+calvary+and+faith.jpg', 'popup',' width=370,height=370,scrollbars,resizable,left=750,top=30');return false">2</a>, and <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRb_0kPxRjTt4gm89Qk9CIPKXYjHSfrl3pKCZMRWFPorsqF7ojKsYrlOTcSmYNB4FayzU7oFpOoCVGE1EJryZM-6SD9ALKARyhQ-ydtKcrKBTirpTttd-o3-Wt10hQDx_4orNF/s1600/two+officers+hope.jpg" onmouseover="window.open('https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRb_0kPxRjTt4gm89Qk9CIPKXYjHSfrl3pKCZMRWFPorsqF7ojKsYrlOTcSmYNB4FayzU7oFpOoCVGE1EJryZM-6SD9ALKARyhQ-ydtKcrKBTirpTttd-o3-Wt10hQDx_4orNF/s1600/two+officers+hope.jpg', 'popup',' width=370,height=370,scrollbars,resizable,left=750,top=30');return false">3</a><br />
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2. What are the titles or descriptions of the pastor in the Bible? <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBYGnk8dDmvw2-dMxW9TIjpEeO6tZ0BbZScjzR6xLWKkrKPr425aLCEmd3rMkRFJm8ur9PM9f-VpvYRa_wHOPgYnfmZ3cAbHOjB5mj3dqYrCZFGsORCDsLQphIiyGaD_0iBIXX/s1600/New+various+titles+for+the+pastor+600+by+600.jpg" onmouseover="window.open('https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBYGnk8dDmvw2-dMxW9TIjpEeO6tZ0BbZScjzR6xLWKkrKPr425aLCEmd3rMkRFJm8ur9PM9f-VpvYRa_wHOPgYnfmZ3cAbHOjB5mj3dqYrCZFGsORCDsLQphIiyGaD_0iBIXX/s1600/New+various+titles+for+the+pastor+600+by+600.jpg', 'popup',' width=600,height=600,scrollbars,resizable,left=750,top=30');return false">Answer</a><br />
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3. What are the personal qualifications for pastors? 1 Timothy 3:1-7 and Titus 1:5-13.<br />
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4. From a human standpoint, who is the Biblical leader of the church - the pastor or the board of deacons/trustees? <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIUaM_n2Lxx4Zcbr-2vTC2n-DBIiP-4rQNiY5jGyhIExi_G5RQsXjgKckkqT17D3mvc7BnujqGDWqvhbY_Gkc2ULZUOtS33hmEzsO6278EzEcNFYEbB9pRkEDmj8rskJaLL-3U/s1600/March+6+pastors+or+deacons+600+by+600.jpg" onmouseover="window.open('https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIUaM_n2Lxx4Zcbr-2vTC2n-DBIiP-4rQNiY5jGyhIExi_G5RQsXjgKckkqT17D3mvc7BnujqGDWqvhbY_Gkc2ULZUOtS33hmEzsO6278EzEcNFYEbB9pRkEDmj8rskJaLL-3U/s1600/March+6+pastors+or+deacons+600+by+600.jpg', 'popup',' width=600,height=600,scrollbars,resizable,left=750,top=30');return false">Answer</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Individual soul liberty or soul competency</span></span><br />
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1. What do we mean by individual soul liberty or soul competence? Answer <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIXG7y-2TRfVSNgFkB6YPerngl8b4F8-2LAlo7S7_sy-R4QfyUtucjsbyTMtCX4R4tyRS4m3RSYHFRYcC2F6TphMLfnKWAa95YY5TzkzQHcjlejxhbqxCpswbCuN6cVYMSrL1R/s1600/March+6+soul+competency+hiscox+600+by+600.jpg" onmouseover="window.open('https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIXG7y-2TRfVSNgFkB6YPerngl8b4F8-2LAlo7S7_sy-R4QfyUtucjsbyTMtCX4R4tyRS4m3RSYHFRYcC2F6TphMLfnKWAa95YY5TzkzQHcjlejxhbqxCpswbCuN6cVYMSrL1R/s1600/March+6+soul+competency+hiscox+600+by+600.jpg', 'popup',' width=370,height=370,scrollbars,resizable,left=750,top=30');return false">1</a> and <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKSUaXhVRxGtwRUYgiIl0CM6EAFWWV14uV9tltpBHSl_cUX6vPLfCIMhxMkzDW8Mr85bmRm2oFuKOAEdegdSIouIrKb0-IMPS4WmD7uJeoeLjn0ft-ULIec0FqReTr92qi-v8w/s1600/soul+competency+garland.jpg" onmouseover="window.open('https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKSUaXhVRxGtwRUYgiIl0CM6EAFWWV14uV9tltpBHSl_cUX6vPLfCIMhxMkzDW8Mr85bmRm2oFuKOAEdegdSIouIrKb0-IMPS4WmD7uJeoeLjn0ft-ULIec0FqReTr92qi-v8w/s1600/soul+competency+garland.jpg', 'popup',' width=370,height=370,scrollbars,resizable,left=750,top=30');return false">2 </a><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Church ordinance: Baptism</span><br />
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1. What is an ordinance? How is it different from a sacrament? <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilooropfZqpe2wHbLQoWjfPUSo92lR7LzK6nuj9nTnbdC8h_76nZZSz_qG03gk4aXPxlSkYqeaOSv0hoH5hVN1wKAn4gHLCtfkjqhjMfB5Clex3dJnPAf2F5mTere29DG2DoeP/s1600/what+is+an+ordinance+answer.jpg" onmouseover="window.open('https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilooropfZqpe2wHbLQoWjfPUSo92lR7LzK6nuj9nTnbdC8h_76nZZSz_qG03gk4aXPxlSkYqeaOSv0hoH5hVN1wKAn4gHLCtfkjqhjMfB5Clex3dJnPAf2F5mTere29DG2DoeP/s1600/what+is+an+ordinance+answer.jpg', 'popup',' width=370,height=370,scrollbars,resizable,left=750,top=30');return false">Answer</a><br />
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2. Is baptism sacramental? <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNbLAWbn0FWQbbdSADWn93wpNTuAAzQ2hWgy9xTlMAlgu0mM13ppf-Nmb9VqseNGYyRlqh-OZnVvW1HQ8BCybC9Tyl4S0PleuVEKFdb8ljYGZcKcCNcryeDWYGo16h6Nmzpthyphenhyphen/s1600/is+baptism+sacramental.jpg" onmouseover="window.open('https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNbLAWbn0FWQbbdSADWn93wpNTuAAzQ2hWgy9xTlMAlgu0mM13ppf-Nmb9VqseNGYyRlqh-OZnVvW1HQ8BCybC9Tyl4S0PleuVEKFdb8ljYGZcKcCNcryeDWYGo16h6Nmzpthyphenhyphen/s1600/is+baptism+sacramental.jpg', 'popup',' width=370,height=370,scrollbars,resizable,left=750,top=30');return false">Answer</a><br />
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3. If baptism is not essential for salvation, why do we need to be baptized? <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_yhR1li2te2jNXDSHjDqo92htzh10f3Ry4V5rdjGvraJaBN3lEiH6kSX2-pJf35KNbaUPSdPi8WPyOqm1n9JZUZCA3fFRUfHJEWlltpEKYDLmx5SKx4neTDUereJPSE1uteBy/s1600/why+the+need+to+be+baptized.jpg" onmouseover="window.open('https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_yhR1li2te2jNXDSHjDqo92htzh10f3Ry4V5rdjGvraJaBN3lEiH6kSX2-pJf35KNbaUPSdPi8WPyOqm1n9JZUZCA3fFRUfHJEWlltpEKYDLmx5SKx4neTDUereJPSE1uteBy/s1600/why+the+need+to+be+baptized.jpg', 'popup',' width=370,height=370,scrollbars,resizable,left=750,top=30');return false">Answer</a><br />
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4. Can babies be baptized? Answer <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMUMDLs8z2SMTK8zprLuhAEU1hO2fcbhlTKNPbbJ4oXGdjl0ADAqrZyLLfcN0dZZ__zZHbaX1029_Xss2uFYd4Rb5UHkfcVZki-pWT2NE5q09RZsHxltrDnKvbsOW-4lJztwrN/s1600/why+infants+are+not+baptized.jpg" onmouseover="window.open('https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMUMDLs8z2SMTK8zprLuhAEU1hO2fcbhlTKNPbbJ4oXGdjl0ADAqrZyLLfcN0dZZ__zZHbaX1029_Xss2uFYd4Rb5UHkfcVZki-pWT2NE5q09RZsHxltrDnKvbsOW-4lJztwrN/s1600/why+infants+are+not+baptized.jpg', 'popup',' width=370,height=370,scrollbars,resizable,left=750,top=30');return false">1</a> and <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguDkadfiuEoKAwSsWaBriUSg1FF8Bq35HbbhFMAto6VBd09v4YSlYQOK1U24p5VzO_48IS0mqr0jdcuoEca35-kpfBTHtfqPnGuJENWiMC5Gah7TwqJU033OH55BrvxJx1Io_F/s1600/why+infants+are+not+baptized+2.jpg" onmouseover="window.open('https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguDkadfiuEoKAwSsWaBriUSg1FF8Bq35HbbhFMAto6VBd09v4YSlYQOK1U24p5VzO_48IS0mqr0jdcuoEca35-kpfBTHtfqPnGuJENWiMC5Gah7TwqJU033OH55BrvxJx1Io_F/s1600/why+infants+are+not+baptized+2.jpg', 'popup',' width=370,height=370,scrollbars,resizable,left=750,top=30');return false">2</a><br />
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5. Why do Baptists use immersion, not sprinkling or pouring, as the mode of baptism? Answer <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV56TSCdNHJ6fLAFLvw-FWDvoYUxjTGL-V8Sdok88M-zr-sORzaQ17dj72aJsa2Y3Y40w2oN7hHI3U332VQVP6wmTuTG7pSpjocI-tfId6ZVLaQFgwNKaNNloh9ZFn-yW0K6Bp/s1600/why+immersion+not+sprinkling.jpg" onmouseover="window.open('https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV56TSCdNHJ6fLAFLvw-FWDvoYUxjTGL-V8Sdok88M-zr-sORzaQ17dj72aJsa2Y3Y40w2oN7hHI3U332VQVP6wmTuTG7pSpjocI-tfId6ZVLaQFgwNKaNNloh9ZFn-yW0K6Bp/s1600/why+immersion+not+sprinkling.jpg', 'popup',' width=370,height=370,scrollbars,resizable,left=750,top=30');return false">1</a> and <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggybU0IUjeMj8A8sKsJCPk_G2ftKpTYP5omSpM9F2fFupQxZ7BryXXWjvbc0bowY-2RdRCkB8N0Y58Kx6cvyWJ_HrDNuNn5wZlr4Aq1QVizFGG3-_ACHB4ynxo4QTpHIIuBNS5/s1600/why+immersion+not+sprinkling+2.jpg" onmouseover="window.open('https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggybU0IUjeMj8A8sKsJCPk_G2ftKpTYP5omSpM9F2fFupQxZ7BryXXWjvbc0bowY-2RdRCkB8N0Y58Kx6cvyWJ_HrDNuNn5wZlr4Aq1QVizFGG3-_ACHB4ynxo4QTpHIIuBNS5/s1600/why+immersion+not+sprinkling+2.jpg', 'popup',' width=370,height=370,scrollbars,resizable,left=750,top=30');return false">2</a><br />
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6. How is baptism of salvation a picture of the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ? <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfCtDEc9xmmvAJK2h_ezjMPKBc11cepbpLNMwoFiGbIXOzt_ihkJPgPT8pxoSe2CloelnDWIpTlesHzw1xv4H4NvrZUAUFoDWa5O080PTKGgW7b-QPEwA52Mv4P4-cZIs8a7SA/s1600/baptism+is+a+picture+of+death+burial.jpg" onmouseover="window.open('https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfCtDEc9xmmvAJK2h_ezjMPKBc11cepbpLNMwoFiGbIXOzt_ihkJPgPT8pxoSe2CloelnDWIpTlesHzw1xv4H4NvrZUAUFoDWa5O080PTKGgW7b-QPEwA52Mv4P4-cZIs8a7SA/s1600/baptism+is+a+picture+of+death+burial.jpg', 'popup',' width=370,height=370,scrollbars,resizable,left=750,top=30');return false">Answer</a><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Church ordinance: Lord’s Supper</span><br />
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1. What is the purpose of the Lord’s Supper? Answer <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOkGzjyCQjdYpUnyQ9xeE1pDBI0XmZ-n0bdlHsZRNBJW5Z58Gk6D6rG5iFWv3CGX6ObXXeJ60ieSrUqu2aCmuWbA8zfXBpTa-WgETcmLdeLfK0t-vNZiDe3uZq5-ahGzk0NjIM/s1600/purpose+of+Lords+supper.jpg" onmouseover="window.open('https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOkGzjyCQjdYpUnyQ9xeE1pDBI0XmZ-n0bdlHsZRNBJW5Z58Gk6D6rG5iFWv3CGX6ObXXeJ60ieSrUqu2aCmuWbA8zfXBpTa-WgETcmLdeLfK0t-vNZiDe3uZq5-ahGzk0NjIM/s1600/purpose+of+Lords+supper.jpg', 'popup',' width=370,height=370,scrollbars,resizable,left=750,top=30');return false">1</a> and <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTbilz0fBQUphutDdxAZUf2vkMtaMGpQTWI4wJNkZCb-Ph_0BoePfaKHF85uJNMpaL7RWs-6ArT0d8eIvdu9jOd9SNtEqYG7nPZIZ3vBAFEAixO8rVi5Pn82xNuU1QeQLplJ0q/s1600/purpose+of+Lords+supper+2.jpg" onmouseover="window.open('https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTbilz0fBQUphutDdxAZUf2vkMtaMGpQTWI4wJNkZCb-Ph_0BoePfaKHF85uJNMpaL7RWs-6ArT0d8eIvdu9jOd9SNtEqYG7nPZIZ3vBAFEAixO8rVi5Pn82xNuU1QeQLplJ0q/s1600/purpose+of+Lords+supper+2.jpg', 'popup',' width=370,height=370,scrollbars,resizable,left=750,top=30');return false">2</a><br />
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2. What do the terms “transubstantiation” and “consubstantiation” mean? What is the Baptist view? <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9M0eEKjn0kubJj7ELaG3jrTAYa61NV0bK1oCxMDkbLzeoaUeuq6sbmV_F1LlVSjU7U4GoG0wvNic0pqnufR-PA1pl0jg0_kT5YyIysojR9BUhsk8V1wLwuDcDJ3fRhH3xs2PD/s1600/March+6+transubstantiation+600+by+600.jpg" onmouseover="window.open('https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9M0eEKjn0kubJj7ELaG3jrTAYa61NV0bK1oCxMDkbLzeoaUeuq6sbmV_F1LlVSjU7U4GoG0wvNic0pqnufR-PA1pl0jg0_kT5YyIysojR9BUhsk8V1wLwuDcDJ3fRhH3xs2PD/s1600/March+6+transubstantiation+600+by+600.jpg', 'popup',' width=600,height=600,scrollbars,resizable,left=750,top=30');return false">Answer</a>Atty. Gerry T. Galaciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17233852101336409722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38744545.post-6618035361005018872010-05-29T11:30:00.001+08:002010-05-29T11:30:53.127+08:00Story of the King James Version of the Bible<object width="425px" height="360px"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="movie" value="http://mediaservices.myspace.com/services/media/embed.aspx/m=64006341,t=1,mt=video"><embed src="http://mediaservices.myspace.com/services/media/embed.aspx/m=64006341,t=1,mt=video" allowfullscreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="360"></embed></object><br /><a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=494587319" style=""><br />Alexander Scourby</a> | <a href="http://vids.myspace.com%20/" style="">MySpace Video</a> |<a href="http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=64006341" target="_blank"> Video URL</a>Atty. Gerry T. Galaciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17233852101336409722noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38744545.post-79098264652992094352010-05-27T15:16:00.006+08:002010-10-11T08:19:18.558+08:00Philippine cults (01): Iglesia ni CristoNote: <span><a href="http://s1.webstarts.com/MikeMislan/index.html" target="_blank">Mike Mislan, missionary to the Philippines</a> and founder-president of San Marcelino Baptist Bible Seminary in Zambales, wrote this article. You can download his </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.familymatters.org.ph/Bible%20Doctrines%20on%20Family%20and%20Marriage/Cults/Cults%204%20Iglesia%20ni%20Cristo.doc" target="_blank">complete article</a></span><span> in Word document format (six pages, </span>676 kbytes).<br /><br />Jump to <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/philippine-cults-01-iglesia-ni-cristo.html#history">History of the INC</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/philippine-cults-01-iglesia-ni-cristo.html#falseclaims">Good times but false claims</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/philippine-cults-01-iglesia-ni-cristo.html#1616">How the INC got its name;</a> <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/philippine-cults-01-iglesia-ni-cristo.html#doctrines">Doctrines of the INC</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/philippine-cults-01-iglesia-ni-cristo.html#deceptions">An example of their deceptions</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/philippine-cults-01-iglesia-ni-cristo.html#refutations">A few doctrinal refutations</a>: <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/philippine-cults-01-iglesia-ni-cristo.html#person">As God, Christ preexisted as a person</a> and <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/philippine-cults-01-iglesia-ni-cristo.html#being">As God, Christ was not a created being</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Introduction</span><p> </p> <p>In many ways, Iglesia ni Cristo is a “Christian” denomination. They use the Word of God as their authority, hold worship services and prayer meetings in their churches, are strict on standards and church discipline, and recognize Christ as the only Savior. But this is where it ends. In this lesson we will expose the false claims made by INC that they are the true church and will also show how their teachings are in error according to the Scriptures.</p><a name="history"> </a><p style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><a name="history">1. The history of the INC</a></span></p><a name="history"> </a><p><a name="history">After more than 300 years of Spanish rule and forced Catholicism, the signing of the “Treaty of Paris” in 1898, had transferred Spain’s sovereignty of the Philippines over to the United States. This liberation had resulted in a search for Filipino identity, and a love for things “American.” And it was in this setting, that “Iglesia ni Cristo” was started. . . . Felix Manalo, a Filipino, was just 12 years old when this treaty was signed. Born on May 10th, 1886, Brgy Tipas, Taguig, South East Shore of Laguna Bay, he was in the right place at the right time. Not only was he already being recognized as a leader in school, but in his subsequent search for truth, he was already familiar with the teachings of Catholism, the Methodists, Presbyterians, Christian Mission (the Church of Christ), Seventh Day Adventists (he was once a pastor there), and finally started a church of his own, with Philippine centrality. While he had a few morality problems, and a hard start, the political, social and religious climate of his times, created the perfect environment to launch his “Philippine” church and his Church’s growth confirms that this movement has been very successful.</a></p><a name="falseclaims"></a> <p> </p> <p style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;">2. Good times but false claims</span></p> <p> </p> <p>As time went on, due to questions being raised about his authority (as the physical head of his church he was not sent out from any known denomination and his theology was different), Felix Manalo had to make some claims to give himself needed credibility. He projected his new church as the only true church, by using the following texts which he claimed proved (1) Christ’s church had became deceived and corrupted (he used the Catholic church as an example), (2) that there are “other sheep” that God would gather to reform the True Church, and (3) that this true church would be from “far off” and from the “east” which when placed together, is “far-east” or “the Philippines.”</p><blockquote>“Many false prophets will appear and deceive many people... I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen.. the promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off - for whom the Lord our God will call.. I will bring your children from the east and gather you from the west. I will say to the north, ‘Give them up! and to the daughters from the ends of the earth” (Mat.24:11, Jn.10:16, Acts 2:39, Isa.43:5-6)</blockquote> <p>When a criminal writes a ransom note, sometimes he will cut words out of a newspaper or magazine and then paste them onto another paper to create his own note. He does this to avoid having his handwriting analyzed by experts who may identify him. In the same way, Iglesia ni Cristo has done this with Scripture. They have cut verses out of the Bible, placed them in a different order, and then pasted them together into their publications to create their own note. And according to this note, we still do not see any proof that INC is the “other sheep” or the true church, or that Felix Manalo is God’s prophet in the Philippines. If INC must play with the Scriptures to find their authority, they will also play with the Scriptures to create their own doctrines! But there is more....</p> <p> </p> <p>When Manalo’s leadership was again challenged, he realized that he needed to add credibility, not just to his church, but to himself as a prophet. So he searched the Scriptures and came up with some more verses to prove that he was an “angel from the east” or the divine messenger from Philippines. And again, as you can see, these verses prove nothing.</p><blockquote>“angel coming up from the east, having the seal of the living God.. Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country..(Rev.7:2, Isa.46:11)”</blockquote> <p>Finally, in a desperate attempt to seal his authority, Manalo claimed that prophecies of Revelation chapters six and seven were of the First Word War, and that He as well as four other world leaders are mentioned, (Rev.7:1-3).</p> <p> </p> <blockquote>And after these things I saw four angels (Lyod George of Great Britain, Clemenceau of France, Orlando of Italy, and president Thomas Woodrow Wilson of the United States) standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.. And I saw another angel ascending from the east (none other than, guess who? Manalo in the Philippines), having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice (Manalo claims he started preaching at this time).. to the four angels (he actually never met them!).. saying “Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.” </blockquote> <p> </p> <p>It is interesting to take note that FM stopped at verse three. Why three? Because verse four identifies these “sealed servants” as being from the “children of Israel” and not Asian Gentiles.</p><blockquote>“And ... the number of them which were sealed … were …of all the tribes of the children of Israel …”</blockquote> <p> </p> <p>At this point, I want to make it very clear that INC <u>DOES</u> play with Scripture to add credibility to themselves and to their doctrines, and that proofs of this can be found in almost all their editions of “Pasugo”.<br /></p><p>Jump to <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/philippine-cults-01-iglesia-ni-cristo.html#history">History of the INC</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/philippine-cults-01-iglesia-ni-cristo.html#falseclaims">Good times but false claims</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/philippine-cults-01-iglesia-ni-cristo.html#doctrines">Doctrines of the INC</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/philippine-cults-01-iglesia-ni-cristo.html#deceptions">An example of their deceptions</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/philippine-cults-01-iglesia-ni-cristo.html#refutations">A few doctrinal refutations</a>: <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/philippine-cults-01-iglesia-ni-cristo.html#person">As God, Christ preexisted as a person</a> and <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/philippine-cults-01-iglesia-ni-cristo.html#being">As God, Christ was not a created being</a>.</p><a name="1616"></a> <p style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;">How the INC got its name </span></p> <p><u>NOTE</u>: Their name, “Iglesia ni Cristo” or the “Church of Christ” was taken from Rom.16:16, which reads “..The churches of Christ salute you.” But this term did not refer to any specific NT church, was never used as a denominational name, and the word “church” was not capitalized proving it was not a Name. Instead, local NT congregations were mostly identified by their location, such as the “Church of Antioch” (Acts 11:26), “Churches of Asia” - several here (1st Cor.16:19, Rev.1:11), “The Church that is in Babylon” (1st Pet.5:13), Caearea (Acts 18:22), Cenchrea (Rom.16:1), Colosse (Col.1:2), Corinth (1st Cor.1:2), Ephesus (Acts 20:17), churches of Galatia - several more (Gal.1:2), Jerusalem (Acts 8:1), Judea (Gal 1:22), Lacodicea (Col.4:15), Macedonia (2nd Cor.8:1), Pergamos (Rev.2:12), Philadelphia (Rev.3:7), Philippi (Phil.1:1), Rome (Rom.1:17), house of Pricilla and Aquilla (Rom.16:3-5, 1st Cor.16:19), house of Philemon (Philem.1-2), house of Lydia (Acts 16:40), Sardis (Rev.3:1), Smyrna (Rev.2:8), Thyatira (Rev.2:18), Thessalonica (1st Thes.1:1), etc.</p><a name="doctrines"></a> <p> </p> <p style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;">3. The doctrines of INC</span></p> <p> </p> <p>While INC believes that Christ is the Savior and mediator, they also believe that as a man, He was the first one God created and therefore cannot be the creator. They also believe that before His birth, Christ did not exist as a person with the Father, but was only in existence as a “thought” or “plan” in God’s mind. Their salvation is a combination of faith, baptism, and obedience to church Teachings, which comes from their church leaders who are gifted to properly interpret the Scriptures, and of whom also publish their teachings in the Pasugo magazine and other literature. Their buildings are large and beautiful, funded by the tithes and offerings of the membership, and an annual Thanksgiving Offering, as well as from offerings of their other congregations. Church discipline is strict, faithfulness to the services is essential, and they seem sincere in their beliefs, although the leadership in my opinion is deceptive.</p><a name="deceptions"></a> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">An example of their deceptions</span></span><br /><br />Here is a perfect example of how Iglesia ni Cristo can take verses out of context to teach a false doctrine taken from their March 97 edition of “Pasugo”. While we all know that James teaches good works are the proofs of real salvation, INC wants to twist his teachings to support their “works” approach. Observe carefully how they accomplish this . . . .<br /><blockquote>“What we advocate, which is vouched by the Holy Bible, is that faith coupled with works based on God’s teachings makes one righteous before God.” “You see, then, that it by his actions that a person is put right with God, and not by faith alone. It was the same with the prostitute Rahab. She was put right with God through her actions..” (James 2:24-25)</blockquote>While this text seem to support their teaching, it is very deceptive. This is because they deliberately left out the preceding verse which showed that Abraham’s FAITH had made him righteous and not his works!<br /><blockquote>“And the Scripture came true that said, Abraham believed God and <u>because of his faith</u> God accepted him as righteous. And so Abraham was called God's friend”</blockquote> <p></p> <p> </p> <p>This is very typical of all INC’s publications! But unlike their ransom note where they re-arranged verses before pasting them into their Pasugo, here, they just left them out!</p> <p> </p> <p><u>NOTE</u>: Have you even noticed how INC uses different Bible Translations during their “Ang Tamang Daan” and other broadcasts on NET 25, or in their Pasugo publications? They will use whichever version best supports their views! The different versions listed were all used in one of their Pasugos!</p><p>Jump to <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/philippine-cults-01-iglesia-ni-cristo.html#history">History of the INC</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/philippine-cults-01-iglesia-ni-cristo.html#falseclaims">Good times but false claims</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/philippine-cults-01-iglesia-ni-cristo.html#1616">How the INC got its name;</a> <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/philippine-cults-01-iglesia-ni-cristo.html#doctrines">Doctrines of the INC</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/philippine-cults-01-iglesia-ni-cristo.html#deceptions">An example of their deceptions</a>; A few doctrinal refutations: <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/philippine-cults-01-iglesia-ni-cristo.html#person">As God, Christ preexisted as a person</a> and <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/philippine-cults-01-iglesia-ni-cristo.html#being">As God, Christ was not a created being</a>.</p><a name="refutations"></a> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;">A few doctrinal refutations</span></p> <p> </p> <p>While we agree with INC that Christ was a man, we disagree that He was a man only. Following are some basic Scriptural proofs that Christ existed as a Person before He was born in the flesh, and also some texts that show He was never a created being. Other proofs of His deity will be presented in future lessons. </p><a name="person"></a> <p> </p> <p style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;">As God, Christ preexisted as a person.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">1. Christ possessed a memory of having actually lived before His birth:</span> In John 17:5, Christ asked God to glorify him with the glory he had with His Father before the world was created. “And now O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee BEFORE THE WORD WAS.” Before the world was even created, Christ had possessed a memory that was able to remember what this glory was, the enjoyment it had brought Him, where it came from, and when He had received it. None of these things would have been possible, if Christ personally was not in existence before the world was created. </p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">2. Christ existed as a person before Abraham:</span> In John 8:56-58, Christ said “Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it and was glad. Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? Jesus sayeth unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. Then took they up stones to cast at him..” Here, Christ was able to see Abraham, know him, observe his faith, and remember him, again proving, that Christ was actually and personally in existence during the time of Abraham and was not just in “God’s mind” or “plans.” </p> <p></p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">3. Christ as a person could think for himself before he was born: </span>Phil.2:5-8 teaches us that before Christ became a man, that He “in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation and took upon Himself the form of a servant to be made in the likeness of men.” This proves that before Christ was born, He was capable of thinking and making His own decisions. Only a real person can think for himself.</p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">4. Christ enjoyed preincarnate riches:</span> According to the Apostle Paul in 2 Cor.8:9, Christ was rich but “became poor for our sakes.” Since Christ was never “rich” during His earthly ministry, this is referring to the heavenly glory He had enjoyed before His birth. This again proves that Christ was in existence as a person before His birth. </p> <p></p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">5. Christ came down from heaven:</span> Christ said in John, that He is “the Bread of Life that came down from heaven” (Jn.6:33, 35, 38, 48, 50, 51, 58). How could He come down FROM heaven if He had not already been there? Also in John 7:29, Christ says of His Father, “I KNOW Him, for I am FROM Him, and He hath SENT Me.” This proves that Christ knew His Father when His Father sent Him into this world. This would not have been possible unless Christ had a relationship with His Father, BEFORE and during the time He was sent.</p><p>Jump to <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/philippine-cults-01-iglesia-ni-cristo.html#history">History of the INC</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/philippine-cults-01-iglesia-ni-cristo.html#falseclaims">Good times but false claims</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/philippine-cults-01-iglesia-ni-cristo.html#1616">How the INC got its name;</a> <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/philippine-cults-01-iglesia-ni-cristo.html#doctrines">Doctrines of the INC</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/philippine-cults-01-iglesia-ni-cristo.html#deceptions">An example of their deceptions</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/philippine-cults-01-iglesia-ni-cristo.html#refutations">A few doctrinal refutations</a>: <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/philippine-cults-01-iglesia-ni-cristo.html#person">As God, Christ preexisted as a person</a><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/philippine-cults-01-iglesia-ni-cristo.html#being"></a>.</p><a name="being"></a> <p></p> <p></p> <p style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;">As God, Christ was not a created being.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">1. He was from everlasting:</span> In Mat.2:6, when the wise men were looking for the place where Christ was to be born, they looked up the Old Testament Scripture of Micah 5:2 where the Prophet Isaiah revealed that Christ was to be born in Bethlehem. The last part of Micah says that the origin of Christ has “been from the old, <u>FROM EVERLASTING</u>.” “From everlasting” means that Christ was always in existence and had never been created. This provides clear proof that Christ never could have been created, as He “always was.” </p> <p></p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">2. He was before all things: </span> Another clear proof that we have that Christ could not have been created is found in Col.1:7 which says that “He is before ALL things.” This means that nothing ever had existed before Him.</p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">3. He created all things: </span> As the Creator who created ALL things, Christ could have never been created. “For by him (JESUS) were ALL things created, that are in heaven and that are in earth...” (Col.1:16). “And Thou, Lord (JESUS), in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the works of thine hands.” (Heb.1:10). Later in following lessons, we will see that there is abundant Scriptural evidence which proves that Christ was the creator. </p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">4. As creator he is the everlasting God:</span> As the “Creator” Christ also has the attributes or special characteristics that only the creator could have. According to Isa.40:28, the Creator was also the “The <u>everlasting God</u>, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth..” This should not really surprise us because already we have seen in Micah 5:2 that His origin was “from everlasting.”</p> <p></p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">5. He was called God by many who knew him:</span> God stated in Exodus 20:7 “Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.” Yet Jesus is called the “<u>mighty God</u>” and the “<u>Everlasting Father</u>” by Isaiah (Isa.9:6), “<u>God with us</u>” by both Matthew and Isaiah (Mat.1:23, Isa.7:14, 8:8-10) “<u>God</u>” who was “made flesh and dwelt among us” by John (Jn.1:1-14), “<u>My God</u>” by Thomas (Jn 20:28), “<u>O God</u>” by the Father Himself (Heb.1:8) and “<u>Lord God Almighty</u>” by the heavenly hosts (Rev.4:8). </p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">6. He had no earthly father:</span> Existing as a Person even before creation (Jn.17:5), he was taken from His former abode in heaven (Jn.6:38) delivered into the womb of Mary (Lk.6:31) by the Holy Ghost (Lk.1:31,35) to become “God in the flesh” by being born of a woman (Lk.2:6-7, Mat.1:23). While professional INC debaters try to respond that Jesus only had the Spirit of God within him, and therefore was not actually God, they cannot explain why Christians today also have the spirit of God, yet have HUMAN fathers. Of all humans born, Christ ALONE was conceived by God Himself and not Joseph or any man. Thus, historically, Biblically, and even genetically, all available evidence points to Christ being both man and God. </p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">7. He was worshipped as God</span>: “Thou shalt have no other gods before me ... thou shalt not bow down thyself to them nor serve them, for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God” (read Ex.20:3-5). When Peter was worshipped he responded, “stand up, I myself am only a man” (Acts 10:25-26). Yet Christ was <u>worshipped</u> at His birth by men who the Bible calls “wise” (Mat.2:2), during His ministry by a leper (Mat.8:2), “a certain ruler” (Mat.9:18), by His own disciples and shipmates when he calmed the sea (Mat.14:33), by a “woman of Canaan” (Mat.15:21-25), by Mary Magdalene and "the other Mary" (28:1-,17) again by His disciples as He appeared to them after His resurrection (Mk.5:6) by a healed blind man (Jn.9:38), during his ascension into heaven (Lk.24:52) before His future Throne (Rev.5:12-14), will be <u>bowed</u> <u>down to</u> during the judgment (Phil.2:10), and is called God by His own Father (Heb.1:8), who commanded the angels to worship Him (Heb.1:6).</p><p><br /></p><p>Jump to <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/philippine-cults-01-iglesia-ni-cristo.html#history">History of the INC</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/philippine-cults-01-iglesia-ni-cristo.html#falseclaims">Good times but false claims</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/philippine-cults-01-iglesia-ni-cristo.html#1616">How the INC got its name;</a> <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/philippine-cults-01-iglesia-ni-cristo.html#doctrines">Doctrines of the INC</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/philippine-cults-01-iglesia-ni-cristo.html#deceptions">An example of their deceptions</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/philippine-cults-01-iglesia-ni-cristo.html#refutations">A few doctrinal refutations</a>: <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/philippine-cults-01-iglesia-ni-cristo.html#person">As God, Christ preexisted as a person</a> and <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/philippine-cults-01-iglesia-ni-cristo.html#being">As God, Christ was not a created being</a>.</p>Atty. Gerry T. Galaciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17233852101336409722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38744545.post-12529746750115201422010-05-26T07:39:00.006+08:002010-10-11T08:17:10.642+08:00Philippine cults (02): Ang Dating DaanNote: <span><a href="http://s1.webstarts.com/MikeMislan/index.html" target="_blank">Mike Mislan, missionary to the Philippines</a> and founder-president of San Marcelino Baptist Bible Seminary in Zambales, wrote these articles. You can download his </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.familymatters.org.ph/Bible%20Doctrines%20on%20Family%20and%20Marriage/Cults/Cults%207%20Ang%20Dating%20Daan.doc" target="_blank">complete article</a></span><span> in Word document format (</span>six pages long, 456 kbytes).<br /><br />Jump to <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#eli">Bro. Eli F. Soriano</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#name">their church name</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#trinity">Their Trinity is a different Trinity</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#saviour">Christ is not a personal saviour</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#mormon">ADD salvation resembles the Mormon Gospel</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#catholic">Their baptism is like that of Roman Catholics</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#inc">Their salvation is like the INC</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#jerusalem">They are part of the Jerusalem church</a>.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Introduction</span></span><br /><br />In several ways, Ang Dating Daan (ADD) is like any other Christian church. And according to their ‘aim’ (or purpose), “the most important goal of this religious organization is to propagate the true and everlasting Gospel of Christ, convert sinners to believe and glorify God, religiously follow righteousness as their way of life, and to be law abiding citizens recognizing the fundamental laws of the land they live in (Eph. 2:12-13; Acts 26:18; 14:15; 17:29; Roma 13: 1-7; I Pet. 2:13; Prov. 8:15-16).” Also, based upon their leader, Brother Eli F. Soriano, the Bible is their final authority for faith and practice: “Everything that we must do is contained in the Bible. The Bible will serve as our guide to salvation. We are not teaching anything which is not taught by the Bible.” But this is where the similarities end. . . . . While ADD baptizes in the Name of God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost, they do not believe that these three divine Persons” are equally God. They also teach a faith plus works salvation. And recently, there have been some complaints from former members, that Brother Eli F. Soriano has personal bank accounts of US dollars, illegally obtained from their church offerings.<a name="eli"></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">1. Brother Eli F. Soriano</span></span><br /><br />Most religions which advertise themselves, usually include the background of their pastor or founder. But on the official web page of Ang Dating Daan, we found nothing mentioned of Brother Eli F. Soriano’s background. From his TV outreaches, attitudes and debates, it appears that he may have been raised a Catholic, and then later became associated with Iglesia ni Cristo - but this is only speculation. He also was a member of the PNP-CHS but it is unknown if he only used these credentials to increase his authority, or if he actually had lectured to the PNP. Many of his former members have complained of his personal use of church money, and of his aggressive methods of collections. At least one TV network has alleged that he has personal bank accounts containing thousands of US dollars, and there are comic books that resemble “Chick” which exposes Brother Eli F. Soriano for his money secrets. Ang Dating Daan calls him the “most sensible and controversial preacher on earth” and he certainly is “controversial.” In fact, just as comedians imitate President GMA on TV, they have done the same to Bro. Eli F. Soriano!<a name="name"></a><br /><br />Jump to <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#trinity">Their Trinity is a different Trinity</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#saviour">Christ is not a personal saviour</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#mormon">ADD salvation resembles the Mormon Gospel</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#catholic">Their baptism is like that of Roman Catholics</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#inc">Their salvation is like the INC</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#jerusalem">They are part of the Jerusalem church</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">2. Their church name</span></span><br /><br />According to ADD, the name that a religious group gives themselves, must be a special name that shows God’s ownership over the church. They also believe that such names as Baptist, Catholics, Seventh Day Adventists, are names that indicate their rebellion against Christ’s ownership over the church. And still again, that just because a church calls themselves Iglesia ni Cristo or the Jehovah’s Witnesses, is not proof that they are the True Church because any minister can start his own church and call it anything he wants.<br /><blockquote>“...God’s city and God’s people will be called by His name. In other words, the people of God … the organization that is of God … the city of God … will be called by His name. And, it is but proper that it be called by the name of God. Did God agree that His people and His city be called by His name? In II Chro. 7:14, it says, “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sins, and will heal their land.”</blockquote>According to Brother Eli F. Soriano, and also their SEC registration papers of April 21st, 1995, the true name of God’s Church is the “IGLESIA NI YHWH AT NI YHWSA HMSYH,” or THE CHURCH OF GOD IN JESUS CHRIST (literally, “the Church of God and Jesus Christ”).<br /><blockquote>“Everyone must make himself a part of the Church, which is written in the Bible – The CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS, PILLAR AND GROUND OF THE TRUTH.”<br /><br />Bro. Eli F. Soriano gets this name from the following passage of 1st Tim.3:15<br /><br />But if I tarrry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughest behave thyself in the<br />house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of truth.”</blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">But notice. . .</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">1. No capitalized letters: </span>But notice in this phrase "the church of the living God" that the letters are not capitalized. This shows that it was not actually a name of God's church, but was only a description of this church.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">2. Not the name:</span> Also it does not read The CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS - but the “church of the living God.”<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">3. NT churches were known by different names:</span> NT churches were called by several names and some did not even have a name! “The church that is in their house” (Rom.16:5), “church which is at Cenchrea” (Acts 13:1), “church that was at Antioch” (Acts 13:1), and the “Church of God” followed by their location or where they met, such as “the church of God at Corinth” (Acts 20:28, 1 Cor.1:2, 10:32, 11:22, 15:9, 2 Cor.1:1, Gal.1:13, 2nd Tim.3:5). Another name mentioned once was “church of the firstborn” (Heb.12:23). But as persecutions began, some were called “ana-baptists” because they had rebaptized their converts. But nowhere do we see “IGLESIA NI YHWH AT NI YHWSA HMSYH” even in the Hebrew!<a name="trinity"></a><br /><br />Jump to <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#eli">Bro. Eli F. Soriano</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#name">their church name</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#saviour">Christ is not a personal saviour</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#mormon">ADD salvation resembles the Mormon Gospel</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#catholic">Their baptism is like that of Roman Catholics</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#inc">Their salvation is like the INC</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#jerusalem">They are part of the Jerusalem church</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">3. Their Trinity is a different Trinity.</span></span><br /><br />According to Brother Eli F. Soriano, Christ has a lower rank than His Father, and therefore is a lesser God. This is why in their Articles of faith, they call the Father "THE" almighty God, but the Son “A mighty God” only..<br /><blockquote>“We believe in the almighty God, the Father, the Creator of the universe, in Christ Jesus, the Father’s begotten son, a true and Mighty God, the only savior of mankind and the only way to the Kingdom of God in heaven (Acts 14:15; I Cor. 8:5-7; John 14:6; 14:1). ”</blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">A. Christ’s lower position was voluntary because He needed to become our sacrifice:</span> According to the Bible, Christ's subservient position was not due to Him being any less God than His Father, but was due to His willful submission in becoming our Sacrifice, when he “made Himself of no reputation” (Eph.2:7).<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B. All organization requires position:</span> In the military, each soldier is not the same rank. Some, with more responsibility are officers, while others with less responsibility are enlisted men. These ranks are needed so that individuals with specialized offices or responsibilities can function as a team. But this does not mean that a Corporal is any less human than the General. Both the General and the Corporal are both fully human. In the same way, God as Father, and Christ as Son, are both fully God. Rank, responsibility, or office has nothing to do with the essence or nature of a person. In the same way, God, Christ and the Holy Spirit are all fully God in essence and nature. Just because the Holy Spirit glorifies the Son, and the Son glorifies the Father, does not mean that the Holy Spirit is less God than the Son, and that the Son is less God that the Father.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">C. Christ’s attributes confirm He is equal with the Father:</span> In our last lesson in Major Doctrines of the Faith, we will see that Christ, as well as the Holy Spirit, are fully God in their Divine nature and essence, based upon their attributes which prove them to be fully God.<a name="saviour"></a><br /><br />Jump to <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#eli">Bro. Eli F. Soriano</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#name">their church name</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#trinity">Their Trinity is a different Trinity</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#mormon">ADD salvation resembles the Mormon Gospel</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#catholic">Their baptism is like that of Roman Catholics</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#inc">Their salvation is like the INC</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#jerusalem">They are part of the Jerusalem church</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >4. Christ is not a personal saviour</span><span style="font-size:130%;">.</span><br /><br />When we as Baptists refer to Christ as our “personal savior” we mean that there was a time in our life when we had personally called upon Him for salvation, that it was something we did from our hearts, and that it was a personal decision that we had made. But according to Bro. Eli F. Soriano, Christ is NOT a personal savior and does not save this way. Instead, Christ saves His Church, and the only way you can be saved is by being a member of this church. He bases this on Eph.5:23 which reads:<br /><blockquote>“For as the husband is head of the wife, even as Christ is head of the<br />church: and he is saviour of the body.“ Eph.5:23</blockquote>NOTE: This is also a text used by INC.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">A. Bible teaches calling only: </span>Many verses teach that a person can be saved by calling upon the Lord for salvation: “Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved” (Rom.10:13). “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and shall believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” (Rom.10:9-10). There is nothing here on calling upon Christ through the church to be saved.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B. NT order:</span> The NT order has always been, to personally receive Him as savior, and then to publicly demonstrate it through baptism.<br /><blockquote>ACTS 2:38 . . . . Repent and be baptized<br />ACTS 2:41 . . . . Then they that gladly received the Word were baptized<br />ACTS 6:12 . . . . When they believed..they were baptized<br />ACTS 8:37 . . . . If thou believest with all thine heart, they mayest [be baptized]<br />ACTS 10:47. . . These should. . . be baptized which have received the Holy Ghost.</blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">C. Saviour of the body:</span> This phrase of “He is the savior of the body“ does not specifically mean a local church. It can also be referring to the church as the full body of believers who have been born of the spirit.<br /><blockquote>“...for there is one body, and one Spirit... One Lord, one faith, one baptism.. the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven... for the Lord himself shall descend from heaven..then we.. shall meet the Lord in the air.... that He might present to Himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle..... for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready...” (Eph.4:4-6, Heb.12:23,1st Thes.4:16-17, Eph.5:27, Rev.19:6-7)</blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">D. A believer can go to hell!</span> According to Bro. Eli F. Soriano, if a person calls upon Christ but has no church in his area, or gets into a fatal accident and dies before he can join, he is not saved and will go to hell. This contradicts many Scriptures, and makes Christ a liar when he granted salvation to the thief on the cross (Lk.23:43)! NOTE: All true believers should want to get baptized into a good church. If they have no desire to obey Him, they probably are not really saved!<a name="mormon"></a><br /><br />Jump to <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#eli">Bro. Eli F. Soriano</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#name">their church name</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#trinity">Their Trinity is a different Trinity</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#saviour">Christ is not a personal saviour</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#catholic">Their baptism is like that of Roman Catholics</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#inc">Their salvation is like the INC</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#jerusalem">They are part of the Jerusalem church</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >5. ADD salvation resembles the Mormon “Gospel”.</span><br /><br />According to their “aim” as listed in their official web page . . . . .<br /><blockquote>“<blockquoe>the most important goal of this religious organization is to propagate the true and EVERLASTING GOSPEL of Christ convert sinners to believe and glorify God, religiously follow righteousness as their way of life, and to be law abiding citizens recognizing the fundamental laws of the land they live in.</blockquoe>“<blockquoe> (Eph.2:12-13; Acts 26:18; 14:15; 17:29; Rom. 13: 1-7; I Pet. 2:13; Prov. 8:15-16).”</blockquoe></blockquote>And also in Section Four of their Doctrinal Statement:<br /><blockquote>Section 4: “We believe that the Gentile nations including the Philippines, are partakers of the promise, the eternal life, through belief in Christ Jesus AND THE GOSPEL. . ”</blockquote>This phrase “through belief in Christ Jesus and the Gospel” shows that according to ADD theology, believing on Christ is not the same thing as believing in the gospel. It also implies that requirements can be added to this "gospel" just as the Mormons have done to their gospel. But the Bible teaches that we are not to receive a different gospel (Gal.1:8-9). And this “good news” was that Christ had became our needed sacrifice (1st Cor.15:1-22, Heb.9).<a name="catholic"></a><br /><br />Jump to <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#eli">Bro. Eli F. Soriano</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#name">their church name</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#trinity">Their Trinity is a different Trinity</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#saviour">Christ is not a personal saviour</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#mormon">ADD salvation resembles the Mormon Gospel</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#inc">Their salvation is like the INC</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#jerusalem">They are part of the Jerusalem church</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >6. Their baptism is like that of Roman Catholicism.</span><br /><br />From the writings of Bro. Eli F. Soriano....<br /><blockquote>Acts 22:16, it says, “And now why tarriest thou? Arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.” According to the Bible, the “washing” refers to “baptism.” Therefore, being “born again” commences with being born of water and of the spirit. And Biblically speaking, it refers to baptism. Man must be immersed into the water, and having imbibed with the words and teachings of God, he will be washed clean from his sinfulness.</blockquote>However . . .<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">• NT baptism was closely associated with salvation:</span> NT baptism was always closely associated with salvation. This is because only those who were really saved were willing to be publicly marked (and persecuted) through baptism.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">• NT baptism is a picture of sins being washed away: </span>When the new convert went down into the water, was submerged, and was then raised up, a re-enactment of his sins being washed away by the death, burial and resurrection of Christ was publicly demonstrated. But this picture does not mean that we can wash away our sins by baptism.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">• Paul</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">’</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">s writing proves that baptism cannot wash away sins:</span> Paul himself said: “For Christ sent me NOT to baptize, but to preach the gospel” (1st Cor.1:17). Certainly if baptism was essential for salvation, Paul would not have said this.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">• Calling upon the name of the Lord is what really saved them:</span> While Paul said “be baptized and wash away thy sins” this was only referring to the death, burial and resurrection of Christ which removes sins. It was actually the “calling upon the name of the Lord” that saved them. “For whosever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved” (Rom.10:13).</blockquote><a name="inc"></a>Jump to <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#eli">Bro. Eli F. Soriano</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#name">their church name</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#trinity">Their Trinity is a different Trinity</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#saviour">Christ is not a personal saviour</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#mormon">ADD salvation resembles the Mormon Gospel</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#catholic">Their baptism is like that of Roman Catholics</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#inc"></a><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#jerusalem">They are part of the Jerusalem church</a>.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><br />7. Their salvation is like the INC.</span><br /><br />From the writings of Bro. Eli F. Soriano....<br /><blockquote>“The Bible teaches (there is) only one church that each of us must join, for us to be saved by Jesus Christ. If there are Gentiles who want to go back to God, to be worthy of salvation which will come from our Lord Jesus Christ, they must make themselves a part of the body, or the Church. And all of those who claim that the church is no longer necessary are all liars and deceivers! Do you want to be a part of our Lord’s salvation come judgment day? The Bible teaches us how. Everyone must make himself a part of the Church, which is written in the Bible – The CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS, PILLAR AND GROUND OF THE TRUTH.”</blockquote>As we have seen, joining a church cannot save a person, or add to someone’s salvation. Part of the problem with ADD theology, is their failure to make distinctions between (1) the local church (such as the Church of Jerusalem, Corinth, etc.), (2) the institutionalized church (the church as an institution which can apply to all local churches) and the (3) church universal (the future assembly of all the saved during rapture). By taking a teaching of the universal church and wrongfully applying it to the local church, the wrong doctrinal conclusions are reached.<a name="jerusalem"></a><br /><br />Jump to <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#eli">Bro. Eli F. Soriano</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#name">their church name</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#trinity">Their Trinity is a different Trinity</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#saviour">Christ is not a personal saviour</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#mormon">ADD salvation resembles the Mormon Gospel</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#catholic">Their baptism is like that of Roman Catholics</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#inc">Their salvation is like the INC</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >8. They are part of the Jerusalem church.</span><br /><br />Since ADD believes that their church is originally from the Jerusalem Church which Christ has saved, Bro. Eli F. Soriano believes that all others outside themselves, are lost. And since ADD believes that baptism and church membership are essential for salvation, and that God the Father and God the Son are not equal, any church which disagrees with them, cannot be from Jerusalem. In a way, they are no different than the Mormons, INC, JW's and other groups who claim exclusive rights to salvation.<br /><br />But who with Jerusalem Church authority had ordained Bro. Eli F. Soriano as a missionary? Which churches or denominations does Bro. Eli F. Soriano believe had this Jerusalem Church authority before he registered his own church in 1995? Why didn't he go and unite with them for his own salvation before he went out to organize his own church? In other words, if IGLESIA NI YHWH AT NI YHWSA HMSYH claims that they have somehow descended from this church at Jerusalem, they themselves should have united and submitted to their mother church which had this authority, before going out to establish their own. In this sense, Bro. Eli F. Soriano had actually contradicted his own teachings.<br /><blockquote>“For instance, there are pastors who established their own organizations, and then, they attached God’s name to it. It does not follow that, if an organization bears the name of God, it is already of God.... The truth is, God did not give any right to anybody to build his own church. It is indeed disgusting that today, a lot of ministers build churches of their own. They deliberately oppose and defy what the Bible said – that, the Gentiles, like us, must join or make ourselves a part of the body, or the Church, for us to be saved. ”</blockquote>As a Gentile, which church did Bro. Eli F. Soriano make himself a part, before he went out and started his own church?<br /><br />Jump to <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#eli">Bro. Eli F. Soriano</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#name">their church name</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#trinity">Their Trinity is a different Trinity</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#saviour">Christ is not a personal saviour</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#mormon">ADD salvation resembles the Mormon Gospel</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#catholic">Their baptism is like that of Roman Catholics</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#inc">Their salvation is like the INC</a>; <a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/05/ang-dating-daan.html#jerusalem">They are part of the Jerusalem church</a>.Atty. Gerry T. Galaciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17233852101336409722noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38744545.post-4273484718425450992010-05-17T07:06:00.039+08:002010-12-22T10:29:38.445+08:00The Power and Authority of Preaching<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=123082117534" target="_blank"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 118px; height: 162px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMCbWEKW9XvTKI4oCBgJpHN8ZvoocmicSeuzUgmck2_e8vE6qn9CbVAuSN2kanR5wBFfVgHPiq3mwyrFHrBlALe5SeGb95j1o-PglbSxfPX99rlUwIzxnCLIgb91U03zlNr2cl/s400/lockrridge.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537041697862995170" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">“That</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">’</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">s My King” </span>(<span><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/playpopup.asp?SID=123082117534" onclick="window.open('http://www.sermonaudio.com/playpopup.asp?SID=123082117534', 'popup',' width=550,height=250,scrollbars,resizable,left=700,top=30');return false">play the MP3</a></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span>in a popup window</span><span>;</span> download the <a href="http://mp3.sa-media.com/media/123082117534/123082117534.mp3" target="_blank">MP3</a> or the PDF)<br /><br />Dr. Shadrach Meshach (S.M.) Lockridge (March 7, 1913 – April 4, 2000) was the Pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, a prominent African-American congregation located in San Diego, California, from 1953 to 1993. He was known for his preaching across the United States and around the world, especially for sermons “That’s My King” and <span>“</span>It’s Friday but Sundays Coming<span>”</span><span>.</span><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">What is preaching all about?</span><br /><br />One resource I highly recommend to you is the book </strong><strong>"Preaching and Preachers" by </strong><strong></strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martyn_Lloyd-Jones" target="_blank"><strong>D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones</strong></a><strong>. In page 97, Lloyd-Jones defined preaching:<br /></strong><blockquote><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBmzpzTb-mFPJpOopDOpn8jlS_iUvPqVBb6It58SHSkPshfnBwqPW3Je5OnuVfzSXTU_6brzQeWpnKJqPwkrMNWpGpQTp64ncYHf57TcDN4KWDlrAhMXeKw_lYuDkXNM7XksmJ/s1600-h/book+coiver+Preaching+and+preachers.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280258416788044946" style="margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px; float: right; width: 161px; height: 245px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBmzpzTb-mFPJpOopDOpn8jlS_iUvPqVBb6It58SHSkPshfnBwqPW3Je5OnuVfzSXTU_6brzQeWpnKJqPwkrMNWpGpQTp64ncYHf57TcDN4KWDlrAhMXeKw_lYuDkXNM7XksmJ/s320/book+coiver+Preaching+and+preachers.jpg" border="0" /></a><em>“What is preaching? Logic on fire! Eloquent reason! It is theology on fire! Preaching is theology coming through a man who is on fire. A true understanding and experience of the Truth must lead on to this. A man who can speak about these things dispassionately has no right whatsoever to be in a pulpit; and should never be allowed to enter one.<br /><br />What is the chief end of preaching? It is to give men and women a sense of God and His presence.”</em></blockquote><strong>Perhaps A.W. Tozer said it best with regards preachers and preaching. Decades ago, Tozer declared in his essay “</strong><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.crossroad.to/Excerpts/books/faith/Tozer/tozer-cross.htm" target="_blank">The Old Cross and The New</a><strong>” that preachers are not diplomats but prophets and their message is not a compromise but an ultimatum. </strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Posted below are excerpts of the commencement address and charge to the graduates of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, delivered December 12, 2008 in Alumni Chapel by R. Albert Mohler, Jr., President.</span> Setting aside for the moment the differences which independent Baptists have with the SBC, Mohler’s message (<a href="http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=2912" target="_blank">edited version</a> is in his website; <a href="http://www.sbts.edu/MP3/fall2008/20081212mohler.mp3" target="_blank">audio also available</a>) defines excellently what preaching is all about.<br /><blockquote><p>In 1971, just six years after being invited to teach New Testament and preaching at the Graduate Seminary of Phillips University, Fred Craddock put his thoughts on preaching into a book. That book, <em>As One Without Authority</em>, launched something of a revolution in preaching. Craddock proposed that preaching was on trial in the contemporary church, and that it was fast becoming an anachronism.<br /><br />He reflected that the church might "celebrate the memory of preaching in ways appropriate to her gratitude and to affix plaques on old pulpits as an aid to those who tour the churches." Yet, he warned, "the church cannot live on the thin diet of fond memories."<br /><br />Why did Craddock see such disaster for the pulpit? Among other contributing factors, Craddock cited "the loss of certainty and the increase in tentativeness on the part of the preacher."<br /><br />As he explained:<br /><br /><em>Rarely, if ever, in the history of the church have so many firm periods slumped into commas and so many triumphant exclamation marks curled into question marks. Those who speak with strong conviction on a topic are suspected of the heresy of premature finality. Permanent temples are to be abandoned as houses of idolatry; the true people of God are in tents again. It is the age of journalistic theology; even the Bible is out in paperback.<br /></em><br />The result:<br /><br /><em>As a rule, younger ministers are keenly aware of the factors discussed above, and their preaching reflects it. Their predecessors ascended the pulpit to speak of the eternal certainties, truths etched forever in the granite of absolute reality, matters framed for proclamation, not for discussion. But where have all the absolutes gone? The old thunderbolts rust in the attic while the minister tries to lead his people through the morass of relativities and proximate possibilities, and the difficulties involved in finding and articulating a faith are not the congregation's alone; they are the minister's as well. How can he preach with a changing mind? How can he, facing new situations by the hour, speak the approximate word? He wants to speak and yet he needs more time for more certainty before speaking. His is often the misery of one who is always pregnant but never ready to give birth.</em> </p><p>Craddock's eloquent way of describing this looming disaster in the pulpit still impresses. Periods turned to commas and exclamation points curled into question marks; thunderbolts left in the attic as the preacher suffers as one pregnant but never able to give birth. This is an eloquent warning, but it is a seductive eloquence. </p><p>Professor Craddock's warning retains the ring of the contemporary almost four decades after it was sounded. His description of the pulpit's problem remains cogent and even prophetic when we observe the emaciated state of preaching in far too many churches. The last thing one expects to hear from many pulpits is a thunderbolt. </p><p>The title of Craddock's book says it all -- <em>As One Without Authority.</em> The biblical reference is all too clear. In Matthew 7:28-29 we read: "And when Jesus finished these sayings, the crowds were astonished at his teaching, for he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes."<br /><br />Thus concludes the Sermon on the Mount. Matthew has just taken us through the Sermon and we have heard Jesus set forth a vision of life in the Kingdom of God that transcends our moral imagination and explodes our theological comforts. We thought we knew what God required of us. No murder and no adultery, for example. But Jesus now demands no anger and no lust. "You have heard it was said," he begins, "but I say to you," he concludes.<br /><br />Jesus refused to act like an argumentative theologian or a speculative moralist. He rejected rabbinical reasoning and moral casuistry. He warns of hell and commands that we love our enemies. He warns us not to trust our bank accounts or retirement plans but to lay up treasures in heaven. He reminds us that we cannot add a day to our lives nor an inch to our height, but assures us that our heavenly Father will clothe us in more glory than the lilies of the field and care for us even more than he cares for the birds of the air.<br /><br />He tells us to seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and promises that all these things will be added to us. We are instructed to judge a tree by its fruit, even as we shall be judged. We are to build our house upon a rock and not upon the sand, for the house on the rock stands while the house on the sand falls, "and great was the fall of it."<br /><br />Jesus has turned our world upside down. The ones we thought were blessed are now cursed, and the ones we saw as cursed are promised to be blessed. We hear Jesus warn that some who sure look like prophets are false, and hear him say that his judgment will be definitive -- "I never knew you."<br /><br />Then we hear from the crowd: "And when Jesus finished these sayings, the crowds were astonished at his teaching, for he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes."<br /><br />The radical nature of Jesus' ministry and teaching is on full display here -- and it is all established upon his own authority. When Jesus teaches, he does not cite human authorities, enter into irrelevant debates, or cushion his words. He speaks on his own authority. He will make that authority clear by healing the sick, casting our demons, staring down the religious authorities, and, most clearly, by forgiving sins. At the end of Matthew's gospel, he will announce that all authority in heaven and on earth has been granted him, and he will send his disciples out into the world as ambassadors of the Gospel.<br /><br />This is all about authority. There would be no Gospel but for the display of this authority. There would be no church, no salvation, no forgiveness of sins, no hope.<br /><br />Matthew tells us that the crowds were astonished at his teaching -- astonished. They had never seen or heard anything like this. Every teacher they had ever heard cited other teachers as authorities. Their teachers hemmed and hawed, proposed and retracted, pitted one interpretation against another, and left themselves room for qualification.<br /><br />The crowds recognized that Jesus teaches with an authority that is unprecedented and singular. He was teaching "as one who had authority, and not as their scribes."<br /><br />The scribes were the licensed teachers of the law. They interpreted the law by investigating precedent and tradition. Their rulings were approximate and carefully hedged. Nothing was conclusive. Tradition was placed upon tradition; interpretation laid alongside interpretation.<br /><br />Jesus has already told the crowd that their righteousness must exceed that of the scribes and the Pharisees. Now, the crowd sees that the scribes' authority is also just not enough. Once they have heard Jesus, they will never again listen to one without authority -- nor should they.<br /><br />The situation Fred Craddock described still defines far too many pulpits today. His prescription was inductive preaching -- preaching that leaves the big questions unanswered; that lets the congregation come to its own conclusion. This is not the method of Jesus. Jesus uses induction in his teaching, but he never leaves the big questions unanswered, nor can we. He speaks as God. We speak as His preachers.<br /><br />The preacher's authority is a delegated authority, but a real authority. We are assigned the task of feeding the flock of God, of teaching the church, of preaching the Word. We do not speak as one who possesses authority, but as one who is called to serve the church by proclaiming, expounding, applying, and declaring the Word of God. We are those who have been called to a task and set apart for mission; as vessels who hold a saving message even as earthen vessels hold water.<br /><br />Our authority is not our own. We are called to the task of preaching the Bible, in season and out of season. We are rightly to divide the Word of truth, and to teach the infinite riches of the Word of God. There are no certainties without the authority of the Scripture. We have nothing but commas and question marks to offer if we lose confidence in the inerrant and infallible Word of God. There are no thunderbolts where the Word of God is subverted, mistrusted, or ignored.<br /><br />The crowds were astonished when they heard Jesus, "for he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes." Congregations are starving for the astonishment of hearing the preacher teach and preach on the authority of the Word of God. If there is a crisis in preaching, it is a crisis of confidence in the Word. If there is a road to recovery, it will be mapped by a return to biblical preaching.<br /><br />Our hope and prayer is that you will go forth from here to fulfill a ministry of astonishment. To preach and teach and minister so that commas are turned back to periods, and question marks into exclamation points. Congregations long to have the thunderbolts brought down from the attic and loosed in their midst. They are starving for a word from God.<br /><br />Go and astonish a church. Go and astonish the nations. Go and astonish sinners and saints alike. Go and astonish your generation. Go and astonish those who no longer even believe that they can be astonished.<br /><br />Go and preach as one who has authority. Just remember always that the only true authority for ministry is biblical authority. May we always be mindful that the only authority that matters is God's authority, and that God's thunderbolts are what we must fear . . . and what we must seek.<br /><br />If you go out and preach as one who has authority, you will be constantly amazed by what God does through the preaching of his Word. You will see those who hear you astonished -- and no one will be more astonished than yourself.</p></blockquote><strong>Further reading (Be like the Bereans! Acts 17:11)</strong><br /><br />[1] <a href="http://www.religion-online.org/showbook.asp?title=797" target="_blank">Complete text of Craddock’s book “As One Without Authority”</a><br /><br />[2] <a href="http://www.brooksidebaptist.org/articles/As%20One%20Without%20Authority.pdf" target="_blank">Evaluation of Craddock’s book, </a>by Pastor Sam Horn, <a href="http://www.brooksidebaptist.org/" target="_blank">Brookside Baptist Church</a>, Milwaukee, USA<br /><br />[3] “<a href="http://loyalheartministries.com/gallery/No%20Authority%20in%20the%20New%20Homiletic.pdf">No Authority in the New Homiletic</a>” by Dr. Jim Smyrl, Loyal Heart Ministries (Executive Pastor of Education, First Baptist Church Jacksonville, Florida; Adjunct Instructor of Preaching, Liberty University)<br /><blockquote>Fred Craddock’s theory of preaching undermines any remnant of a conservative view of scriptural authority, but accomplishes such in a manner that often bears the appearance of a less intrusive force on propositional truth. Craddock suggests that every preacher should pose the question, How does Scripture function in a sermon?<br /><br />To the novice expositor this question appears foundational in preaching theory. But Craddock’s question leads, when combined with the totality of his theory, to a realignment of the process of sermon development. His theory moves away from a truly authoritative text as a starting point in preaching, and causes the preacher to begin with the sermon in mind rather than the text. This divergence is detrimental because it results in the text serving the sermon rather than the sermon serving the text.</blockquote>[4] <a href="http://www.ttc.edu.sg/csca/CS/2001-Dec/contemporary%20preaching.pdf" target="_blank">What’s Wrong with Contemporary Preaching?</a> by Dr Johnson Lim Teng Kok, Trinity Theological College, Singapore<br /><blockquote style="font-style: italic;">Sadly, a few preachers give the impression that preaching is a job to be done rather than a calling to be fulfilled. Therefore, it becomes more of a fulfillment of some contractual obligation to the church rather than a ministry. The danger is that instead of becoming ministry preachers we become professional preachers in the ministry.<br /><br />Contemporary preaching appears to lack authority, power and boldness. Why? Could it be that the Bible is treated simply as a religious book rather than the Word of God? With no Word to back up, the preacher is deprived and devoid of authority. Preaching also appears to ‘tickle ears’ rather than ‘touching hearts’.<br /><br />The call to preach is a high and holy calling. It is a serious matter and should not be taken frivolously. To preach the Word of God boringly, lifelessly or indifferently is a travesty of biblical preaching. Hence, all preachers should ‘work out their preaching with fear and trembling’. Since preaching is what a preacher does and is given priority when a church seeks a pastor, some serious reflection is required concerning what preaching is all about.<br /><br />Haven’t we all had experiences in which the singing was vibrant and exciting but the preaching was stale, insipid and pallid? What was supposed to be a high point in the service ended up as low point? On the other hand, were there not occasions when the worship services appeared like funeral dirges but somehow the unctionised or anointed preaching charged the atmosphere with the presence of God and changed the entire ambiance? It is always possible to have a great worship service but poor preaching can ruin it.</blockquote><a href="http://www.sermoncentral.com/scdownloads/ThePowerofIntegrityInPreaching.pdf" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE8z18o2xiWMiHYXb6CqVidApkKxWtku3HLmQ6bsxyiyIEeKri14KS1cfXpQh_CMPs4iIiTfyE80wP_-3kknazWM3L8wRrF5KV2elfYFuTbHHXVWvT3qZhKgpa3uPNaoni1S4E/s320/power+of+integrity+editedf.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369818343739497122" border="0" /></a>[5] “<a href="http://www.sermoncentral.com/scdownloads/ThePowerofIntegrityInPreaching.pdf" target="_blank">The Power of Integrity in Preaching</a>”, free e-book download by Dean Shriver, founding pastor of Intermountain Baptist Church, Salt Lake City, Utah (the power of Christ in the preaching of God’s Word with chapters on humility, fidelity to God’s Word, purity of life and mind, spiritual disciplines and expository preaching; 121 pages)<br /><br />[6] <a href="http://www.crosswalk.com/pastors/11601629/" target="_blank">The Primacy of Preaching in a Healthy Church</a>, by Mark Dever (Senior pastor of Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, DC, USA)<br /><br />[7] <a href="http://www.crossroad.to/Excerpts/books/faith/Tozer/tozer-cross.htm" target="_blank">The Old Cross and The New</a>, by A. W. Tozer<br /><br />[8] <a href="http://www.crosswalk.com/pastors/11605340/" target="_blank">The Amazing Disappearing and Reappearing Cross</a>, by Bill Fleming<br /><br />[9] <a href="http://www.crosswalk.com/pastors/11600602/" target="_blank">Preaching When Times Are Tight</a>, by David R. Stokes (Senior pastor of Fair Oaks Church in Fairfax, Virginia, USA)<br /><br />[10] <a href="http://www.crosswalk.com/spirituallife/11599004/" target="_blank">A Healthy Church Member is an Expositional Listener</a>, by Thabiti Anyabwile (Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church, Cayman Islands; he blogs regularly at <a href="http://purechurch.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Pure Church</a>)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Insignificant-Pastor-Mark-Elliott/dp/078802616X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1247054015&sr=1-1" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 220px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5StcEMae7pED-3UOBv-O-419u6t8lFu5f-aIP6-o9RSyPZQlqSPpz5NQvdZTKVlUcDcjg3EO1Vk0PgGqI7wO8aRdXa4F9cFbPE5BBWVUyUTpxqgw01z0amEOR1rI72Mc8xNZN/s320/confessions+of+an+insignificant+pastor+edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357836489878533874" border="0" /></a>[11] <a href="http://www.crosswalk.com/pastors/11605718/" target="_blank">Confessions of an Insignificant Pastor</a> (interview by Phil Miglioratti of Mark Elliott, author of <span style="font-style: italic;">Confessions of an Insignificant Pastor: What Pastors Wish They Could Tell You. .</span>.)<br /><br />Fifteen hundred pastors leave the ministry each month. 80% of ministers feel unqualified and discouraged in their role as pastors. 80% of new pastors will leave the ministry within their first five years. 80% of pastors’ spouses wish their spouse would choose another profession and feel their ministry spouse is overworked. 70% of pastors constantly battle with depression. 50% of ministers would leave the ministry if they had another way of earning an income. 85-90% of pastors said their greatest problem is dealing with problem people and disgruntled people.<br /><br />[12] <a href="http://www.crosswalk.com/pastors/11550472/page0/" target="_blank">Praying Preachers</a>, by Ernest V. Liddle<br /><br />[13] <a href="http://www.ccwtoday.org/article_view.asp?article_id=220" target="_blank">First Sermon Jitters: Help for Aspiring Preachers</a>, by Steve Burchett<br /><br />[14] Articles by <a href="http://www.joemckeever.com/mt/" target="_blank">Joe McKeever</a> (Preacher, Cartoonist, and the Director of Missions for the Baptist Association of Greater New Orleans)<br /><a href="http://www.crosswalk.com/pastors/11579445/page0/" target="_blank"></a><blockquote><p><a href="http://www.crosswalk.com/pastors/11627081/" target="_blank">The Pastor's Second Biggest Job</a><br /></p> <p><a href="http://www.crosswalk.com/pastors/11638578/" target="_blank">A Counter-Intuitive Path to Pastoral Success: Make a Mistake</a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.crosswalk.com/pastors/11553501/" target="_blank">A Conversation with an Unhappy Sheep</a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.crosswalk.com/pastors/11634350/" target="_blank">Pastor: When Something Doesn't Sound Right</a> </p> <a href="http://www.crosswalk.com/pastors/11579445/page0/" target="_blank">Three Things the New Pastor Wants Most</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.crosswalk.com/pastors/11625274/" target="_blank">Pastor, Ask Something Great From Us</a> </blockquote><blockquote style="font-style: italic;">Generality is the curse of modern sermons.<br /><br />I speak as one who has been there, done that.<br /><br />As a young pastor, I dutifully bought several file cabinets and folders and began amassing clippings for illustrations that would adorn future sermons. In time, the files bulged with items under every conceivable topic. But the thickest folder, the one filled with more illustrations and stories than any ten of the others, was labeled: “Dedication.”<br /><br />When I couldn’t think of a subject a particular story fit, I'd drop it into that file.<br /><br />Whether that was the cause or the effect, my early sermons all seemed to issue in one broad invitation for people to “dedicate yourself to Jesus Christ.”<br /><br />Anything wrong with that? Not as far as it goes. The problem is, it doesn’t go far enough.</blockquote>[15] <a href="http://www.worldwide-classroom.com/courses/info/cm099/" target="_blank">Christ-Centered Preaching: Preparation and Delivery of Sermons</a>, by Bryan Chapell (Note: Reformed Presbyterian, covenant theology; <a href="http://www.worldwide-classroom.com/myclassroom/register/" target="_blank">free registration required</a>)<br /><br />Twenty five lessons in PDF and mp3 exploring the unifying principle of grace that binds all Scripture together; Dr. Chapell outlines and demonstrates the principles and practice of sermon crafting and delivery to illuminate the message of grace in each passage, and to submit it to God's Spirit for the transformation of lives through preaching.<br /><br />[16] <a href="http://www.studygodsword.com/courses.asp?course=15" target="_blank">Homiletics - The Art of Preaching and Teaching</a>, by Pastor Vincent Sawyer, <a href="http://www.studygodsword.com/page.asp?pg=fbcinstitute" target="_blank">Faith Bible Institute</a>, a ministry of Faith Baptist Church, Corona, New York (online viewing or <a href="http://www.studygodsword.com/institute/courses/dl_zip/homiletics.zip" target="_blank">HTML format download</a>)<br /><br />[17] <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.moodypublishers.com/Publishers/default.asp?SectionID=86DE745783B8435ABFF5832DD9E4C78A&action=details&subid=A3D7BEDB60CA45AEB3071D2D75BB5FE4#" target="_blank"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 167px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZXdvyii0fHgrGf8ivIKNH703K0td4CtRKqmi89vZTKmoFODCA5i9nBpOdbhuugOmLljIfkZ_vPMM0zjXsRIz-LvpN7TQyTVw5uXApwwZAuynsxQsnbCFLINv0meKV-Wh0OFTR/s320/defying+gravity+edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432356405536638418" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.crosswalk.com/11624597/" target="_blank">How to Survive the Storms of Pastoral Ministry</a>, by Daniel Henderson<br /><br />Satan’s strategic darts and doubts are designed to undermine the power of truth. He knows the importance of destroying the integrity and well-being of spiritual leaders in order to decimate the church of Jesus Christ. Pastors and church leaders need to learn about how to prepare for and protect themselves so they can lead effectively and without “losing altitude.” Defying Gravity makes leaders aware of the pitfalls of ministry and equips them with the tools to avoid these temptations and traps by monitoring nine gauges on the “leadership instrument panel.” If you can learn to rely on your instruments, you too can keep your ministry soaring no matter what storms come your way.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.mentoringleaders.com/article.php?id=132" target="_blank"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 231px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgll3km9PBslekkCIhpKGA9FZZNqzhOatIprxMWO0r-Fc1Wq2zkgPssssUWjkuSwqEHofpXmr_97dgRyO7pou6jDeHDyf0_gj06hyphenhyphenkN6tgMUttdcc-jliTOerBMUb9r7d5KI2T_/s400/leading+on+empty+edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459433625508471858" border="0" /></a>[18] <a href="http://www.mentoringleaders.com/article.php?id=132" target="_blank">Leading on Empty: Refilling Your Tank and Renewing Your Passion</a>, by Wayne Cordeiro (founding pastor of New Hope Christian Fellowship in Honolulu, Hawaii)<br /><blockquote>It was a balmy California evening. I had gone for a jog before I was to speak at a leadership conference. I still can't recall how I got there, but I found myself sitting on a curb weeping uncontrollably. I couldn't tell if it took place suddenly or gradually, but I knew something had broken inside. I remember lifting my trembling hands and asking out loud, “What in the world is happening to me?”<br /><br />I had been leading on empty.<br /><br />That incident on a California curb began a three-year odyssey I could never have imagined. It was a journey through a season of burnout and recalibration that would radically change my lifestyle, my values, my goals, and even adjust my calling. Everything I had blissfully taken for granted was about to come under brutal scrutiny.<br /><br />My vision for the church was barren, and the once alive heart that beat incessantly for others had begun to shrink. Each day that passed was taking a toll on me, but I didn't know how to stop the bleeding. Whatever was causing the drain was winning.<br /><br />If I had been alert, I might have seen the signs before that curbside meltdown and recognized them for what they were. But for some reason, I ignored them.<br /><br />One of the common anesthetics that numbs us to these dark harbingers is thinking, "It could never happen to me!"<br /><br />But the signs were all around me. I ignored them. Simple problems refused solution. Anything that necessitated emotional energy sent me in the other direction. My faith was bruised and fragile. My confident demeanor had turned pensive, and a soul that used to be an ocean of life was now a stagnant tide pool.(<a href="http://www.mentoringleaders.com/article.php?id=132" target="_blank">Read the complete article</a>)<br /></blockquote>[19] <a href="http://faithresource.org/SpiritualAbuse/ArticlesSpiritAbuse/Litfin.PerrilsPersuasivePreaching.htm" target="_blank">The Perils of Persuasive Preaching</a>, by Duane Litfin, Ph.D., Th.M. (Assistant Professor of Practical Theology at Dallas Seminary, Dallas, Texas at the time this article was written; he is currently President of Wheaton College Illinois)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.newsforchristians.com/classics.html" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 2px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 99px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqFp95dV2jDAduGLbPyrvkgvgEypotBTySQuIi0NPmiVgbC5jnjwqfewC5SknvwVA2yLUMIOjhqSDleEbm6-cwsdPnvdg7vgy4mGzZDfTfh67R5TBcOmBBJR1Rf2L-M0VWNTnM/s320/classic+sermons+graphic+edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358933212510441074" border="0" /></a>[20] <a href="http://www.newsforchristians.com/classics.html" target="_blank">Classic Sermons from Great Preachers of the Past</a> (George Whitefield, Alexander Maclaren, John A. Broadus, T. Dewitt Talmage, Charles H. Spurgeon, B. H. Carroll, Lee Roberson, J. Wilbur Chapman, Billy Sunday, R. G. Lee)<br /><br />[21] “Payday Someday” by Dr. R. G. Lee, 1886-1978<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/TNoMuCspTKE&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/TNoMuCspTKE&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />[22] <strong style="font-weight: normal;">Doug Whitley as Charles H. Spurgeon (from <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/PreachersofthePast" target="_blank">Preachers of the Past</a>)</strong>: <strong></strong>You can hear and watch John the Beloved, Apostle Paul, C.H. Spurgeon, Hudson Taylor, or D.L. Moody as played by Doug Whitley. Each character is portrayed in period costume and make-up and every presentation has a strong Gospel message and challenge to personal Christian growth. The lives of these men provide outreach to the seeker and encouragement to believers new and old.)<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ROcHBE7hRJw&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ROcHBE7hRJw&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />[23] <a href="http://www.crosswalk.com/pastors/11572709/" target="_blank">The Rise of Extreme Tolerance</a>, by John MacArthur (defense of preaching and critique of post modernism and the “Emergent Church”<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qGSQjtWTpaw&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qGSQjtWTpaw&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><span>[24] </span><a href="http://www.albertmohler.com/2010/03/18/clergy-who-dont-believe-the-scandal-of-apostate-pastors/" target="_blank">Preachers Who Don’t Believe — The Scandal of Apostate Pastors</a> by Albert Mohler Jr, <span>president, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary</span><br /><br /><a href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Preaching-with-Bold-Assurance/Bert-Decker/e/9780805426236" target="_blank"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 185px; height: 274px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgksWPNNZOgv7QgPWKDzXKLPQcxOs88OkHcH5Yq9neXLSzgPL1tazWZwsrvGit951aTFDyeEKCBs2K31O1D_CtrnLh_G_x2VDeWRGUDNotNq6KWzvCQHMoBGpHQdWT_PxzEVU-V/s400/preaching+with+bold+assurance+edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467604839897890194" border="0" /></a>[25] <a href="http://www.crosswalk.com/pastors/11629534/page0/" target="_blank">Preaching with Bold Assurance</a> by Hershael York<br /><blockquote>Preachers who grew up in churches in which the pastor was all flash and little substance tend to shy away from any emphasis on delivery, believing it to be man-centered, and focus on the text. On the other extreme, preachers who grew up in a lifeless orthodoxy may lean too far the other direction and substitute a great delivery and a few spiritual insights for rich biblical revelation. Many Millennials react against the revivalist sermon structure and rhetorical devices that seem trite and settle for a rambling narrative with little discernible structure at all.<br /><br />So I would have to say that of text, sermon, and delivery, the most neglected today is the one that the preacher has seen overemphasized. But preachers need to master all three concepts. The preacher needs to discover biblical truth, organize it in a culturally relevant way, and deliver it in an engaging manner that reaches the mind of his listeners through their hearts.<br /><br />One of my axioms is what I call the paradox of preaching: the better you are, the less they notice you. If the preacher is nervous, stammering, repetitive, jittery, wooden, frenetic, frozen, or any other distractive adjective one might imagine, the audience will hardly hear what he is saying, regardless of how true or helpful it may be.<br /><br />The most common mistake I see among conservative and especially reformed preachers is the belief that if we just get the truth out there, the Holy Spirit will use it, in spite of our poor delivery.<br /><br />The Millennials have a great challenge because they are far more accustomed to communicating via texts, emails, blogs, and the written word than they are orally, but preaching is oral, and that is a very different means of communicating truth than through words on a page. The biggest mistake I see is when preachers preach like writers, concentrating more on the specific words that they want to say-basically reading the sermon-than on communicating with a real audience. (<a href="http://www.crosswalk.com/pastors/11629534/page0/" target="_blank">Read the complete interview by Trevin Wax</a>)</blockquote><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.moodypublishers.com/Publishers/default.asp?SectionID=86DE745783B8435ABFF5832DD9E4C78A&action=details&subid=161002C9B14C448B8558DA7B3877FCD3#" target="_blank"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 175px; height: 263px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqSljV8ZWRL7zkm6LaCnMQbgpxt9oJF1-CWQAeKlpY2CX-WWy8vPr6wXJhOutmDxrzcHWngaHoYAxknUcy4XTc9ntAvloowCLPxtoYV5jJhnMm3_1_0EAYQwo4biEbc5EbI5d8/s400/moody+handbook+of+preaching+edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467598307502369858" border="0" /></a>[26] <span><a href="http://www.sermoncentral.com/articlec.asp?article=Joseph-Stowell-Why-I-Love-to-Preach&ac=true" target="_blank">The Agony of Preaching, from “Why I Love to Preach”</a></span> by Joseph M. Stowell<br /><blockquote>“Preachers are human, and humans wrestle with ego. When you give birth to one sentence at a time, articulating something so intrinsically a part of your soul, there is always a certain risk. It is a blow to a pastor's ego when he walks by the most spiritual people in the church, huddled in the foyer after the morning message, only to overhear them talking about the great insights of their favorite radio preacher. Of course, preaching is not supposed to be about egos, but there is nothing like preaching to remind you that you have one.<br /><br />“As someone who lives in the suburbs, I love to cut my lawn and edge my driveway with precision. There is something satisfying about standing back and thinking, 'There, that's done. I'm great with how it looks!' I never feel that kind of satisfaction with preaching. When someone asks me if I'm ready to preach, my response is always, 'Not really!' I never feel completely ready. There always seems to be a more interesting illustration, a clearer transition, a better thought about the historical and cultural context, on and on, forever and ever -- with no amen! Preaching is the ultimate in open-ended art form; it can always be improved.<br /><br />“Preaching never feels like it is over and done. I can walk away from a lousy golf game and get on with my life, but I can't walk away after a poorly preached sermon and forget it. I can't tell you how many times I have preached and afterward promised God I would never embarrass Him like that again.<br /><br />“Why is it that when I feel I have preached a really good sermon, it sometimes seems to go nowhere? And, when I feel I have not done so well, God often sees fit to use it in someone's life? In moments like these, I comfort myself with the reminder that God's power is made perfect in weakness (2 Cor. 12:9). God often uses my inadequacy to keep me appropriately humble. A public display of weakness in the thing that people expect me to do well isn't very comfortable. I don't enjoy being humbled. But preaching has a way of doing that to me.” (<a href="http://www.sermoncentral.com/articlec.asp?article=Joseph-Stowell-Why-I-Love-to-Preach&ac=true" target="_blank">Read the complete article</a>)</blockquote><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Deep-Preaching/J-Kent-Edwards/e/9780805446951#TOC" target="_blank"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioRpi19cc5gZgQGZQIpNqNcz8jjR8PpsFJcK8CXQvFYrXfGiGD4XO2QvjY2UIotB8gcSzSMTzb6n55rk0qiFqanacaqH-bQvq6n1JR8DCnNtXSaAA0BNrSB2ZxeJ2Yw8r3ZhVG/s400/deep+preaching+edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472082666137401746" border="0" /></a>[27] <a href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Deep-Preaching/J-Kent-Edwards/e/9780805446951#TOC" target="_blank">Deep Preaching: Creating Sermons that Go Beyond the Superficial</a>, by J. Kent Edwards, Professor of Preaching and Leadership, Director, Doctor of Ministry Program, Talbot<br /><blockquote>Effective preaching must “start with your heart”—that is, the character of the preacher is the first step in developing messages that make a difference. After discussing the centrality of Scripture in what we preach, Edwards then explores at length the role of the Holy Spirit in preaching and how the spiritual disciplines relate to our role as proclaimers of God’s Word. (From <a href="http://www.preaching.com/book-reviews/11607931/" target="_blank">Preaching.com review</a>)<br /><br />J. Kent Edwards recalls a story that late pastor J. Vernon McGee told about seeing children in South Africa playing a game of marbles in the dust with real diamonds. The precious stones were being handled with no regard for their true worth. Edwards fears the same thing happens today when preachers offer Scriptural truth to listeners without being completely overwhelmed by its greatness themselves in the process.<br /><br />Deep Preaching is his call to “rethink” preaching. Edwards helps preachers learn to preach the word in ways that will powerfully change the lives of hearers. He contends that sermons “need not settle comfortably on the lives of the listeners like dust on a coffee table.” He encourages preachers to join him in casting off the lines that moor their ministries to the status-quo and make every effort to steer their preaching out of the “comfortable shallows.” He urges them to preach deep sermons rather than superficial ones, moving “beyond the yawn-inspiring to the awe-inspiring, from the trite to the transforming.” (Read the <a href="http://bhpublishinggroup.com/academic/books.asp?p=9780805446951" target="_blank">complete review</a>)</blockquote><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://store.kregel.com/productdetails.cfm?PC=2009" target="_blank"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 120px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkmexBVlQUDtSNhwbkTDScJ2xIqmMa0K5mm9CcehD3Dr4UnqUWIVNRVC3FS3zhnryKfSyzHpSdMz-whbBCPzVJHZPAOiXjVb3gSCKaURkHGGyH2kMtdC4w4FaGGGlbtsSEMRF3/s400/dying+to+preach+edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472082670427658434" border="0" /></a>[28] <a href="http://store.kregel.com/productdetails.cfm?PC=2009" target="_blank">Dying to Preach: Embracing the Cross in the Pulpit</a>, by Steven Smith (assistant professor of preaching, associate dean for the professional doctoral program, and James T. Draper, Jr., Chair of Pastoral Ministry at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and he is also a member of the Evangelical Homiletical Society)<br /><blockquote>Drawing inspiration from Paul, the seminal preacher, Steven W. Smith takes a fresh look at the whys of preaching in Dying to Preach. In 2 Corinthians 4.12, Paul describes the philosophy of his ministry as “death works in us, but life in you.” Building on this Scriptural framework, Smith examines the theology of preaching through vicarious suffering, dying so that others might live. As he elaborates on the intersection of the cross and the pulpit, Smith shows why the preacher must die to self, die for others, and die in Christ so that congregations may live. (From <a href="http://www.christianbook.com/dying-preach-embracing-the-cross-pulpit/steven-smith/9780825438974/pd/438970#curr" target="_blank">Christianbook.com review</a>)</blockquote><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ivpress.com/cgi-ivpress/book.pl/code=3853" target="_blank"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 146px; height: 218px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv87PYCwwqcvYM5seC3WBj4eHptiK6uwBafGRAnIrw2lf6ZOHEp9stuWnHcTrT98T1E7kQzFmMHboELbmp9DBJP-neCLFOU4eAT5F0ZCOGy2j6kgVQzQoymlw8bwsWxtSu_whw/s400/glory+of+preaching+edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472082679583406354" border="0" /></a>[29] <a href="http://www.ivpress.com/cgi-ivpress/book.pl/code=3853" target="_blank">The Glory of Preaching: Participating in God's Transformation of the World</a>, by Darrell W. Johnson<br /><blockquote>Drawing from biblical and theological resources as well as years in the pulpit, Darrell Johnson takes us far beyond the mere mechanics of delivering sermons. He dynamically unpacks the link between the human task of speaking to a congregation and the real, gracious action and presence of the living Christ in and through our proclamation.<br /><br />Johnson assists preachers to profoundly engage the biblical text and then liberates them to make use of their own personality, gifts and abilities as they communicate that message.<br /><br />This book is for any pastor or student who wants to cultivate a deeper pulpit approach, one that participates in the transforming mystery of God working through our less-than-perfect proclamation. Here is a solid foundation for preaching the good news as if God was living, Jesus was resurrected and the Holy Spirit was faithfully at work among us. (From <a href="http://www.ivpress.com/cgi-ivpress/book.pl/code=3853" target="_blank">IVP review</a>)</blockquote><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.christianbook.com/setting-words-fire-putting-center-sermon/paul-wilson/9780687647187/pd/647187" target="_blank"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 116px; height: 177px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilJcx2IqvaSyu1csf_KklwR_G6gMrtaLe3kSj87n9sedoAceYqJfvrhw4H0BzMDYGbWxve7KVh_AnLFSoRjqURzqDFXWXLA6tkXn-U34elG7ADXOHM3E9T3EfnX3XZLyKifxHl/s400/setting+words+on+fire+edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472085630987015570" border="0" /></a>[30] <a href="http://www.christianbook.com/setting-words-fire-putting-center-sermon/paul-wilson/9780687647187/pd/647187" target="_blank">Setting Words on Fire: Putting God at the Center of the Sermon</a>, by Paul Scott Wilson (Emmanuel College at the University of Toronto)<br /><blockquote>“Preachers, he argues, often "fail to focus on God in significant ways" (Wilson, 11). They, therefore, fall far short of their torch-bearer status. Instead, as he observes, he listens to far too many sermons that are academically rigorous in their exegesis, and tell engaging stories, something is missing. That something, Wilson recognizes, is God. In those sermons he does not meet, nor is challenged by the living God. The purpose of this book is therefore clear and succinct: to help preachers find the ways to put God at the center of their sermons. In the early life of the church, Augustine urged preachers to develop sermons that teach, delight, and move. Wilson argues that we put God at the center of our preaching by developing sermons that do two things: teach and proclaim.” (from review by Lucy Lind Hogan, Ph.D. Hugh Latimer Elderdice Professor of Preaching and Worship, Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, D. C.)</blockquote><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.amazon.com/Why-Johnny-Cant-Preach-Messengers/dp/1596381167" target="_blank"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 215px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgucLEQ4SkeOBDkLKUhgXQd4BNtJ9NmUrGVgQ38rXVS2-a_z10_BJAs4t55r5cmTMTMtwIZj56Jo8mgo_IUl7A4AsUb3Po04QS5wAKwBs2vadjgsb52WI7RbOUC1cRN1_OseiKn/s400/why+johnny+cant+preach+edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472082685397384338" border="0" /></a>[31] <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Why-Johnny-Cant-Preach-Messengers/dp/1596381167" target="_blank">Why Johnny Can't Preach: The Media Have Shaped the Messengers</a>, by T. David Gordon (Professor of Religion and Greek at Grove City College since 1999. Previously, he was an Associate Professor of New Testament at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary for 14 years and Pastor at Christ Presbyterian Church, Nashua, NH for 9 years)<br /><blockquote>“I’ve really desired something fairly simple for my family: to be able to talk intelligently about the sermon on Sunday afternoon or throughout the week. And to do this, all I really desire is the ability to answer three questions: What was the point or thrust of the sermon? Was this point adequately established in the text that was read? Were the applications legitimate applications of the point, from which we can have further fruitful conversation about other possible applications? Frequently, indeed more commonly than not, I have heard sermons about which my family cannot even answer the first question. And even when we can, it is very rare to find the point adequately established from the passage. Further, the applications suggested almost never have anything to do with the text.” (from <a href="http://www.monergismbooks.com/pdfs/whyjohnny2.pdf" target="_blank">sample chapter</a>)<br /><br />“Good preaching is seldom found in the modern church, for modern preachers are the products of a media culture that militates against the foundations of good preaching. Gordon’s expertise makes him the right person to pen this work; he has been a church-planting pastor, a seminary and college professor, is a trained theologian (with expertise in New Testament) and teaches courses in a fairly new academic discipline, ‘Media Ecology.’ This combination produces a well-crafted and reasoned result.<br /><br />According to the author’s analysis, our culture has largely lost the skills required for excellent preaching. As a result churches are poorly fed, or are abandoning the centrality of preaching for the sake of other (often multi-media) presentations more suited to their ministers’ abilities. Sadly, most seem to be content with the situation. A divinely appointed means is being lost, so that in very real terms, the media shapes the messengers, the message, and the reception.<br /><br />Dr. Gordon makes some really outstanding observations. For example, he reminds us in the clearest of terms, of the centrality of Christ in Christian proclamation. Too many sermons are moralistic. People want to know, and preachers give them answers to the question “what should I do?”, while the Gospel points us away from ourselves to what God has done in Christ! This is the great problem of application. Duty may only properly be placed in the context of God’s prior activity; Too frequently, preaching degenerates into a Pelagian form of sanctification.” (From <a href="http://www.reformedbaptistinstitute.org/?p=616" target="_blank">review by The Instituted of Reformed Baptist Studies</a>)</blockquote>[32] <a href="http://www.crosswalk.com/pastors/11632830/page0/" target="_blank">Preaching: Act of Spirituality or Arrogance?</a> by William D. Lawrence, ThD, President of Leader Formation International (LFI) as well as Senior Professor Emeritus of Pastoral Ministries and Adjunct Professor of DMin Studies at Dallas Theological Seminary<br /><blockquote>The act of preaching is either a spiritual act or an arrogant act. There is nothing in between for anyone who stands in the pulpit.<br /><br />The act of preaching can be a spiritual act empowered by the Holy Spirit, done through a man taught by the Spirit who has pondered God’s word until it has gripped him in such a way that he must speak for God's glory because the living Truth has become a raging fire in his bones.<br /><br />Or the act of preaching can be an arrogant act empowered by the flesh, done by a man who has pandered God's word until his cleverness has gripped him in such a way that he speaks for his own glory because there are only the charred ashes of death in his bones.</blockquote> [33] “<a href="http://www.crosswalk.com/pastors/1371706/page0/" target="_blank">Pastors: Make Time for Those You Love</a>” by John K. Hutcheson, Sr., from Today’s Christian Preacher Magazine<br /><blockquote>In the divine scheme of relationships, the God of Heaven intended for the pastor’s first ministry to be his family, not the church. The pastor is a family man, as evidenced by the qualifications laid out in I Timothy 3 and Titus 1. His family either qualifies or disqualifies him from his calling to be one who models Truth to the Lord’s people. If being a pastor involved no more than telling people what to do, any gifted orator or expositor could handle that. However, the Lord of the Church expects pastors to “flesh out” the Truth in their family lives by being human analogues of Himself, the loving, nurturing Bridegroom.<br /><br />How does a pastor make time for those whom he loves? The first crucial area of time should be for the pastor’s wife. As a special gift from the Lord, she is his partner in love, in parenting, and in ministry.<br /><br />As simple a matter as taking time to go for a walk with his wife can provide a pastor’s wife with the awareness that she is important to her husband amidst his pastoral duties.</blockquote> [34] “<a href="http://www.crosswalk.com/pastors/11550393/" target="_blank">So, You’re Preaching This Sunday...</a>” by Ray Pritchard, president of <a href="http://www.keepbelieving.com/index.asp" target="_blank">Keep Believing Ministries</a> and author of “<a href="http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?item_no=23427&p=1025023" target="_blank">And When You Pray</a>”<br /><blockquote>Let’s suppose you’re a pastor and you’re preaching this Sunday. That’s six days away. To the man or woman in the pew, that seems like a long time, but it’s not. Perhaps you’ve heard of the Preacher’s Calendar. It goes like this...<br /><br />Monday<br />Tuesday<br />Sunday<br /><br />That’s the way it feels to those who preach every week. You routinely come to Saturday wondering what happened to the last five days. And where is that sermon you have to preach tomorrow morning? Speaking as one who spent 27 years getting ready to preach every Sunday, I know that feeling of utter end-of-the-week desperation, and I’ve done my share of late-Saturday night sermonizing.</blockquote>[35] “<a href="http://www.crosswalk.com/11550721/page0/" target="_blank">Your Pastor’s Pain: Whose Fault Is It?</a>” by Dr. Chuck Betters, Senior Pastor of Glasgow Reformed Presbyterian Church in Bear, Delaware since 1986<br /><blockquote>I’ve been a pastor for almost forty years and people leaving the church always hurts.<br /><br />Don’t get me wrong. I often tell our congregation and audiences that every pastor should have the privilege of shepherding a congregation like ours. Many of us have “grown up” together in our life journeys and share a love affair with Christ and each other. Our church is stronger than it’s ever been and there is a passion for building God’s kingdom. But no matter how many times I am told the leaving is “nothing personal,” I cannot help but wonder what I did to drive people away, especially people I considered friends.<br /><br />I’m not alone in this sadness. Numerous pastors and key church leaders tell me they experience the same sorrow. In one particularly low moment, my wife concluded that many people view pastors and their wives as commodities, embraced and loved only as long as personal needs are met. What we define as friendship for us is actually a casual relationship for them, easily discarded when the parishioner is disappointed when their perceived needs are not met by us.<br /><br />Again, don’t get me wrong. I am not saying that we pastors are without fault. Some pastors are foolish and arrogant. Some refuse accountability and lead with an iron fist. Some betray their very office by sinful behavior. But many laymen slice and dice their preacher because of personal preferences – not because of sin on the part of their spiritual leader. (Please read the related article “<a href="http://www.markinc.org/index.cfm/faith/diggingdeeper?ART_ID=e7e9edd5-b26b-4562-8e30-ad8c6700db44" target="_blank">Ten Bad Reasons for Leaving Your Church</a>” also by Dr. Betters)<br /></blockquote>[36] “Preaching Christ” series by Dr. David P. Murray, Stornoway Free Church of Scotland <p> </p> <ul><li><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=5230675350">Preparing to preach</a> (mp3 <a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/playpopup.asp?SID=5230675350">play</a> or <a href="http://mp3.sa-media.com/media/5230675350/5230675350.mp3">download</a>; pdf <a href="http://playpdf.sa-media.com/media/5230675350/5230675350.pdf">view</a> or <a href="http://pdf.sa-media.com/media/5230675350/5230675350.pdf">download</a>) </li><li><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=5250653836">How to select a text</a> (mp3 <a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/playpopup.asp?SID=5250653836">play</a> or <a href="http://mp3.sa-media.com/media/5250653836/5250653836.mp3">download</a>; pdf <a href="http://playpdf.sa-media.com/media/5250653836/5250653836.pdf">view</a> or <a href="http://pdf.sa-media.com/media/5250653836/5250653836.pdf">download</a>)</li><li><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=52706103323">How to examine a text</a> (mp3 <a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/playpopup.asp?SID=52706103323">play</a> or <a href="http://mp3.sa-media.com/media/52706103323/52706103323.mp3">download</a>; pdf <a href="http://playpdf.sa-media.com/media/52706103323/52706103323.pdf">view</a> or <a href="http://pdf.sa-media.com/media/52706103323/52706103323.pdf">download</a>)</li><li><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=5300635223">How to vary your sermons</a> (mp3 <a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/playpopup.asp?SID=5300635223">play</a> or <a href="http://mp3.sa-media.com/media/5300635223/5300635223.mp3">download</a>; pdf <a href="http://playpdf.sa-media.com/media/5300635223/5300635223.pdf">view</a> or <a href="http://pdf.sa-media.com/media/5300635223/5300635223.pdf">download</a>)</li><li><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=61206201612">How to introduce a sermon</a> (mp3 <a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/playpopup.asp?SID=61206201612">play</a> or <a href="http://mp3.sa-media.com/media/61206201612/61206201612.mp3">download</a>; pdf <a href="http://playpdf.sa-media.com/media/61206201612/61206201612.pdf">view</a> or <a href="http://pdf.sa-media.com/media/61206201612/61206201612.pdf">download</a>)</li><li><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=62406173110">How to organise a sermon 1</a> (mp3 <a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/playpopup.asp?SID=62406173110">play</a> or <a href="http://mp3.sa-media.com/media/62406173110/62406173110.mp3">download</a>; pdf <a href="http://playpdf.sa-media.com/media/62406173110/62406173110.pdf">view</a> or <a href="http://pdf.sa-media.com/media/62406173110/62406173110.pdf">download</a>)</li><li><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=780673254">How to organise a sermon 2</a> (mp3 <a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/playpopup.asp?SID=780673254">play</a> or <a href="http://mp3.sa-media.com/media/780673254/780673254.mp3">download</a>; pdf <a href="http://playpdf.sa-media.com/media/780673254/780673254.pdf">view</a> or <a href="http://pdf.sa-media.com/media/780673254/780673254.pdf">download</a>)</li><li><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=7150692433">How to apply a sermon 1</a> (mp3 <a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/playpopup.asp?SID=7150692433">play</a> or <a href="http://mp3.sa-media.com/media/7150692433/7150692433.mp3">download</a>; pdf <a href="http://playpdf.sa-media.com/media/7150692433/7150692433.pdf">view</a> or <a href="http://pdf.sa-media.com/media/7150692433/7150692433.pdf">download</a>)</li><li><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=880616458">How to apply a sermon 2</a> (mp3 <a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/playpopup.asp?SID=880616458">play</a> or <a href="http://mp3.sa-media.com/media/880616458/880616458.mp3">download</a>; pdf <a href="http://playpdf.sa-media.com/media/880616458/880616458.pdf">view</a> or <a href="http://pdf.sa-media.com/media/880616458/880616458.pdf">download</a>)</li><li><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=920643552">How to deliver a sermon</a> (mp3 <a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/playpopup.asp?SID=920643552">play</a> or <a href="http://mp3.sa-media.com/media/920643552/920643552.mp3">download</a>; pdf <a href="http://playpdf.sa-media.com/media/920643552/920643552.pdf">view</a> or <a href="http://pdf.sa-media.com/media/920643552/920643552.pdf">download</a>)</li></ul> [37] Preaching Clinic for Elders,<b> </b>by Dr. Dennis Prutow, Biblical Preaching Institute<blockquote> <p><b> </b></p> <p><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=3809150410">#1 - A Definition of Preaching</a> (mp3 <a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/playpopup.asp?SID=3809150410">play</a> or <a href="http://mp3.sa-media.com/media/3809150410/3809150410.mp3">download</a>; pdf <a href="http://playpdf.sa-media.com/media/3809150410/3809150410.pdf">view</a> or <a href="http://pdf.sa-media.com/media/3809150410/3809150410.pdf">download</a>)</p> <p><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=3809144212">#2 - The Point of the Text</a> (mp3 <a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/playpopup.asp?SID=3809144212">play</a> or <a href="http://mp3.sa-media.com/media/3809144212/3809144212.mp3">download</a>; pdf <a href="http://playpdf.sa-media.com/media/3809144212/3809144212.pdf">view</a> or <a href="http://pdf.sa-media.com/media/3809144212/3809144212.pdf">download</a>)</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=38091432120">#3 - The Point of the Sermon</a> (mp3 <a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/playpopup.asp?SID=38091432120">play</a> or <a href="http://mp3.sa-media.com/media/38091432120/38091432120.mp3">download</a>; pdf <a href="http://playpdf.sa-media.com/media/38091432120/38091432120.pdf">view</a> or <a href="http://pdf.sa-media.com/media/38091432120/38091432120.pdf">download</a>)</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=314091433541">#4 Developing Your Outline</a> (mp3 <a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/playpopup.asp?SID=314091433541">play</a> or <a href="http://mp3.sa-media.com/media/314091433541/314091433541.mp3">download</a>; pdf <a href="http://playpdf.sa-media.com/media/314091433541/314091433541.pdf">view</a> or <a href="http://pdf.sa-media.com/media/314091433541/314091433541.pdf">download</a>)</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=314091452374">#5 Dealing With the Details</a> (mp3 <a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/playpopup.asp?SID=314091452374">play</a> or <a href="http://mp3.sa-media.com/media/314091452374/314091452374.mp3">download</a>; pdf <a href="http://playpdf.sa-media.com/media/314091452374/314091452374.pdf">view</a> or <a href="http://pdf.sa-media.com/media/314091452374/314091452374.pdf">download</a>)</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=31409143982">#6 Conclusions & Introductions</a> (mp3 <a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/playpopup.asp?SID=31409143982">play</a> or <a href="http://mp3.sa-media.com/media/31409143982/31409143982.mp3">download</a>; pdf <a href="http://playpdf.sa-media.com/media/31409143982/31409143982.pdf">view</a> or <a href="http://pdf.sa-media.com/media/31409143982/31409143982.pdf">download</a>)</p></blockquote>[38] Homiletics: The Art of Preaching and Teaching, by Ptr. Vincent Sawyer, Faith Baptist Church <p> </p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=10409189255">Homiletics Course Lesson 1 - The Aim Of Preaching</a> (download <a href="http://mp3.sa-media.com/media/10409189255/10409189255.mp3">mp3</a>)</p> <p><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=1040918502">Homiletics Course Lesson 2 - Study Before You Preach</a> (download <a href="http://mp3.sa-media.com/media/1040918502/1040918502.mp3">mp3</a>)</p> <p><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=1017091820293">Homiletics Course Lesson 3 - Basic Rules Of Hermeneutics (Bible Interpretation)</a> (download <a href="http://mp3.sa-media.com/media/1017091820293/1017091820293.mp3">mp3</a>)</p> <p style=""><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=101709183098">Homiletics Course Lesson 4 - Pulling Principles Out Of The Text</a> (download <a href="http://mp3.sa-media.com/media/101709183098/101709183098.mp3">mp3</a>) </p> <p><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=118091911399">Homiletics Course Lesson 5 - Determining The Main Principle</a> (download <a href="http://mp3.sa-media.com/media/118091911399/118091911399.mp3">mp3</a>)</p> <p><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=11809192158">Homiletics Course Lesson 6 - Forming Your Proposition</a> (download <a href="http://mp3.sa-media.com/media/11809192158/11809192158.mp3">mp3</a>)</p> <p><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=11809192895">Homiletics Course Lesson 7 - The Main Points Of Your Outline</a> (download <a href="http://mp3.sa-media.com/media/11809192895/11809192895.mp3">mp3</a>)</p> <p><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=12609182650">Homiletics Course Lesson 8 - The Minor Points Of Your Outline</a> (download <a href="http://mp3.sa-media.com/media/12609182650/12609182650.mp3">mp3</a>)</p> <p><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=126091829512">Homiletics Course Lesson 9 - Adding ‘Meat’ to Your Message</a> (download <a href="http://mp3.sa-media.com/media/126091829512/126091829512.mp3">mp3</a>)</p> <p><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=126091837159">Homiletics Course Lesson 10 - Preparing Your Introduction, Conclusion, & Title</a> (download <a href="http://mp3.sa-media.com/media/126091837159/126091837159.mp3">mp3</a>)</p> <p><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=1219091348341">Homiletics Course Lesson 11 - Outlining A Passage. Expository Textual & Topical Types</a> (download <a href="http://mp3.sa-media.com/media/1219091348341/1219091348341.mp3">mp3</a>)</p> <p><a href="http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=1110112292">Homiletics Course Lesson 12 - Tips For Effective Message Delivery</a> (download <a href="http://mp3.sa-media.com/media/1110112292/1110112292.mp3">mp3</a>)</p></blockquote>[39] <a href="http://www.preaching.com/resources/articles/11547070/" target="_blank">Preaching Someone Else’s Sermons: The Problem of Plagiarism in the Pulpit</a>, by George R. Cannon, Jr. (Pastor of Curwensville Christian Church in Curwensville, Pennsylvania)<br /><blockquote>Sermon-writing services are everywhere. For a small fee each month, pastors can have access to literally hundreds of sermons on any given topic or passage on the Internet. If you are not willing to pay, simply visit any one of thousands of church websites and download this past week’s sermon from another pastor. Pastors conferences also provide endless resources. It seems that the once forbidden fruit of preaching ministry has now become a fashionable staple in time management for the modern pastor.<br /><br />At one pastors conference I attended, the issue of preaching someone else’s sermon came to the forefront. One speaker openly stated that “he would preach better sermons, when someone wrote better sermons.” At this same conference, another speaker gave an inspiring message that seemed to stir all in attendance. However, the problem was that I heard the very same message on Christian radio several months before by another well-known speaker.<br /><br />The availability of these resources (Preaching Plagiarism) poses several questions that must be answered by those who minister in word to God’s people. “Is it right to use someone else’s sermon and pass it off as your own?” “Is it fair to the congregation?” (<a href="http://www.preaching.com/resources/articles/11547070/" target="_blank">Read the complete article</a>)<br /></blockquote><span>[40] </span><a href="http://www.eagleflight.org/Expository/index.shtml" target="_blank">Expository Preaching</a>, by Dr. Robert C. Stone, Senior Pastor, Hillcrest Chapel, Bellingham Virginia <p> </p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://www.eagleflight.org/Expository/introduction.html" target="_blank">Session One: The Introduction to Expository Preaching</a> (<a href="http://www.eagleflight.org/Expository/introduction.pdf" target="_blank">download pdf</a>)<br />What are the ingredients of expository preaching? What is a definition of expository preaching? What are its advantages, goals, difficulties? What expository preaching is <em>not</em>. Practical suggestions. </p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.eagleflight.org/Expository/exposprep.html" target="_blank">Session Two: The Preparation and Process of Expository Messages</a> (<a href="http://www.eagleflight.org/Expository/exposprep.pdf" target="_blank">download pdf</a>)<br />The main focus will be the 15-step process of preparing an expository message that is true to the text, and leads to specific steps of application. This session will include a discussion of the tools needed, and necessary commitments to expository preaching. Some practical ideas on how to develop a balanced preaching schedule, and how to evaluate whether we are preaching too often.</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.eagleflight.org/Expository/interp_princ.html" target="_blank">Session Four: The Principles of Interpretation</a> (<a href="http://www.eagleflight.org/Expository/interp_princ.pdf" target="_blank">download pdf</a>)<br />To conduct proper exegesis of a passage, we have to get in touch with some basic rules of interpretation. We are certainly not saying only scholars can understand the Bible; we should continue to emphasize what the 16th-century reformers affirmed (they called it perspicuity)—the way of salvation plainly set forth so that the simplest believer may read and understand it for himself. Yet the Word of God is rich in revelation too. Therefore, if we are to enter more deeply into God's Word, we must understand some basic rules. The history of the church also confirms the need for such a code to guide our interpretation. </p> <p><a href="http://www.eagleflight.org/Expository/session5.html" target="_blank">Session Five: A Potpourri of Expository Questions and Tests</a><br />How can I do topical studies accurately? How do we respond to finicky spiritual tastes? Should we teach others to evaluate our and others' messages biblically? How long into the future should I plan my preaching? </p> <p><a href="http://www.eagleflight.org/Expository/godscomm1.html" target="_blank">Sessions Six to Nine: The Process of God’s Communication to Man</a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.eagleflight.org/Expository/godscomm1.html" target="_blank">Part One</a>: The Process Revealed; Inspiration (<a href="http://www.eagleflight.org/Expository/godscomm1.pdf" target="_blank">download pdf</a>)<br /><a href="http://www.eagleflight.org/Expository/godscomm2.html">Part Two</a>: Transmission, Translation (<a href="http://www.eagleflight.org/Expository/godscomm1.pdf" target="_blank">download pdf</a>; second part of Part One pdf)<br /><a href="http://www.eagleflight.org/Expository/godscomm3.html">Part Three</a>: Illumination, Interpretation (<a href="http://www.eagleflight.org/Expository/godscomm3.pdf" target="_blank">download pdf</a>)<br /><a href="http://www.eagleflight.org/Expository/godscomm4.html" target="_blank">Part Four</a>: Application (<a href="http://www.eagleflight.org/Expository/godscomm3.pdf" target="_blank">download pdf</a>; second part of Part Three pdf)</p></blockquote><span>[41] Resources from Crosswalk.com</span><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.crosswalk.com/pastors/11626280/" target="_blank">Are Preachers Too Silent About Sex?</a> by Albert Mohler</li><li><a href="http://www.crosswalk.com/pastors/11627626/" target="_blank">Pastors and Pain</a> by Ron Walters</li><li><a href="http://www.crosswalk.com/pastors/11639664/" target="_blank">Old Vices Don't Improve with Age</a> by John Mark Reynolds</li><li><a href="http://www.crosswalk.com/pastors/11639645/" target="_blank">A Message To Pastors: Don't Give Up on Prayer</a> by Dee Duke</li><li><a href="http://www.crosswalk.com/pastors/11626539/" target="_blank">How Did You Become a Preacher?</a> by Ron Walters</li><li><a href="http://www.crosswalk.com/pastors/11625599/" target="_blank">Biblical Leadership Styles: Swaggerers vs. Performers</a> by Ron Walters</li><li><a href="http://www.crosswalk.com/pastors/11602104/" target="_blank">Murphy's Law in the Ministry</a> by Ron Walters</li><li><a href="http://www.crosswalk.com/pastors/11634786/" target="_blank">Carrying the Cross of a Difficult Pastorate</a> by Ron Walters</li><li><a href="http://www.crosswalk.com/pastors/11632128/" target="_blank">Of Pastors & Pyramids: Master Builders Required</a> by Ron Walters</li><li><a href="http://www.crosswalk.com/pastors/11605434/" target="_blank">The 10 Stupidest Leadership Mistakes I've Made</a> by Tony Morgan</li><li><a href="http://www.crosswalk.com/pastors/11639396/" target="_blank">How to Fail at Failing</a> by Dr. James Emery White</li><li><a href="http://www.crosswalk.com/pastors/11638687/" target="_blank">Ministry: Spiritually Hazardous to Your Soul</a> by Dr. James Emery White</li><li><a href="http://www.crosswalk.com/pastors/11539126/" target="_blank">4 Types of Friends Every Pastor Needs</a> by Ike Reighard</li><li><a href="http://www.crosswalk.com/pastors/11630934/" target="_blank">We're All Preachers?</a> by J. Vernon McGee</li><li><a href="http://www.crosswalk.com/pastors/11557444/" target="_blank">A Battle for Integrity</a> by Charles R. Swindoll</li><li><a href="http://www.crosswalk.com/pastors/11542380/" target="_blank">Wanted: a Few Good Shepherds (Must Know How to Wash Feet)</a> by John MacArthur</li><li><a href="http://www.crosswalk.com/pastors/11635482/" target="_blank">'Only' a Preacher: The Pastor's Place in Community Influence</a> by Nelson Granade</li><li><a href="http://www.crosswalk.com/pastors/11628319/" target="_blank">The Three W's: Questions to Ask When Entering Ministry</a> by Nelson Granade</li><li><a href="http://www.crosswalk.com/pastors/11635482/" target="_blank">‘Only’ a Preacher: The Pastor's Place in Community Influence</a> by Nelson Granade</li><li><a href="http://www.crosswalk.com/pastors/11635280/" target="_blank">The Sinkhole Syndrome</a> by Donald S. Whitney</li><li><a href="http://www.crosswalk.com/pastors/11546295/" target="_blank">The Duty of Leaders: Getting our Priorities Straight in the Church</a> by T.M. Moore</li><li><a href="http://www.crosswalk.com/pastors/11605718/" target="_blank">Confessions of an Insignificant Pastor</a> by Phil Miglioratti</li><li><a href="http://www.crosswalk.com/pastors/1371706/" target="_blank">Pastors: Make Time for Those You Love</a> by John K. Hutcheson, Sr.</li><li><a href="http://www.crosswalk.com/pastors/11631630/" target="_blank">How to Resurrect Your Ministry</a> by Whitney Hopler</li><li><a href="http://www.crosswalk.com/pastors/11631125/" target="_blank">Leadership: Little Things Mean a Lot </a>by Louis Weeks</li><li><a href="http://www.crosswalk.com/pastors/11629465/" target="_blank">What I've Learned about Preaching</a> by Ray Pritchard</li></ul> <a href="http://www.monergismbooks.com/Exegetical-Fallacies-p-16892.html" target="_blank"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii9ZkASdyjDwy8YJVv7vxWjHk18-3GR9KY7MxqWew9N58wmxR6z3_4beN6r8MUmRftIYJsOF4_eM7SlIbgawZKbNxJkm0CIwuzFwHurCqCIhiKbWUP_Juh7W7epzaKVP_R6vJU/s400/carson+exegetical+fallacies.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544068697933446994" border="0" /></a>[42] <a href="http://www.monergismbooks.com/Exegetical-Fallacies-p-16892.html" target="_blank">Exegetical Fallacies by D. A. Carson</a> (pastor, Richmond Baptist Church, BC; professor, Northwest Baptist Theological College in Vancouver and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)<br /><blockquote>“This study is important because exegetical fallacies are painfully frequent among us- among us whose God-given grace and responsibility is the faithful proclamation of the Word of God. Make a mistake in the interpretation of one of Shakespeare's plays, falsely scan a piece of Spenserian verse, and there is unlikely to be an entailment of eternal consequence; but we cannot lightly accept a similar laxity in the interpretation of Scripture. We are dealing with God’s thoughts: we are obligated to take the greatest pains to understand them truly and to explain them clearly. It is all the more shocking, therefore, to find in the evangelical pulpit, where the Scriptures are officially revered, frequent and inexcusable sloppiness in handling them. All of us, of course, will make some exegetical mistakes: I am painfully aware of some of my own, brought to my attention by increasing years, wider reading, and alert colleagues who love me enough to correct me. But tragic is the situation when the preacher or teacher is perpetually unaware of the blatant nonsense he utters, and of the consequent damage he inflicts on the church of God. Nor will it do to be satisfied with pointing a finger at other groups whose skills are less than our own: we must begin by cleaning up our own backyard.” (from book introduction)<br /><br />Examples of word study fallacies:<br /><ul><li>Root Fallacy - the etymology or the root of the word does not always determine the meaning of a word. </li><li>Semantic Anachronism - this occurs when a late use of a word is read back into earlier literature. </li><li>Semantic Obsolescence - this is when the word in the text is assigned a meaning that was used in the past but had ceased to be used when the text was written. </li><li>Appeal to Unknown or Unlikely Meanings </li><li>Careless Appeal to Background Material </li><li>Verbal Parallelomania </li><li>Linkage of Language and Mentality </li><li>False Assumptions About Technical Meaning </li><li>Problems Surrounding Synonyms and Componential Analysis </li><li>Selective and Prejudicial Use of Evidence </li><li>Unwarranted Semantic Disjunctions and Restrictions </li><li>Unwarranted Restriction of the Semantic Field </li><li>Unwarranted Adoption of an Expanded Semantic Field </li><li>Problems Relating to the Semitic Background of the Greek New Testament </li><li>Unwarranted Neglect of Distinguishing Peculiarities of a Corpus </li><li>Unwarranted Linking of Sense and Reference </li></ul></blockquote><span>[43] Materials by </span><span>Russell Moore (Dean of the School of Theology and Senior Vice-President for Academic Administration at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; preaching pastor at Highview Baptist Church, Kentucky)</span><span><br /></span><blockquote><span><a href="http://www.russellmoore.com/2009/04/14/the-devil-is-a-boring-preacher-the-high-stakes-of-dull-sermons/" target="_blank">The Devil Is a Boring Preacher: The High Stakes of Dull Sermons</a><br /><br /></span><span>A sermonic information dump—with PowerPoint outline point by sub-point by sub-sub-point can “safely” distance your people from Christ. A sermon that simply collates and regurgitates what you’ve read in commentaries can make the Word of God a matter of cognition not submission. A strung-together list of life tips can make it easy for your people to disregard this word just like they disregard the weight loss plans commercials on television or the flossing ad campaigns they see from the dentist’s chair.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.russellmoore.com/2008/05/19/beyond-a-veggie-tales-gospel-why-we-must-preach-christ-from-every-text/" target="_blank">Beyond a Veggie Tales Gospel: Why We Must Preach Christ from Every Text</a><br /><br />As we teach and preach and disciple and evangelize, let’s preach the whole Bible–every verse. And in every verse, let’s show how God keeps His promises, in Christ. Let’s not simply teach our people how to be moral, or how to be well-tempered, or how to be authentic or how to put the erotic energy back into their marriages. Let’s teach them how to find themselves in Christ, to conform to His life, and to follow His steps through His Spirit, looking always to His cross and His resurrection and His glory. Let’s put aside the cartoons–whether in our children’s programs or in our Sunday morning sermons–and proclaim Christ.<br /><br />Ketchup and pickle juice is one thing. But we have more than a <span style="font-style: italic;">Veggie Tales</span> Gospel. We have a gospel about bones and blood and mangled flesh. We have a Gospel of nail scarred hands and a table of bread and wine. We have a Gospel that propels us to suffer and even to die, because we have seen how God has kept His promise to the pioneer of our salvation, our firstborn Brother, our Lord Jesus.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></blockquote><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003YH9IAE?tag=thehomiletics-20&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=B003YH9IAE&adid=114D2Z2YQEF72WTMWM6B&" target="_blank"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 292px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIeVrCfIV9SRCg7o9MZ4knJZt94YhVWe0RXM00ZONqE_LWvVzB611mcUvHzns76tYDMd5Evz9UvkSzG2g9W4Qhova6jdj2lJmUP5fSoY8tY16v_SsUT5aWQdMHTyng2RIlkoPx/s400/three+points+and+a+poem.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550332116931068946" border="0" /></a>[44] Materials by Sherman Haywood Cox II<br /><blockquote><a href="http://www.soulpreaching.com/three-points-poem" target="_blank">A Basic Sermon Model – Three Points and a Poem</a> (available in <a href="http://www.soulpreaching.com/node370">audio</a>)<br /><br />One of the most persistent models of preaching has been termed "Three points and a Poem." What it means is that the preacher makes three points and then ends with a poem. Some preachers have termed the same sermon method as "Three points and a celebration."<br /><br /><a href="http://www.soulpreaching.com/three-points-and-a-poem-revisited" target="_blank">Three Points and a Poem – Revisited</a><br /><br />There are many who think that the three points and a poem deserve to fall off the landscape of possible sermonic choices. They see it as an artifact of a bygone era that much like the horse and buggy needs to be set aside for more "effective" modes of presentation.<br /><br />Some preachers would promote the dialectic method. Others would promote a narrative form. Still others think that we should not go to the scripture with a set form in mind and should let the text guide the sermonic structural choice.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.soulpreaching.com/connectedpoints" target="_blank">Four Disjointed Points is not a Sermon</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.soulpreaching.com/audio14" target="_blank">Audio #14 – Telling the Story – Preaching with Stories</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.soulpreaching.com/sermons-that-make-points" target="_blank">Sermons that Make Points</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.soulpreaching.com/audio28" target="_blank">Audio 29 – The Easy Sermon Resolution</a></blockquote>[45] Twelve rules for preachers by John Wesley (1703-1791), from <a href="http://wesley.nnu.edu/wesleyan_theology/telford/telford_ch14.htm" target="_blank">John Telford’s The Life of John Wesley</a> (Hodder & Stoughton, 1886), Wesley Center for Applied Theology at Northwest Nazarene University<br /><blockquote>1. Be diligent. Never be unemployed. Never be triflingly employed. Never while away time, nor spend more time at any place than is strictly necessary.<br /><br />2. Be serious. Let your motto be, ‘Holiness to the Lord.’ Avoid all lightness, jesting, and foolish talking.<br /><br />3. Converse sparingly and cautiously with women, particularly with young women.<br /><br />4. Take no step towards marriage without solemn prayer to God and consulting with your brethren.<br /><br />5. Believe evil of no one unless fully proved; take heed how you credit it. Put the best construction you can on everything. You know the judge is always supposed to be on the prisoner’s side.<br /><br />6. Speak evil of no one, else your word, especially, would eat as doth a canker; keep your thoughts within your own breast till you come to the person concerned.<br /><br />7. Tell every one what you think wrong in him, lovingly and plainly, and as soon as may be, else it will fester in your own heart. Make all haste to cast the fire out of your bosom.<br /><br />8. Do not affect the gentleman. A preacher of the Gospel is the servant of all.<br /><br />9. Be ashamed of nothing but sin; no, not of cleaning your own shoes when necessary.<br /><br />10. Be punctual. Do everything exactly at the time. And do not mend our rules, but keep them, and that for conscience’ sake.<br /><br />11. You have nothing to do but to save souls. Therefore spend and be spent in this work. And go always, not only to those who want you, but to those who want you most.<br /><br />12. Act in all things, not according to your own will, but as a son in the Gospel, and in union with your brethren. As such, it is your part to employ your time as our rules direct: partly in preaching and visiting from i house to house, partly in reading, meditation, and prayer. Above all, if you labour with us in our Lord’s vineyard, it is needful you should do that part of the work which the Conference shall advise, at those times and places which they shall judge most for His glory.<br /><br />“Observe, it is not your business to preach so many times, and to take care merely of this or that Society, but to save as many souls as you can, to bring as many sinners as you possibly can to repentance, and, with all• your power, to build them up in that holiness without which they cannot see the Lord. And, remember, a Methodist preacher is to mind every point, great and small, in the Methodist discipline. Therefore you will need all the grace and sense you have, and to have all your wits about you.”</blockquote><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Basic-Christian-Leadership-Biblical-Ministry/dp/0830833226/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1292978918&sr=8-1" target="_blank"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 224px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY2Jv8WGK-qeEbsU5oT2FZQNYrrx8P6Q6ZYeDZfsRTnyKZ8ncUMNUMYnPkFbZiiRxcmvw229BNCIr61WXEhLhO64eYKoeai-II9WNhp63s5ncOKb_j_sR4E1ZsYwowirB_Lrrk/s400/john+stott+basic+christian+leadership.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553327824299625634" border="0" /></a>[46] The hunger for power, from “<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Basic-Christian-Leadership-Biblical-Ministry/dp/0830833226/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1292978918&sr=8-1" target="_blank">Basic Christian Leadership</a>” by John Stott<br /><blockquote>This concentration on power makes an immediate appeal to us today, for we live in a society that worships power. Not that this is new. The lust for power has always been a characteristic of the human story, at least since Adam and Eve were offered power in exchange for disobedience...<br /><br />We see the same power-hunger in the church: in top-level ecclesiastical power struggles, in denominational disputes, in some local churches driven by market forces and others in which the clergy hold all the reins of power and refuse to share it with the lay people (especially the young people), in parachurch organizations that dream of expanding into world empires and even in the pulpit, which is an exceedingly dangerous place for any child of Adam to occupy...<br /><br />I confess to being frightened by the contemporary evangelical hunger for power, even the quest for the power of the Holy Spirit. Why do we want to receive power? Is it honestly power for witness (as in Acts 1:8) or holiness or humble service? Or is it in reality a mask for personal ambition, a craving to boost our own egos, to minister to our self-importance, to impress, to dominate or to manipulate?</blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">Notes:</span> <span><span style="font-weight: bold;">(1)</span> This ministry does not necessarily endorse or share all the views and opinions expressed in the materials, resources or links mentioned in these posts. Please always refer to the </span><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2008/02/articles-of-faith.html">Articles of Faith</a><span> and </span><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2008/10/biblical-distinctives-of-baptists.html">Biblical distinctives of Baptists</a><span><span> when you study these materials.</span></span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">(2) </span>This lesson is part of the projected 300 plus lessons. From time to time, the lessons will be updated, revised, combined, formatted, and edited to comply with the VOA Simplified English word list. Later on, these lessons will be categorized, numbered sequentially, and made available as PDF downloads.Atty. Gerry T. Galaciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17233852101336409722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38744545.post-50773320104964693342010-05-16T21:28:00.014+08:002010-11-25T09:51:19.769+08:00Adoption, from Scofield Reference Notes (1917)(Note: Online, interactive quizzes with automatic scoring for these topics from Scofield are available; surf to the <a href="http://www.familymatters.org.ph/Online%20quizzes/Scofield%20Reference%20Notes%201917/index.htm" target="_blank">index of quizzes</a> or review quiz on <a href="http://www.familymatters.org.ph/Online%20quizzes/Scofield%20Reference%20Notes%201917/adoption.htm" target="_blank">adoption</a>.)<br /><blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">Adoption </span>(huiothesia, “placing as a son”) is not so much a word of relationship as of position. The believer’s relation to God as a child results from the new birth John 1:12,13 whereas adoption is the act of God whereby one already a child is, through redemption from the law, placed in the position of an adult son. Galatians 4:1-5.<br /><br />The indwelling Spirit gives the realization of this in the believer’s present experience Galatians 4:6 but the full manifestation of the believer’s sonship awaits the resurrection, change, and translation of saints, which is called “the redemption of the body” ; Romans 8:23; 1 Thessalonians 4:14-17 ; Ephesians 1:14; 1 John 3:2.</blockquote><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Further study </span></span>(Be like the Bereans! Acts 17:11)<br /><br />[1] <a href="http://bible.org/seriespage/spirit-adoption-romans-812-30" target="_blank">The Spirit of Adoption (Romans 8:12-30)</a>, by Jeff Miller<br />[2] The Spirit of Adoption, <a href="http://bible.org/seriespage/agony-ecstasy-romans-8" target="_blank">From Agony to Ecstasy (Romans 8)</a>, by Bob Deffinbaugh<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sermons on adoption </span></span>(Be like the Bereans! Acts 17:11)<br /><br />[1] <a href="http://sermons.logos.com/#q=passage%3A%3CGalatians%204%3A1%3E/1000004&content=/submissions/50154&tab=paneTabResults&pane=resultsPane" target="_blank">Adoption as Sons</a>, by Jason Carman<br />[2] <a href="http://sermons.logos.com/#q=passage%3A%3CGalatians%204%3A1%3E/1000006&content=/submissions/33109&tab=paneTabResults&pane=resultsPane" target="_blank">From Slaves to Sons Now Heirs</a>, by Kevin Grant<br />[3] <a href="http://sermons.logos.com/#q=passage%3A%3CGalatians%204%3A1%3E/1000011&content=/submissions/78781&tab=paneTabResults&pane=resultsPane" target="_blank">The Heir & The Son</a>, by Malcolm Macleod<br /><br />Back to<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/lessons-and-online-quizzes-from.html"> index of lessons and online quizzes from Scofield Reference Notes (1917)</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scripture references </span><br /><br />John 1:12-13<br /><br />But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, [even] to them that believe on his name<br /><br />Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.<br /><br />Galatians 4:1-6<br /><br />Now I say, [That] the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;<br /><br />But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.<br /><br />Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:<br /><br />But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,<br /><br />To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons<br /><br />And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.<br /><br />Romans 8:23<br /><br />And not only [they], but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, [to wit], the redemption of our body.<br /><br />1 Thessalonians 4:14-17<br /><br />For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.<br /><br />For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive [and] remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.<br /><br />For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:<br /><br />Then we which are alive [and] remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.<br /><br />Ephesians 1:14<br /><br />Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.<br /><br />1 John 3:2<br /><br />Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scofield Reference Notes (1917) index</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />Old Testament:</span><a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=ge" target="_blank"> Genesis</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=ex" target="_blank">Exodus</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=le" target="_blank">Leviticus</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=nu" target="_blank">Numbers</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=de" target="_blank">Deuteronomy</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=jos" target="_blank">Joshua</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=jud" target="_blank">Judges</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=ru" target="_blank">Ruth</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=1sa" target="_blank">1 Samuel</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=2sa" target="_blank">2 Samuel</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=1ki">1 Kings</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=2ki" target="_blank">2 Kings</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=1ch">1 Chronicles</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=2ch" target="_blank">2 Chronicles</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=ezr" target="_blank">Ezra</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=ne" target="_blank">Nehemiah</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=es">Esther</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=job" target="_blank">Job</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=ps" target="_blank">Psalm</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=pr" target="_blank">Proverbs</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=ec">Ecclesiastes</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=so" target="_blank">Song of, Solomon</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=isa" target="_blank">Isaiah</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=jer" target="_blank">Jeremiah</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=la" target="_blank">Lamentations</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=eze" target="_blank">Ezekiel</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=da" target="_blank">Daniel</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=ho" target="_blank">Hosea</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=joe" target="_blank">Joel</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=am" target="_blank">Amos</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=ob" target="_blank">Obadiah</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=jon" target="_blank">Jonah</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=mic" target="_blank">Micah</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=na" target="_blank">Nahum</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=hab" target="_blank">Habakkuk</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=zep" target="_blank">Zephaniah</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=hag" target="_blank">Haggai</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=zec" target="_blank">Zechariah</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=mal" target="_blank">Malachi</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">New Testament:</span><a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=mt" target="_blank"> Matthew</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=mr" target="_blank">Mark</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=lu" target="_blank">Luke</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=joh" target="_blank">John</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=ac" target="_blank">Acts</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=ro" target="_blank">Romans</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=1co" target="_blank">1 Corinthians</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=2co">2 Corinthians</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=ga" target="_blank">Galatians</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=eph" target="_blank">Ephesians</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=php" target="_blank">Philippians</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=col" target="_blank">Colossians</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=1th" target="_blank">1 Thessalonians</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=2th" target="_blank">2 Thessalonians</a> <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=1ti" target="_blank">1 Timothy</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=2ti" target="_blank">2 Timothy</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=tit" target="_blank">Titus</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=phm" target="_blank">Philemon</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=heb" target="_blank">Hebrews</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=jas" target="_blank">James</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=1pe" target="_blank">1 Peter</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=2pe" target="_blank">2 Peter</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=1jo" target="_blank">1 John</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=2jo" target="_blank">2 John</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=3jo" target="_blank">3 John</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=jude" target="_blank">Jude</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=re" target="_blank">Revelation</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Note:</span> <span>This ministry does not necessarily endorse or share all the views and opinions expressed in the materials, resources or links mentioned in these posts. Please always refer to the </span><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2008/02/articles-of-faith.html">Articles of Faith</a><span> and </span><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2008/10/biblical-distinctives-of-baptists.html">Biblical distinctives of Baptists</a><span><span> when you study these materials.<br /><br /></span></span>Back to<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/lessons-and-online-quizzes-from.html"> index of lessons and online quizzes from Scofield Reference Notes (1917)</a>Atty. Gerry T. Galaciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17233852101336409722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38744545.post-76078440358592082972010-05-15T09:42:00.011+08:002010-11-25T09:53:46.444+08:00Eternal life, from Scofield Reference Notes (1917)(Note: Online, interactive quizzes with automatic scoring for these topics from Scofield are available; surf to the <a href="http://www.familymatters.org.ph/Online%20quizzes/Scofield%20Reference%20Notes%201917/index.htm" target="_blank">index of quizzes</a> or review quiz on <a href="http://www.familymatters.org.ph/Online%20quizzes/Scofield%20Reference%20Notes%201917/eternal%20life.htm" target="_blank">eternal life</a>.)<br /><blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">Eternal life </span><br /><br />(1) The life is called “eternal” because it was from the eternity which is past unto the eternity which is to come--it is the life of God revealed in Jesus Christ, who is God John 1:4; 5:26; 1 John 1:1,2<br /><br />(2) This life of God, which was revealed in Christ, is imparted in a new birth by the Holy Spirit, acting upon the word of God, to every believer on the Lord Jesus Christ John 3:3-15.<br /><br />(3) The life thus imparted was from the beginning. “But the recipient is a “new creation” 2 Corinthians 5:17; Galatians 6:15.<br /><br />(4) The life of God which is the believer is an unsevered part of the life which eternally was, and eternally is, in Christ Jesus--one life, in Him and in the believer--Vine and branches; Head and members 1 Corinthians 6:17; Galatians 2:20; Colossians 1:27; 3:3,4; 1 John 5:11,12; John 15:1-5 1 Corinthians 12:12-14 </blockquote><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Further study </span></span>(Be like the Bereans! Acts 17:11)<br /><br />[1] <a href="http://bible.org/seriespage/can-we-believe-immortality" target="_blank">Can We Believe in Immortality?</a> by Lehman Strauss<br /><br />[2] <a href="http://bible.org/seriespage/22-concluding-revelations-and-exhortations" target="_blank">Concluding Revelations And Exhortations</a>, by John F. Walvoord<br /><br />[3] <a href="http://bible.org/seriespage/trusting-eternity-or-cursing-time" target="_blank">Trusting Eternity or Cursing Time</a>, by Kenneth Boa<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Sermons on eternal life</span></span> (Be like the Bereans! Acts 17:11)<br /><br />[1] <a href="http://sermons.logos.com/submissions/109419#q=passage%3A%3CJohn%205%3A26%3E/1000011&content=/submissions/62355&tab=paneTabResults&pane=resultsPane" target="_blank">The Most Startling Statement Ever Part II</a>, by Michael Huffman, Emmanuel Baptist Church<br /><br />[2] <a href="http://sermons.logos.com/submissions/109419#q=passage%3A%3CJohn%205%3A26%3E/0&tab=paneTabResults&pane=resultsPane" target="_blank">Claiming Possession of Eternal Life</a>, by Ralph Sorter<br /><br />[3] <a href="http://sermons.logos.com/submissions/109419#q=passage%3A%3CJohn%205%3A26%3E/1000007&content=/submissions/13975&tab=paneTabResults&pane=resultsPane" target="_blank">Outrageous Claims</a>, by Rick Isbell<br /><br /><br />Back to<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/lessons-and-online-quizzes-from.html"> index of lessons and online quizzes from Scofield Reference Notes (1917)</a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />Scripture references</span><br /><br />John 1:4<br /><br />In him was life; and the life was the light of men.<br /><br />John 5:26<br /><br />For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;<br /><br />1 John 1:1-2<br /><br />1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; 2 (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)<br /><br />John 3:3-15<br /><br />3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. 4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born? 5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. 8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. 9 Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be? 10 Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things? 11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness. 12 If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things? 13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. 14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: 15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.<br /><br />2 Corinthians 5:17<br /><br />Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.<br /><br />Galatians 6:15<br /><br />For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.<br /><br />1 Corinthians 6:17<br /><br />But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.<br /><br />Galatians 2:20<br /><br />I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.<br /><br />Colossians 1:27<br />To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ ine you, the hope of glory:<br /><br />Colossians 3:3-4<br /><br />3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.<br /><br />1 John 5:11-12<br /><br />11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.<br /><br />John 15:1-5<br /><br />1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. 2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. 3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. 5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.<br /><br />1 Corinthians 12:12-14<br /><br />12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. 13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. 14 For the body is not one member, but many.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scofield Reference Notes (1917) index</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />Old Testament:</span><a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=ge" target="_blank"> Genesis</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=ex" target="_blank">Exodus</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=le" target="_blank">Leviticus</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=nu" target="_blank">Numbers</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=de" target="_blank">Deuteronomy</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=jos" target="_blank">Joshua</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=jud" target="_blank">Judges</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=ru" target="_blank">Ruth</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=1sa" target="_blank">1 Samuel</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=2sa" target="_blank">2 Samuel</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=1ki">1 Kings</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=2ki" target="_blank">2 Kings</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=1ch">1 Chronicles</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=2ch" target="_blank">2 Chronicles</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=ezr" target="_blank">Ezra</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=ne" target="_blank">Nehemiah</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=es">Esther</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=job" target="_blank">Job</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=ps" target="_blank">Psalm</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=pr" target="_blank">Proverbs</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=ec">Ecclesiastes</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=so" target="_blank">Song of, Solomon</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=isa" target="_blank">Isaiah</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=jer" target="_blank">Jeremiah</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=la" target="_blank">Lamentations</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=eze" target="_blank">Ezekiel</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=da" target="_blank">Daniel</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=ho" target="_blank">Hosea</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=joe" target="_blank">Joel</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=am" target="_blank">Amos</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=ob" target="_blank">Obadiah</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=jon" target="_blank">Jonah</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=mic" target="_blank">Micah</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=na" target="_blank">Nahum</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=hab" target="_blank">Habakkuk</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=zep" target="_blank">Zephaniah</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=hag" target="_blank">Haggai</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=zec" target="_blank">Zechariah</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=mal" target="_blank">Malachi</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">New Testament:</span><a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=mt" target="_blank"> Matthew</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=mr" target="_blank">Mark</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=lu" target="_blank">Luke</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=joh" target="_blank">John</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=ac" target="_blank">Acts</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=ro" target="_blank">Romans</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=1co" target="_blank">1 Corinthians</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=2co">2 Corinthians</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=ga" target="_blank">Galatians</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=eph" target="_blank">Ephesians</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=php" target="_blank">Philippians</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=col" target="_blank">Colossians</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=1th" target="_blank">1 Thessalonians</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=2th" target="_blank">2 Thessalonians</a> <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=1ti" target="_blank">1 Timothy</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=2ti" target="_blank">2 Timothy</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=tit" target="_blank">Titus</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=phm" target="_blank">Philemon</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=heb" target="_blank">Hebrews</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=jas" target="_blank">James</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=1pe" target="_blank">1 Peter</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=2pe" target="_blank">2 Peter</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=1jo" target="_blank">1 John</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=2jo" target="_blank">2 John</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=3jo" target="_blank">3 John</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=jude" target="_blank">Jude</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=re" target="_blank">Revelation</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Note:</span> <span>This ministry does not necessarily endorse or share all the views and opinions expressed in the materials, resources or links mentioned in these posts. Please always refer to the </span><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2008/02/articles-of-faith.html">Articles of Faith</a><span> and </span><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2008/10/biblical-distinctives-of-baptists.html">Biblical distinctives of Baptists</a><span><span> when you study these materials.<br /><br /></span></span>Back to<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/lessons-and-online-quizzes-from.html"> index of lessons and online quizzes from Scofield Reference Notes (1917)</a>Atty. Gerry T. Galaciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17233852101336409722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38744545.post-30006981065501352002010-05-14T10:14:00.011+08:002010-11-25T09:55:38.811+08:00Inspiration, from Scofield Reference Notes (1917)(Note: Online, interactive quizzes with automatic scoring for these topics from Scofield are available; surf to the <a href="http://www.familymatters.org.ph/Online%20quizzes/Scofield%20Reference%20Notes%201917/index.htm" target="_blank">index of quizzes</a> or review quiz on <a href="http://www.familymatters.org.ph/Online%20quizzes/Scofield%20Reference%20Notes%201917/inspiration.htm" target="_blank">inspiration</a>.)<br /><blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">Inspiration</span><br /><br />The testimony of the Bible to itself.<br /><br />(1) The writers affirm, where they speak of the subject at all, they speak by direct divine authority.<br /><br />(2) They invariably testify that the words, and not the ideas merely, are inspired. The most important passage is 1 Corinthians 2:7-15 which see.<br /><br />(3) The whole attitude of Jesus Christ toward the Old Testament, as disclosed in His words, both before His death and after His resurrection, confirms its truth and divine origin, and He explicitly ascribes the Pentateuch to Moses.<br /><br />(4) In promising subsequent revelations after the predicted advent of the Spirit John 16:12-15 our Lord prepared the way for the New Testament.<br /><br />(5) The writers of the New Testament invariably treat the Old Testament as authoritative and inspired. (See Scofield “2 Peter 1:19”) . See Scofield “1 Corinthians 2:13”. </blockquote><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Further study </span></span>(Be like the Bereans! Acts 17:11)<br /><br />[1] Materials by Arthur W. Pink<br /><ul><li><a href="http://bible.org/seriespage/introduction-divine-inspiration-bible" target="_blank">Introduction to Divine Inspiration of the Bible</a></li><li><a href="http://bible.org/seriespage/testimony-powerful-perfection-scripture" target="_blank">Testimony of the Powerful Perfection of Scripture </a></li><li><a href="http://bible.org/seriespage/application-divine-inspiration-bible" target="_blank">Application of the Divine Inspiration of the Bible </a></li><li><a href="http://bible.org/seriespage/testimony-content-scripture" target="_blank">Testimony of the Content of Scripture </a></li></ul>[2] <a href="http://bible.org/seriespage/inspiration" target="_blank">Inspiration</a>, by Sid Litke<br /><br />[3] <a href="http://bible.org/seriespage/session-6-inspiration-scripture" target="_blank">Session 6 - Inspiration of Scripture</a>, by Michael Patton<br /><br />[4] <a href="http://bible.org/question/if-you-say-you-believe-inspiration-original-manuscripts-does-mean-you-do-not-believe-carrie" target="_blank">If you say you believe in the inspiration of the original manuscripts, does this mean you do not believe this carries over to our English translations?</a><br /><br />[5] <a href="http://wayoflife.org/files/fd0784640e9dcba33d49ef622d90b135-494.html" target="_blank">The Bible’s Proof</a> by David Cloud<br /><br />[6] Materials by Thomas Ross<br /><ul><li><a href="http://sites.google.com/site/thross7/LongevityofNTAutographs.pdf?attredirects=0" target="_blank">The Longevity of the New Testament Autographs</a></li><li><a href="http://sites.google.com/site/thross7/CanonicityoftheTRSeeninBaptistConfes.pdf?attredirects=0" target="_blank">The Canonicity of the Received Bible Established From Baptist Confessions</a></li><li><a href="http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0BzZjsfAvS1VgNjI2OThkNzgtNDk4YS00ZWJjLTg4MDItOTE5MDZjZjE2YjIz&hl=en" target="_blank">Are Accurate Copies and Translations of Scripture Inspired? A Study of 2 Timothy 3:16</a></li><li><a href="http://jackhammer.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/is-the-king-james-version-inspired/#comments" target="_blank">Is the King James Version Inspired? A Discussion</a></li><li><a href="http://sites.google.com/site/thross7/NoMSSexactlythesamemyth.pdf?attredirects=0" target="_blank">Is It True That No Two NT Manuscripts Are The Same?</a></li></ul><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Sermons on inspiration </span></span>(Be like the Bereans! Acts 17:11)<br /><br />[1] <a href="http://sermons.logos.com/#q=passage%3A%3C2%20Timothy%203%3A16%3E/1000007&content=/submissions/83833&tab=paneTabResults&pane=resultsPane" target="_blank">Archeological Finds Confirm The Bible</a>, by Jarred Edgecombe, First Baptist Church<br /><br />[2] <a href="http://sermons.logos.com/#q=passage%3A%3C2%20Timothy%203%3A16%3E/1000028&content=/submissions/96316&tab=paneTabResults&pane=resultsPane" target="_blank">The Bible is God’s Word</a>, by Bobby Earls, First Baptist Church, Center Point, Alabama<br /><br />[3] <a href="http://sermons.logos.com/#q=passage%3A%3C2%20Timothy%203%3A16%3E/1000005&content=/submissions/53909&tab=paneTabResults&pane=resultsPane" target="_blank">A Theological Journey: Pt. 1 Our Foundation</a>, by Luke Harris<br /><br />[4] <a href="http://sermons.logos.com/#q=passage%3A%3C2%20Timothy%203%3A16%3E/1000013&content=/submissions/8846&tab=paneTabResults&pane=resultsPane" target="_blank">Can I Trust the Bible?</a> by Randy Weece<br /><br />Back to<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/lessons-and-online-quizzes-from.html"> index of lessons and online quizzes from Scofield Reference Notes (1917)</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Scripture references</span><br /><br />2 Timothy 3:16<br /><br />All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:<br /><br />1 Corinthians 2:7-15<br /><br />7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: 8 Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. 10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. 11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. 12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. 13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. 14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.<br /><br />John 16:12-15<br /><br />12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. 13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. 14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you. 15 All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.<br /><br />2 Peter 1:19<br /><br />We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:<br /><br />1 Corinthians 2:13<br /><br />Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scofield Reference Notes (1917) index</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />Old Testament:</span><a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=ge" target="_blank"> Genesis</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=ex" target="_blank">Exodus</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=le" target="_blank">Leviticus</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=nu" target="_blank">Numbers</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=de" target="_blank">Deuteronomy</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=jos" target="_blank">Joshua</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=jud" target="_blank">Judges</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=ru" target="_blank">Ruth</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=1sa" target="_blank">1 Samuel</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=2sa" target="_blank">2 Samuel</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=1ki">1 Kings</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=2ki" target="_blank">2 Kings</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=1ch">1 Chronicles</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=2ch" target="_blank">2 Chronicles</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=ezr" target="_blank">Ezra</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=ne" target="_blank">Nehemiah</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=es">Esther</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=job" target="_blank">Job</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=ps" target="_blank">Psalm</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=pr" target="_blank">Proverbs</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=ec">Ecclesiastes</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=so" target="_blank">Song of, Solomon</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=isa" target="_blank">Isaiah</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=jer" target="_blank">Jeremiah</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=la" target="_blank">Lamentations</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=eze" target="_blank">Ezekiel</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=da" target="_blank">Daniel</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=ho" target="_blank">Hosea</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=joe" target="_blank">Joel</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=am" target="_blank">Amos</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=ob" target="_blank">Obadiah</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=jon" target="_blank">Jonah</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=mic" target="_blank">Micah</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=na" target="_blank">Nahum</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=hab" target="_blank">Habakkuk</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=zep" target="_blank">Zephaniah</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=hag" target="_blank">Haggai</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=zec" target="_blank">Zechariah</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=mal" target="_blank">Malachi</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">New Testament:</span><a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=mt" target="_blank"> Matthew</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=mr" target="_blank">Mark</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=lu" target="_blank">Luke</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=joh" target="_blank">John</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=ac" target="_blank">Acts</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=ro" target="_blank">Romans</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=1co" target="_blank">1 Corinthians</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=2co">2 Corinthians</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=ga" target="_blank">Galatians</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=eph" target="_blank">Ephesians</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=php" target="_blank">Philippians</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=col" target="_blank">Colossians</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=1th" target="_blank">1 Thessalonians</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=2th" target="_blank">2 Thessalonians</a> <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=1ti" target="_blank">1 Timothy</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=2ti" target="_blank">2 Timothy</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=tit" target="_blank">Titus</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=phm" target="_blank">Philemon</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=heb" target="_blank">Hebrews</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=jas" target="_blank">James</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=1pe" target="_blank">1 Peter</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=2pe" target="_blank">2 Peter</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=1jo" target="_blank">1 John</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=2jo" target="_blank">2 John</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=3jo" target="_blank">3 John</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=jude" target="_blank">Jude</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=re" target="_blank">Revelation</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Note:</span> <span>This ministry does not necessarily endorse or share all the views and opinions expressed in the materials, resources or links mentioned in these posts. Please always refer to the </span><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2008/02/articles-of-faith.html">Articles of Faith</a><span> and </span><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2008/10/biblical-distinctives-of-baptists.html">Biblical distinctives of Baptists</a><span><span> when you study these materials.<br /><br /></span></span>Back to<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/lessons-and-online-quizzes-from.html"> index of lessons and online quizzes from Scofield Reference Notes (1917)</a>Atty. Gerry T. Galaciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17233852101336409722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38744545.post-35699223464876148502010-05-13T06:52:00.007+08:002010-11-25T09:58:45.295+08:00Abrahamic Covenant, from Scofield Reference Notes (1917)(Note: Online, interactive quizzes with automatic scoring for these topics from Scofield are available; surf to the <a href="http://www.familymatters.org.ph/Online%20quizzes/Scofield%20Reference%20Notes%201917/index.htm" target="_blank">index of quizzes</a> or review quiz on <a href="http://www.familymatters.org.ph/Online%20quizzes/Scofield%20Reference%20Notes%201917/Abrahamic%20Covenant.htm" target="_blank">Abrahamic Covenant</a>)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Abrahamic Covenant </span><span>as formed Genesis 12:1-4 and confirmed; Genesis 13:14-17; 15:1-7 17:1-8 is in seven distinct parts:</span><br /><br />(1) “I will make of thee a great nation.” Fulfilled in a threefold way:<br /><blockquote>(a) In a natural posterity -- “as the dust of the earth” Genesis 13:16; John 8:37, viz. the Hebrew people.<br /><br />(b) In a spiritual posterity -- “look now toward heaven . . . so shall thy seed be” John 8:39; Romans 4:16,17; 9:7,8; Galatians 3:6,7,29 viz. all men of faith, whether Jew or Gentile.<br /><br />(c) fulfilled also through Ishmael Genesis 17:18-20</blockquote>(2) “I will bless thee.” Fulfilled in two ways:<br /><blockquote>(a) temporally Genesis 13:14,15,17; 15:18; 24:34,35<br /><br />(b) spiritually ; Genesis 15:6; John 8:56</blockquote>(3) “And make thy name great.” Abraham’s is one of the universal names.<br /><br />(4) “And thou shalt be a blessing” Galatians 3:13,14<br /><br />(5) “I will bless them that bless thee.” In fulfilment closely related to the next clause.<br /><br />(6) “And curse him that curseth thee.” Wonderfully fulfilled in the history of the dispersion. It has invariably fared ill with the people who have persecuted the Jew--well with those who have protected him. The future will still more remarkably prove this principle Deuteronomy 30:7; Isaiah 14:1,; Joel 3:1-8; Micah 5:7-9; Haggai 2:22; Zechariah 14:1-3; Matthew 25:40,45.<br /><br />(7) “In thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed.” This is the great evangelic promise fulfilled in Abraham’s Seed, Christ Galatians 3:16; John 8:56-58.<br /><br />It brings into greater definiteness the promise of the Adamic Covenant concerning the Seed of the woman Genesis 3:15<br /><br />NOTE.--The gift of the land is modified by prophecies of three dispossessions and restorations Genesis 15:13,14,16; Jeremiah 25:11,12; Deuteronomy 28:62-65; 30:1-3. Two dispossessions and restorations have been accomplished. Israel is now in the third dispersion, from which she will be restored at the return of the Lord as King under the Davidic Covenant ; Deuteronomy 30:3; Jeremiah 23:5-8; Ezekiel 37:21-25; Luke 1:30-33; Acts 15:14-17</blockquote><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Further study </span></span>(Be like the Bereans! Acts 17:11)<br /><br />[1] <a href="http://bible.org/illustration/covenants-scripture" target="_blank">The Covenants of Scripture</a><br /><br />[2] <a href="http://bible.org/seriespage/keep-covenant-genesis-157-21" target="_blank">Keep the Covenant (Genesis 15:7-21)</a>, by Bill Lawrence<br /><br />[3] <a href="http://bible.org/seriespage/chapter-ii-promise-abraham" target="_blank">Chapter II The Promise To Abraham</a>, by John F. Walvoord<br /><br />[4] <a href="http://bible.org/article/divine-plan-paradise-paradise" target="_blank">The Divine Plan From Paradise to Paradise</a>, by Allen Ross<br /><br />[5] <a href="http://bible.org/seriespage/abrahams-call-and-gods-covenant" target="_blank">Abraham's Call and God's Covenant</a>, by Bob Deffinbaugh<br /><br />[6] <a href="http://bible.org/article/covenant-companionship-%E2%80%94-exodus-20-and-21" target="_blank">A Covenant of Companionship — (Exodus 20 and 21)</a>, by William Luck<br /><br />[7] <a href="http://bible.org/seriespage/abraham-and-sarah-couple-who-believed-god-impossible-week-four" target="_blank">Abraham and Sarah, The Couple Who Believed God for The Impossible (Week Four)</a>, by Crickett Keeth<br /><br />[8] <a href="http://bible.org/question/how-many-types-covenants-are-recorded-bible" target="_blank">How many types of covenants are recorded in the Bible?</a><br /><br />[9] <a href="http://www.gotquestions.org/bible-covenants.html" target="_blank">What are the covenants in the Bible?</a> from Got Questions.org<br /><br />[10] <a href="http://bible.org/article/divine-plan-paradise-paradise" target="_blank">The Divine Plan From Paradise to Paradise</a>, by Allen Ross<br /><br />[11] <a href="http://www.gotquestions.org/Abrahamic-covenant.html" target="_blank">What is the Abrahamic Covenant?</a> from Got Questions.org<br /><br />[12] <a href="http://bible.org/series/what-world-going-study-gods-plan-man" target="_blank">What in the World Is Going On? A Study of God's Plan for Man</a>, by Bob Deffinbaugh <p> </p> <ul><li><a href="http://bible.org/seriespage/preface-gods-plan" target="_blank">Preface to God’s Plan</a></li><li><a href="http://bible.org/seriespage/author-and-perfecter-plan" target="_blank">The Author and Perfecter of the Plan</a></li><li><a href="http://bible.org/seriespage/god%E2%80%99s-perfect-plan" target="_blank">God’s Perfect Plan</a></li><li><a href="http://bible.org/seriespage/satan%E2%80%99s-part-god%E2%80%99s-perfect-plan" target="_blank">Satan’s Part in God’s Perfect Plan</a></li><li><a href="http://bible.org/seriespage/natures-part-gods-perfect-plan-psalm-19-romans-818-25-isaiah-6517-25" target="_blank">Nature's Part in God’s Perfect Plan (Psalm 19; Romans 8:18-25; Isaiah 65:17-25)</a></li><li><a href="http://bible.org/seriespage/fall-man-gods-perfect-plan" target="_blank">The Fall of Man in God's Perfect Plan</a></li><li><a href="http://bible.org/seriespage/place-blessing-god%E2%80%99s-perfect-plan" target="_blank">The Place of Blessing in God’s Perfect Plan</a></li><li><a href="http://bible.org/seriespage/promised-seed-source-blessing-gods-perfect-plan" target="_blank">The Promised Seed: The Source of Blessing in God’s Perfect Plan</a></li><li><a href="http://bible.org/seriespage/promised-blessings-and-their-fulfillment-god%E2%80%99s-perfect-plan" target="_blank">The Promised Blessings and Their Fulfillment in God’s Perfect Plan</a></li><li><a href="http://bible.org/seriespage/people-god-god%E2%80%99s-perfect-plan" target="_blank">The People of God in God’s Perfect Plan</a></li><li><a href="http://bible.org/seriespage/place-lost-n-perfect-plan-god" target="_blank">The Place of the Lost in the Perfect Plan of God</a></li><li><a href="http://bible.org/seriespage/god%E2%80%99s-plan-future" target="_blank">God’s Plan for the Future</a></li><li><a href="http://bible.org/seriespage/god%E2%80%99s-plan-present-its-impact-our-perspective-and-our-plans" target="_blank">God’s Plan for the Present Its Impact on Our Perspective and Our Plans</a></li></ul><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Sermons on Abrahamic Covenant </span></span>(Be like the Bereans! Acts 17:11)<br /><br />[1] <a href="http://sermons.logos.com/#q=passage%3A%3CGenesis%2012%3A1%3E/1000026&content=/submissions/24439&tab=paneTabResults&pane=resultsPane" target="_blank">Obey God and You Will Bless the World</a>, by Alan Monroe<br /><br />[2] <a href="http://sermons.logos.com/#q=passage%3A%3CGenesis%2012%3A1%3E/1000003&content=/submissions/8791&tab=paneTabResults&pane=resultsPane" target="_blank">Necessary Losses</a>, by Earl Hardy<br /><br />[3] <a href="http://sermons.logos.com/#q=passage%3A%3CGenesis%2012%3A1%3E/1000027&content=/submissions/51629&tab=paneTabResults&pane=resultsPane" target="_blank">The Man God Uses</a>, by David Harp<br /><br />[4] <a href="http://sermons.logos.com/#q=passage%3A%3CGenesis%2013%3A16%3E/1000000&content=/submissions/56886&tab=paneTabResults&pane=resultsPane" target="_blank">Abramham’s Faith</a>, by Randy MacVicar<br /><br />[5] <a href="http://sermons.logos.com/#q=passage%3A%3CGenesis%2013%3A16%3E/1000002&content=/submissions/35430&tab=paneTabResults&pane=resultsPane" target="_blank">Gen 13_1-18</a>, by Tim Lambros<br /><br /><br />Back to<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/lessons-and-online-quizzes-from.html"> index of lessons and online quizzes from Scofield Reference Notes (1917)</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Scripture references</span><br /><br />Genesis 15:18<br /><br />In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:<br /><br />Genesis 12:1-4<br /><br />1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee: 2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: 3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. 4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.<br /><br />Genesis 13:14-17<br /><br />14 And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: 15 For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. 16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. 17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.<br /><br />Genesis 15:1-7<br /><br />1 After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. 2 And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus? 3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir. 4 And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir. 5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. 6 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness. 7 And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.<br /><br />Genesis 17:1-8<br /><br />1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. 2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. 3 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying, 4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. 5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abrahamc; for a father of many nations have I made thee. 6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. 7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. 8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.<br /><br />Genesis 13:16<br /><br />And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.<br /><br />John 8:37-39<br /><br />37 I know that ye are Abraham’s seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you. 38 I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father. 39 They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham’s children, ye would do the works of Abraham.<br /><br />Romans 4:16-17<br /><br />6 Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all, 17 (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.<br /><br />9:7-8<br /><br />7 Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called. 8 That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.<br /><br />Galatians 3:6-7, 29<br /><br />6 Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. 7 Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.<br /><br />29 And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.<br /><br />Genesis 17:18-20<br /><br />18 And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee! 19 And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him. 20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.<br /><br />Genesis 13:14-15, 17<br /><br />14 And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: 15 For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.<br /><br />17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.<br /><br />Genesis 15:18<br /><br />In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:<br /><br />Genesis 24:34-35<br /><br />34 And he said, I am Abraham’s servant. 35 And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.<br /><br />Genesis 15:6<br /><br />And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.<br /><br />John 8:56<br /><br />Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.<br /><br />Galatians 3:13-14<br /><br />13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: 14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.<br /><br />Deuteronomy 30:7<br /><br />And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee.<br /><br />Isaiah 14:1<br /><br />For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.<br /><br />Joel 3:1-8<br /><br />1 For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, 2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land. 3 And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink. 4 Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head; 5 Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things: 6 The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border. 7 Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head: 8 And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the LORD hath spoken it.<br /><br />Micah 5:7-9<br /><br />7 And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men. 8 And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver. 9 Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off.<br /><br />Haggai 2:22<br /><br />And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother.<br /><br />Zechariah 14:1-3<br /><br />1 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. 2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. 3 Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.<br /><br />Matthew 25:40, 45<br /><br />40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.<br /><br />45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.<br /><br />Galatians 3:16<br /><br />Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.<br /><br />John 8:56-58<br /><br />56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad. 57 Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? 58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. 59 Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.<br /><br />Genesis 3:15<br /><br />And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.<br /><br />Genesis 15:13-14, 16<br /><br />13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; 14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.<br /><br />16 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.<br /><br />Jeremiah 25:11-12<br /><br />11 And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. 12 And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations.<br /><br />Deuteronomy 28:62-65<br /><br />62 And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy God. 63 And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it. 64 And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone. 65 And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:<br /><br />Deuteronomy 30:1-3<br /><br />1 And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee, 2 And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul; 3 That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee.<br /><br />Jeremiah 23:5-8<br /><br />5 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. 6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. 7 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that they shall no more say, The LORD liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; 8 But, The LORD liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land.<br /><br />Ezekiel 37:21-25<br /><br />21 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land: 22 And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all: 23 Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God. 24 And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them. 25 And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children’s children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever.<br /><br />Luke 1:30-33<br /><br />30 And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. 31 And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. 32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: 33 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.<br /><br />Acts 15:14-17<br /><br />14 Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name. 15 And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written, 16 After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up: 17 That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scofield Reference Notes (1917) index</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />Old Testament:</span><a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=ge" target="_blank"> Genesis</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=ex" target="_blank">Exodus</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=le" target="_blank">Leviticus</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=nu" target="_blank">Numbers</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=de" target="_blank">Deuteronomy</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=jos" target="_blank">Joshua</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=jud" target="_blank">Judges</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=ru" target="_blank">Ruth</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=1sa" target="_blank">1 Samuel</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=2sa" target="_blank">2 Samuel</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=1ki">1 Kings</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=2ki" target="_blank">2 Kings</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=1ch">1 Chronicles</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=2ch" target="_blank">2 Chronicles</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=ezr" target="_blank">Ezra</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=ne" target="_blank">Nehemiah</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=es">Esther</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=job" target="_blank">Job</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=ps" target="_blank">Psalm</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=pr" target="_blank">Proverbs</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=ec">Ecclesiastes</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=so" target="_blank">Song of, Solomon</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=isa" target="_blank">Isaiah</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=jer" target="_blank">Jeremiah</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=la" target="_blank">Lamentations</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=eze" target="_blank">Ezekiel</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=da" target="_blank">Daniel</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=ho" target="_blank">Hosea</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=joe" target="_blank">Joel</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=am" target="_blank">Amos</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=ob" target="_blank">Obadiah</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=jon" target="_blank">Jonah</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=mic" target="_blank">Micah</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=na" target="_blank">Nahum</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=hab" target="_blank">Habakkuk</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=zep" target="_blank">Zephaniah</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=hag" target="_blank">Haggai</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=zec" target="_blank">Zechariah</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=mal" target="_blank">Malachi</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">New Testament:</span><a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=mt" target="_blank"> Matthew</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=mr" target="_blank">Mark</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=lu" target="_blank">Luke</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=joh" target="_blank">John</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=ac" target="_blank">Acts</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=ro" target="_blank">Romans</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=1co" target="_blank">1 Corinthians</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=2co">2 Corinthians</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=ga" target="_blank">Galatians</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=eph" target="_blank">Ephesians</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=php" target="_blank">Philippians</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=col" target="_blank">Colossians</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=1th" target="_blank">1 Thessalonians</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=2th" target="_blank">2 Thessalonians</a> <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=1ti" target="_blank">1 Timothy</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=2ti" target="_blank">2 Timothy</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=tit" target="_blank">Titus</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=phm" target="_blank">Philemon</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=heb" target="_blank">Hebrews</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=jas" target="_blank">James</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=1pe" target="_blank">1 Peter</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=2pe" target="_blank">2 Peter</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=1jo" target="_blank">1 John</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=2jo" target="_blank">2 John</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=3jo" target="_blank">3 John</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=jude" target="_blank">Jude</a>, <a href="http://studylight.org/com/srn/view.cgi?book=re" target="_blank">Revelation</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Note:</span> <span>This ministry does not necessarily endorse or share all the views and opinions expressed in the materials, resources or links mentioned in these posts. Please always refer to the </span><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2008/02/articles-of-faith.html">Articles of Faith</a><span> and </span><a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2008/10/biblical-distinctives-of-baptists.html">Biblical distinctives of Baptists</a><span><span> when you study these materials.<br /><br /></span></span>Back to<a href="http://baptist-distinctives.blogspot.com/2010/08/lessons-and-online-quizzes-from.html"> index of lessons and online quizzes from Scofield Reference Notes (1917)</a>; take the quiz on <a href="http://www.familymatters.org.ph/Online%20quizzes/Scofield%20Reference%20Notes%201917/Abrahamic%20Covenant.htm">Abrahamic Covenant</a>.Atty. Gerry T. Galaciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17233852101336409722noreply@blogger.com0